Rate My Gen 8 National Dex AG team

Question

Pheromosa @ Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Hidden Power: Flying
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power [Flying]

Special Pheromosa to catch its physical counters off guard. Focus Blast and Bug buzz for STAB moves, HP flying for speed boosts from Max Airstream, and Ice Beam for coverage. Focus Sash so that it can survive at least 1 hit.

Zacian-Crowned @ Rusted Sword
Ability: Intrepid Sword
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Behemoth Blade
- Play Rough
- Wild Charge
- Sacred Sword

Physical Sweeper. Behemoth Blade and Play Rough for Dual STAB, Wild Charge for coverage, and Sacred Sword over Close Combat for no drops to defenses and to bypass defense and evasion boosts.

Chansey (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Toxic
- Aromatherapy
- Seismic Toss
- Soft-Boiled

Toxic for crippling some setup sweepers and can sometimes allow Chansey to stall out a Pokemon. Aromatherapy for getting rid of status on your own Pokemon. Seismic Toss for chipping away at pokemon it walls along with being able to deal considerable damage to other pokemon, and Soft-Boiled for reliable recovery. Eviolite over leftovers for additional defenses.

Deoxys-Speed @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Skill Swap
- Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt

My main lead. Has hazard setup (Spikes+Stealth rock), Taunt to use on other taunt leads and leads in general, and Skill Swap for magic bounce Pokemon. Was originally using rocky helmet, but the passive recovery from leftovers turned out to be more helpful.

Regieleki @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Transistor
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Thunder Cage
- Extreme Speed
- Volt Switch

Rapid Spin offensive pivot set. Rapid Spin to remove hazards, Thunder cage for trapping, Extreme Speed for revenge killing, and volt switch to pivot out of not very nice situations. Heavy-duty boots to switch in and spin more easily.

Greninja @ Expert Belt
Ability: Battle Bond
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Ice Beam
- Dark Pulse
- Scald
- Gunk Shot/Grass Knot

Fast Special attacker. Dark Pulse and Scald for Dual STAB, Ice Beam for coverage, and either Gunk Shot for Fairies and Special Attack boosts from Max Ooze, or Grass Knot for more coverage. Expert belt for boosts to Super Effective moves.

Comments

I think regieleki is not viable in AG.

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I think it is

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Regieleki had a very small niche in ND AG as a Spinner on offensive teams, but now the meta has progressed and Pokémon such as Smeargle are more common, which fulfils the slot for a hazard setter as well as a Spinner. You want Explosion and Life Orb on it anyway, and it's just a momentum drain on any offensive build.

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This team gets shut down by Necrozma DM

Answer 1

Ok i think in my opinion we need to change some of your mons:

First replace phermosa:
ik that you are focusing on SpA but phermosa really aint a big deal to bring massive damage up to your team, try replacing it with kartana and go with this following moves:
Kartana @ Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
- Aerial Ace
- Smart Strike
- Leaf Blade
- Knock off/ Sacred Sword
Now this is the kartana set i'm using too, tho its not a special attacker, it can really deal huge amount of damage to physical attackers, setters etc
2nd:
Remove chansey and replace it with gengar
i know, I know, you really need to stop setters for from setting up, but what if if you had perish song insead?
in my opinion here is a decent setup killer, here are my suggestions for this gengar:

Gengar @ Gengarite
Ability: Cursed body (Which will now be shadow tag when mega evolve)
- Perish song
- Taunt
- Protect
- Substitute
Well the setters will no longer setup with taunt and use perish song well while waiting for two turns try using substitute and preotect in the last turn of the perish song try to switch and setters are dead
3rd: Change Zacians move wild charge to protect as it is not really useful it will give u recoil damage and plus u had regileki.

The rest of your team is good hope u like the changes

Comments

Kartana is even less viable than Pheromosa. The Gengar set has no EVs, and is completely passive barring Perish Song. While the team definitely needs a change to become a good hyper offense, you’d likely be much better off with Mega Rayquaza than Gengar.

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Well mega Rayquaza isnt really decent to have on a team due to its low bulk and is ez to OHKO without a focus sash

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I hope you don't actually think that and you just picked anything to say in defence of your advice.