RTM My RD Team

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Jirachi - damp rock
Bold
Evs
hp 252/ sp attk 136/ def 100/ speed 22
Rain dance
Thunder
Wish
U turn

My first rain dancer. It can survive a life orb fire blast from and azelf so its able to set up the rain. It can stand up to most leads.

Kindgra- life orb
Mild
Evs Atk 168/ Sp atk 252/ Spd 88
Waterfall
Surf
Draco meteor
hp electric

My mix sweeper. It OKHO the dragons and puts a big dent on the likes of vaporeon and other. it can continue the sweep with waterfall after the sp attack drop for Draco Meteor.

Kabutops- life orb
Adamant
Evs Hp 40/ Attack 252/ Speed 216
X scissor
Waterfall
Stone edge
swords dance

My physical sweeper. Im not too happy with it since i cant get too many kills with it. I dont know why, maybe its the move set.

Starmie- leftovers
Timid
Evs Hp 196/ Def 20/ Sp ATK 58/ SP DEF 20/ SPD 216
surf
thunderbolt
rapid spin
recover

My spinner. It gets rid of those annoying toxic spikes and stealth rocks. Also surf gets a boost from the rain so it might be able to sweep.

machamp- leftovers
Adamant
Evs Hp 236/ ATK 232/ DEF 36/ SPD 4
dynamic punch
ice punch
rest
sleep talk

My status absorber. If A gengar lead tries to put jirachi to sleep it can switch in and absorb the sleep. also takes down blissey and barely survives a CB outrage form garchomp.

Zapdos- damp rock
Bold
Evs HP 252/ DEF 129/ SP DEF 129
roost
hp ice
thunder
rain dance

My second rain dancer. Pretty bulky and is able to set up the rain without too much problem. Thunder gets stab and never misses thanks to rain and has a 30% chance of paralyzing.

So this is my rain dance team. It has won some battles but it has also lost quite a few. I would like to know how to improve this team so please help me out.
 
I like this team a lot people wouldn't really go out of there way to find counters for a rain dance team though, however, i like this team but i'd use a Crap, literal Crap kyogre people wouldn't mind it as long as you can take it out with one move just get a non-Ev trained kyogre, evne though it's uber it won't have uber status, get one with a really bad nature that can be easily OHKOed and have that as your lead, it'll make up for the two legendaries guess in a way my friend has a rain dance team like this but he uses kyogre to start, it's crap and can be taken out with one move, but it's your opinion people may not approve of it on smogon, however if it were crap no so bad, this team is good.

Watch out for gyra early in the game if i ddances and packs stone edge, it can OHKO zapdos, unless you get lucky, i think starmie should pack thunderbolt however, seeing once zapdos is dead ur pretty screwed, keep machamp alive if you know ur opponent has a Zong, dynamic punch will dent it really well but you don't have anything else really to counter. If Kabutops can learn S-dance you might wanna teach it that i forgot wheter it can learn or not =P, SD with Brick Break will kill Zong, So gyra and Zong are the two majors that, when put together, can kinda kill this team if not played right, if the gyra had EQ however, but good job on the team nonetheless
 
Well, i like the Kyogre idea...but no. Its uber regardless of its nature, IVs, and Evs.

Moving on...
It's pretty rare, but a well used Electrivire can rape this team pretty hard.
Tyranitar can ruin your fun when switched into zapdos, but naturally you can kill him in many ways. Of course...if its a tyraniboah, you may find it difficult to bring down without getting seriously hurt.

That's all i can think of immediately, but I'm far from an expert. I don't really have any immediate fixes in mind either that would still go along with your teams synergy.

on a side note, I think you left out zapdos's nature.
 
SD Kabutops is a beast in Rain, and it will definitely get you some kills. I believe Breloom is the only OU Pokémon who resist the Water/Rock combination, who's taken care of easily by some other move.

Having that said, a Electric resistance isn't to much to ask for in a Rain Dance team, nor is some form of support. Milotic or even Vaporeon have no problem walling your team, and isn't worn down to easily as they carry reliable recoverymoves. However, giving Starmie Thunderbolt will somewhat solve this problem, even through them both having a massive Special Defence. Making Zapdos Calm could be an idea, but that would open you a lot to Lucario.

You also got a BAD LO-Gyarados weakness. After a DD, a Gyarados with EQ, Stone Edge and Waterfall will easily sweep you. Again, giving Starmie Thunderbolt and making it much more bulky would save your ass.

Having Stealth Rock wouldn't be such a bad idea either, seeing how also Mixmence can wreck havoc on your team. Some of your biggest threats is badly hurt by it, so you should definitely try out Stealth Rock over maybe U-Turn on Jirachi.
 
Consider AquaJet over Brick break on Kabutops, Stone Edge hits Blissey just as hard, Waterfall is powerful against Ttar as well.

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