Please rate my first team (OU):

Question

I just decided to start building competitive teams, and this is my first attempt, so please suggest improvements and items I could use. (Feel free to make major changes)

(Mega) Heracross: Bye Bye
Nature: Brave
Item: Heracronite
Ability: Moxie/Skill link
EVs: 252-att

    90-hp        
    84-def
    84-sp def

Moves: Stone edge

          Swords Dance
          Megahorn
          Close Combat

(Mega) Ampharos: He will sweep the floor in your blood
Nature: Modest
Item: Ampharosite
Ability: Static/Mold Breaker
EVs: 252-sp att

    90-hp
    84-def
    84-sp def

Moves: Thunderbolt

          Magnet Rise
          Power Gem
          Dragon Pulse

By the way, I will only activate one of them in battle to suit my needs.

Slowbro: Trick room is the key
Nature: Calm
Item:
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252-def

     128-hp
     112-sp att
     16-sp def

Moves: Trick room

          Calm mind
          Flamethrower
          Surf

Hippowdon: 3 Fangs Heck Yeah
Nature: Sassy
Item: Expert belt
Ability: Sand stream
EVs: 252-att

    202-sp def
    56-def

Moves: Ice fang

          Thunder fang
          Earthquake
          Fire Fang

Amoongus: Spore Spore Spore
Nature: Modest
Item:
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252-def

    252-sp def
    4-sp att

Moves: Spore

          Giga Drain
          Toxic
          Venoshock

Cofagrigus: Other trickrooming guy
Nature: Modest
Item:
Ability: Mummy
EVs: 252-sp def

    92-def
    166-sp att

Moves: Trick Room

          Calm mind
          Shadow ball
          Hidden Power (fighting)

And also, I made a seventh pokemon before I noticed I had 7 pokemon, sooo...

Talonflame: Just in case Trick room fails/trick room counter pokemon counterer
Nature: Adamant
Item: Flying Gem
Ability: Gale wings
EVs: 252-att

      252-spd
      4-hp

Moves: Swords Dance

          Acrobatics
          Flare Blitz
          Roost

Soo... What do you think?

Comments

Why not make use of mega-heracross' great ability skill link

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So you mean use rock blast and/or pin missile instead, and maybe bullet seed?

Answer 1

Try Rock Blast instead of Stone Edge on Heracross. It's 125 BP and 90% acc vs 100 BP and 80% accuracy. Plus Rock Blast breaks subs. Easy choice tbh. Same case with Megahorn. Run Pin Missile instead. Also 90 / 84 / 84 is a really bad spread. You'd be better off running 252 HP instead of making such a complicated spread for nothing. Only split EVs if they're meant to live a very specific hit or avoid 2HKO from something.

Same thing with M Ampharos about EVs, just run a 252 / 252 spread. Also do Cotton Guard instead of Magnet Rise and Focus Blast instead of Power Gem. Personally I would avoid any setup and just run Volt Switch but it's up to you really.

More weird EVs on the Slowbro? I wouldn't run him as Calm Mind setup if you have no form of recovery, it's kind of pointless tbh. 108 SpDef or you can do 28 SpDef with Calm nature to live two Hydro Pumps from Specs Keldeo after Stealth Rock. It'd look something like this:

Slowbro
Nature: Bold
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs:
248 HP
152 Def
108 SpDef
Moves: Trick room
Slack Off
Fire Blast
Scald / Pyshock

Or

Slowbro
Nature: Calm
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs:
248 HP
232 Def
28 SpDef
Moves: Trick room
Slack Off
Fire Blast
Scald / Psyshock

I get your Hippowdon set (it's meant for coverage etc) but the physical bulky one I've found is much more effective.

Hippowdon
Nature: Impish / Relaxed
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sand Force (Your team doesn't benefit from sand, you're just taking 6% every turn for no reason)
EVs:
252 HP
252 Def
4 SpDef
Moves: Earthquake
Stealth Rock
Slack Off
Roar / Stone Edge

Drop Toxic from Amoongus and replace it with Synthesis and then replace Venoshock with Sludge Bomb. Dual Status Amoongus is bad tbh. You can also do Hidden Power Fire instead of Giga Drain to hit Ferrothorn and Scizor.

Calm Mind Cofagrigus is eh. Maybe do Will-O-Wisp, Pain Split, Shadow Ball, and Knock Off or Energy Ball. You'd also be better off with a 252 / 252 spread on this guy too.

I've seen so many people make this mistake lol - Flying Gem isn't in 6th gen legally.

There is no way to get one without save modification and even then it won't let you use it online. Try Sharp Beak and then run Brave Bird instead of Acrobatics.

I like the basis for the team; Trick Room is interesting and you're using some cool mons. Just change up the sets a little bit and it should be much more effective ^^

Comments

Thanks, and by the way, I have just discovered pokemon showdown, and I've made many improvements to the team already, but I will take these into consideration, and hopefully, my team will get stronger :)