Please rate my first competitive team :)

Kenbox

Here's my team o: consisting of 3 special sweepers and 3 physical sweepers.

Starmie@ Expert belt
Ability: Illuminate
EVs: 252 sp att 252 speed 4 hp
Nature: Modest
- Psychic
- Surf
- Ice beam
- Thunderbolt


Debating if I should switch to timid starmie w/ lifeorb or not. I still run psychic to quickly get rid of conkeldurr, machamp and a few others as opposed to using the risky hydro pump :x
Boltbeam of course for coverage and stab surf cause i don't like to take chances.

Scizor @ Muscle band
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 HP 252 Att 4 HP
Nature: Adamant
- X Scissor
- Bullet punch
- Pursuit
- Swords dance


I have scizor here for his priority bullet punch and coverage on faster sweepers like starmie and latios and psychic trick room users. His resistances are also handy for dealing with sand teams too.

Gengar @ Focus sash
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 sp att 252 speed 4 hp
Nature: Timid
- Psychic
- Shadow ball
- Sucker punch
- Focus blast

I have this gengar here back up starmie basically and I threw sucker punch on him for those moments where sweepers hold a focus sash lol I don't expect it to do anything more than 1 damage xp. Probably will
switch psychic sooner or later. Shadow ball for strong stab and focus blast to cover some more.

Blaziken @ Leftovers
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Att, 252 speed 4 HP
Nature: Adamant
- Hi Jump Kick
- Flare blitz
- Brave Bird
- Shadow claw


Now I know Blaziken without speedboost is considered UU but I find that blaziken is able to deal with alot of common OU threats with Hi jump kick / flare blitz such as blissey, tyranitar, ferrothorn, scizor, volcarona and
nearly every fighting type thanks to brave bird. Shadow claw for Jellicent other bulky psychic/ghosts.

Hydreigon @ Wise glasses
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SP att 252 Speed 4 HP
Nature: Timid
- Draco meteor
- Dark pulse
- Flamethrower
- Surf

I have hydreigon for some added special sweeping with dark pulse draco meteor for slower dragons like dragonite and haxorus. Flamethrower and surf due to lack of those types of moves on my team.

Dragonite @ Life orb
Ability: Inner focus
EVs: 252 att 252 speed 4 hp
Nature: Adamant
- Dragon dance
- Outrage
- Fire punch
- Earthquake (was fly)

Once i clear out ice/rock threats i usually use dragonite to just take care of the rest. Currently working on a multiscale extremespeed dragonite.


So that's my team :p I don't find myself having a problem with coverage but there are certain pokemon that can run through my team if given the chance. Should I add any walls or stall pokemon? Any feedback is very appreciated.
 
Starmie should always be timid, you should switch x scissor for bug bite because of technician, gengar should either run lefties/life orb depending if its a disable set or painsplit. Dragonite should always run multiscale and fly is a horrible move competitively.
 
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Blaziken is Uber, it doesn't matter what ability it has.
Sucker Punch on Gengar is garbage. Gengar's Attack stat will always suck, so use speacial moves only. On top of that, Psychic has nearly no purpose on Gengar. Try Hidden Power Fire instead.
The set you're running on Scizor will get walled by any Steel type that shows up. If you're going with Swords Dance, get rid of Pursuit for Brick Break. If you're running Choice Band, replace Swords Dance with Superpower.
This team looks like you threw six sweepers together and called it a day. Stall teams will simply set up their hazards, then keep switching and healing themselves until you die. Offensive teams can just hit your faster guys with priority/ Scarfed attacks, and then pick off the slower ones.
On top of all this, you have about a single line of descriptions at the most, and Gengar and Scizor have nothing to explain why they're there. Spend a little while looking at some decent RMTs and you'll see what is expected of you.
 
@ Masonic: I still use this modest starmie because I have come across plenty of timid lifeorb stamie's that can't OHKO with thunderbolt, in turn i barely survive but am able to one hit thanks to their life orb damage. Lack of HG/SS is why I don't have bug bite or super power. Guess I can change around gengar and I switched fly to earthquake :x
@ ASB : okay

@ Blacklight: Pretty sure blaziken isn't banned all together. I double checked to see what pokemon were considered banned here in 5th gen OU and blaziken isn't one of them. Only when he has SB does he reach uber. Other than that his average speed and cotton ball defense definitely hold him back. I will however add a fighting type to scizor :P

Thank you all for your feedback.
 
No matter what, run Timid on Starmie. Its value resides in its breakneck speed. Also, Blaziken is completely banned, they don't restrict just abilities. This team, I must say, does not look too synergetic, etc. I agree with Blacklight, take some time checking out other RMTs and see how it is formatted, and sets that work well with pokes on the Smogon Strategy Pokedex section.
 
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