Shoddy team that has me on a roll!

Pokemon Master 8

I've had a pretty good record with this team on shoddy, but know it needs improvement. I'm not going to replace Chomp, Raikou, or Ape but the other 3 im willing to. Here it is

Shuckle@ Lum Berry
Nature: Impish
Ability: Sturdy
Evs/252Hp/98Def/160S.Def
-Encore
-Stealth Rock
-Knock Off
-Rest

Ok my lead, don't ask me how i thought of this i just did and it has served me well so far. I can encore SR, sword dancers, and dragon dancers. I can knock off any choice leading pokes, and i can set up stealth rock. Only poke ive had trouble with is ninjask that subs first but other than that it has been a pretty solid lead. Physical/Special Wall

Garchomp@ Choice Scarf
Nature:Adament
Ability:Sand Veil
Evs/252Atk/252Spe/6HP
-Outrage
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-Fire Blast

Personally i like this set the best with him. Makes an excellent revenge killer. Physical Sweeper

Inferape@ Life Orb
Nature: Naive
Ability: Blaze
Evs/24Atk/234Spe/252S.Atk
-Close Combat
-Grass Knot
-HP-Ice
-Flamethrower

Mixape, this guy can really damage teams that aren't prepared. Mixed Sweeper

Togekiss@ Leftovers
Nature: Calm
Ability: Serene Grace
Evs/252HP/252S.Def/6Def
-Air Slash
-Thunder Wave
-Roost
-Nasty Plot/Aura Sphere

I can't choose between aura sphere or nasty plot if anyone can help me with that. Special Wall

Raikou@ Leftovers
Nature: Timid
Ability: Pressure
Evs/64HP/98S.Atk/96S.Def
-Substitue
-Calm Mind
-Thunderbolt
-HP-Ice

I couldn't tell you how many times ive swept teams with this guy, if i get a sub and a CM in unless their prepared damage is gona be done. Special Sweeper

Gastrodon@ Leftovers
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Sticky Hold
Evs/212HP/46Def/252S.Atk
-Recover
-Stockpile
-Earthquake
-Ice Beam

Ok, ive been trying out alot of different pokes here and im still not sold on him but he's been doing the job. You dont see him alot and he's pretty hard to bring down. Was thinking of maybe replaceing him with a Stall Ludicolo.

And thats it, any and all help is appreciated, thanks.
 
Yea i just like lum berry bc of all of the leads with hypnosis. Yea right now i have nasty plot im gona stick with that. Never thought of the curse idea thanks im gona try that out. Yes im having a big problem with toxic spikes specifically tentracruel, any ideas on how to solve that?
 
You just need a sandstorm started like tyranitar. That way shuckle has fuckin insane special defense allowing you to focus on his defense. Gastrodon wants you to focus on his defenses not special attack. I would get rid of raikou to fit in tar.
 
As you want to keep Infernape and Raikou and Garchomp, your best way to maximize their sweeping prowess is to eliminate it's counters (obvious). You can easily do this with Dugtrio. Dugtrio will take care of Blissey for Raikou to sweep, and take down Starmie at from around 73% and down.

Along with that, we're going to make this team sweeper heavy, so Kingdra is a great start to bust some stall, and it can set up Rain, which will help clear the sandstorm that fucks over Raikou. Kingdra being able to 2HKO Blissey also helps.

Raikou, Dugtrio, Garchomp, Kingdra, Infernape, while not defensive at all, have some interesting resistances. But for insurance, I'd add something like a Gyarados in the last spot, which helps cover up patches against for against things like Garchomps, Lucarios and other Gyarados.
 
Thanks guys for the help, i don't want to use Tar as that will do as much damage to ape and raikou as the other team. Aero i like your idea with duggy, as it will also help me with lax with whom ive had some problems with. With your kindgra suggestion what moveset should i use? And do i really need rain dance on it your is that just to stop sandstorm and make him that much stronger?
 
I'd just go for the "standard." Dragon Pulse, Waterfall, Rain Dance, Surf or some variant of the sort. The issue not only to make it stronger, but to make sure Raikou doesn't get fucked up by sandstorm negating its Leftovers.

However, you have to be smart about this (obviously). For example, it's best to first Dugtrio away the Tyranitar, then set up a Kingdra sweep, to indefinitely clear the future of all sandstorm. From then, you just rape as much shit as you can, and then once rain runs out, you take in Infernape and continue to rape shit with pretty much wreckless abandon and then Dugtrio along the way. Raikou then wins.
 
Ok so my team should include: Kingdra, Chomp, Ape, Raikou, Dugtrio, and Gyrados. And what do you think about Ludicolo over Gyra, ive been using him with decent success and with rain dance in affect it could work well. Also who should my lead be?
 
If you did that, it's almost a guarantee that a ScarfHeracross could just tear right through the team. But the best lead would probably be Gyarados itself, at least it's able to ward off other Gyarados and discourage all the common Stealth Rocking leads as well as Weavile.
 
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