Rate my All-Star OU Team

Well, I haven't done one of these since the days of old, so let's get right to it!
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Ze Mashroom (Breloom) @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Tomb
- Mach Punch
- Spore

This guy, right here, is the MASTER of comebacks. Technician Breloom may now be checked by the new Fairy type, but he still looms as a major threat. Bullet Seed is obviously the tip of his move set, being accompanied by Mach Punch's priority guarantees major damage almost always. (Oh yeah, and there's Trevenant. Oh god....) Rock Tomb was my most recently added move, but I'm still deciding if I want to have that instead of Rock Slide. Rock Tomb does sport 97 power and guaranteed speed lower, which does help Breloom. (Except obviously for New Staraptor.) Spore is Spore. Do I need to say anymore? Oh yeah, TREVENANT. GOD WHY WAS HE MADE.
Possible Replacements
None
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Ze Kumatora (Victini) @ Life Orb
Ability: Victory Star
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- V-create
- Zen Headbutt
- Brick Break
- Bolt Strike

The second of the three 'Mons that have been on my team since the beginning, (Mashroom being the first) Kumatora is a POWERHOUSE. V-Create does SERIOUS DAMAGE to just about any 'Mon. Of course, the stat decreases are what stop Victini from sweeping an entire team. But V-Create sports an incredible, and I mean incredible, 361 power with STAB and Life Orb boost. Zen Headbutt is a great coverage and STAB move, and lets Victini do damage against Mega Venusaur. Brick Break was recently added, and helps deal damage on Mega Tyranitar. Bolt Strike is a great coverage move with 120 power (156 with Life Orb) and helps easily take out newcoming Greninja and Fairly New Togekiss. The star of the team, shall remain at his post.
Possible Replacements
None
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Ze Egoraptor (Staraptor) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Reckless
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Double-Edge
- U-turn

The final of the original three, (notice how they're all physical?) Egoraptor is a fantastic revenge killer and suicide sweeper. He has AMAZING speed and gets some serious power, with Brave Bird being his main move. The newcomer Talonflame however, gets priority on Brave Bird, and has a higher base speed, (126 compared to 100) but is lacking in the power department. It could be that a Choice Band could solve Talonflame's problem, but Staraptor only needs an Adamant boost to wreck havoc on any wall that comes his way.
Possible Replacements
None
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Ze Trouncer (Espeon) @ Light Clay
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 4 Def / 252 HP / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Psychic
- Wish

Can I just start by saying I LOVE this guy? He is SO useful, he is used to out-predict any and all 'Mons who love to use hazards/status moves. (Forretress, Ferrothorn, Smeargle, Trevenant, Klefki) He is a great supporter as well, being a nice, fast Dual Screener. However, the new use of Defog proves as a problem to Espeon, because even with a bounce, it clears both screens, and any placed/bounced hazards off of the opponents side. Psychic is so Espeon can deal damage obviously, and my last slot is the one I'm still thinking about. Wish currently lets Espon heal himself, or heal another teammate, and can also fool some players into thinking that Espeon will be gone for long, so they send back in their setup 'Mon to be met with Espeon's pink, smirking face ready to make someone rage.
Possible Replacements
Xatu
Mega Absol

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Ze SLIPPY (Greninja) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Protean
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Timid Nature
IVs: 30 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SAtk
- Hydro Pump
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Extrasensory

Slippy is weirdly, the sole special attacker on my team. Slippy also happens to be the newest addition, for right now replacing Hydreigon. Protean is a pretty epic ability for his great coverage, giving him STAB moves on everything, and also eliminating a super effective move from hitting such as U-Turn after just using Hydro Pump, or Thunderbolt after just using Dark Pulse. This is the one slot where I'm worried on. Fairies are running amok now in OU, and I can't seem to find the right guy to handle them. I needed someone with Water, Dark, and Ice coverage, which is what Greninja brings, but I also need Steel or Poison coverage to take out pesky Azumarills. I did use to have a Gengar, but he doesn't provide Water coverage. Hydreigon was a great member, but didn't take Azumarill AT ALL. But for now, Slippy is the real deal.
Possible Replacements
Fairy coverage 'Mon
Gengar/Hydreigon

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Ze Stress Ball (Chansey) (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Seismic Toss
- Softboiled
- Thunder Wave

Don't worry everyone that I'm not using Blissey, just take out your stress..... Stress Ball is a great member of the team, being a fantastic wall, provide paralysis, and put up rocks. Stealth Rock I love for completely annihilating Talonflame and Charizard before Mega Evolving/Charizard Y. Seismic Toss helps Chansey deal quite a bit of damage and usual only takes 4 or 5 hits to KO an average sweeper. Just like Thunderus, Chansey loves to ride the Thunder Wave for an outspeed to put up rocks, heal up, or just to slam 'em around with Seismic Toss. The only problem I now see is the buffed Knock Off. It weakens up Chansey to physical moves, (which she does take very well) and opens up chances for Conkeldurr, Bisharp, and the slowly fading Infernape to start slamming ME around.
Possible Replacements
None

So there we have it. My current All-Star/OU team. I'm open to changes, and ways to make the team better. Thanks for reading.
 
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Ah, this looks nice. It was pleasant to see some of the nicknames, too (Mother 3 being a great RPG, Egoraptor (who has just signed my Star Bomb album) being a grump, Slippy asking Fox for help). I do have a few nitpicks, though, and they may not be so pleasant to hear.

Your original three are a bit obsolete. Not Breloom, he's great, but the other two. Talonflame is vastly superior to Staraptor in that it gets ~60+ attack in comparison when it holds a Choice Band, and that Brave Bird has priority. I suggest replacing Staraptor with:

Ze Jacques (Talonflame) @ Choice Band
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- Steel Wing
- U-turn

Then, there's bad news #2. Azumarill and the fairies will kill you. They will kill you dead. Luckily, there's Genesect to save you! Genesect checks fairies and is even more versatile than Victini.

Ze Nice Poser(Genesect) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Download
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Iron Head

This guy will help you out. Ice Beam and Iron Head provide greater coverage than Brick Break and Zen Headbutt, since they can kill dragons and fairies, which are two things you may have trouble with.

I suggest evolving your Chansey, for Leftovers recovery helps much more in stalling, and allows you to use Wish, which will help out Talonflame. I think Wish is much more useful than Softboiled.

I hope this has helped! I tend to make one team and build off of it for a very long time, so perhaps my suggestions are a bit excessive, but it's just my two cents.
 
Whoa whoa whoa, anyone who thinks raptor is simply a better talonflame hasn't used him properly haha. The real benefit of raptor comes when you give him a choice band, he becomes SIGNIFICANTLY more powerful than talonflame, making him a premiere wall breaker. Seriously, I've used CB raptor for ages and the damage it does is just absurd. So just use a choice band instead of a scarf (dentist is right in that Talonflame is a superior revenge killer/sweeper). I've tried cb talonflame and it is decidely unimpressive as a wallbreaker, if you're gonna use talon make him a life orb sweeper with swords dance.

Above poster has a good idea with genosect, I would replace espeon with it as a pivot lead, losing magic bounce can be annoying (I remember when I stopped using espeon, it sucked for a while) but I think genosect would more than earn his keep. I would run the standard u-turn/explosion/iron head/ice beam set with a life orb (or choice band and find a replacement for ice beam). You could also replace victini with the set the above poster suggested, up to you. Hope this helps!
 
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