Newbie needs advice on Trick Room team for Rating Battles on Battle Spot (Triples)

Question

First of all, bonjour to everyone! :D

I need a little help, as title says, with the Rating Battles (triples format). I'm totally new to Pokémon (started in February), but I have a long experience in RPG gaming, so I have a good sense of strategy (been a D&D player for a long ass time, too!)

I have been using a Trick Room team to battle on Battle Spot (Free triple battles) and have been doing rather well, so I decided to try my luck at Rating Battles. Some battles I do pretty well, others.. Not so much. When I have to go against Pokémons like Cresselia, Thunderus and whatnot, I tend to get destroyed easily. So. My question is, could someone take a look at my current team and suggest changes to it (or perhaps suggest a completely different team and strategy?). I love battling, it's fun, but it's tough to learn when you face up skilled players with super strong Legendaries.

Also, though I'm starting to change my mind about it because looks like I won't have much of a choice, I'm not too fond of using the same Pokémons everyone uses (I've seen way too many Tyranitars, Garchomps, Gliscors, etc.), as I find it a little boring, but I guess that one has to use what's effective, eh? That said, I do have a Charizard, a Rotom and a Sylveon in my team, and they seem quite popular, too. (I just really like the cute stuff... Yeah I'm cheesy 8'D)

So anyway, here is my current team, all bred and trained by yours truly (I don't believe in hacking and asking people for BR Pokémons, which is why I avoid Legendaries):

• Aromatisse with Lum Berry
  Ability: Aroma Veil
  Nature: Relaxed
  252 HP and Def, 4 Sp Def
  Protect
  Heal Bell
  Heal Pulse
  Trick Room

• Sylveon with Pixie Plate
  Ability: Pixilate
  Nature: Quiet
  252 Sp Att and Def, 4 HP
  Protect
  Hyper Voice
  Moon Blast
  Sleep Talk

• Glaceon with Enigma Berry
  Ability: Ice Body
  Nature: Quiet
  252 Sp Att and Sp Def, 4 Def
  Protect
  Toxic
  Ice Beam
  Shadow Ball

• Charizard with Charizardite Y
  Ability: Solar Power/Drought
  Nature: Quiet
  252 Sp Att and Sp Def, 4 Def
  Protect
  Flamethrower
  Roost
  Solar Beam

• Mawile with Mawilite Y
  Ability: Intimidate/Huge Power
  Nature: Adamant
  252 HP and Att, 4 Sp Def
  Protect
  Sucker Punch
  Play Rough
  Iron Head

• Rotom Wash with Choice Scarf
  Ability: Levitate
  Nature: Quiet
  252 Sp att and Sp Def, 4 Def
  Protect
  Thunderbolt
  Trick
  Hydro Pump

I also sometimes switch the Glaceon and Rotom with those two Pokémons, who were originally part of the team.

• Luxray with Toxic Orb
  Ability: Guts
  Nature: Brave
  252 HP and Att, 4 Def
  Iron Tail
  Superpower
  Facade
  Wild Charge

• Vaporeon with Mystic Water/Lustrous Orb
  Ability: Water Absorb
  Nature: Quiet
  252 Sp Att and Sp Def, 4 Def
  Protect
  Scald
  Ice Beam
  Wish

Comments

I'll probably get into answering this, unless someone else does. Some things that I saw that myself or hopefully someone else will get into are:

Vaporeon can't use lustrous orb, only palkia can.
On guts, I'm pretty sure flame orb > toxic orb.
Mawilite doesn't have a Y form.
Charizard is fast, u shouldn't use him in tricky room. If you want him, reply.
Why does sylveon have 2 fairy moves? Switch moon blast for rest maybe, as you have sleep talk.
TAUNT BAIT!!! Aromanattsie has no actual damaging moves, so taunt #wreaks you.

Sorry if there were too many changes, it's just my style. Maybe someone like astronautical can get into.

Answer 1

Thanks for taking the time to reply, it's much appreciated!

I had no idea that the Lustrous Orb only worked with Palkia (I thought it was simply more effective with it) so I'll stick to Mystic Water for Vaporeon

I'll check it out for the Flame Orb!! That's interesting.

Mawilite Y... That was just a typo 8'D

Charizard is fast, granted, but with a poor speed stat, no EVs and a quiet nature, he usually goes before my opponent once TR is set.

Sylveon has two fairy moves because Hyper Voice gets blocked by Wide Guard. Moonblast allows it to attack in this case.

Aromatisse cannot be taunted, she is protected by her Aroma Ability

Thanks for the help!!