Lucario Togekiss lead. Who to add?

Question

Hi, Im new to the Pokémon competitive scene. Im playing Pokémon Sword. Lucario and Togekiss are my favorite Pokémon. So I wanted to add them to my team. Im not sure who else to add since my Lucario covers the ice types. I was thinking maybe Hippowdon since it will cover the electric and fire types. But im not sure what other three would be best added to round out the team.

Lucario @ Expert Belt
Ability: Justified
EVS 252 Atk/252 Hp/4 Def
Naive Nature
-Meteor Mash
-Dragon Pulse
-Ice Punch
-Close Combat

Togekiss @ Choice Specs
Ability Serene Grace
EVs 252 Hp/ 252 SpA/ 4 Def
Timid Nature
-Air Slash
-Draining Kiss
-Aura Sphere
-Flamethrower

Hippowdon @ Left Overs
Ability Sand Stream
EVs 252 Hp/ 252 Def/ 4Atk
Quirky Nature
-Earthquake
-Stealth Rock
-Thunder Fang
-Fire Fang

This is my first time building a team so any and all input is greatly appreciated thanks.

Comments

mind telling us a format?

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Doubles

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What kind of doubles? Battle Stadium, OU, or something else?

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Battle Stadium

Answer 1

Hello this is the first answer that I have ever done but here is what I think would work well:

Malamar@blackbelt
ability - contrast
nature adamant
swagger
night slash
superpower
psycho cut

Dragapult@flying gem
ability - clear body
nature lonely
acrobatics
dragon darts
shadow claw
u-turn

Runerigus@expert belt
ability - wandering spirit
nature brave
trick room
destiny bond
shadow claw
grass knot

With this team you can use trick room to make your slower pokemon go first : runerigus, hippowdon and malamar. not only this superpower works well with malamar's ability contrast

Comments

Have you ever tried using your Dragapult set in BSD? Because I'm pretty sure it's illegal. Why are you using Malamar over Tyranitar, which has better stats, better offensive typing, and is better at using a weakness policy? Why are you using Runerigus when the team already has a ghost Pokemon and a ground Pokemon?

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@sumwun dragpult is legal. Only G-max and legends are illegal

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But is that exact moveset legal?

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I accidentally put dragon darts twice on dragapult

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Have you ever tried using your Dragapult set in BSD? Yes or no?

Answer 2

would recommend going for a better nature for lucario and hippowdon ie, Adamant or Jolly (L) and Adamant or Brave (H) as well as a more versatile moveset for hippowdon ie, Stone Edge, Fissure, Crunch and Dig(Doubles)/Earthquake

also you need a grass or bug type to cover hippowdons weaknesses and something water typed to cover lucarios fire type weakness

Answer 3

Lucario should run:

Lucario @ Shuca Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Meteor Mash
- Close Combat
- Protect
- Bullet Punch/Extreme Speed

Also since your Lucario is a justified Lucario, you should run a Beat Up user like Whimsicott:

Whimsicott @ Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Tailwind
- Beat Up
- Helping Hand

If you use Beat UP on your own Lucario it will +4 to Lucario's attack.

Togekiss should not be specs since you want to take advantage of its great support moves like Follow Me and Helping Hand. Here is a sample spread

Togekiss @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Dazzling Gleam
- Follow Me
- Helping Hand

Don't Hippowdown in Doubles, or on this team. Instead, use other offensive mons like Dracovish, Arcanine, etc.

This is a good site for beginners, and anyone in general, to use: https://pikalytics.com/

VGC 2020 is pretty much BSD anyway.