Rate my VGC Reg M-B Raichu Y Team

Question

Raichu (M) @ Raichunite Y
Ability: Lightning Rod
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Zap Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Focus Blast
- Protect
Incredible pokemon. Zap Cannon OHKOs the main pokemon to beat, Mega Staraptor. Also, paralysis is nice. Volt Switch to get outta here. Focus Blast finally hits stuff. Protect is protect. I'm not explaining protect for any of the pokemon as its just this reason.

Scizor (M) @ Scizorite
Ability: Technician
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Protect
- Trailblaze
Secondary mega, but never used because of the overwhelming power of Raichu Y. Only used against rare Floette teams and Tyranitar. All moves take advantage of Technician. Trailblaze for speed to beat other priority, and Bug Bite as bug coverage. No explanation needed for Bullet Punch.

Incineroar (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Throat Chop
- Fake Out
- Flare Blitz
- Parting Shot
Incineroar in doubles. Da GOAT! You should know how this works.

Kingambit (M) @ Black Glasses
Ability: Defiant
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Kowtow Cleave
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Protect
Swords Dance gambit. Double dark moves to take advantage of Black Glasses, Sucker Punch OHKOs almost anything. (After a Swords Dance and a Defiant boost, Sucker Punch OHKOed an Incineroar!) Kowtow Cleave in case of Farig or Tsareena.

Basculegion (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Adaptability
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Last Respects
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Protect
Classic sash Basculegion, except Liquidation over Wave Crash so sash is used without it KOing itself. Last Respects is a nuke. Flip Turn to get out of bad situations.

Sylveon (M) @ Babiri Berry
Ability: Pixilate
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 SpA
Calm Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Hyper Beam
- Protect
- Yawn

Finally, Sylveon. Just here as a special attacker that isn't Raichu, who can't hit Palossand. Yawn is to be extremely annoying. Such as, using Yawn on a Garchomp so it switches in to Basculegion, then KOing Basculegion on the switch with Raichu. Hyper Voice and Hyper Beam are now Fairy type. Too much damage.

This team got me to Ultra Ball in the new format.

Someone please tell me why Dragonite, Perish-Trap and Bulky-Offense are suggested tags for this.

Comments

Honestly really good team. If you’re not using Scizzor I’d suggest something that has tailwind because Basc, Slyveon and Inciniroar all take advantage of tailwind.
Corviknight is probably the best choice as it’s good into mega Tyranitar and Floette like Scizzor while also getting tailwind. I can do a full rate later if you want but the only other changes I see being made to this team are some of the spreads and a few of the moves.

Answer 1

Overall this team is fairly well built and because of that im just going to make some minor suggestions for the team. For Scizzor you say you don't use it much so my advice would be to use Corvinight instead. Corvinight offers tailwind which some of your Pokemon (particularly Sylveon and Basc) take advantage of quite well. It also gets iron head for killing Floette and Roost plus bulk up which allow you to deal with most Tyranitar teams fairly easily. Also why max attack on Incin? In general you’re typically better off investing in your defenses rather than attack with Incin. Also if you decide to use Corviknight change Sylveon’s spread a bit so it can out speed things like max speed Garchomp under tailwind. Other than those things your team looks good and I wish you luck on ladder.