Rate my Sandstorm Team

Crimson Blaze

Crimson Blaze

So I'm trying to build a sandstorm team. I came up with the following team, but I'm not sure if it'll be any good. I built this team thinking about overall team weaknesses, but I think I have a couple fishy guys in there. Should I go forward with this? Any helpful comments will be appreciated.

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1. Tyranitar (Lead)

Item: Focus Sash

Ability: Sand Stream

Nature: Hasty

4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Moveset:

· Crunch

· Fire Blast

· Ice Beam

· Stealth Rock (breed)

2. Empoleon (Special Sweeper)

Item: Choice Specs

Ability: Torrent

Nature: Modest

4 SpD / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Moveset:

· Hydro Pump

· Ice Beam

· Grass Knot

· Surf

3. Hippowdon (Physical Wall)

Item: Leftovers

Ability: Sand Stream

Nature: Impish

252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

Moveset:

· Slack Off (breed)

· Earthquake

· Toxic

· Whirlwind

4. Scizor (Physical Sweeper)

Item: Scizorite

Ability: Technician

Nature: Adamant

8 SpD / 248 HP / 252 ATK

Moveset:

· U-turn

· Bullet Punch

· Brick Break

· Pursuit

5. Flygon (Physical Sweeper)

Item: Choice Band

Ability: Levitate

Nature: Jolly

4 SpD / 252 ATK / 252 Spe

Moveset:

· Dragon Claw

· Earthquake

· U-turn

· Stone Edge

6. Skarmory (Special Wall)

Item: Shed Shell

Ability: Sturdy

Nature: Careful

224 HP / 32 Def / 252 SpD

Moveset:

· Spikes

· Roost

· Taunt

· Brave Bird (breed)
 
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Might just be me, but since you're using a Choice Band on Jolly Flygon, I'd prefer to run Garchomp instead. Garchomp has overall better stats at the cost of not having U-Turn, but you can run those exact same moves on Garchomp and use Poison Jab instead of U-Turn for Fairy coverage.
 
Yeah I definitely agree with the Flygon <-> Garchomp switch since Garchomp fits the Atk sweeper bill much better. I'm not totally sure how the tiers and item bans and stuff work around here since I'm new, but if it was allowed I would definitely recommend Garchomp with Garchompite. The choice band's benefits are more than compensated with the Mega Evolution along with Mega Garchomp's Sand Force. MG's base 170 attack+STAB+Sand Force's 33% boosted earthquake will clear out many enemies with ease. If Garchompite is restricted then make an effort to find a poke with sand force because otherwise your missing a great opportunity.
 
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