Team-Building Workshop

[PlatinumDude]

I battle on battle spot typically, never was that big on competitive, besides, I don't like Smogon's standards on banning Aegislash to ubers, c'mon, where's the fun in using/facing legends? Anyway, what do I do about Salamence then? I'd rather not use Garchomp as I see that WAY too often.

Aegislash was banned to Ubers because it was difficult to counter, since it could run a wide variety of sets.

In Battle Spot, you can get away with using 2 Megas in your team of 6, as you can pick the right Mega depending on the matchup. In that case, Mega Salamence is superior to its regular form, as it has much better bulk and has an easier time against Fairies, since Aerilate Return/Double-Edge hits them very hard:
-Dragon Dance
-Return/Double-Edge
-Earthquake
-Fire Blast/Draco Meteor/Roost/Substitute
Nature: Naive/Naughty/Jolly/Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate

or
-Draco Meteor
-Double-Edge
-Fire Blast
-Earthquake/Roost/Hyper Voice
Nature: Rash/Naive
EVs: 4 Atk/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate

or
-Substitute
-Toxic
-Roost
-Return/Double-Edge
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 HP/4 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate

 

[GhostTypeLover]

Aegislash was banned to Ubers because it was difficult to counter, since it could run a wide variety of sets.

In Battle Spot, you can get away with using 2 Megas in your team of 6, as you can pick the right Mega depending on the matchup. In that case, Mega Salamence is superior to its regular form, as it has much better bulk and has an easier time against Fairies, since Aerilate Return/Double-Edge hits them very hard:
-Dragon Dance
-Return/Double-Edge
-Earthquake
-Fire Blast/Draco Meteor/Roost/Substitute
Nature: Naive/Naughty/Jolly/Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate

or
-Draco Meteor
-Double-Edge
-Fire Blast
-Earthquake/Roost/Hyper Voice
Nature: Rash/Naive
EVs: 4 Atk/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate

or
-Substitute
-Toxic
-Roost
-Return/Double-Edge
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 HP/4 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate

I what should I use instead of Salamence and Garchomp? Not too fond of intimidate, Moxie is better IMO.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I what should I use instead of Salamence and Garchomp? Not too fond of intimidate, Moxie is better IMO.

Intimidate is better than Moxie so that Salamence has an easier time setting up against physical attackers upon Mega Evolution.

 

[Nah]

I what should I use instead of Salamence and Garchomp?

Other dragons to pick from are like Dragonite, Mega Altaria, Lati@s, Black Kyurem, maybe Hydreigon. You doing rated or unrated BattleSpot btw? Also you don't need to worry about Smogon's banlist in BattleSpot.

 

[GhostTypeLover]

Intimidate is better than Moxie so that Salamence has an easier time setting up against physical attackers upon Mega Evolution.

I use Absol Mega evo, who should I pick instead if Salamence is bad without mega evo? Hydreigon, Noivern, or Crobat?

 

[Bounsweet]

I use Absol Mega evo, who should I pick instead if Salamence is bad without mega evo? Hydreigon, Noivern, or Crobat?

Of those three, Hydreigon would be the best option. Another choice to consider if you're wary of the 4x weakness to Fairy-types is Dragonite, which just had an event recently with its Multiscale ability.

But, regarding Hydreigon, a decent set would look something like this:

Hydreigon @ Life Orb
Modest Nature
Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpAtk / 252 Spe
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power

I know that some people run mixed Hydreigon in which case you would use another nature like Mild. There is also the option for a Choice Scarf Hydreigon given its great power and mediocre speed, it can hit hard and (almost) always first to revenge kill something. That set would look a bit like this:

Hydreigon @ Choice Scarf
Timid Nature*
Levitate
EVs: 252 Spe / 252 SpAtk / 4 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Earth Power
- U-turn

U-turn is used on this set and not the aforementioned set because it can guarantee a free switch-in if you manage to KO your opponent with U-turn, which is useful for late game play when you've already knocked out a few of your opponent Pokémon and know what the remaining Pokémon are, it can make the situation very favorable for you.
* It's also possible to go for a Hasty or Naive nature if you don't want to reduce the power of U-turn, which isn't the most important move on this set but it is very useful. It's up to you, though.

