Pass it on - Baton Pass OU

Question

I saw a lot of Smeargles going around in OU on day, so I decided to toss up this team. Only a 1/2 hour's worth of work, but decent. 7/10 battles. Short on time, so no sprites yet.

Honestly? Smeargle isn't that hard to set up with, and pass. I mean, unless you have bad prediction, you can cripple a pokemon, and pass a shell smash off to cloyster or salamence. Standard B-Passer and the core.

Smeargle (M) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Own Tempo
EVs: 80 HP / 96 Def / 252 SDef / 80 SAtk
Timid Nature
- Spore
- Shell Smash
- Baton Pass
- Ingrain

Salamence. Hasn't seen too much use yet, mostly because of Cloyster always being a better choice. Very vulnerable to revenge killers - Ice Shard Weavile mostly. MixMence.
Salamence (F) @ Life Orb
Trait: Moxie
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SAtk
Naive Nature
- Outrage
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast

A Calm Mind passer just didn't work out with no special attackers. So I went with the standard set. I could sub out Salamence for a special attacker, and go back to Calm Mind + Baton Pass.

Espeon (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Substitute

Sigh. Epic sweeps. Just covers everything common in OU, except for Jirachi and a couple other Steel types. Those come in, I'm dead. Suggestions?

Cloyster @ White Herb
Trait: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Rock Blast
- Shell Smash
- Ice Shard

Setter. Used this set a lot, no vulnerabilities.

Ferrothorn (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Power Whip
- Leech Seed
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Wave

Because of Cloyster, I need a spinner. Starmie just fills that role, and can cover most spin blockers. Again, standard set.

Starmie @ Leftovers
Trait: Natural Cure
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 32 Def / 4 SAtk / 224 Spd
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
- Scald
- Psyshock

Not much change from normal sets, but the threats I need some help with.

Comments

Infernape and Lucario tape this team up :3

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Smeargle is so easy to predict; 1 STAB move from a sweeper will activate Focus Sash; Spore; switch Pokemon; Shell Smash; priority move/ Prankster Taunt; no Baton Pass or Smeargle for the rest of the game.

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A Baton Pass team needs to keep the Pass going, not stop after one Pokemon ._.

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Um, fondant, your scenario will probably occur like 1/80 times or something. Not only that but it's so damn easy to force a switch out and repeat.

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Sorry Flare, she's right. SmashPass Smeargle is very easy to defeat when you're a GOOD PLAYER. Not the ladder.

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it is quite easy to predict. Pritoirty will pretty much beat smeargle in no time, and smeargle wasn't the best around anyway.

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Actaully Lum berry can counter it easily.

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Why do you have offensive EVs on Smeargle...

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It's not easy to force a switch when all you have is a Smeargle. Most people who use Smeargle don't want to switch when they've used their focus sash. Either they'll switch or try to Baton Pass out, in which case a priority move will clean up.

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What i tried to do was have a chain of smeargle -> espy (former b-pass version) -> salamence - something that never quite worked out.  But I've been gone for a long while, and this is one of my first teams anyways. :P  But, how could I counter Infernape better, as it seems to be the biggest threat?