Rate my team. ('tis OU)

Just a new team I was working on. Here it is:

At a glance:
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Here goes...


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Azelf@Focus Sash
252 Spe, 252 SpA, 4 HP
Timid
Levitate
-Taunt
-Stealth Rock
-Explosion
-Psychic

This guy's pretty standard. Speed EVs and a timid nature let me outspeed most leads (not aerodactyl), so if they're something that commonly sets up SR or spikes, I taunt them. If not, I immediately set up stealth rocks. Then, dpending on what it is, there are three options. If it's weak to psychic, I use Psychic. If it's not weak to psychic, and it's not strong against normal, I explode. If it's good against normal and psychic, I switch out, and save Azelf for later. The only move I'm really unsure about is Psychic, I mean, it's okay, but it seems like there might be better alternatives. Maybe not though.

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Lucario@Life Orb
252 Spe, 252 Atk, 4 Def
Adamant
Inner Focus
-Swords Dance
-Extreme Speed
-Crunch
-Close Combat

This guy is great, as he can be a revenge killer with Extreme Speed, or a sweeper, with swords dance. Adamant makes my attacks stronger, obviously. The other nature I was thinking about using was Jolly, but went against that, since after testing this team out I found the most common move I used was Extreme Speed, which has priority anyways. The EVs give me speed if I decide not to use Extreme Speed, and can sometimes break the speed tie with a mamoswine, fellow Lucario, or Scizor. Swords Dance is there for obvious reasons, if my opponent isn't doing much damage to me I use it one, two, or even three times. If I somehow manage to get two or three SDs in, which doesn't usually happen, I can often sweep what's left of their team with Extreme Speed. Close Combat is just a good, high-powered move, which helps me take down blissey, and a lot of other walls. Crunch helps with slower psychic types who might take Lucario down. If they're probably faster, I just switch out.

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Togekiss@Lum Berry
252 HP, 104 Spe, 152 SpA
Modest
Serene Grace
-Air Slash
-Aura Sphere
-Roost
-Nasty Plot

Togekiss is a great tank, and a great sweeper. It's like a combination of a stall and a sweeper. Nasty Plot if I'm pretty sure it can take a few hits. Air Slash against things neither Aura Sphere or Air Slash are good against, for the 60% flinch. Aura Sphere for Tyranitar, Weavile, and other threats. Roost for obvious reasons; to heal. EVs let me out speed a few things, do some damage, and still have quite a bit of HP.

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Kingdra@Life Orb
252 Atk, 4 HP, 252 Spe
Adamant
Swift Swim
-Yawn
-Waterfall
-Dragon Dance
-Outrage

Kingdra is an amazing sweeper. DD if I can, if not, outrage or waterfall will still take a chunk out of their HP. Attack EVs and the Adamant nature for obvious reasons; to hit harder. Yawn will often force a switch on their Kingdra counter, or they'll have to fall asleep. Life Orb make Kingdra's already high attack even higher, while still giving me options a choice band wouldn't. Swift Swim allows me to take advantage of opposing rain dance teams.


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Mamoswine@Choice Band
252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 Def
Jolly
Snow Cloak
-Earthquake
-Ice Fang
-Ice Shard
-Stone Edge

CB Mamoswine is a beast. Mamoswine's already high attack, increased by choice band, means that even with a low power move such as Ice Shard he can still do some damage. Not only that, but Ice Shard is priority, which means even though Mamoswine's speed is only average, he can still go first quite a bit. Ice Fang is a more damaging version of Ice Shard, which I can use if I'm fighting something slow, or something I can take a few hits from. Stone Edge is for types, Earthquake is for electric, rock and fire (or anything else I forgot, lol). Jolly nature makes him even faster, meaning even with his only average base speed he can outspeed quite a few threats. The EVs heighten his speed more, and the the attack EVs heighten his attack.

