This is not Sparta....I'm lost!!

Heres the team:
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Obvious weakness to Pursuit but besides that it seems rather good. Lmk what you think!

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Gengar (Hexxus) @ Wide Lens
Timid- Levitate
EVs: 4 hp/252 sp atk/252 spd
- Hypnosis/ HP Ice
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Focus Blast

1-2 special attacking punch with both Gengar and Azelf. I like both and both have their uses.

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Azelf @ Life Orb/Expert Belt
Timid- Levitate
EVs: 36 hp/252 sp atk/220 speed
- Nasty Plot/ Explosion
- Grass Knot
- Flamethrower
- Pyschic

Even with a -atk nature i believe Explosion on this thing still packs enough physical punch to hurt the likes of Blissey and other special walls.

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Metagross @ Leftovers?
Adament- Clear Body
EVs: 80 hp/252 atk/44 def/128 speed
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch
- Ice Punch

Now i have the EV's set up for an Agiligross set but I'm iffy of doing that or a more standerd set.

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Dusknoir @ Leftovers
Careful- Pressure
EVs: 252 hp/76 def/180 sp def
- Will-O-Wisp
- Pain Split
- Thunder Punch
- Fire Punch/Shadow Sneak

Excellent wall. Having Trouble deciding between Fire Punch and Shadow Sneak though as both have there uses.

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Heracross @ Choice Band
Jolly- Guts
EVs: 4 hp/252 atk/252 speed
- Stone Edge
- Megahorn
- Close Combat
- Night Slash

Jolly for more speed. Wish it had pursuit though :(

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Milotic @ Leftovers
Bold- Marvel Scale
EVs: 148 hp/240 def/120 sp atk
- Hypnosis
- Recover
- Ice Beam
- Surf

Standard bulky water
 
Yeah, huge Weavile/Pursuit trouble as you said. Heracross can take Tyranitar to some extent, but it's Weavile that can indeed sweep you whole. You don't really have to replace any Pokemon in your team for this, just a few changes will grant you more Weavile coverage than you currently have.
First off all, I recommend Choice Banding your Metagross. Bullet Punch from Metagross, especially when CBed will make Weavile no longer an issue. Also, I'm not liking your EV Spread. You should go with the safe bet, which is the Smogon standard:

Metagross @ Choice Band
Adamant - 252 HP/244 Attack/12 Defence
-Meteor Mash
-Bullet Punch
-Earthquake
-Thunder Punch

This will handle Weavile primarily. Secondly, I would advise Scarfing your Heracross and changing your nature to Adamant. Again, Smogon standard:

Heracross @ Choice Scarf
Adamant - 6 HP/252 Attack/252 Speed
-Close Combat
-Megahorn
-Stone Edge
-Sleep Talk

Sleep talk because you really do need a sleep absorber on your team. Other stuff is really quite standard.

A few other changes. HP Ice > Hypnosis on Gengar since Milotic already has Hypnosis.
I'd also go with Shadow Sneak > Fire Punch on Dusknoir for ScarfGar/Azelf which could give you some troubles.
 
Hey thanks for the reply. Yea the Metagross EV's are wierd, it's alpha plus's originally and i thought i redid the EV's but guess not. With the Metagross i was testing on Shoddy awhile ago i found Bullet Punch to be amazing, but i'm not thrilled with pairing it with Meteor Mash as double STAB Steel isn't the best coverage wise. So perhaps Bullet Punch over Meteor Mash ans CB it? Or i was thinking going further and:
@ Life Orb
- Bullet Punch
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Ice/Thunder Punch
more of a sweeping build

Hm well i'll consider sleep talk on Hera and yea i do wish i had a Adamant one, but the Jolly one i have is good too. To make up for itbeing Jolly w/o Pursuit, what about a SDCross set up instead?

My Gengar does have HP Ice 70 though back with the sleep absorber should i make Milotic a RestTalker then leave Hypnosis on Gengar?

Agree with Dusknoir.

Does anyone have an opinion on Azelf and EXplosion? I was originally going to make Gengar Hasty and give him it, but Azelf even with a -atk nature still would do more damage because of his 125 base attack.
 
Don't worry about 2 Steel type moves. It's not bad to have 2 of the same type of moves in the same moveset if they do different things. Bullet Punch is very useful, as is Meteor mash. Also, Thunderpunch + EQ will give you good coverage so you needn't worry about that :)

You should keep the Scarf. As I said, it's good revenge killer, especially for Weavile who I said gives you a lot of trouble.

And if you want to make Milotic a ResTalker, by all means do it. I suggested that Heracross do it since he loves status, and because Milotic needs Hypnosis + Ice Beam + Surf to counter what this team wants it to counter. If you want to go with ResTalk, you should use:

Milotic @ Leftovers
Bold - 252 HP/232 Def/24 Sp.Attack
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Rest
-Sleep Talk

Milotic makes a good Status absorber/RestTalker due to Marvel Scale. You can go with this instead of Sleep talk on Heracross then.

And I would suggest Azelf keeps Explosion. It can clear Blissey for you so Gengar can sweep Cleanly and you do more damage, as you said. Gengar needs a moderate amount of Attack EVs to get the OHKO which may be undesirable.
 
For Azelf (unless this is for wifi), consider Naive or Hasty over Timid, as you can then switch those HP EVs over into Atk for I think a guaranteed OHKO on Blissey with Explosion. You can always ditch Psychic for Nasty Plot as well if you want.
 
GEC: Thanks again. I do wanna change my Meta's EVs so that'll get done and i'll try Bullet Punch on it too. also if i get a good Adamant Hera it will def go in. i'll experiment around with stuff on Shoddy when i get the time.

Shinryu: unfortunately this is for WiFi so i'm kinda of stuck with the Timid nature. However even with timid, Azelf will still have around 300 attack i believe, more than enough to cripple a Blissey.
 
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