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Need help deciding final team! [Warning: long, & extremely complicated]

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    • Seen Dec 4, 2014
    So I have a PC box that I cutely named "MY TEAM" with about 18 Pokémon in there, & an empty BATTLE BOX.

    Well not empty, since I keep the team shown below in there for whenever someone challenges me via Internet. It's pretty decent, since they put up a fight but in the end it's still a loss against some Wash Rotom or whatever.
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    So that was my usual Battle Box, & I do usually consider this my "team" but I still want to include other Pokemon I love, which are:

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    I know it's a bunch of info, but if you could help me, that'd be awesome. I've been stressing about forming a good team for myself since I got into online battling, & I finally narrowed it down enough to have someone else opinions.

    If it's not to much trouble, help me out?
     

    PlatinumDude

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  • There's no need to say a Pokemon's individual stats. EVs and natures are all that matter.

    Absol is only good in its Mega Evolution. Its regular form is mediocre, save for a massive Attack:
    -Sucker Punch
    -Pursuit/Night Slash/Knock Off
    -Fire Blast
    -Play Rough/Superpower
    Nature: Naive
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Absolite
    Ability: Super Luck/Justified

    or
    -Swords Dance
    -Sucker Punch
    -Night Slash/Knock Off
    -Play Rough/Baton Pass
    Nature: Jolly
    EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
    Item: Absolite
    Ability: Super Luck/Justified

    Since you already have a Mega Pokemon in Charizard, I'd replace Absol entirely with Bisharp or Mandibuzz:

    Bisharp:
    -Sucker Punch
    -Iron Head
    -Knock Off
    -Pursuit/Swords Dance
    Nature: Adamant
    EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
    Item: Black Glasses/Dread Plate/Life Orb
    Ability: Defiant

    Mandibuzz:
    -Foul Play
    -Defog
    -Roost
    -Toxic/Whirlwind/Knock Off
    Nature: Bold/Impish
    EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 SDef
    Item: Leftovers
    Ability: Overcoat


    Sylveon's Attack is too low to make use of any physical moves. It also learns decent coverage moves in Shadow Ball and Psyshock. Sylveon is also only good with Hyper Voice + Pixilate. To even have access to this combo, an Anticipation Eevee with Hyper Voice must be transferred from Black 2/White 2:
    -Wish
    -Protect
    -Hyper Voice
    -Heal Bell/Calm Mind
    Nature: Bold
    EVs: 252 HP/244 Def/12 Spe
    Item: Leftovers
    Ability: Pixilate

    or
    -Hyper Voice
    -Shadow Ball
    -Psyshock
    -Hidden Power (Ground)/Baton Pass/Echoed Voice
    Nature: Modest
    EVs: 244 HP/252 SAtk/12 Spe
    Item: Choice Specs
    Ability: Pixilate

    Charizard X should only use physical moves to take better advantage of its Tough Claws ability. Charizard actually is viable in OU because of the unpredictability of having 2 Mega Evolutions:
    -Dragon Dance
    -Flare Blitz/Fire Punch
    -Dragon Claw/Outrage
    -Earthquake/Roost
    Nature: Adamant/Jolly
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
    Item: Charizardite X
    Ability: Blaze

    or
    -Dragon Dance
    -Dragon Claw
    -Fire Punch/Earthquake
    -Roost
    Nature: Adamant
    EVs: 144 HP/244 Atk/120 Spe
    Item: Charizardite X
    Ability: Blaze

    or
    -Fire Punch/Earthquake
    -Dragon Claw
    -Will-o-Wisp
    -Roost
    Nature: Careful
    EVs: 248 HP/148 SDef/112 Spe
    Item: Charizardite X
    Ability: Blaze

    Since you already have a Mega Pokemon in Absol, Dragonite makes a fine substitute:
    -Dragon Dance
    -Dragon Claw/Outrage
    -Extreme Speed
    -Earthquake
    Nature: Adamant
    EVs: 24 Def/252 Atk/232 Spe
    Item: Lum Berry/Weakness Policy
    Ability: Multiscale

    You can only Mega Evolve 1 Pokemon per battle, so Lucario will have to make do without Lucarionite:
    -Swords Dance
    -Close Combat
    -Iron Tail/Ice Punch/Earthquake
    -Extreme Speed
    Nature: Adamant/Jolly
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
    Item: Life Orb

    Giratina is an Uber Pokemon, meaning that it's not allowed in an OU team. Ghost Pokemon that are allowed, however, are Gengar and Aegislash:

    Gengar:
    -Substitute
    -Shadow Ball
    -Will-o-Wisp
    -Taunt/Sludge Bomb/Focus Blast/Sludge Wave/Disable
    Nature: Timid
    EVs: 28 HP/148 SAtk/80 SDef/252 Spe
    Item: Black Sludge

    or
    -Shadow Ball
    -Sludge Bomb/Sludge Wave
    -Focus Blast/Thunderbolt
    -Destiny Bond
    Nature: Timid
    EVs: 4 HP/252 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Life Orb

    Aegislash:
    -Shadow Ball
    -Shadow Sneak
    -Pursuit/Iron Head/Sacred Sword
    -King's Shield
    Nature: Quiet
    EVs: 244 HP/252 SAtk/12 Spe
    Item: Leftovers

    or
    -Substitute
    -Toxic
    -King's Shield
    -Shadow Ball
    Nature: Modest
    EVs: 244 HP/252 SAtk/12 Spe
    Item: Leftovers

    or
    -Shadow Ball
    -Shadow Sneak
    -Flash Cannon/Sacred Sword
    -Sacred Sword/Pursuit
    Nature: Hasty/Naive
    EVs: 4 Atk/252 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Life Orb/Spooky Plate/Spell Tag

    or
    -Swords Dance
    -Shadow Sneak
    -Iron Head/Shadow Claw
    -Sacred Sword/Head Smash
    Nature: Adamant
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 SDef/252 Spe
    Item: Life Orb

    Regarding your other options, Lapras and Empoleon aren't viable. The former's defensive typing is bad, while the latter doesn't have much that it can offer over bulky Waters besides Defog support (and even then, Crobat, Zapdos, Mandibuzz and Lati@s do Defog support better, which this team needs if Mega Absol does down).

    I don't believe Luxray is viable either. It's slow and not that bulky. Ampharos may be slower, but it has the bulk to take hits. I could suggest Mega Ampharos, or Mega Gardevoir, but you already have Charizard as your Mega. Also, Mewtwo is an Uber, making it not allowed in OU teams.
     
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