Trick Room OU Team

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Please rate my team I need help with it. It is my first attempt for a Trick Room team.
~My Team At A Glance~
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Bronzong (Taco Bell) @ Leftovers
trait: Levitate
nature: Relaxed
EV's: 252 HP/152 Atk/ 8 Def/ 96 SpD
~ Gyro Ball
~ Hypnosis
~ Trick Room
~ Explosion
Bronzong gives opponents an element of surprise as a lead (sarcasm). This is my basic Trickzong lead. Gyro Ball is its main attack option powered by STAB. Hypnosis is to put enemies to sleep, which I wondering if I should Replace for something else because Hypnosis is inaccurate. The move I love is Explosion its good for taunting leads like Gliscor. Speed reducing natures it gets a slight boost in special defense and with Trick room into play It gives a boost in speed stat. EV spread is very obvious providing bulk and offense.


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Slowking (Grande Rey) @ Leftovers
trait: Own Tempo
nature: Quiet
EV's: 252 HP/252 SpA/4 SpD
~ Surf
~ Nasty Plot
~ Trick Room
~ Slack Off
This pokemon has awsome synergy with Bronzong able to take ground & fire moves while, Bronzong can take on quite a few grass type moves. Also Slowking is valuable since it is my only pokemon that hit hards with special attack. Nasty Plot is a pretty cool move boosting Slowkings decent SpA stat. Slack Off stalls the opponent just a bit and recovers loss health.

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Tyranitar (Tirano) @ Life Orb
trait: Sand Stream
nature: Brave
EV's: 252 SpA / 48 Atk / 208 HP
~ Crunch
~ Ice Beam
~ Flamethrower
~ Superpower
I changed Tyranitar current moveset suggested by Zapdosblitz. So now that it can take walls better. Flamethrower is a nice move for killing metagross, forretress, scizor,and jirachi. Crunch is its main main attack move able to put a dent if not OHKO Rotom-A & Latias. Now with Ice Beam Machamp wont be my only counter to Salamence, Dragonites, Gliscor, and Hippowdon.
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Dusknoir (Fantasma) @ Leftovers
trait: Pressure
nature: Relaxed
EV's: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SpD
~ Shadow Punch
~ Pain Split
~ Trick Room
~ Will-O-Wisp
Who would have guesses that I would have a Dusknoir on my team, its so original (sarcasm).Trick Room sets Dusknoir apart from other Ghost Pokémon. Dusknoir is a great user of Trick Room, it possesses high defenses. I (bulky Fighting-types and most defensive Pokémon), set up Trick Room, and then switch out to a slow sweeper to abuse the three remaining turns of Trick Room.
Will-O-Wisp is a great move to have on a Trick Room team. It not only cripples threatening attackers, but also weakens defensive Pokémon with its residual damage so that your sweepers can break past them.


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Dragonite @ Life Orb
trait: Inner Focus
nature: Quiet
EV's: 252 Atk / 252 SpA /4 Def
~ Draco Meteor
~ Superpower
~ Flamethrower
~ Thunderbolt
Thank you Karakara for this suggestion. I am going to replace it with Blissey. It gives Extreme type coverage able hurt bulky waters with thunderbolt and kill opposing Tyranitars, Heatrans, and Blisseys with superpower. Also since I dont need to invest in speed EV's, I can invest them in Attack and Special Attack making Dragonite more powerful. Quiet nature is good for getting it slower and able to go faster in trick room.

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Machamp (Luchador) @ Life Orb
trait: Guts
nature: Brave
EV's: 252 HP / 252 Atk /4 Def
~ Close Combat
~ Ice Punch
~ Bullet Punch
~ Payback
Another suggestion by Karakara. I love excellent type coverage that Payback and Close Combat provide, this Machamp's Ice Punch is to fight of dragons and i think its valuable to the team since I have no other ice or dragon-type moves.Payback with the ability Guts can kill a bulky Rotom-A that will try and switch in. I have machamp on the team to take advantage of its poor speed and in trick room able to outspeed a majority of pokemon.
 
