Rate my [gen 8] Anything Goes team

Question

DeltaEmerald (Rayquaza) @ Life Orb
Ability: Air Lock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- V-create
- Dragon Ascent
- Extreme Speed

Primal (Kyogre) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Origin Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Ice Beam

Pokeuser10101010 (Zacian-Crowned) @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Play Rough
- Behemoth Blade
- Psychic Fangs

Mega Charizard Y (Yveltal) @ Life Orb
Ability: Dark Aura
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Oblivion Wing
- Dark Pulse
- Heat Wave
- Sucker Punch

Xerneas @ Power Herb
Ability: Fairy Aura
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Geomancy
- Moonblast
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt

Cwegz (Calyrex-Shadow) @ Focus Sash
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Astral Barrage
- Draining Kiss
- Substitute
- Psyshock

Comments

YES IM YVELTAL


Xerneas is Death Tbone Steak

Answer 1

This team seems pretty fine, but I have a few things that should be changed.
Rayquaza: This is fine.
Kyogre: Lmao I appreciate the nickname. I think you should run Thunder over Water Spout to kill Water-types though.
Zacian-Crowned: Nothing wrong with this.
Yveltal: w h a t is this nickname. Maybe run Focus Blast over Heat Wave, although I suppose Heat Wave is better to kill Zacian-Crowned.
Xerneas: I have a weird feeling that these moves aren't optimal for coverage, but they seem fine.
A legendary king that's in untiered but it's riding on a specter horsie that boosts it so much it got quickbanned from OU so fast it never saw the light of day there (aka Calyrex Shadow): Seems OK to me.

Comments

Energy Ball too bad. Psyshock deals with Chansey. Substitute protects from Sucker Punch. I like Nasty Plot+Substitute.

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Heat Wave is there so that after Dynamaxing and using Max Airstream you outspeed it and land a KO.

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Wait but what about traps/hazards like stealth rock or spikes

Answer 2

Well, Theres some flaws like rayquaza with a life orb, I get it, its a decent item but a healing item is better in its case since it can easily die from things like garchomp's rough skin, Smart strike or behemoth blade. V-Create isnt a practical move because of the debuffs, Its a huge gamble since if they resist, are sturdy, sash, survive or protect it the next moves they can hugely injur your rayquaza to the point where you cant use it and it has a valuable move like extreme speed for first turn priority which can be lost, and theres no buff move to buff up to 1 shotting astral barrage, but overall its a decent team!
Sorry that I was talking competitive anything goes but for comparison you could use counter on tyranitar to counter a few of these pokemon.
Thats what you should fix, Enjoy!

Comments

Who the hell uses garchomp in AG? Also Smart Strike usually sucks. The debuffs don't matter that much. Tyranitar isn't on the team. Also more damage is better than healing. What mons with sash cause trouble for Ray?

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What on earth? Life Orb Rayquaza is a perfectly good set for a mediocre pokemon, who on earth uses motherfucking garchomp in anything goes, and can you name 1 viable user of smart strike in the metagame? You can switch out of stat drops and Defoggers like Yveltal go well with Rayquaza so your argument about V-create is invalid, Sturdy, Sash and Protect are low ladder cheese and stealth rock exists to beat the first two. You can just switch out of V-create into SpD Yveltal to not get ohkoed by Astral Barrage. How will counter tyranitar fix anything? Educate yourself please.

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@PKThunder10 @Ignis Garchomp has a niche, albeit small, and is a nice Swords Dance sweeper, and when paired with a Tyranitar, it’s a real nuisance.
Frito135 brought it (two of them fyi) to AGPL and almost won.

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I wouldn’t say bringing something to AGPL once and losing gives something much of a niche.

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Someone brought masquerain to a gen 7 ou tournament and someone brought illumise to a vgc tournament. Does that mean they have a niche?

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I added that as an extra fact only. What I meant to say was that Chomp has a niche, especially in Sand, as after a Swords Dance + Scale Shot, it only has a limited amount of checks.
But yeah usually you’ll be resorting to Groudon as a Ground-type.
@Primal he lost because of SpDef Sucker Yve which was extremely uncommon at that time.

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With the rise of LO Zygarde recently, I honestly wouldn’t say Garchomp is even a niche mon at this point.

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Wanted to know why are you all discussing about Garchomp. Any random unranked brought in a few AGPL games does not mean it's having a niche. Skarph (who's like the best USUM player) brought Scarf Necrozma Dawn Wings, but that doesn't mean it's that great. On a secondary note, Garchomp faces tough competition from the likes of Groudon and Landorus-T which can set easier thanks to their bulk and ability, respectively.

@Ignis Aqua Herba could you try to be less rude in the second comment? They're new users, inexperienced. Better guide them since you have been playing for more time so try to encourage rather than post such snarky comments.