UU Shoddy Platinum-Horrible unbalanced thing it is

[Disgrace]

Hello all. I've been UU battling recently and I've found that I've quite liked it. Unfortunally, my team is HORRIBLE, so I would like advice.

Lead:

Adamant w/Leftovers
Rock head
252 Hp/252 Att/4 Def
-Sub
-Stone edge
-Avalanche
-Focus punch
Once it gets up a sub, this thing wreaks absolute havoc with its impress attack. Obvious Sub-Punch idea going here. Stone Edge is for stab and Ghosts. Avalanche takes chucks off Claydol and Nidoqueen. Leftovers is to recover health lost in Subbing.

Physical-ish wall/Spinner:

Bold w/Leftovers
252 Hp/144 Def/114 Sp.Def
-Stealth rock
-Rapid spin
-Earth power
-Psychic
My mixed wall and spinner. Earth power is for a good stab, Psychic is also Stab, and handles Fighting types quicker, before they can really do damage. Stealth rock is because of extra damage and Rapid spin because most of my pokemon can't take too many hits(Looking at you, Sharpedo)

Special wall:

Calm w/Leftovers
Volt absorb
252 Hp/4 Sp.att/252Sp.def
-Rest
-Sleep talk
-Thunderbolt
-Ice beam
Lanturn is awesome =)
Lanturn is my sleep absorber, since this team hates Venusaur. Rest is for instant healing(I don't see many electric attacks these days). Thunderbolt and Ice beam are for coverage.

Physical sweeper:

Adamant w/Choice scarf
Super luck
252 Att/252 Spe
-Night slash
-Superpower
-Psycho cut
-X-scissor
Absol is a powerful finisher with a choice scarf. Night slash is for stab and the crit rate. Psycho cut is for poisons(Weezing, Venusaur, Muk) and Fightings(provided they don't mach punch me). X-scissor is for darkies, and superpower is for steels(And Absol will not be staying in longer anyway).

Mixed Sweeper:

Hasty w/Life orb
128 Att/128 Sp.att/252 Spe
-Aqua jet
-Surf
-Ice beam
-Earthquake(possibly replacable with crunch)
My mixed sweeper. This thing can hit HARD even with this nooby ev spread. Surf is for stab, Ice beam is for grassers. Aqua jet is to take down those Hitmons hopefully before they punch Sharpies paper defences. Earthquake is for Steels, but I have heaps of ways of dealing with them, so maybe crunch for stab?

Special sweeper:

Timid w/Choice Specs
252 sp.att/252 speed
-Ice beam
-Thunderbolt
-Shadow ball
-Psychic
My last pokemon, and my most reliable. Ice beam and Shadow ball are for Stab, psychic is for Fighters and thunderbolt is for waters and coverage.

Problem pokemon:
Hitmontop- For all my steps to avoid being swept, it's still a problem. After Claydol is gone, a Bullet punch+Mach punch top could sweep.
Absol- With it learning superpower, nothing on my team counters Sword dance-Sucker punch-Superpower versions. Switching between Claydol and absol helps.
Clefable- It's annoying because I can never guess what it will do. Wall breaker sets are particulary annoying.
Lanturn- None of my pokemon like Surf-Thunderbolt. Other ends up in a stall war between lanturns.

 

[LonelyNess]

I'm surprised that absolutely no one commented on this team as it's really good to be honest. I also think I have some solutions to your very few problems.

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Switch Psychic on your Froslass for Trick. The coverage is largely redundant and unnecessary on Froslass. The main things that this changes is that you now have good answers for Clefable and Absol. Clefable, especially stalling versions, hate being given a Specs that they can't use. And Absol won't outspeed Froslass, and Trick doesn't activate Sucker Punch, meaning that Absol's sweeping capabilities will be effectively neutered if it's given a Choice Specs.

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The only reason to use Earthquake on Sharpedo is to prevent Poliwrath from being able to set up an unbreakable Substitute on you. But you have Claydol who is almost a perfect counter to most Poliwraths. Because of this, I recommend using Crunch over Earthquake. You will never OHKO a Steel type with Earthquake, and Surf will 2HKO all of the Steel types of UU anyway so the coverage is incredibly redundant. Crunch allows you to take out Hypno and Grumpig, who have been seeing a rise in usage lately.

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I think the weakest link of this team is most definitely your lead. It simply doesn't add much of anything to the overall strategy of the team. It's rather pointless in my opinion.

I'd prefer to see it replaced with something that fixes your Hitmontop as well as your Lanturn problem.

Venusaur (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Overgrow
EVs: 12 HP/240 Spd/252 SAtk/4 SDef
Modest nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Energy Ball
- Sleep Powder
- Hidden Power [Psychic]
- Sludge Bomb

The given EVs allow it to outpace Swellow, a threat to your team that is opened up if you rid your team of Aggron. Hidden Power Psychic seems like a bad move here, but in actuallity, it helps it from being walled by Weezing, who would like the free switch-in and would love to burn one of your teammates (or Venusaur) if only for the added residual damage. You could also use a bit of Sleep on your team, and with it, your Absol can set itself up for a sweep a little bit better.

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Other than that, I don't notice any problems that your team has that you didnt' mention. Give those changes a try and get back to me.