I don't see the point in having Blissey on a trick room team, nor the point in having three trick room users and only two abusers. The idea is to hit hard and kill everything in those few turns you have, so I'd switch Machamp's item to Life Orb. Same with Tyranitar too. I don't get why Slowking takes the ground attacks that Dusknoir is equally neutral to. No need to rest talk while you're up against time so I'd reccomend the choice band set (with a life orb and Brave Nature). Bullet Punch will help you pick off things after trick room ends too. And my favorite trick room sweeper is mixnite and he meshes well with your current attackers (both physical).
 
replace Blissey with something else,Trick Room means to be very offensive and should really hit hard in such a limited time.I suggest Porygon2 here.It's a great trick room user and also a great checks to many dangerous threat including Gyarados and also Salamence and you can put another attacking moves in Slowking spot to adds more coverage (you are walled by Vaporeon with only surf)

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Porygon2 @Leftovers
Ability:Trace
252 HP / 136 Def / 136 SpA
Nature:Quiet
-Trick Room
-Thunderbolt
-Ice Beam
-Recover

Change Machamp set into a more offensive one with Life Orb because you cannot waste your time Resting in the limited time.Tyranitar should not use Choice Band as an item because Trick room cannot afford switching too much,I recommend MixTar here because I see you will have big problem to stall and Mixtar is a great wallbreaker.

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(I only change the EV a bit to fit TR team)
Tyranitar @Expert Belt
Ability:Sand Stream
252 SpA / 48 Atk / 208 HP
Nature:Quiet/Brave
-Flamethrower
-Ice Beam
-Dark Pulse/Crunch/Thunderbolt
-Superpower

Well that's I all can suggest GL with your team :)
 
For the MixTar Set, I recommend having Dark Pulse instead of crunch. Dark Pulse has a good chance of OHKOing Rotom-A under SR before it can retaliate with WoW, Hydro Pump, Leaf Storm or Screens. The only poke that will be hit harder by Crunch is latias, which can be handled by most of the team.

Also, Physical walls that usually switch in Tar are hit harder by Dark Pulse.

Great Team dude, congrats!
 
seconding lumin's dark pulse suggestion. not only is it unaffected by WoW but intimidate as well. it does hefty damage to swampert, too (40-48%) Also, with dark pulse, you can afford to use a special attack boosting nature since superpower is only really needed to deal with blissey, heatran, and tyranitar. Keep your current ttar EV spread but change crunch to dark pulse and the nature to quiet (+spa -spe)
 
Nice team. But I think you could improve it a bit by making some alterations.
First, your Bronzong lead is fine, but I'd definitely use Stealth Rock over Hypnosis on it as it can be very crucial for your sweepers (esp. Machamp) to have them up.
Second, I don't think that your slowking set is the best option for that slot. I see why it is necessary to use Slack off, Trick room and Nasty plot on the set but this only leaves one slot left for an attacking move. Thus all CM Cune, Vaporeon and Kingdra for example completely wall you. I would maybe suggest a sweeper clamperl in that slot because it can deal much more immediate damage with its huge SpAtk and will ohko almost everything but blissey and snorlax. It's especially good for coming in as your first Trick room sweeper after Bronzong and tear big holes into your opponent's team.
Clamperl@DeepSeaTooth
Quiet-252SpAtk, 252HP, 4Def
-Surf/HydroPump
-Ice Beam
-HP Electric
-Toxic/Confuse Ray
Your Dusknoir set is also fine.
On your Machamp set I would consider using DynamicPunch+No Guard and Stone Edge over Ice Punch for better coverage with Payback and your fighting move. In the last slot Bullet Punch is good but you can also replace it with Ice Punch for Gliscor.
Now to your Tyranitar and your Dragonite:
I really think they're too similar. Both are specially oriented wall breakers with superpower. You should drop Tyranitar because all it can do can also be done by Dragonite and then you would have one team slot left for a third Trick room support pokemon (as without slowking you have only 2 pokes left that can set it up). This slot could go to Porygon2. It complements Dusknoir very well as defensive core and is a good TR user with access to reliable recovery and BoltBeam:
Porygon2@Leftovers
Quiet-252HP, 120 Def, 136SpAtk
-Thunderbolt
-Ice Beam
-Recover
-Trick room
It can also become a potent alternative sweeper with the given nature and spAtk EV investment.

Hope these suggestions helped you. Good Luck with your team !
 
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