I slapped this team together fairly quickly, so, while it has been tested, I'd appreciate it if someone could help me improve it. ^-^ The EVs were given to me by showdown, so those probably need the most tweaking. Nickname suggestions are welcome too!
Crobat
Sanic @ Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SpD
-Brave Bird
-Cross Poison
-Roost
-U-Turn
Crobat is mostly here to provide some physical offense and be a revenge killer. It's also a good offensive lead since it outspeeds a lot of pokemon, even without a jolly nature, and it can scout with u-turn. Brave Bird and Cross Poison should be self-explanatory, and roost is on it to heal off Brave Bird and Life Orb recoil. Unfortunately, it still doesn't usually live very long.
Zoroark
Foxy Hipster @ Choice Specs
Ability: Illusion
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD
-Dark Pulse
-Focus Blast
-Flamethrower
-Trick
Just using the smogon set because, well, it's a good set. Zoroark likes to lock into dark pulse and then run when threatened. Tricking specs onto something that doesn't want them very much is an option, though this significantly decreases its usefulness later. I wanted to use one as a special sweeper and another revenge killer in case Crobat's dead. I usually have it disguise as toxicroak so it can bait a psychic attack and get a free turn. Considering replacing specs with sash.
Goodra
Gabriel @ Leftovers
Ability: Gooey
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpD / 8 Atk
-Curse
-Dragon Tail
-Toxic
-Substitute
Initially included on the team to sponge attacks and phase boosting sweepers, but this goodra turned out to be so much more. After a few curses, which Goodra has plenty of chances to set up due to its natural bulk, dragon tail becomes a powerful weapon and Goodra becomes even more difficult to take out. It can sponge attacks while phasing out other boosting sweepers and spreading poison like nobody's business. Substitute is helpful for extending its longevity, since it prevents both status and phasing. This set has performed extremely well so far.
Rotom-Heat
Pizza Bagels @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpD / 252 HP / 4 SpA
-Will-O-Wisp
-Overheat
-Volt Switch
-Pain Split
This is pretending to be a Rotom-Wash. It can cripple a physical sweeper with will-o-wisp, overheat helps deal with steel-types that the rest of the team can have trouble dealing with (meaning Aggron and Metagross) and it can keep itself healthy with pain split. Volt switch helps keep up momentum, as well as finish off severely weakened opponents. It's pretty good at sponging attacks, though not as good as goodra. However, goodra doesn't have any recovery outside of leftovers.
Blissey
Wall Rose @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
-Wish
-Protect
-Heal Bell
-Thunder Wave
Blissey's job is to keep the team healthy. Its wish and heal bell are invaluable to the frailer pokemon, and it greatly increases all of their longevity. While it is complete and utter taunt bait, I find seismic toss to be extremely underwhelming, especially with plenty of hard hitters on the team who are better at dishing out damage than blissey could ever hope to be. I opted for thunder wave over toxic because goodra already has toxic, and infernape, which would normally be a threat to blissey, doesn't like being paralyzed very much. Protect is helpful for Blissey being able to heal itself with wish, as well as scouting and getting some free leftovers recovery.
Toxicroak
Not Greninja @ Choice Band
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
-Bullet Punch
-Poison Jab
-Earthquake
-Brick Break
This was included to be a mega diancie counter, since it so thoroughly thrashes the rest of the team. Bullet punch is a guaranteed 2HKO on a 252 HP/252+ Def Diancie-M. The rest of the moveset is for coverage. Poison Jab and Brick Break are some nice STAB attacks, and I've seen chandelure switch in to take a hit for diancie for some reason, so earthquake is helpful if I predict that. Like I said, this is just here to be a Diancie-M counter.
THREAT LIST
WIP; The main threat was mega diancie but toxicroak should alleviate that.
Crobat
Sanic @ Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SpD
-Brave Bird
-Cross Poison
-Roost
-U-Turn
Crobat is mostly here to provide some physical offense and be a revenge killer. It's also a good offensive lead since it outspeeds a lot of pokemon, even without a jolly nature, and it can scout with u-turn. Brave Bird and Cross Poison should be self-explanatory, and roost is on it to heal off Brave Bird and Life Orb recoil. Unfortunately, it still doesn't usually live very long.
Zoroark
Foxy Hipster @ Choice Specs
Ability: Illusion
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD
-Dark Pulse
-Focus Blast
-Flamethrower
-Trick
Just using the smogon set because, well, it's a good set. Zoroark likes to lock into dark pulse and then run when threatened. Tricking specs onto something that doesn't want them very much is an option, though this significantly decreases its usefulness later. I wanted to use one as a special sweeper and another revenge killer in case Crobat's dead. I usually have it disguise as toxicroak so it can bait a psychic attack and get a free turn. Considering replacing specs with sash.
Goodra
Gabriel @ Leftovers
Ability: Gooey
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpD / 8 Atk
-Curse
-Dragon Tail
-Toxic
-Substitute
Initially included on the team to sponge attacks and phase boosting sweepers, but this goodra turned out to be so much more. After a few curses, which Goodra has plenty of chances to set up due to its natural bulk, dragon tail becomes a powerful weapon and Goodra becomes even more difficult to take out. It can sponge attacks while phasing out other boosting sweepers and spreading poison like nobody's business. Substitute is helpful for extending its longevity, since it prevents both status and phasing. This set has performed extremely well so far.
Rotom-Heat
Pizza Bagels @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpD / 252 HP / 4 SpA
-Will-O-Wisp
-Overheat
-Volt Switch
-Pain Split
This is pretending to be a Rotom-Wash. It can cripple a physical sweeper with will-o-wisp, overheat helps deal with steel-types that the rest of the team can have trouble dealing with (meaning Aggron and Metagross) and it can keep itself healthy with pain split. Volt switch helps keep up momentum, as well as finish off severely weakened opponents. It's pretty good at sponging attacks, though not as good as goodra. However, goodra doesn't have any recovery outside of leftovers.
Blissey
Wall Rose @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
-Wish
-Protect
-Heal Bell
-Thunder Wave
Blissey's job is to keep the team healthy. Its wish and heal bell are invaluable to the frailer pokemon, and it greatly increases all of their longevity. While it is complete and utter taunt bait, I find seismic toss to be extremely underwhelming, especially with plenty of hard hitters on the team who are better at dishing out damage than blissey could ever hope to be. I opted for thunder wave over toxic because goodra already has toxic, and infernape, which would normally be a threat to blissey, doesn't like being paralyzed very much. Protect is helpful for Blissey being able to heal itself with wish, as well as scouting and getting some free leftovers recovery.
Toxicroak
Not Greninja @ Choice Band
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP
-Bullet Punch
-Poison Jab
-Earthquake
-Brick Break
This was included to be a mega diancie counter, since it so thoroughly thrashes the rest of the team. Bullet punch is a guaranteed 2HKO on a 252 HP/252+ Def Diancie-M. The rest of the moveset is for coverage. Poison Jab and Brick Break are some nice STAB attacks, and I've seen chandelure switch in to take a hit for diancie for some reason, so earthquake is helpful if I predict that. Like I said, this is just here to be a Diancie-M counter.
THREAT LIST
WIP; The main threat was mega diancie but toxicroak should alleviate that.
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