Please help me with my Psychic Terrain team!

Question

Here is my Doubles Psychic Terrain team. What do you think of it?

Tapu Lele:

Item: Terrain Extender
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 HP/4 Sp. Atk/252 Def
Bold Nature

• Light Screen
• Reflect
• Psychic
• Skill Swap

Necrozma-DW:

Item: Ultranecrozium Z
Ability: Prism Armor -> Neuroforce
EVs: 252 Sp. Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Modest Nature

• Photon Geyser
• Moongeist Beam
• Power Gem
• Heat Wave

Deoxys-A:

Item: Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 212 Sp. Atk/84 Atk/212 Spe
Naughty Nature

• Psycho Boost
• Superpower
• Ice Beam
• Dark Pulse

Gallade:

Item: Galladite
Ability: Justified -> Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Swords Dance
• Close Combat
• Zen Headbutt
• Knock Off

(Note: got from Smogon)

Gardevoir:

Item: Bright Powder
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 HP/4 Sp. Def/252 Def
Bold Nature

• Attract
• Confuse Ray
• Thunder Wave
• Psychic

Marshadow:

Item: Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk/4 HP/252 Spe
Adamant Nature

• Substitute
• Bulk Up
• Spectral Thief
• Close Combat

Any help is needed! Thanks!

Comments

What kind of doubles? VGC? OU?

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This team is for Ubers. Please rate and help!

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All of your Pokémon are weak to Ghost. Mega Gengar would destroy u.

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It seems that your Deoxys, Gallade, and Gardevoir are only there to stack weaknesses with Tapu Lele and Necrozma, and don't do anything that Tapu Lele and Necrozma aren't already doing. I think you should replace them with completely different Pokemon, like maybe Rayquaza or Amoongus. Also, I noticed that you're using Gallade's set from OU, not Doubles Ubers. OU and Doubles Ubers are very different formats. Just because a moveset works in OU doesn't mean it works everywhere.

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A few things: 1: Deoxys can revenge kill mega gengar. 2: Gallade is for a dark counter. 3: Tapu Lele cannot afflict ParaTractFusion like Gardevoir can. Other than that, will edit.

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Again, just because something works in one format (in this case singles Ubers) doesn't mean it works everywhere. I'm pretty sure revenge killers are unnecessary in doubles because, when Gengar attacks one of your Pokemon, you can just attack it with your other Pokemon. Second,

0 Atk Life Orb Dark Aura Yveltal Foul Play vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Gallade-Mega: 333-394 (120.2 - 142.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Are you sure this is a dark counter? You already have Marshadow. Do you really need another fighting Pokemon? Third, Most Pokemon can defeat Gardevoir before it gets the chance to use all three of those moves. In the rare event that Gardevoir survives three turns (and the opponent doesn't try to stop it using protect), then the opponent can just switch out to nullify the confuse ray and the attract.

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Well two things: Yveltal is countered by a power gem from Ultra Necrozma. Marshadow is a backup for Gallade. However, now that you point it out,  Gardevoir is useless on this team. Thanks for the help!

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Anyone have an idea on who I should replace with gardevoir?

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Why do you need a mega Gengar revenge-killer so much when mega Gengar is so rare? As for Gallade, Yveltal is just about the only dark Pokemon in Doubles Ubers. If Gallade isn't checking Yveltal, then what dark types is it checking? If you want to replace a Pokemon on this team, then I'd recommend mega Rayquaza.

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Mega Rayquaza is in AG, Not Ubers. Need a different pokemon. Plus, you can use different dark types in ubers, not just yveltal. As I said, Power Gem defeats Yveltal. Mega Gengar is not rare, just not as common.

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Plus, what does mega rayquaza do on a psychic terrain team? In Psychic terrain, Mega Rayquaza can not use extreme speed.

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Actually, Ultra Necrozma doesn’t OHKO Yveltal with Power Gem. Yveltal OHKOs Ultra Necrozma with Dark Pulse however. Idk if this is relevant but...

