ORAS NU Rate my Team, plz

I'm not the best at pokemon but here's my team. It's worked pretty well:

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Simisage @ Assault Vest
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Giga Drain
- Focus Blast
- Knock Off
- Hidden Power [Rock]

The MVP of this team. Numerous times, when I would need a focus blast, simisage delivered. I was originally going to run a physical set, but after simisage's focus blast stopped a powerful miltank in its tracks, I've kept this set. Giga drain is the main stab move. Knock off is simply for utility. Everything else is converage.


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Klinklang @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Gear Grind
- Shift Gear
- Return
- Wild Charge

Before this team, I've wanted to use a klinklang for a while. Even though it's not the most original pokemon, I liked it's appearance. Shift gear is simply a great set up move and gear grind has very nice power and hits twice. The other two moves are coverage and also have 100% accuracy, contrary to Gear Grind's 85%.

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Musharna @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 SpD
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Moonlight
- Stored Power
- Heal Bell

The main purpose of this set is self-explanatory: set up calm-minds than fire off the stored powers, moonlighting and heal-belling when needed. I've considered replacing heal bell with dazzling gleam for dark types. Should I?

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24 (Glaceon) (F) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Ice Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Wish
- Water Pulse

I've use this moveset for a long time and I feel like it's glaceon's best for singles. Glaceon's ice beam is nothing to laugh at and is really the main move. My question is, should I go for a bulkier glaceon or the speedy set I have shown here?

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Electivire @ Assault Vest
Ability: Motor Drive
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Thunder Punch
- Earthquake
- Rock Tomb
- Ice Punch

Can someone please explain to me why Electiver, lapras, and magmortar are NU? I honestly don't know. Anyway, electivire is pretty great. He has all these moves for power and his speed really comes in handy. Should I use wild charge instead of thunder punch?

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Drifblim @ Flame Orb
Ability: Flare Boost
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hidden Power [Flying]
- Destiny Bond
- Shadow Ball
- Trick

I wanted to try a Flare Boost Drifblim set. For those of you who don't know, Flare Boost is pretty much toxic boost but with burns and special attack. Sadly, Drifblim's strongest special flying moves are air cutter and hidden power flying, the former is not compatible with flare boost. Regardless, shadow ball is the main attack here anyway. Trick gives the flame orb to something else after burning my drifblim in exchange for leftovers. However, I have to make sure I don't get an assault vest, since I won't be able to use destiny bond, which is key on this set as well. If drifblim can't take something out, destiny bond is a last resort.

Well that's my team. Please give me some advice and thanks in advance!
 
Alright I will try and give you some actual advice even though you are obviously inexperienced. You didn't have to tell me for it to be quite obvious either. From the assault vest sets, to some of these pokemon's movesets, to believing Lapras is too good for NU (when it currently is sitting at D+ in the viability rankings) you are obviously quite new to all of this.

I don't know how much actual success you have had with this team and how far up the ladder with it you have actually gotten with it but to be honest this team is not good...and that is fine. No one comes into pokemon or any specific tier making good teams immediately you have to learn the quirks of the tier and the name of the game. I could list off the numerous issues this team has and make a detailed list of all the changes I would recommend and for what reasons but I really don't see the point because it would involve revamping this team from the ground up.

You obviously want to get better, I mean you are asking for advice after all, and the fact that you actually added the pokemon pictures and followed formatting rules means you are actually putting in the effort. What I would recommend before actually RMTing anything is to take a look at other successful RMTs for NU and look at the viability rankings as well as the smogon movesets. Take some of the successful RMTs that have been posted here on the forums import them and play them for a while. Many of the better pokemon players jump around tiers all the time but by using solid RMTs and other good teams they have consistent success. I don't know how deadset you are on this tier since you are new to all of this but the NU viability rankings list is one of the best tools for teambuilding and for newcomers as it shows the best pokemon to use for this given tier. http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/oras-nu-viability-rankings.3523692/

To legitimately answer your question regarding why are magmortar, electivire, and lapras NU here is the short version:

Magmortar and Electivire wish they were slightly faster they aren't slow mind you but some more speed would have been very beneficial. Both of them don't have any boosting moves (except for Magmortar's Belly drum which is pointless as it is a special attacker). While both of them have huge move pools they are monotype meaning they don't get the STAB boost off of it any of it. As for Lapras it is really slow and has awful attack stats which is a deathblow for it even with Dragon dance. And all 3 lack recovery outside of rest and leftovers.
 
Hello there! While I do agree with KnightK^^, you are trying, and deserve an actual rate. Yes, i believe you should go Wild Charge on Electrive. Have you also tried Protect on Drifblim? Its a guaranteed way to get in your burn. Maybe replace with Hidden Power Flying.
 
Yo Pixel Turtle welcome to smogon! Don't have time to give you a full rate, but to help you out I thought I would just give you a quick importable of viable movesets / ev spreads for the Pokemon you have, as stated above you are using some bad movesets / items / spreads.

Simisage @ Life Orb
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Knock Off
- Superpower
- Seed Bomb

Klinklang @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Substitute
- Gear Grind
- Return
- Shift Gear

Musharna @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Bold Nature
- Psyshock
- Moonlight
- Calm Mind
- Heal Bell

Glaceon @ Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Cloak
- Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Baton Pass
- Hidden Power [Fighting]

Electivire @ Life Orb
Ability: Motor Drive
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Mild Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Volt Switch

Drifblim
Ability: Aftermath
EVs: 252 Atk / 120 Def / 136 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Defog
- Acrobatics
- Sucker Punch
I would recommend checking out the NU forum section and looking into getting tutored in b101, also the advice above is good. Sorry I couldn't give a more in depth look at the team, but gotta work in the morning.
 
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