Rate my Gen 8 AG team

Question

Calyrex-Shadow @ Focus Sash
Ability: As One (Spectrier)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Baton Pass
- Astral Barrage
- Psyshock

Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Close Combat
- Swords Dance

Kyogre @ Choice Specs
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Water Spout
- Origin Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Thunder

Kyurem-White @ Life Orb
Ability: Turboblaze
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Draco Meteor
- Earth Power
- Fusion Flare

Groudon @ Life Orb
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Precipice Blades
- Stone Edge
- Aerial Ace

Marshadow @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Spectral Thief
- Close Combat
- Shadow Sneak
- Ice Punch

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Comments

All offense, no defense. Ditto 6-0s, honestly.

Answer 1

Hello!
I'm not that an AG fun but i played it for fun and reached top 100,so i will try to say my opinion about this team! :)

-Over the team
Looks pretty solid,meta-mons and not a troll team,sets are kinda good,not like in other posts where sets are terrible.

1) Caly-dow
Good set,i'm not a fan of baton pass and i used draining kiss that
can be helpful for yveltal sometimes,and like if u get cheap-damage(from rocks or something)
u can get back at 100% to use ur sash.

2)Zacian-C
Also solid set,i prefer Wild Charge over Play rough
Why? Play rough can miss (i know it very good) and your main stab is Behemoth Blade
Also Wild Charge is more helpful for ho-oh and kyogre.It can also be good for yveltal.

3) Kyogre
Also a great set,but i think specs is way too slow for the actual meta,so i would just use the usual scarf+water
spout set,that still works atm.I was abusing Sticky Web + Specs kyogre and it worked pretty well,if u want that
idea.

4) Kyurem-W
Same thing as with Kyogre,i think it is way too slow,but he has a great set and great bulk (kyogre needs max
hp to can spam water spout) so it can work.I would use freeze-dry instead of ice beam,for a water
coverage,and maybe HDB is an idea,even if hazards are not that much used or even leftovers could be
used,honestly idk if LO helps u gain some important OHKO's

5) Groudon
Nice set,i'm pretty sure aerial ace is for dynamax,i would rather use EQ and rock slide or even thunder punch,
most likely cause u already have LO for extra damage so i will go safe with 100% accuracy moves (ya rock slide isn't 100% but way better that stone edge imo)

6) Marshadow
I'm not a fan of Marshadow but that boy is really strong.
I would maybe consider the idea of use Rock Slide for Ho-Oh,u could even toggle ice punch,cause with rock
slide u cover yveltal + spectral thief for eventual Lugia.Ice Punch is good for zygarde but honesly i haven't seem
him that much.

So that's it,i think it is a pretty good team but i can suggest u those little things,so u can change them or maybe just consider them!
I hope i was helpful :)

Comments

- Kyogre doesn’t learn freeze dry, Specs is a viable set (even though it’s not great on this team), and Leftovers/Life Orb/Boots aren’t viable on offensive Kyogre

- Precipice Blades’ extra power is usually more useful than the accuracy, Stone Edge is better than rock slide, and Thunder Punch has no use.

- Ho-Oh is far less common and less a threat then Zygarde. Also, Poltergeist is better than Spectral Thief….I don’t get why you didn’t address that

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What's with the random line breaks everywhere? You're using a numbered list but all of the numbers are one?

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Freeze dry and the item were for Kyurem-W

According with pikalytics ho-oh has 16% usage while zygarde has  10%

Precipice Blades isn' that helpful cause at +2 you just ohko same pokemon using either eq or precipice blades, so why choose precipice blades

Numbers were from 1 to 6 when i wrote it, but they changed while i sent it, i will fix

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https://www.smogon.com/stats/2021-06/gen8anythinggoes-1760.txt
Why would you use Pikalytics instead of Smogon? This one tells that Ho-Oh has less usage.
Regardless, Ho-Oh is ranked only B+ compared to Zygarde-C's A+ ranking in current VR.
Earthquake and Rock Slide are horrid choices, especially on a Dynamax sweeper. Why would you care about the miss chance, and not the extra power when Dynamaxed? Earthquake only has 50% chance to OHKO Base form Zygarde at +2 as Max Quake, while Precipice Blades makes it 93%.

+2 252 Atk Life Orb Groudon Max Quake (Earthquake) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Zygarde: 386-456 (91.9 - 108.5%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
+2 252 Atk Life Orb Groudon Max Quake (Precipice Blades) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Zygarde: 417-491 (99.2 - 116.9%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO

Already told above, Ho-Oh is less of an issue that zygod.
252+ Atk Life Orb Marshadow Poltergeist (110 BP) vs. 252 HP / 204+ Def Ho-Oh: 200-238 (48 - 57.2%) -- 91% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Marshadow Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 208+ Def Zygarde: 177-211 (42.1 - 50.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Life Orb Marshadow Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 208+ Def Zygarde-Complete: 177-211 (27.8 - 33.1%) -- 85.3% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

Ho-Oh just gets 2HKOed, but not Zygod, which is just like a Physical Chansey. Also as PC already told, why you haven't recommended Poltergeist over Spectral Thief?

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As u said, principal reason for precipice blades over eq is physical zygarde. What is suppose to do zygarde when he leaves a hit? Allowing you to set up max Air stream?

And defense zygarde runs coil, so spectral thief is useful, and again Polteargeist can also miss.
+If u want to counter zygarde u should more likely use hp ice cause he even leaves ice punch.

You sent like 1760 ndag usage, but i don't think someone on high ladder would come here to ask help/opinions on his team

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And if u disagree with something, just make a post over it without creating useless discussions in the comments

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The purpose of comments is to talk about the answer. This isn’t NDAG, this is Galar AG. Spectral Thief hinders Marshadow’s wallbreaking ability-it’s a wallbreaker, so max power is absolutely necessary. Hidden Power Ice isn’t in Galar. High ladder players have come here-I asked for a team rate for a team that got me to 1880.