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Hi guys, I took a LONG break from pokemon and COMPLETELY lost my touch when it comes to building teams. I really need help to improve this team:

Serperior @ Life Orb
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Dragon Pulse
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Great late game sweeper after the threats have been removed. Can lure in Ferrothorn or Skarmory and annihilate them with +2 HP Fire, effectively 2HKOing them.

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

Really, he's only here to deal with Weavile as he can sweep through the majority of my team. Apart from that, his amazing physical attack and decent bulk makes him a great asset. I went with Assault Vest so he can tank more hits.

Hippowdon @ Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 SpD
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Slack Off
- Toxic

I wasn't planning to make a Semi-Sand team, but after having Mega Garchomp (breaker) and Excadrill (originally a spinner) on the team, I figured sand could improve their ability on my team. I chose Hippowdon over T-Tar as Hippowdon's typing is better and he has access to the super useful Slack Off, especially since Hippowdon is my pivot

Garchomp @ Garchompite
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Stone Edge

Mega Garchomp has been working WONDERS for this team. Fire Blast totally destroys Ferrothorn and Skarmory, the 2 most annoying walls in my opinion, and Garchomp can even lure them in at times as most people are expecting a physical set. Furthermore, Sand Force boosted EdgeQuake can demolish pretty much anything, even those who resist it in some cases. This mixed set is meant to break the majority of walls that wall my team, and even if Garchchomp doesn't KO them right away, I can effectively revenge kill with............

Excadrill @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Swords Dance

Originally, he was my spinner as I needed to get rid of SR for Talonflame, who was in the original version of this team. After going the way of sand however, I ditched spinning, used Excadrill as my revenge killer, and replaced Talonflame with Azumarill. Anyway, Sand Rush Excadrill is my revenge killer, need I say more?

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Soft-Boiled
- Thunder Wave
- Moonblast
- Heal Bell

Finally, my team needed an effective switch-in as well as a cleric as most of the team is vulnerable to burn. Clefable was the best choice. With access to Magic Guard, Clefable takes no damage from Sandstorm and can switch-in often even if there's entry hazards. Magic Guard cleric Clefable has perfect synergy for this semi-sand team.

This team has won, and even 6-0ed, multiple battles, but at the same time it loses due to bad matchups as it has trouble dealing with Water and Ice. The sand core is definitely powerful, but three Ground types isn't necessarily all that great. I don't mind taking out sand, but a can't seem to find any specific core that can fulfill the roles better than breaker M-Garchomp or Revenge Killer Excadrill. Sand is REALLY powerful on my team, but with the battles I do, because there's 3 ground types, it's either a fantastic match up or an awful matchup. If there's any way to have better type synergy while fulfilling the roles of the team just as well as it is already, I'm all ears.

Any questions or suggestions, feel free to tell me!

Thanks a ton!

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Your team is quite good. But since the Ice weakness troubles you, switching one of your Pokemon for something with more resistance would be wise. Can you please state which Pokemon you wouldn't mind replacing ?
Well maybe mega-garchomp, perhaps I could switch in heatran, and make hippo mega t-tar? Also don't mind taking out Serperior or Azumarill for anything that works best
OK, so I think you should replace Serperior with Latios and use Hippodown and Empoleon as your defensive core. In this case, Empoleon should be Specially Defensive while Hippodown should have max Defense.
Serperior is gonna be taking a lot of damage, with Life Orb recoil + Sand. I suggest Meadow Plate, it's basically a weaker Life Orb for Leaf Storm. If you can force a switch and get a +2, everything that stands in front of you will pretty much be obliterated save Talonflame and a few other resisters,
I like that team, It's look pretty good, I looked it over and couldn't find any moves that should be replaced. So you are doing good, although I do suggest having more EVs in ATK for your Garchomp.
Ok, given all your suggestions, I'm thinking of switching the team to:

Serperior (I just personally prefer his unique leaf storm buff to latios, plus serp's faster)
Keldeo (not Empoleon so I can keep the offense up, plus its a great switch in for dark types like bisharp and weavile)
Clefable
Hippowdon
Excadrill
Heatran (breaks walls with FB and can resist ice)

Well, the only thing missing is a mega. I was considering mega-Ttar, but i find the loss of smooth rock to be quite detrimental to my team

Thoughts or suggestions?
Maybe mega sceptile>serperior?
@pokelazer Yes Mega Sceptile is most definitely better because it's significantly faster and powerful.
Team is definitely solid man. Really weak to Keldeo and M Metagross though as well as Cotton Guard M Altaria. Overall really strong wall breakers or sweepers give you a hard time.

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