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Hawlucha @ Power Herb
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Acrobatics
- Sky Attack
- High Jump Kick
Love this guy! Nice sweeper even without SD.

Manectric @ Manectite
Ability: Lightningrod
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power [Ice]
Great for coverage and I nice Scout.

Tyranitar @ Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Ice Beam
- Crunch
Can wall talonflame and other sweepers plus sets up excadrill.

Excadrill @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Another sweeper, but also helps for typing. (screw you electric)

Ferrothorn @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Power Whip
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Leech Seed
I love ferrothorn. Great wall, just watch out for Fire.

Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Belly Drum
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Brick Break
Mainly here for typing. Still a great pokemon though.

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It looks neat. If I may recommend you something, it's Rapid Spin Excadrill since you can't deal with rocks when set and their cheap damage can be match-winners in some cases. Not that you have a particular Rock weakness tho.
Im gonna suggest that you drop Hawlucha in general. It really is frail, and your current set finds little time ACTUALLY surviving from setting up. I'm gonna suggest Latias, over Excadrill, as it greatly synergizes with your team, forming a Fantasy core with Ferrothorn and Azumarill.

On the topic of Azumarill, you can opt to run either Assault vest or Choice Band. Both work well.

Sets:
Latias @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Psyshock
- Defog (even though I suggest running rapid spin on Excadrill)
- Roost / Healing Wish / Hidden Power Fire

Azumarill @ Assault Vest
Ability: Huge  Power
EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Waterfall
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Superpower / Knock Off

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Azumarill @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 184 Spe / rest in Hp
Adamant Nature
"Same moveset"
Not a bad team but you should take note that Stealth Rock can be a hazard so Rapid Spin should be included.

Watch out for fire types too as they can burn and halve your Physical attacks.

Why not take out Sky Attack and put a Flying Gem as your item too to boost Acrobatics.
Flying Gem isn't released in X/Y, so that's why he's using a Power Herb set.

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Your team seems fairly balanced and has it's strong points.
One thing I noticed right off the bat is that outside of Mega Manectric, this is entirely made up of physical attackers, which is ok.; you just need to watch out for very bulky walks such as Hippowdon, Skarmory, or Slowbro.
Excadrill complements Hawlucha and Azumarill quite nicely. However, on that note. I would change your Excadrill's set to better check Rotom-W. The physically defensive variant of Rotom-W seems to give this team a hard time, being able to burn or hit your offensive threats super-effectively.
Running Mold Breaker Excadrill with a spread of 152 HP/ 252 Atk/ 5 Sp.Def / 32 Speed ensures that you outspeed the Defensive Smogon set while 2HKOing with earthquake. Watch out for strong fighting types as weavile, as they heavily dent this team, minus Hawlucha. Specifically, Assault Vest Conkeldurr is dangerous, so be wary of that, since after Hawlucha uses up it's 1-turn Sky Attack, Acrobatics isn't a guaranteed OHKO.
It will definitely be worth it to change up the Excadrill, and if you do, I also highly recommend you switch the Azumarill to the Choice Band variant, with Superpower over Brick Break, and Waterfall over Belly Drum. Switching the 252 EVs from HP to Speed, then, wouldn't be a bad idea, as Excadrill is now bulkier, You can get away with it.
Watch out for what I mentioned, I highly recommend you make these changes, and overall, solid team! Good job!
EDIT: Realized I forgot to mention that Rapid Spin would be a fantastic move to put on Excadrill, in place of either Iron Head or Rock Slide (I recommend keeping rock slide as a check to Talonflame banded into Brave Bird).

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I dont see why you would suggest Mold Breaker Excadrill in the first place, unless it is a Choice Scarf Exacdrill set. He's running Tyranitar so he can abuse sand and outspeed the whole metagame.
Can u put some spaces in there :/
I understand the T-Tar +  Sand Rush Excadrill combo is good, but running Mold Breaker Excadrill with my spread deals with Rotom-W, which nothing else on his team does well.
actually, I find that Azumarill without belly drum is pointless