 

[Oopssorryy]

Omega Ruby Sun Team

So I've always loved Nine Tails, and have always tried to build teams with it, and now with my Fiancee wanting to play more competitively, I need to step up my game to help her get some practice in when internet is not available. I want to build a Sunny Day/Drought team, but am unsure where to start. I know about the Leaf Guard, Chlorophyll stuff, as well as the buffs that Sunny Day gives to fire STABS, but don't really know what pokemon to use to maximize it's effectiveness.

Some have told me to run both Charizard and Venusaur to fake people out on which mega I'm actually running, while others have suggested running Blastoise for opposing Fire sweepers and access to rapid spin.

My fiancee's rules are no legendary pokemon, but that is it, so if any one has any basic advice on what pokemon other than Nine Tails, to run I am all ears. Thanks for the help guys and gals!

 

[Nah]

So I've always loved Nine Tails, and have always tried to build teams with it, and now with my Fiancee wanting to play more competitively, I need to step up my game to help her get some practice in when internet is not available. I want to build a Sunny Day/Drought team, but am unsure where to start. I know about the Leaf Guard, Chlorophyll stuff, as well as the buffs that Sunny Day gives to fire STABS, but don't really know what pokemon to use to maximize it's effectiveness.

Some have told me to run both Charizard and Venusaur to fake people out on which mega I'm actually running, while others have suggested running Blastoise for opposing Fire sweepers and access to rapid spin.

My fiancee's rules are no legendary pokemon, but that is it, so if any one has any basic advice on what pokemon other than Nine Tails, to run I am all ears. Thanks for the help guys and gals!

Charizard and Venusaur are good places to start. They aren't really gonna fake people out on which mega you're using, it'll be obvious since it'll be easy to tell it's a sun team, especially cuz you want Mega Charizard Y, so you can have an extra sun summoner (so the burden of getting the sun up is not entirely on Ninetales, and so if one of them dies your basic strategy doesn't fall apart). Zard Y makes for a great wallbreaker, and fortunately OHKOs Tyranitar and 2HKOs mixed Hippowdon without the sun (watch out for Scarf Tyranitar though). Then make Venusaur a Cholorophyll sweeper. I'd recommend bulky Starmie over Blastoise for your water type spinner because Blastoise lacks a recovery move and is slightly underwhelming without its mega, and you can't afford to not run Mega Zard Y. A set something like:

Starmie @ Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 240 HP / 44 Def / 224 Spe
Timid Nature
-Scald
-Reflect Type/maybe some coverage move or something
-Recover
-Rapid Spin

Reflect Type may not be totally neccessary on your team but it has the nice bonus of baiting in Bisharp/Ferrothorn/Tyranitar, who while obliterated by Mega Zard, will probably run away from it.

Probably the biggest threats to the team would be (Sand Rush) Excadrill in sand and rain teams, since the former outspeeds everything you'll have if the sand is up (you may not be able to negate the sand in time) and destroys you with Earthquake/Rock Slide, and Venusaur can't tank its stuff for long, while the latter has the inherent type advantage against you and will be prepared for Venusaur. For Excadrill, physically defensive Gliscor makes for a good answer since it's immune to EQ and can KO back with its own EQ, and Swords Dance/Knock Off, Roost, and Poison Heal are all good stuff, in addition to the Electric immunity. Skarmory also provides a Ground immunity and walls Excadrill to no end and can phaze it out and set up Stealth Rock, though it's also very passive. Pokemon with super-effective priority can also work too.

Rain is a little harder to deal with, given that it's a whole team that's the problem and not just one Pokemon, as well as the fact that Water is a very good and diverse type in general. Venusaur is also Ice weak and rain teams will carry something with an Ice move, so you can't rely on it at first. Best thing to do is probably to bait out the Politoed somehow and eliminate it so they lose their only auto-rain summoner. Once you remove their ability to make it rain and get the sun shining, you hold the advantage, though be aware that rain teams sometimes carry Pokemon that use Rain Dance as back up in the event of Politoed's death. Tornadus-T is also common on rain teams and is something to watch out for since it has high Speed and Hurricane is accurate under rain. Not sure what specifically to suggest to you to deal with rain teams though....

