XY OU The rabbit and the soldier

English is not my firs language, so I may do mistakes. Sorry.
Well, i haven't played OU for a long time, so I made this team, which brought me to 1400 points on the ladder.
The stars of the team are diggersby and bisharp, that will sweep at the end of the game:

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Diggersby @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Quick Attack
- Earthquake
- Return
- U-turn

Very simple, jolly choice banded, 3 stab attacks and u-turn to keep the momentum of the game, which could be changed for rock slide. Jolly nature to outspeed some threads, but the adamant one is good too. Other moveset is the swords dancer, but I don't really like it.
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Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Serious Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind

The standard choice specs keldeo, very good movepool and fast enough. Nothing to add.

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 232 HP / 212 Def / 64 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Defog
- Whirlwind
- Drill Peck

Strange ev spread, 64 to outspeed defensive heatran, 232 HP so the HP ends in 9, to have max recover of leftovers. Drill peck instead brave bird because this skarmory doesn't run roost. Rocks and defog and whirlwind to have an answer to swords dance mega-scizor.
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Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 232 HP / 120 Def / 156 SpD
Calm Nature
- Cosmic Power
- Soft-Boiled
- Moonblast
- Flamethrower

Very strange clefable. 232HP so it ends in 9, 120Def to have a very good increase with cosmic power and the rest in SPD. Moonblast because is the strongest stab and flamethrower to have fire support.
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Thundurus (M) @ Life Orb/ focus sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Focus Blast/ nasty plot

Thundurus, the most important support of the team. His mission is to do t-wave on threats like greninja. gengar or latios, which could destroy the team. T-bolt because it's stab, HP ice to cover types and focus blast for heatran.


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Bisharp @ Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Pursuit/ Swords dance
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head

The second star of the team. Pursuit to trap the latis, knock off because it's fucking great, sucker punch for priority and iron head to cover fairy types. This thing and the rabbit will approach the landorus t-wave to sweep on the mid-game.

I love this team, but i think there are lot of thinks to change and I don't know how, help me!!
 
Hi. Let me give you a few recommendations.

First and foremost, skarmory runs roost to heal up and continue to take hits. It is necrssary to keep the metal bird alive. It is actually better to be complete taunt bait with skarms pitiful offenses than to not run roost.

On clefable, consider stored power over moonblast. With cosmic power, you will have serious problems with heatran, chansey, and just about every special wall, stored power helps alleviate this somewhat. With calm mind your other moves would work perfectly, but not on the set you are running. Sub helps screw over people relying on lucky crits, but it isnt as good as stored power imo. If you wanted to run unaware it would be great though.

On Thunderous, run life orb or leftovers. Sash really isnt helping as much as you might think.

Run pursuit over swords dance on bisharp if you have problems with lati@s.

Hope I helped.
 
Hi. Let me give you a few recommendations.

First and foremost, skarmory runs roost to heal up and continue to take hits. It is necrssary to keep the metal bird alive. It is actually better to be complete taunt bait with skarms pitiful offenses than to not run roost.

On clefable, consider stored power over moonblast. With cosmic power, you will have serious problems with heatran, chansey, and just about every special wall, stored power helps alleviate this somewhat. With calm mind your other moves would work perfectly, but not on the set you are running. Sub helps screw over people relying on lucky crits, but it isnt as good as stored power imo. If you wanted to run unaware it would be great though.

On Thunderous, run life orb or leftovers. Sash really isnt helping as much as you might think.

Run pursuit over swords dance on bisharp if you have problems with lati@s.

Hope I helped.
thanks for the help.
 
Hey Nacionation, cool team you got here, but I realized something you still could change.

First, I would suggest too change Keldeos's Nature from Serious to Timid. I think you didn't chose Serious on purpose, but you should definitely change that!
Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Serious Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
Next is the Skarmory Spread. You don't have to outspeed Defensive Heatran, because you have to switch out 1 v 1 anyway. Furthermore, i would strongly suggest to run Roost over Drill Peck. Good Recovery on a Pokemon like Skarmory is very important, so you should definitely include Roost in your set. You can put your Speed EVs into HP to gain better bulk on both sides.

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Defog
- Whirlwind
- Roost

Also, I would suggest to change your Clefable Spread to the standard mixed bulk set.

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 96 SpD
Calm Nature
- Cosmic Power/Calm Mind
- Soft-Boiled
- Stored Power/ Flamethrower
- Flamethrower

It gives you better physical bulk overall, but still avoids to get 2HKOed by Life Orb Greninja's Hydro Pump.
If you want to stick with Cosmic Power, you can try to run Stored Power instead of Moonblast! Stored Power gets an incredible powerful move after some Cosmic Power Boosts, and can even break down huge walls like Chansey!
I'm not sure if you have experiences with both, the Calm Mind and the Stored Power set, but you could definitely try out the Calm Mind version too!

Anyways, cool team featuring Diggersby you got there, I hope I could help you a little bit! :]
 
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Hi, nice team!
One change I would like to suggest is changing the item on Diggersby to a Choice Scarf, as this will help you check threats such as mega manectric, which your team does not appreciate.
With Diggersby's extremely high base attack stat, it still packs a punch, and with a choice scarf, it can be very useful.

Overall, nice team! Hope this helped!
 
Hey Nacionation, cool team you got here, but I realized something you still could change.

First, I would suggest too change Keldeos's Nature from Serious to Timid. I think you didn't chose Serious on purpose, but you should definitely change that!
Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Serious Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
Next is the Skarmory Spread. You don't have to outspeed Defensive Heatran, because you have to switch out 1 v 1 anyway. Furthermore, i would strongly suggest to run Roost over Drill Peck. Good Recovery on a Pokemon like Skarmory is very important, so you should definitely include Roost in your set. You can put your Speed EVs into HP to gain better bulk on both sides.

Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Defog
- Whirlwind
- Roost

Also, I would suggest to change your Clefable Spread to the standard mixed bulk set.

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 96 SpD
Calm Nature
- Cosmic Power/Calm Mind
- Soft-Boiled
- Stored Power/ Flamethrower
- Flamethrower

It gives you better physical bulk overall, but still avoids to get 2HKOed by Life Orb Greninja's Hydro Pump.
If you want to stick with Cosmic Power, you can try to run Stored Power instead of Moonblast! Stored Power gets an incredible powerful move after some Cosmic Power Boosts, and can even break down huge walls like Chansey!
I'm not sure if you have experiences with both, the Calm Mind and the Stored Power set, but you could definitely try out the Calm Mind version too!

Anyways, cool team featuring Diggersby you got there, I hope I could help you a little bit! :]
other people told me to use stored power, and yes, its better. About the serious nature of keldeo, i wanted timid i didn't noticed that, so thanks!
 
Hi, nice team!
One change I would like to suggest is changing the item on Diggersby to a Choice Scarf, as this will help you check threats such as mega manectric, which your team does not appreciate.
With Diggersby's extremely high base attack stat, it still packs a punch, and with a choice scarf, it can be very useful.

Overall, nice team! Hope this helped!
i'm gonna test the scarf, thanks!
 
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