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Cloystroark

Vandslaux

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This team is based around weakening the foe to the point in which Cloyster and Zoroark can sweep. Zoroark sweeping must be capable of luring a resisted attack.

Cloyster (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Skill Link
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Razor Shell
- Shell Smash
- Rock Blast
- Icicle Spear

Cloyster OHKOes (well, 5HKOes) Skarmory with Icicle Spear after a Shell Smash, with LO and Adamant.
Jellicent (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 220 Def / 36 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Scald
- Toxic
- Recover
- Taunt

My spinblocker. Scald so I'm not Taunt bait, Toxic to break down bulky pokemon, Recover to heal, and Taunt so I can Taunt Blissey/Chansey before they Toxic me.
Heatran (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Flamethrower
- Roar
- Sleep Talk
- Toxic

Specially defensive Tran. Flamethrower for STAB, Roar to phaze, Sleep Talk so I can do SOMETHING to Breloom, and Toxic to stall.
Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Roost
- Whirlwind
- Brave Bird
- Stealth Rock

A physical wall. Roost to heal, Whirlwind to phaze, Brave Bird so I'm not Taunt bait, and Stealth Rock because it can get Rocks up.
Ferrothorn (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Leech Seed
- Thunder Wave
- Spikes
- Power Whip

The main defensive backbone of the team. Leech Seed heals me, T-Wave cripples, Spikes because it can get them up easily, and Power Whip for STAB.
Zoroark (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Illusion
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Nasty Plot
- Flamethrower
- Dark Pulse
- Focus Blast

Special sweeper. I NP on resisted attacks (Usually disguised as Jellicent), and sweep.

I've been testing this team, and I've been unsuccessful. Could someone help me? I'm open to ANY changes.
 
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For ur Cloyster give it white herb instead of LO, because in-case you don't want to lose yor defense power, because Rotom-W can sweep that..
 
Heatran running sleep talk is way to situational. If you just want to beat breloom, use a scarftran. Also switch SR and spikes on skarm and ferro. Skarm has more reliable recovery so it can get up spikes three times and still heal off most damage. Ferro on the other hand, you want to force a switch to get up on SR and then force switches into a leech seed after you get up SR. Also why you have jellicent, to block spins so after all the set up is done, they can't get rid of it.
 
This team has no electric resists at all, so anything like Thundurus, Electivire, and others can seriously hurt this team. Thundurus, running a NP set, can take out most everything with a boosted T-Bolt, and cripple others with Prankster T-Wave. T-Bolt ruins Cloyster, Jellicent, and Skarmory. And if it's running Focus Blast (which a lot of Thundurus's do), that kills off Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Zoroark. Even if Zoroark has Illusion up for one of the electric weak, T-Bolt would still kill it. Electivire instead of Focus Blast generally has Cross Chop, thus having the same coverage as Thundurus. Though it may not OHKO, it'll cripple any of these and make them susceptible to an easy revenge kill.

Gliscor might be a possible solution, as Electric does nothing to it, and it in return can kill both Thundurus and Electivire with Ice Fang and Earthquake respectively. You'd just have to be wary of HP Ice and Ice Punch. If you don't want to have to worry about Ice moves, go with Gastodon, as it resists electric and only takes moderate damage from Ice. It also has good base defenses, so it would be a good choice.
 
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