Pokémon Rate My Team
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I am quite new at this so please do not be too harsh but please give the best advice you can give though. I am quite new to this. So here is my team:

Araquanid @ Assault Vest
Ability: Water Bubble
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Leech Life
- Poison Jab
- Crunch

I picked Araquanid because I feel it hits pretty hard, with the move leech life would best for a little recovery. Liquidation is stab along with it being physical for this amazing pokemon and then poison jab and Crunch are there for physical coverage. Now for the assault vest, since it already has decent Special Defense, I wanted it to boost it even more, since it won't have any status moves to use very much. Also araquanid does not seem to have very much coverage in moves so I thought these would be the best moves.

Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Cute Charm
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Thunder Wave
- Flamethrower
- Wish

This will be my specially defensive wall. I will tell you protect is there for my wish then thunder wave is there for my status helper then I thought it needed one move at least so I put flamethrower on it for someone like scizor. I put leftovers on it for even more stalling out. Finally the cute charm part is a little questionable for me my mind set was if they made contact then there was a chance for them to become immobalized by love.

Nihilego @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dazzling Gleam
- Power Gem
- Sludge Bomb
- Stealth Rock

This one is like a lead I think. I am not to sure on that but anyways dazzling gleam is there for help like dragons. Then like power gem is there for stab and pesky flying types. Sludge bomb is also there for stab and some coverage for fairy types. I felt the life orb would help out it's great attack stat.

Kommo-o @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Bulletproof
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Focus Blast
- Flash Cannon
- Flamethrower

I did choice scarf on this one because I felt I needed a faster pokemon on this team. All these moves I felt were good coverage for it. Then for it's ability I felt like I am not sure about this one. This one and another pokemon I will talk about later are a little iffy on their stats for competitive battling.

Metagross @ Metagrossite
Ability: Clear Body
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Bullet Punch
- Zen Headbutt
- Hammer Arm

This set is the other one I am a little iffy on, that is because I am not huge on metagross in general. But if all in all if I need it I will use it. Anyways what I thought I was doing is since mega metagross is a monster I would use it with it's great stats. Then for it's clear body ability I used it because so it does not reduce these really good stats. I used these moves as good coverage then with bullet punch besides coverage it is stab and priority.

Bastiodon @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Iron Head
- Toxic
- Taunt
- Metal Burst

Finally Bastiodon will be my physical defensive wall. I decided to give it sturdy incase it gets one shot by and unexpected earthquake. Then for it's moves since it is bulky toxic will help give it to a pokemon then I also gave it taunt for those pokemon trying to set up so it can kill it. Then for ones with that evil sneaky earthquake I will give them some Metal burst. Finally I honestly just added iron head because I did not know what to add to it.

So here are my pokemon and there explanation for them.

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i suggest poison jab on kommo-o bc hes 4x weak to faeries :)

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I like this team and feel that it's well rounded... however, I do have some suggestions!

Firstly, Araquanid. I love this Pokemon; it's underrated and highly powerful if used right. Araquanid has quite a remarkable SpD without the use of an Assault Vest. I suggest you use(or try) to put those EVs in HP into SpD, and the 4 EVs in SpD in Def, this way, your Araquanid will have fairly high Attack, Defense, and Special Defense... and in terms of Items, while I did use an Assault Vest on this Pokemon at one point, I've switched to a Life Orb (for a terrifyingly powerful Liquidation that is boosted by STAB, Water Bubble, and the Life Orb), then to a Cell Battery. Araquanid is already powerful, but the Cell Battery allows it to raise its Attack by 1 when hit by an Electric-type attack. This can also be substituted with a Weakness Policy since Rock-type attacks are fairly common in the Meta as well. If you decided to try these Items out, it could get rid of Crunch and give you room for a crucial move like Protect.

Next, Clefable. I have no qualms or anything to say here other than that that Flamethrower isn't going to hit hard since I'm running virtually the same set. You have T-Wave, which makes Flamethrower seem a little more useless with that 10% chance of Burn. I understand it's to get rid of Steel-types, but most Steel-types hit hard enough to destroy Clefable in one or two hits. I can only see Flamethrower being effective against Kartana if it doesn't outspeed and obliterate Clefable first. I suggest using Dazzling Gleam instead to get STAB and hit both opposing Pokemon. Wish is good if you're playing the long con game, but if you want to obliterate your foe as soon as you can, Moonlight would be the better option here. Lastly, its Ability. While I can see where you're coming from, the majority of Pokemon Trainers don't care about the genders of their Pokemon(unless you're me lol), and if they do, the chances of Infatuation occurring are 30%, and even so, a Pokemon that's Infatuated can still attack you, so it's all about pure chance here with Cute Charm. I suggest using Magic Guard since you won't be affected by anything unless it's an actual attack. Trust me, being afraid of Hail, Sandstorm, Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, etc. will be a thing of the past with a Magic Guard Clefable.

I think your Nihilego set is great, but with a 4x weakness to Ground-type attacks, an Air Balloon would be quite useful unless you are outsped and the Air Balloon is popped. Also, most Pokemon Trainers like to raise their Pokemon's stats, like the S-Dance Mimikyu, or Multi-hit attacks + Stamina Mudsdale, or Dancer + Quiver Dance users... I suggest you use Clear Smog to help you with that. Clear Smog, although not too hard-hitting with that Base Power of 50, is boosted by STAB and will clear those annoying stat raises right up. This is only to be taken into consideration if you wanna play it safe.

Kommo-o is looking good here! The Timid Nature, 252 Spe, and Choice Scarf make it quite fast. It's moves have great coverage, and I just wanna warn you that whenever a Dragon-type Pokemon comes into play, destroy it with Draco Meteor while you can and if you can(because it's Scarfed) because Dragon-type Pokemon. Hit. Hard.

Metagross is also looking good! Mega Metagross has been popular since ORAS, so I'm sure you know what you're doing here(sorry if I'm sounding high-and-mighty, just commending you). Oh, and since your team lacks any Protect, Earthquake will hurt them too, especially Nihilego and Bastiodon, so be cautious when Metagross is around them!

Lastly, we have Bastiodon. It looks pretty good here as well! If you want more than an Iron Head, you could potentially use Rock Slide instead. It hits both your foe's Pokemon and has STAB!

Sorry if this was lengthy lol

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This is singles, so rock slide is pointless. Bastiodon is almost completely outclassed by Skarmory in OU. You can give it the same moves and abilities, and it will have less weaknesses and be able to learn roost.
OMG I read this as Doubles OU jeez... sorry lol your team is still solid in singles tho
Thank you for your answers