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This is for sword and shield ranked battles

Abamasnow Snow Warning Icy rock
252 Atk 252 HP EV’s
Adamant Nature

Aurora Veil
Wood Hammer
Ice Shard
ice Punch

Beartic Slush Rush Weakness Policy
252 Atk 252 Spe EV’s
Adamant Nature

Icicle Crash
Superpower
Liquidation
Swords Dance

Arctozolt Slush Rush Power Herb
252 SpAtk 252 Spe EV’s
Modest Nature

Blizzard
Thunderbolt
Hydro Pump
Meteor Beam

Froslass Snow Cloak Bright Powder
252 Spe 252 HP EV’s
Timid/Jolly Nature

Hail
Aurora Veil
Will-o-Wisp
Double Team

Frostmoth Shield Dust Metronome
252 SpAtk 252 HP EV’s
Modest Nature

Blizzard
Bug Buzz
Stun Spore
Quiver Dance

Articuno Pressure Never-Melt Ice
252 SpAtk 252 Spe EV’s
Modest Nature

Blizzard
Ice Shard
Hurricane
Roost

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A hail team doesn't need to be an Ice monotype, and having all your Pokemon be Ice type opens you up to be swept by pretty much anything with a Steel, Fighting, Rock or Fire type attack. The extra chip damage can be annoying, but it's not big enough to justify using only Ice types.

As for the team, here are a few tips. I don't often play hail though, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

Abomasnow is inferior to Alolan Ninetales as a hail setter, so use it instead. Try this set:

Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Aurora Veil
- Freeze-Dry / Blizzard
- Moonblast
- Hypnosis / Encore

For Arctozolt, it should be more of a mixed sweeper with Bolt Beak. Try something like this:

Arctozolt @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 32 SpA / 224 Spe
Naive Nature
- Bolt Beak
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Low Kick

For the rest of the Pokemon, you should use one or two more offensive Pokemon and have the rest be defensive Pokemon like Mandibuzz and Slowbro.
@SpookyTerrain I recommend answering instead of commenting that.
Starmie & Kyurem are great hail team pokemon as well as many others.. Starmie can free your team from hazards that cripple ice-type pokemon, and also can handle fighting types. Kyurem is a great ice team sweeper if you can use special pokemon.

Starmie @ Leftovers  
Ability: Natural Cure    
EVs: 252 HP / 20 SpA / 236 Spe  
Timid Nature  
- Scald  
- Psyshock  
- Rapid Spin  
- Recover

Kyurem @ Choice Specs  
Ability: Pressure   
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature    
- Blizzard  
- Draco Meteor  
- Earth Power  
- Psychic


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I'm mostly just going to repeat what I said in my comment, but also work on the defensive side of this team.

Abomasnow -> Alolan Ninetales

Alolan Ninetales is better then Abomasnow in nearly every way. It gets Fairy STAB, is much faster, and has useful utility moves like Encore and Hypnosis.

Ninetales-Alola @ Icy Rock
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Aurora Veil
- Freeze-Dry / Blizzard
- Moonblast
- Hypnosis / Encore

Icy Rock is used instead of Light Clay as Hail turns are more important then Aurora Veil turns. Blizzard can be used as Ice STAB instead of Freeze Dry, but Freeze Dry is generally better as it can easily take care of water types like Swampert or Slowking.

Arctozolt

For Arctozolt, it should be more of a mixed sweeper with Bolt Beak. Bolt Beak is too good to give up for a special set. Try something like this:

Arctozolt @ Life Orb
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Bolt Beak
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Low Kick / Stomping Tantrum

Bolt Beak is your main move of choice, but if there's a ground type you should use Blizzard. Freeze Dry is for Swampert.

Beartic -> Alolan Sandslash

Switch Beartic to Alolan Sandslash, which generally better Slush Rush Swords Dance sweeper due to it's higher bulk and Steel typing.

Sandslash-Alola @ Wide Lens
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Earthquake
- Triple Axel

Wide Lens is good to near guarantee Triple Axel hits all three times. Earthquake is for Heatran and other steel types, while Knock Off is good for Slowking and removing items from Pokemon dependent on them.

Froslass -> Dragapult

Dragapult is a faster offensive Ghost type that can help the team against some Steel types that it struggles with like Ferrothorn. It also is great speed control for when Hail isn't up.

Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Flamethrower

Choice Specs maximizes Dragapults offensive power. Shadow Ball is your main move, and Draco Meteor can be used to decimate a Pokemon of your choice. Flamethrower is a reliable option to hit Steel types, but Fire Blast can be used instead for a higher power, but more risky alternative.

Articuno -> Mandibuzz

Mandibuzz is a much better Flying type than Articuno, and it provides the team with Defog support.

Mandibuzz @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Overcoat
EVs: 248 HP / 108 Def / 152 SpD
Impish Nature
- Foul Play
- Roost
- Defog
- U-turn

Mandibuzz's mixed defenses lets it check Rillaboom and Dragapult much easier. Foul Play punishes physical attackes, and U-turn is great for pivoting.

Frosmoth -> Swampert

Swampert patches a bunch of the holes in this team, namely the weaknesses to Fire and Electric, as well as functioning as a specially defensive pivot.

Swampert @ Leftovers
Ability: Damp
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Stealth Rock
- Flip Turn
- Earthquake
- Toxic

A Sassy Nature and 0 Speed IVs lets Swampert provide a slow Flip Turn. Earthquake is great STAB, and Toxic can cripple defensive Pokemon.

Here's a Pokepaste.

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Thank you this is very helpful I just used the moms i had at the time and i’ll work on fixing the team with your suggestions