Any imrovements for my sun team (Gen 9 Doubles OU)?

Question

Spent like 2 weeks building up this team and trying different combonations. this is the best I could come up with:

Torkoal (M) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Drought
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Eruption
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Earth Power
Obvious choice.Decided to run choice spec eruption because of the raw power. Also can tank hits. Can run After you - Eruption for a quick ko.

Lilligant-Hisui @ Focus Sash
Ability: Chlorophyll
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- After You
- Sleep Powder
- Solar Blade
- Close Combat
Decided on the hisuin version of normal lilligant for the physical sweeper threat that my team lacked.I usually start it next to torkoal to try and counter any ground or water mons threatening Totkoal. Focus shash to make up for how weak it is defensivly. Handy for any blood moon or normal uraslunas.

Flutter Mane @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dazzling Gleam
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Protect
Very powerful and outspeed pretty much any pokemon when photosynthesis is active. I'm not sure about runnung booster energy but i am aware that there will be situations when sun wont be up. Overall it is a very powerful sweeper. It is a bit brittle and will go down easy enough. I also run it as an alternate starter to lilligant.

Charizard (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Protect
- Focus Blast
Abosolute menace that is tanky and will spit the damage right back at you. Didn't want to run Solar Power on it because I liked how life orb worked but its taking to much damage from solar power plus life orb so I picked life orb.

Cyclizar (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Regenerator
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Shed Tail
- Rapid Spin
- U-turn
- Outrage
I wasnt to sure on cyclizar when i first used him but he has become very useful for switching in and out pokemon particularly torkaol. He is also a bit of a pest to get did of with regenerator and he is surprisingly bulky with the evs he gets. Also handy for countering dragonite

Ursaluna (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 HP / 200 Atk / 56 SpD
Brave Nature
- Facade
- Headlong Rush
- Protect
- Earthquake
I mainly pair usaluna with chairzard for a one two punch with earthquake and heatwave but guts boosted facade is also very powerful.

Any help at all would be appreciated. This is my first time team building and want to make a fun team that i can battle against my friends with.
Thanks :)

Comments

Which format? Is it doubles OU?

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Yes sorry forgot to mention that

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It this in Pokémon showdown?

Answer 1

Charizard might not be the best pick because without the Solar power ability, it has trouble dealing enough damage to be worth using it. It is also frail because of its 4X weakness to rock. Alternatives could possibly be Iron Moth, Chi-Yu, or Volcarona. Iron moth is faster and has a massively higher special attack stat as well as much higher special defense. It also resists Iron Hands and Urshifu-dark's fighting attacks. Chi-Yu is nice because it has the same speed stat as Charizard but can do much more damage because of its much higher special attack stat and its ability that weakens the special defense stats of other Pokémon. Its ability helps increase the overall special damage output of your whole. Volcarona has the same special attack stat as Chi-Yu and, despite also being 4X weak to rock, can get rid of its weakness with the very useful tera water. Quiver dance helps it to become a sweeper and more specially bulky. Despite its below average defense and mediocre HP stats, its ability Flame Body makes hitting it with physical moves risky because of the chance of burn that Flame Body gives. In conclusion, Iron Moth, Volcarona, and Chi-Yu are all decent replacements for Charizard. Charizard is a fine Pokémon, but it struggles to keep up with the power level of the current format. However, if you still wish to use Charizard, I recommend using Solar Beam instead of Focus Blast.

One other thing I noticed about the team is that despite being a terror to deal with, it is very weak to landorus-therian, Iron Hands, Ting-Lu, and Snorlax. Landorus greatly reduces the damage output of your physical attackers. With the assault vest item, none of your special attackers have much of an answer except Waking Wake. Landorus also can deal super effective damage to Charizard, Ursaluna, and torkal using its ground, rock, and fighting attacks. Iron hands is really bulky and fake out can be disastrous for the Liligant lead because it breaks the sash as well as it prevents follow me. Liligant also has no way to stop fake out because of its lack of protect. Iron Hands also can destroy Ursaluna. Ting-Lu screws over your special attackers and can do some damage with its ground attacks. Snorlax's thick fat ability makes it very effective against fire type mainly teams and it also becomes a menace after a belly drum.