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Problem with Dusclops

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Dar1818

BF CHAMP!!
I got a lot of advice on this team earlier on and had completed it. All are at level 100 with ev's that AB gave me (so I don't need new ones) and have good IV's. This is what the team was;

Swampert@Chesto Berry
Relaxed
Curse
Earthquake
Ice Beam
Rest

Weezing@Leftovers
Relaxed
Will-O-Wisp
Haze
Sludge Bomb
Rest

Regice@Leftovers
Bold
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Thunder Wave (For DDTars)
Rest

Heracross@Shell Bell
Adamant
Swords Dance
MegaHorn
Rock Slide
Brick Break (I'm not seeing that many Blissey's anymore so I changed from Focus Punch)

Gardevoir@Leftovers
Modest
Will-O-Wisp
Calm Mind
Psychic
Thunderbolt

Dusclops@Leftovers
Careful
Will-O-Wisp
Shadow Ball
Seismic Toss
Pain Split

Ok, Dusclops has been giving me some problems. Rapid Spinners don't seem to be showing up very much anymore. Starmie's are running the Surf/Ice Beam/Psychic/Thunderbolt set more often than R-Spin/recov, and Donphans are practically non-existant. So Dusclops hasn't been doing me much good. In fact, it has been giving me a lot of problems. I think that three WoW's on one team are too much. I'm thinking I should change, but I don't really know what to. I wanted to switch to a Skamory, but would another physical wall be ok? And if I did, I'd have a reasonably large fire weakness. Another thought was a Curselax...Any suggestions? I would like ev's and everything else on the new pokemon please.
 
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Rapid Spinners in-game? Hahahahaha. They're virtually non-existant and the only one or two who do use it (if they even exist) are too stupid to know that "Oh he is laying down Spikes, so I should counter with Rapid Spin".

Anyways, your team is really slow so you should switch out Dusclops for a fast Flying physical sweeper I.E. Salamence. Flying because you need a Ground immunity.
So CBMence sounds fitting.
 
Oh congrats. And uuhhhh...this should really be in competitive.

Anyways, CBCross please (with Focus Punch). FP's job is not just to take out Bliss in one hit (because no one sends in Blissey in the first place). It's job to to hit non-Ghost switch-ins incredibly hard because even fliers will take massive damage from a STABed CB Focus Punch.

I don't get why Weezing is Relaxed when it has no Fire Blast.

The only real reason to have Dusclops on your team is to block Rapid Spin, but you aren't even using Spikes, so it basically just sits there.
It does alleviate your Gengar weakness somewhat, but Gardevoir can take care of it.

Also, I overlooked Weezing as your Ground immunity, but still, Salamence is my only real suggestion for a fast sweeper (unless you can trade with FR/LG). You can also use Agiligross or even Turtlegross (Rest+Sleep Talk Metagross) in order to absorb Sleep and resist Normal/Flying.
In fact, your team could use that - a Flying resist.
 
Whoops, overlooked the competitive thing. I do have access to LG/FR. I'm considering changing haze back to Fire Blast on Weezing since it helped so much with Skarms. I'll go with CBcross. How about this Meta set since I already have one w/perfect iv's in Atk and Def.

Metagross@Lum Berry
Adamant
Agility
Meteor Mash
Explosion
Earthquake
ev's...whatever you gave me, I can't remember exactly what they were. I always liked Agiligross, it has never failed to beat an opposing physical sweeper for me.
 
Aragorn, what is the advantage of that EV set over this one on Metagross with Agility:
Attack 252
Speed 252
HP 4
 
The EVs that go into the Def and HP, are so that it doesn't get hit badly after its uses Agility. The Evs in speed are there so Metagross can move faster than other Metagross and Pokèmons that have similar speed. Its mainly for situations, where, you haven't used Agility yet. After Agility Metagross is extremely fast, and since Agility is there in the moveset, you don't need to max out the speed. They can be used in other stats.
 
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