Sandstorm team

TehDrgonMaster

My team uses Sandstorm to enhance themselves and hinder opponents.
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Hippowdon w/ Leftovers, Sand Stream
252 hp 252 def 4 att, Impish
Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Ice Fang, Slack Off

Sets up Sandstorm and stealth rock and walls

Gliscor w/ Leftovers, Sand Veil
252 hp, 4 att, 252 spe, Jolly
Swords Dance, Taunt, Baton Pass, Earthquake

Passes Swords Dance to Garchomp, walls too especially w/ Veil

Garchomp w/ Brightpowder, Sand Veil
4 hp, 252 att, 252 spe, Jolly
Earthquake, Aerial Ace, Dragon Claw, Substitute

Main Sweeper. With a few Swords Dance from Gliscor, Dragon Claw and Earthquake kills many. Ace for CS Heracross. Sub for any Ice threats and annoyance.

Tyranitar w/ Choice Band, Sand Stream
60 hp, 252 att, 196 spe, Adamant
Earthquake, Crunch, Pursuit, Stone Edge

Another Sweeper and puts up Sandstorm case Abamasnow shows up and Hippowdon is dead.

Magnezone w/ Leftovers, Magnet Pull
172 hp, 84 spe, 252 SpA, Modest
Hidden Power Ice, Magnet Rise, Substitute, Tunderbolt

Kills Skarmory, Bronzong, Gyrados, or any flyer for that matter.

Heatran w/ Choice Specs, Flash Fire
52 hp, 204 spe, 252 SpA, Modest
Dragon Pulse, Earth Power, Expolsion, Fire Blast

In case I feel a Grass Knot coming and for Physical walls
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I think its weak against Swampert but idk if/where I should put in someone w/ Grass Knot especially since I dont know which Pokemon can use it and is immune to Sandstorm damage. Any Suggestions? Also I'm new to competitive battling and started playing Pokemon again after a few years hiatus so I may not know some terms, abbreviations, or new moves.
 
Massive weak to water. Stuff like Kingdra, Swampert, Milotic, Suicune, etc can come in and sweep your entire team. GAH!!! RANT RAVE. OK, enough of that. See, 4 of Ur pokes are weak to water, and Magnezone and Garchomp find neutral ground. Once ur opponent takes care of Magnezone, they can sweep ur entire team with one poke.

So, to correct this problem, remove Tyrannitar. Much as I admire Tyrannitar, U have far too many sweepers as it is, and far too few team players. Replace with something like Jirachi. Wish passing not only lets ur sweepers survive for longer, it can also smash thru plenty of water pokes with Thunder.

There is also a potential weak to Fighting type moves. Gliscor and Garchomp sort of solve these problems but, hey, why take the risk?

Overall, cure the water and fighting weaks, don't limit ur choice of team members for their resistance to sandstorm, and U should be fine.
 
You cannot have everything be immune to sandstorm. It gives too many common weaks. You could opt to go with Empoleon for the water resist over Heatran, but what you reall need is something like Vaporeon to take water hits. You have a HUGE Garchomp weak. (but what team does not)? You also have Weavile trouble, so put something that can take a hit that resists it. Forretress or Bronzong are the best options.
 
Eh, if you're going all out like that, then you're going to want to add a Shuckle in there. It's Encore is probably the only thing that can help agianst most things you're weak to without you agreeing to change to use something not immune to Sandstorm.

P.S. Cradily gets Grass Knot.
 
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