Tell me what you think of my OU team!

Question

Hello everyone, I just made an OU team and I was wondering if there was anything I could improve. I think it's pretty well done but since it's my very first competitive team maybe there's some things that I don't see that you can see.

Without further ado, here's the Team :

Lopunny-Mega (F) @ Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Return
- Fake Out
- Ice Punch

Klefki (F) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic

Sableye (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 72 Def / 184 SpD
Impish Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Taunt
- Knock Off
- Recover

Skarmory (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Defog
- Brave Bird
- Whirlwind

Clefable (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
Calm Nature
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Soft-Boiled
- Thunder Wave

Luxray (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Thunder Fang
- Ice Fang
- Night Slash
- Iron Tail

Comments

Klefliki > Espeon for a dual screener because better typing and prankster. Remove Black Glasses on Sableye for lefties. Lopunny needs more support to sweep, if nothing else but something to switch into thunder wave on it's behalf and more hazards. Draglage is only good in SUPER high competitive play, just give spikes/sr to either clefable or skarmory

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Sableye: Replace black glasses with leftovers. Replace fake out and knock off with taunt and sucker punch.
Dragalge: Replace draco meteor with dragon pulse.

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Sumwun, Knock Off is better than Sucker Punch. And dragalage shouldn't be used at all.

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But the prankster taunt sucker punch combination is amazing. I used to lose to it all the time until I got a Thundurus that knew taunt.

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It's really not amazing. Sableye has priority recovery to heal of damage, and knock off is far more reliable. Plus it cripples walls like chansey and clefable, as well as any choice user or sweeper that relies on LO. It's far more versatile and useful.

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I don't think sableye should use sucker punch. AwSnap's team already has lopunny as a late game cleaner. Besides, Sableye's 75 base attack isn't that good, and you won't invest EVs into Sableye's attack anyway. But I wonder if it's a good choice to actually use lopunny on this team, since it seems like a stall team, and lopunny is usually used on balanced or offensive teams.

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It can't hurt to have one sweeper on a stall team.

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Guys I was thinking about it should I replace Clefable's Leftovers by a Life Orb since I have Magic Guard or should I keep it ?

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keep leftovers. It values the recovery since it gets a boost from Calm Mind anyway. Also a stall team with a sweeper is called semi-stall @ sumwun and Polai. Also don't use Luxray, it's pretty bad. Thundurus or Raikou or Rotom or even Jolteon would be better.

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On Clefable, you should replace calm mind and thunder wave with cosmic power and toxic. Or maybe it's just me being a troll.

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The CM set is generally superior

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So is it just me being a troll?

Answer 1

This is a really good team. I guess I'll review by member so...
Lopunny: YAY a fellow Mega Lopunny user! It's great, isn't it? I'll have to remember Ice-Punch and Fake Out, considering as I had to teach mine Cut. The only thing that I would suggest is maybe going with Jump Kick instead of High Jump Kick, considering as High Jump Kick is a little risky.

Espeon - This Espeon set looks great. Maybe Psychic instead of Psyshock, but maybe that's because I am not a huge Psyshock fan.

The rest of the team - This seems really annoying - I love it. I love myself a good stalling strategy and this looks like one. I really can't think of any flaws

That's it. Your team is great and really balanced. I recommend A) Looking here to find out your weaknesses so you can think of ways to counter them (I always forget about mine and it is really helpful) B) Battle a lot with this team on Showdown or just wifi battles so you get a feel for them and you figure out how you fare against common strategies . Those were really dumb tips, you probably already knew that, sorry. Just wanted to restate them and remind you. Love your team and hope it works out!

Comments

Thanks for the feedback, and sorry for the late answer :P I'll update the team with the changes that I made with your comments but I was thinking of replacing Dragalge for Luxray since it has guts plus it can eat a Thunder Wave. By the way, still not sure about Klefki's last 2 moves.

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No way, HJK is better than JK, that extra 30 base power can be the difference btwn OHKO and 2HKO whereas there's only a 5% difference in accuracy. If lop doesn't KO it'll easily get KO'ed back.
N u don't really need luxray, something along the lines of raikou would be better. U can always send out clef able to eat a status move, and raikou can take a thunder wave as well.

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N consider giving 0Atk IVs n a hindering nature to your special Pokémon so that opposing foul play n if it gets confused it does less damage

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Lol listen to Darkheart he's right. He's SOOOO right. Couldn't say it better.

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Just adding something: Luxray is a physical attacker, so if you don't exchange it for a decent dedicated special attacker, you'll have some bad time laddering. Besides, Luxray is in PU for a reason. It's too slow to actually do its work in OU. Of course you could add a scarf, but Luxray needs that power.
There's a problem in your team that you might want to consider, and that is that your team is lacking in power. You might see it as a major problem eventually. You won’t be convinced as I say it is right now. Anyway, if you notice that your team always seems to be shut down by teams Example: a team with Mega venusaur (a pokemon that shuts down all of your attackers) and a taunter (shuts down your utility pokes)you might consider adding another attacker. You seem to have a lot of utility pokes. (too much, tbh)
BTW to add evidence:
252+ Atk Guts Luxray Facade (140 BP) vs. 252 HP / 240+ Def Mega Venusaur: 149-176 (40.9 - 48.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
This means that Venu can synthesis stall luxray out.
Its all your preference, but I would advise you to add another attacker.