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I'm going to say this for the second time. SINGLES AND DOUBLES ARE NOT THE SAME THING. Deoxys is strong in singles Ubers but weak in Doubles Ubers. Rayquaza is banned in singles Ubers but allowed in Doubles Ubers. Gengar is common in singles Ubers but rare in Doubles Ubers. According to last month's usage statistics, the second most common dark Pokemon is Liepard, used on 1.64% of teams. Why are you trying so hard to beat 1.64% of teams when you could be checking much more common things, like Xerneas? Gengar is almost as rare, at 2.10% usage. You're not using your Pokemon efficiently if you're dedicating one whole Pokemon to check 2.10% of opponents. Rayquaza can help any team, even if it doesn't use extreme speed. It can use waterfall to check Groudon and V-create to check Magearna.
Where I get the usage statistics: https://www.smogon.com/stats/2018-04/gen7doublesubers-1760.txt

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sunwun be salty. Stop. By the way, you said that mega rayquaza would be a good addition. Mega Rayquaza is not allowed in ubers. And, Realize that there is such thing as Double targeting! Also said will look at this team. So why ya got to be salty?

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This is called rate my team, not insult my team without giving any help. Keep that in mind.

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He was helping u by suggesting M-Rayquaza, which IS allowed in Doubles Uber.

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And I said no, because no extreme speed in Psychic terrain.

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Remember the note I left: "any help is needed, Thanks!" Any H-e-l-p!

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@sscholer How are you complaining about people being ‘salty’ when you leave a comment like the one above? You are no better, lol.
In seriousness, calm down please guys. There is a good discussion here if you can lay off the passive aggression and sarcasm.

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I know. I know I should stop, but I couldn't help to notice a lot of his posts are negitive. That is all. I will calm down. Hope we are all good here. As you have seen in "what is a good moveset for naganadel" in the Q&A section, I do not like if people semi-insult me or my favorite youtubers. Sorry, everyone. Hope we are all good. Back to the team, anyone to replace gardevoir? One more thing: Plz don't ban me :p.

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Just because M-Rayquaza can't use Extreme Speed doesn't mean it is a bad Pokémon you shouldn't consider using. As sumwun mentioned, Waterfall can check Groudon and V-Create can check Magearna. M-Rayquaza is a fantastic Pokémon, whether it can use Extreme Speed or not.

In all honesty, I kind if think he/she/it was helping you by suggesting new Pokémon and criticizing your team constructively. But what do I know?...

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I just don't think he can fit on my team as good as other pokemon. But there is a reason he created a new tier in singles.

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You can also try using primal Kyogre. By the way, I still think you should replace Deoxys and Gallade.

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If I was to use primal kyogre, could you recommend a moveset? And who should I replace with Gallade and Deoxys?

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Honestly, I think I will use Primal Kyogre. Thanks, sumwun!

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These are my recommended sets.
Kyogre @ blue orb
Ability: drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest nature
- protect
- origin pulse
- ice beam
- thunder

Yveltal @ life orb
Ability: dark aura
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid nature
- foul play
- tailwind
- taunt
- oblivion wing

Amoonguss @ focus sash
Ability: regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed nature
- protect
- spore
- rage powder
- clear smog
Yes I know focus sash with HP EVs makes no sense. But that's what all the good players are using, so roll with it.

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I would not use sucker punch on psychic terrain, but other than that, I love the yveltal! As for the kyogre, I will not change a thing! And for the amoonguss, do not understand focus sash.

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The sucker punch was my mistake. I fixed the Yveltal set. As for Amoonguss's focus sash, I think it's there to prevent it from being one-shot by things like Groudon or Lunala so it can use spore on them more reliably.

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Honestly, I would give Yveltal a hasty nature. Now I understand the Amoonguss!

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If it had hasty, then it would take more damage from physical attacks. This Yveltal can't use any physical attacks (foul play doesn't count because it ignores the user's stats), so a timid nature would have almost no drawback. (except maybe less struggle damage, but I don't think that ever changes the outcome of a game)

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I confuse timid and jolly a lot. I thought timid lowered special attack, but now I remember jolly does.