Rate my Gen 9 team

Question

This is my team for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. I used the Teambuilder in Pokémon Showdown as a plan and I just wanted to see if there are any improvements. Though my team is a bit strange so let me hear your opinions.

Dachsbun @ Leftovers
Ability: Well-Baked Body
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def / 4 HP
Impish Nature
- Trailblaze
- Play Rough
- Crunch
- Last Resort
Tera grass tricks opponents into attacking with a fire move which will end up boosting Dachbun’s defence by 2 stages (because of its ability Well-Baked body) and boosting trailblaze while increasing its speed. Crunch for dealing with ghost types and play rough as a stab move. Last resort is just a backup move and the ganlon berry to boost its defense further

Goodra @ Assault Vest
Ability: Gooey
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Dragon Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
This Pokémon's job is to be bulky while doing damage. Hydro Pump + Tera water for powerful damage, dragon pulse as a STAB move and ice beam for coverage. Gooey for lowering my opponent's speed and it already very bulky in Sp.Def, might as well give it an Assult Vest. Also, Thunderbolt just for specific cases and as a backup move.

Toxapex @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 Def / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray
- Chilling Water
- Toxic
- Recover
All about stalling and weakening opponents. Black sludge, recover and the ability regenerator to heal as much as it can. Chilling water to lower the opponent's special Atk by 1 stage and acid spray to lower the opponent's SpD by 2 stages while using toxic to damage the opponent. In double battles, this Pokemon will be very helpful amongst Sylveon (Scroll to the bottom of the page to see its description). And finally, Tera Steel to make it even bulkier.

Klefki @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Spikes
- Foul Play
Reflect and light screen to reduce damage and pranksters do use these moves first combined with light clay to increase the duration of those moves. Spikes to deal damage and help with defeating opponents and foul play as an attacking move. If the opponent brings up a strong attacker, BAM hit 'em with foul play.

Staraptor @ Focus Sash
Ability: Reckless
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Protect
- Close Combat
- Brave Bird
- U-turn
So this Pokémon is risky to use but can be very powerful. Close combat for coverage + Tera fighting, Brave Bird as a STAB move, U-turn to be able to get out of bad situations and Protect if Staraptor could be hit with a strong move. Focus Sash just in case the opponent out speeds and KO's my Staraptor

Sylveon @ Throat Spray
Ability: Pixilate
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 128 SpD / 128 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hyper Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Calm Mind
-Shadow Ball
I think you guys know about the hyper voice + the ability pixilate + throat spray strat. but with Hyper beam, you can do ALOT of damage. it's not a common move, but if you're having trouble dealing with strong dragon types, it could be useful. Calm mind to boost its SpA and SpD by 1 stage and shadow ball for coverage.

Comments

Your tags say OU and AG. Which one is it? According to the choices, these are all Pokémon usable in OU, so I would guess that.

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Yes it's OU

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9/10, Not bad, but still has some shared weaknesses

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Thanks for the review, are there any improvements?

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Altaria is missing 4 EVs.

Answer 1

due to what can only be described as insurmountable amounts of power creep, this team is entirely unviable in OU. The only pokemon here that has a role in the current meta is Pex, but everything else gets outdone or is just bad. Dachsbun gets nuked by Acro Sneasler (and others that I can't immediately remember), Inteleon is screwed by AV Magearna, and after that gets banned, Zamazenta Crowned, and after THAT gets banned, regular zenta, which will likely stay in the tier. Plus, Inteleon simply doesn't boast the power to survive in OU. Klefki is outdone by either Azelf or Grimmsnarl as a screens setter or Hisuian Samurott as a spikes setter. Hariyama's guts facade niche is completely outdone by Ursaluna, and Sylveon also gets trashed by Sneasler.

so yeah, if you want to play OU, better investigate the powercrept meta.

Comments

ah okay. Thank you for your answer. I will use your feedback to improve this team. Anyways, this is like a plan for my competitive team in Scarlet and Violet not just Pokémon Showdown. Just to let you know

Answer 2

I think maybe Klefki needs to change its moveset because what if you run out of PP on Foul Play? Then Klefki has no more attack moves so maybe get rid of Misty Terrain and replace it with a move like Dazzling Gleam, Psychic, Flash Cannon, or Play Rough. Well that's my opinion anyway.

Comments

What about the rest of the team? Also, Klefki is not made to be an attacker, so if you were to run out of Foul Play PP which is unlikely, you can just switch.

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I can fix that. I was meant to replace the move Misty terrain anyways but I forgot and you reminded me. My plan was to replace it with spikes instead