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This is the latest version of my Garchomp team. I'm forced to use a couple pokemon I don't really like because Zygarde and Kyurem are very balanced

Sharkeisha (Garchomp) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fire Fang
- Scale Shot
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

Hydra (Hydreigon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
- Draco Meteor

Donald Trump (Buzzwole) @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Relaxed Nature
- Roost
- Bulk Up
- Ice Punch
- Drain Punch

Donald Trump II (Blissey) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Soft-Boiled
- Seismic Toss
- Teleport
- Stealth Rock

Donald Trump III (Slowbro) @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Teleport
- Slack Off
- Future Sight

Mad Paper (Kartana) @ Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Leaf Blade
- Knock Off
- Sacred Sword
- Swords Dance

Garchomp is still the main pokemon. Hydreigon is to counter that annoying Spectrier along with Trump II. Trump is to check the very balanced Kyurem and counter Zygarde while Trump III is my answer to the random Blazikens that show up. Kartana is the main wallbreaker of the team

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Garchomp: Why do you have Scale Shot? Outrage is a million times better because it's a guaranteed 120 power, while Scale Shot can be 50-125 power. Scale Shot does boost Speed but Garchomp already has 102 Speed and you have a +Speed nature as well.
Hydreigon: heil hydr- ok I won't do it. Anyway, Choice Scarf and Defog make absolutely no sense together. I suggest running Life Orb instead.
Buzzwole: I appreciate the nickname :p. This seems fine, but run U-Turn over Bulk Up or Ice Punch.
Blissey: I think the nickname is taking this a bit too far. Also run Leftovers imo, but HDB is fine too
Slowbro: Ok, this is too far xD. This is perfectly fine tho.
Kartana: Life Orb Kartana isn't great, and Swords Dance isn't needed when you pretty much get the same boost every time you kill someone. You can try to use it, but I suggest running Band with Smart Strike.

"Trump is to check the very balanced Kyurem."

Kyurem is bad in OU. Why do you think it's RU? I'm pretty sure Draco Meteor kills Buzzwole anyway.

"Trump III is my answer to the random Blazikens that show up."

Garchomp kills Blaziken lmao.
The thing I'm most worried about is Urshifu-Rapid-Strike. You have no real counters to it besides Slowbro (which just checks it), and I feel like it can just setup against most of your mons. I suggest replacing Buzzwole with Tapu Koko, but that's just my thoughts.

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To sweep. Trust me, Garchomp puts out so much pressure after +1 speed and outrage is a horrible move without z crystal

No other choice. I needed a defogger and a counter to Spectrier at the same time

Those three are walls and wall = Trump so they're named Trump xD

I mean Kyurem black. There's a reason why I really hate that thing. It's like a plague that infested ou along with Zygarde. Trump deals with Kyurem Black and Zygarde at the same time

Not if Blaziken manages to get the swords dance first since it outspeeds at +1. I don't really see Urshifu RS that much though. Only the SS one for some reason
Indeed. Getting locked can be dangerous when the Tapus and other fairies are common in OU. Also, Demon Hunter, you're absolutely wrong. Kyurem-Black is a joke, but when you face Zygarde, it's better than Garchomp. Not because of ability, because of moves. Glare is OP, and hits Ground-type too. Garchomp can't do all these things even if it gets Swords Dance, etc.
Not unless Kyurem is behind a sub. That thing is so annoying to deal with and there's a reason why many think it should be banned. That's also why I used Buzzwall. It counters Zygarde and checks Kyurem. Garchomp isn't meant to be annoying like Zygarde anyway. It's job is to swords dance then rip apart the enemy team with either scale shot or earthquake. I've won many games just because without priority, it's very difficult to stop Garchomp's attacks and the Latis just become scale shot fodder for it by using it on the switch
I suppose Urshifu-RS isn't the most common. Also Kyurem-Black got banned (https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/kyurem-black-and-zygarde-are-now-ubers.3673491/).
Garchomp is faster even if Blaziken is at +1 speed (169 vs 132) and then does this: 252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Blaziken: 168-200 (108.3 - 129%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Life Orb hydreigon checks Spectrier perfectly well since Spectrier can't do a single thing to it. Besides, if you use Defog with a choice item, you're just forced to switch out unless you want to get set up on.
This team was made with those dumb pokemon in mind anyway. Although I've already began to make other teams and minor changes to this one now that those two are banned but I'm still keeping most of them since this team is useful even without those two dumb pokemon