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I am very new to this, so please go easy on me.

Snorlax @ Leftovers
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Curse
- Ice Punch
- Double-Edge
- Crunch

Suicune @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 32 Def / 176 SpA / 32 SpD / 16 Spe
Modest Nature
- Calm Mind
- Surf
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Noivern @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Air Slash
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Flamethrower

Lucario @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bullet Punch
- Close Combat
- Crunch

Whimsicott @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Substitute
- Encore
- Giga Drain
- Leech Seed

Arcanine @ Assault Vest
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Wild Charge
- Morning Sun
- Close Combat

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Replace Assault Vest on Arcanine for Leftovers; it can't use Morning Sun otherwise.
Good point. Thanks, fondant! Can't believe I didn't realize that.
Little bit confused on why would you have Focus Sash and Substitute on the same set. It's kinda weird and pointless. Anyways I think shrew38 also made some good points.
Noivern will almost always go first(with that speed, and especially with the EVs) so why choice scarf it while you can use Choice Specs? Otherwise, nice pokemon.
Noivern won't always go first without the scarf? Like what if it faces Mega-Aerodactly or Scarfed Flygon? A lot of people scarf their revenge Pokemon, so Noivern needs scarf if there is no other Pokemon with a scarf on the team.

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Whimsicott

Grass-type STAB isn't particularly good, at least when compared to fairy. So Switch Giga Drain to Moonblast on whimsicott and definitely use Leftovers rather than Focus Sash.


Arcanine

I'm not sure if you understand how the Assault Vest works; it refrains you from using status moves so no Morning Sun. Therefore, switch it for Leftovers or Rocky Helmet and run 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Attack with an Impish nature. However, if you don't want that set, then switch Leftovers or Rocky Helmet for Life Orb, and anyways use Extreme Speed over Wild Charge.

Noivern

You ought to consider Trick or Boomburst over U-Turn.

Suicune

What are your goals with the EVs? What in particular are you trying to achieve? If it's nothing, then you should use standard 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD with a Bold Nature which gives you the enough physical bulk to setup; Calm Mind will make it for the lack of special investments. By the way, Scald is much better than Surf for its burn chances are very valuable, and are an excellent tradeoff of the extra pointless power Surf offers.

Snorlax

Snorlax needn't defense investment; it uses Curse to make for the lack of it. However, what your Snorlax lacks and should have is some recovery; RestoChesto is a good idea, especially that Snorlax has access to Recycle for unlimited ChestoCycling although it will restrict your coverage very severely. Don't use Double Edge, Snorlax is supposed to be a bulky mon that should abuse its fantastic staying power. Instead, use Frustration as it is a more reliable Normal-STAB but also, it blocks random Dittos from doing any signifant damage.

The other are fines. Other Remarks:

Your team has no actual walls, just setup Pokemon. Not saying that's particularly "bad", but it makes you horribly weak versus phasing, Taunt or Clear Smog Amoonguss among others, while also not having enough defensive power to stop your opponent so once they've started setting up, any powerful pokemon has the potential to sweep your team after a single boost.

You have 2 stealth rock weaknesses, and no way to defog/spin. I can see this being a huge issue for you. Whimsicott seems a tiny bit out of place, although its fighting and dragon resists are nice for your team, so maybe drop it for Tentacruel / Forretress / Crobat.. anything that can Defog or Rapid Spin while keeping most of the synergy Whimsicott had is fine. Just watch out for overlapping team weaknesses.

Hope this helped.

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Use Return over Frustration on Snorlax. It's way harder to lower his happiness. Easier to gain it.
I agree with your other points though.
No wait, frustration is so if ditto copies you, they won't be able to use frustrations very effectively. But I suppose if this is on DS, yeah return is easier