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Gengar@Life Orb
252 SpA, 4 Def, 252 Spe
Timid
Levitate
-Shadow Ball
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power [Fire]
-Focus Blast

Gengar is extremely fast, and also has a very high SpA stat. A timid nature and speed EVs makes him even faster, meaning he'll outspeed most threats. Life Orb means he'll do even more damage, while still meaning he can easily switch from attack to attack when his opponent's switch. The SpA EVs increase his SpA, obviously. Thunderbolt and flying types. Shadow Ball for flimsy psychic's I can outspeed, for slower ghosts, and for the STAB. Hidden Power [Fire] for Scizor, and since I didn't have any thing else with fir moves. Focus Blast for T-tar, Weavile and other dark types which could shut down his progress.

Well thar it is.
Rate, and help me, thanks. :3
 
since most of your pokes have life orb, you might wanna run wish on togekiss so you can get some health back, but other than that it seems fine, maybe a little too offense oriented
 
Explosion on Gengar for Blissey., but since your team has a strong physical component it may not be an overriding concern. I don't think you have any trouble against stall if you use Lucario, who is one of stall's worst enemies.

Psychic on Azelf is commonly used to let it beat up Hippowdon, Infernape, and Aerodactyl (who has a sash anyways). You may wish to use Grass Knot for the more common Swampert leads. But like Explosion, it's not much of a concern.

I don't see Kingdra as an optimal choice (but then again, I'm not really a fan of Kingdra outside rain teams). Since you have a Mamoswine for Electric attacks and an Azelf to try to block SR, you have the leeway to get another flyer on the team. I recommend BulkyGyara, as he has strong anti-metagame roles as well as sweeper potential. Of course, if this doesn't work, you could try LO-Gyara for the sheer power.
 
Explosion on Gengar for Blissey., but since your team has a strong physical component it may not be an overriding concern. I don't think you have any trouble against stall if you use Lucario, who is one of stall's worst enemies.

Psychic on Azelf is commonly used to let it beat up Hippowdon, Infernape, and Aerodactyl (who has a sash anyways). You may wish to use Grass Knot for the more common Swampert leads. But like Explosion, it's not much of a concern.

I don't see Kingdra as an optimal choice (but then again, I'm not really a fan of Kingdra outside rain teams). Since you have a Mamoswine for Electric attacks and an Azelf to try to block SR, you have the leeway to get another flyer on the team. I recommend BulkyGyara, as he has strong anti-metagame roles as well as sweeper potential. Of course, if this doesn't work, you could try LO-Gyara for the sheer power.

Alright, I'll change psychic for grass knot, later.
I might try Gyara instead of Kingdra later too.
 
I think Life Orb Mamoswine is much better at breaking walls than your current set is. Choice Band Mamo can rip holes through unsuspecting teams but Life Orb Mamoswine can do just the same while being able to beat a pokemon that can generally be considered a 100% counter to the choice band set, Skarmory.

Mamoswine (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Snow Cloak
EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 SAtk
Hasty nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Blizzard

Blizzard will 2HKO Skarmory with Stealth Rock down, Earthquake is a 100 BP STAB move to make steels think twice about switching into an Ice Shard. Stone Edge is your strongest move against Gyarados, who you can 2HKO on the switch in with stealth rock down. Ice Shard will trouble Mence / Choiced Flygon / Latias and weakened pokemon in general. You can try Hidden Power [Fire] somewhere if needed to beat Forretress.

If your trying to use something that can sweep and absorb special hits, i think Expert Belt Tyranitar can work just as well over it. Lucario generally gets cocky and trys to Swords Dance after you Pursuit. If it chooses to do this (which it usually will), you can OHKO it with Earthquake. Expert Belt also allows you to play mindgames with Blissey who aren't sure if you're going to Pursuit or Crunch, and you have a solid switch into Cresselia, who walls Mamoswine hopelessly.

Tyranitar (M) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 176 HP/252 Atk/80 SDef
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Pursuit
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Crunch

Standard CBset with SpDef EVs to also help against Zapdos.

I also agree with the BulkyGyara suggestion as it will help you against Swords Dance Luke, who can beat you as soon as Gengar goes down as of right now.

Solid team, hope this helps
 
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