This is a team that i've made, and it has been pretty effective. I would like to hear your guys' thoughts on it and how it could be improved.
The team:
Nimbus (Altaria-Mega) @ Altarianite
Ability: Natural Cure
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Return
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Roost
This is the main late game cleaner on the team, and because of it's good natural bulk even when uninvested it can set up on a lot of things. However, it struggles against a lot of pokemon, so those must be removed to sweep.
Magnezone @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Volt Switch
Magnezone works very well with M-Altaria because it can trap Skarmory, Ferrothorn, and Scizor, all which can easily stop Altaria. Because of its choice scarf, it can also swap in on all of standard Mega Diancie bar earth power and kill it. Finally, with volt switch, it can gain momentum against checks and counters like Chansey and Conkeldurr to get into Altaria to set up.
Eon (Latias) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Healing Wish
Latias provides great support to Altaria and Magnezone as it can defog rocks away for Altaria if it hasn't mega evolved yet and switch into the ground type moves magnezone hates. Healing wish also allows Altaria to play more recklessly with damage and status.
Landorus-Therian @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 8 SpD / 8 Spe
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Stealth Rock
- Knock Off
Landorus-T provides another ground type switch in, stealth rocks, momentum with U-turn, and a great physically defensive pokemon all in one. It can set rocks up, which helps altaria secure some KOs, and can swap into some pokemon that destroy this team, like excadrill.
Scizor @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bullet Punch
- U-turn
- Superpower
- Knock Off
The team so far lacks a good wallbreaker, and banded scizor can force switches and get crucial damage off with u-turn or bullet punch. It's also a check to ice types like weavile and mamoswine, which can otherwise beat this team fairly easily, thought banded weavile can break through scizor fairly easily.
Volcanion @ Choice Specs
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Steam Eruption
- Fire Blast
- Sludge Wave
- Earth Power
Volcanion can serve as another pokemon that can get lots of damage on many pokemon, basically 2HKOing anything not resisted or chansey or blissey. It also serves as a final check to fairy and steel types, though the team doesn't really need it.
Problems for the team
Ice types:
Pokemon like mamoswine, weavile, and Kyurem-B all are problems as there is no spectacular switch in for their stab combos, which means you may have to sack something when one comes in. However, non-scarfed mamoswine and kyurem-b are revenge killed by magnezone, and all three are revenge killed by scizor.
Excadrill:
Excadrill breaks basically everything but lando-t, so if Landorus-T get eliminated, you're kinda screwed...
There are obviously more counters, so leave a reply if you notice any major flaws and how to fix them.