Yeah, I think that you're right about Bisharp so I'ma drop that. It's not a bad poke and it has its uses but maybe it's just not for this particular team. Are there other options for the Keldeo slot though? It is very good but I just wanna know what my options are. I'm not sure which to go with on the Jirachi/sand pair thing though. On one hand the Sand Rush Exca+T-tar provides a couple of really useful things (Mega Meta check, Rapid Spin, possibly SR, beats a lot of sweepers), but then there's the fact that it's weather reliant, there's the chip damage on the rest of the team, and Excadrill is pretty frail (not to mention the shared Fighting weakness between Exca, Cube, and T-tar).
But in either scenario, where do I go from here?
sorry for taking soooo long to get to this.
kyurem-b and mega gardevoir form a nice breaker duo that you'll have to cover defensively. you can either speed the team up and make it a bulky offense, or slow it down and make it a balance. i definitely think cube with life orb@roost + 3 atks is your best bet. rotom-w fits nicely so you don't get rolled by mega scizor and you can't voltturn your breakers in. offensive stealth rock heatran is nice, but you might be getting into "slow and overly reliant on resistances" territory. dd gyarados would be cool since it would give you a sweeping threat to clean up messes from cube and garde. i like rotom-w since it lets you switch into mega scizor, but you'll want to be prepared to actually damage it. an offensive garchomp could work.
if i'm being truthful, keldeo just really fits like a glove here. you certainly don't *have* to use it, but it'd be really optimal. i think the other really excellent option would be magnezone. it's deterministic and annoying etc., but it would be a very nice poke for you. either of those two mons would be my choice, and then you can round it out with either fastmons or slowmons (or a combo, your call). i like keld better defensively, though mag's trapping is super nice.
sorry, this was kinda rushed, feel free to reject keld again/mag as well haha. but the options i listed above are usable too.
Alright, so I am working on a team for a Tournament that I am going to be in at the end of this month. And I have a few ideas for what I can do. But I am locked into Grass and Normal types, and one idea that I had for singles was was going with Ambipom and then using Sticky Web to support him and let him out speed the few pokemon that are faster than him. Problem is, I don't know exactly what other pokemon to put on the team. So far, here is all I have. And I know that the Aibipom set is strange, but it works surprisingly well for what it's worth.
run miracle seed or life orb on the serp, sash isn't great.
that ambipom is too inconsistent in a metagame crawling with ferrothorn, rh garchomp, heatran, gengar, sableye-mega, etc. it also doesn't offer defensive utility, so i think now would be a good time to replace.
i'm not sure i love webs + serp synergy since serp is already so fast and webs don't hurt its two main checks (tornadus-t and talonflame). since serp is a very good mon, i'm going to focus on that. i think sr is your key hazard here with a major focus on removing heatran. i would also toss hp fire over dragon pulse or glare, as leaf storm blows past most mons that dpulse hits, though it has its uses (especially the zards).
manaphy is an awesome partner for serp, and zard x can lure heatran with eq. keldeo fits on any team, but i might refrain from adding it this early. there are lots of options! grounds and waters are particularly good - take your pick.
