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This is my attempt at making a Natdex AG Metagross Team

Marowak-Alola @ Thick Club
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Poltergeist
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance

Electivire @ Life Orb
Ability: Motor Drive
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Ice Punch
- Volt Switch

Greninja @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- U-turn
- Spikes

Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Meteor Mash
- Zen Headbutt
- Thunder Punch

Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 244 HP / 52 Def / 76 SpD / 136 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Defog
- Roost

Garchomp @ Focus Sash
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance

The basic strat is to lead Chomp and set up rocks for chip damade, and then to just attack. Im looking for feedback on how to make this team better. I dont really use Alola wak and am trying to find the perfect item for garchomp. Thx in Advance

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Marowak-Alola is outclassed as a ghost physical attacker by Marshadow.
Electivire is outclassed by Zekrom.
Greninja is outclassed by Yveltal and Kyogre.
Metagross is outclassed by Necrozma-Dusk.
Gliscor is outclassed by Groudon and Zygarde.
Garchomp is outclassed by Groufon and Zygarde.
That's kinda sad, but I have to agree.
Groufon XD. This team needs to be scrapped and remade, if you want to win more, sadly.

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None of these Pokemon are viable in NDAG, not even Mega Metagross, since Mmeta is completely outclassed by Necrozma Dusk Mane.

Alolan Marowak --> Marshadow

This mon is very slow, Stealth Rock weak, and is destroyed by almost every powerful attack in the format. Marshadow is a better Ghost type as it is faster and has a Stealth Rock resistance.


Marshadow @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Poltergeist
- Close Combat
- Shadow Sneak
- Bulk Up

Electivire --> Mega Rayquaza

Those offensive stats are extremely weak. Electivire is also slow for a frail offensive mon. I think you can fit almost anything here but preferably something like Mega Rayquaza. I like Marsh + Mray + Groundceus since both Marsh and Dragon Dance Mega Ray struggle against Zygarde, Primal Groudon, and Arceus-Fairy, which Arceus-Ground beats.


Rayquaza-Mega @ Life Orb
Ability: Delta Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Ascent
- Extreme Speed
- Earthquake
- Dragon Dance

Greninja --> Yveltal

I'm pretty sure Greninja used to have a niche, albeit tiny, where it was used as a suicide lead. However, with Defoggers like support Arceus formes, Yveltal, and Ho-oh being as good as they are, the set has ceased to be viable, and thus Greninja is terrible now too. If you want a Dark type, use Yveltal, since it checks Calyrex-Shadow and has Defog.


Yveltal @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Dark Aura
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Snarl
- U-turn
- Roost
- Defog

Mega Metagross --> Necrozma Dusk Mane

Mega Metagross doesn't have the ability to check Zacian-Crowned like Dusk Mane does. Dusk Mane is great since Yveltal can switch into a bad matchup in Calyrex-S while Dusk Mane switches into non Assurance Zacian-C pretty easily.


Necrozma-Dusk Mane @ Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Prism Armor
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Sunsteel Strike
- Stealth Rock
- Moonlight / Morning Sun
- Knock Off

Gliscor --> Arceus-Ground


Arceus-Ground @ Earth Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 SpD
Bold Nature
- Judgement
- Ice Beam
- Refresh
- Recover

Garchomp --> Arceus-Fairy

You already have a Stealth Rock user. On all playstyles barring hyper offense, having a suicide lead is bad. Garchomp is severely outclassed by Mega Rayquaza as a Dragon type, Primal Groudon and Swords Dance Arceus-Ground as a Ground type, and Zygarde as a Dragon and Ground type. Arceus-Fairy is here to provide an offensive soft check to Marshadow and Mega Rayquaza.


Arceus-Fairy @ Pixie Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 252 HP / 84 Def / 172 Spe
Timid Nature
- Judgement
- Recover
- Refresh
- Will-O-Wisp

Final team

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[Here is a list of my suggestions, if you don't want to read over everything XD: https://pokepast.es/7a5bc5c8770ec69d ]

First of all, your spikes and rocks are all over the place. I personally recommend a Smeargle with a Focus Sash. It unfortunately doesn't have many great abilities for this, so I just gave Own Tempo so that it is immune to confusion at least. Just a basic Smeargle trap setter.

Smeargle @ Focus Sash
Ability: Own Tempo
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 SpA
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Toxic Spikes
- Sticky Web

Your Gliscor is interesting, but for a more offensive set you could go for leftovers + Hyper Cutter, or even just go with a berry or an assault vest. Personally though, if you want a ground type, I HIGHLY reccomend an Eruption Hyper Offence Groudon set. Eruption is pure power (as long as you aren't on low health), I haven't tested it but I'm pretty sure harsh sunlight (powered by groudons Desolate Land) counts toward no cooldown for Solar Beam, and it provides nice type coverage.

Groudon-Primal @ Red Orb
Ability: Desolate Land
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Mild Nature
- Eruption
- Solar Beam
- Earthquake
- Rock Polish

Honestly, if you are going for a water type, you can go for a Kyogre (set below), or I tried making a Primiarina Echoing Voice set, if you are interested.

Primarina @ Light Clay
Ability: Liquid Voice
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Echoed Voice
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Substitute

Or here is a standard Kyogre set! I'm not sure if you can have both legendries be primal, though. Water Spout is basically Eruption. Thunder can't miss in rain (again, I presume Heavy Rain counts). Origin Pulse is just pure power, Hydro Pump but better. Finally, Calm Mind can help increase the power of the other moves, and helps with defense.

Kyogre-Primal @ Blue Orb
Ability: Primordial Sea
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Thunder
- Origin Pulse
- Calm Mind

Now that I've covered possible replacements to Greninja and Glisor, here is an idea for electivire! To be honest, I think Regieleki or (as PKThunder said) Zekrom would make better team members. I'm going to make a team for Regieleki, as tbh I really don't know much about Zekrom, so I'm going to make a set for the regi. So this is going to be your lightning-fast electric sweeper (haha corny jokes :P). It has a Magnent and the ability Transistor, so it's electric attacks will be super powerful AND have STAB! Anyways, here is the reasoning: Zap cannon is more like a glass cannon. It is an extremely powerful electric attack, and it paralyzes the target, but it's at 50% accuracy. Magnent Rise provides immunity to a powerful resistor (ok ok I'm sorry) of electric type attacks, at least for a bit. Electric terrain... well it boosts the power of electric attacks, which in this pokemon is already very high. Thunderbolt is just a guaranteed hit if you just need to do a bit more damage without missing.

Regieleki @ Magnet
Ability: Transistor
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Zap Cannon
- Magnet Rise
- Electric Terrain
- Thunderbolt

And as for Alolan Marowack, Metagross, and Garchomp, I don't really know :P I hear Marshadow is good, and as PKThunder said, it can serve a great replacement to Alolan Marowack, but I don't really know about the other two. Anyways, hope this helps!

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Smeargle usually uses spore, nuzzle, magic coat, etc. but never spikes or toxic spikes. Also, usually runs moody, sometimes alongside baton pass. Sticky webs and stealth rocks are fine, though.

Solar Beam isn’t viable on Pdon, and Rock Polish is sub-optimal when webs are up.

Primarina is completely unviable in AG. The legendaries smite it.

On the set provided for Primal Kyogre, Ice Beam>Thunder usually.

Magnet Rise, Zap Cannon, and Electric Terrain are not good on Regieleki, and neither is Timid or a magnet. It’s also redundant on webs HO, as it doesn’t benefit from them and doesn’t do anything worthy of a team slot.

For the end of the answer, I’d recommend you don’t answer if you can’t answer the entire question-answer if you’re fully sure.