Chansey/Blissey might also be problems due they have an assload of bulk (particularly on the special side)+recovery.

That's probably not everything, but I hope it helps.

 

[DJDelt4]

[Team Help] Rain of Regigigas

Hi everyone, I am one here cause I am not that good with making teams. Now this is just a basic starting point for this team and it is somewhat gimmicky. Without further a do, here is the team.
Regigigas @ Leftovers
Ability: Slow Start
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Return
- Power-Up Punch
- Knock Off
This is the main pokemon of the team. Now the idea is to use entrainment on him so his slow start would not be a self threat. The move that would be given to him will be Swift swim so he could become the the fastest pokemon on the field, naturally.That is with the jolly, he can out speed every pokemon in his priority bracket.

Luvdisc @ Focus Sash
Ability: Swift Swim
Level: 50
EVs: 248 HP / 40 SpD / 220 Spe
Timid Nature
- Protect
- Heal Pulse
- Entrainment
- Rain Dance
Now Luvdisc. Why Luvdisc. Mialy cause it is the only swift swimmer there is that can learn entrainment. So with that in mind, it main job is to help regigigas loss its Slowstart. Now with that in mind, I focused on helping him out with Heal pulse as well to give regi more stay ability. Protect is incase you think they will go for Luvdis so it could survive amd rain dance so it can get up the rain if Politoad goes down.

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Protect
- Scald
- Icy Wind
- helping hand
The all star of any rain team, Politoad. He is here to set up the set the rain with his appearance. Beside that it is just a regular Politoad.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Hi everyone, I am one here cause I am not that good with making teams. Now this is just a basic starting point for this team and it is somewhat gimmicky. Without further a do, here is the team.
Regigigas @ Leftovers
Ability: Slow Start
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Return
- Power-Up Punch
- Knock Off
This is the main pokemon of the team. Now the idea is to use entrainment on him so his slow start would not be a self threat. The move that would be given to him will be Swift swim so he could become the the fastest pokemon on the field, naturally.That is with the jolly, he can out speed every pokemon in his priority bracket.

Luvdisc @ Focus Sash
Ability: Swift Swim
Level: 50
EVs: 248 HP / 40 SpD / 220 Spe
Timid Nature
- Protect
- Heal Pulse
- Entrainment
- Rain Dance
Now Luvdisc. Why Luvdisc. Mialy cause it is the only swift swimmer there is that can learn entrainment. So with that in mind, it main job is to help regigigas loss its Slowstart. Now with that in mind, I focused on helping him out with Heal pulse as well to give regi more stay ability. Protect is incase you think they will go for Luvdis so it could survive amd rain dance so it can get up the rain if Politoad goes down.

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Protect
- Scald
- Icy Wind
- helping hand
The all star of any rain team, Politoad. He is here to set up the set the rain with his appearance. Beside that it is just a regular Politoad.

Why not just use Mega Swampert + Politoed? Mega Swampert packs similar power and bulk as Regigigas, without being crippled by its ability, and it won't have to rely on ability-changing to be effective:
-Waterfall
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
-Protect
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 108 HP/252 Atk/148 Spe
Item: Swampertite

 

[ryanhks]

Building my ss/hg team

Hey guys, first post here, anyways I just got ss, and haven't played since like 99 with original red haha, but me and a friend decided to have some competitive fun here. I'm building my 6 pokemon team to battle him and am having a hard time deciding who to go after next. We agreed no Uber tiered pokemon as well as we have to have different pokemon. Anyways my team is alakazam, Nido king, gyrados and snorlax so far what would be 2 other good gen 2 pokemon to go with them. His team that I can remember is typhlosion, tyranitar, umbreon, scisor, dragonite, and I can't remember the last one. Any ideas?

 

[72485rahul]

you should have a Fire type pokemon (Charizard or any other), since Scizor is weak only to a Fire Pokemon. & another could be a Fighting Type (for taking out his Dark type Umbreon & Tyranitar).
Also teach any ice type move to Gyarados for his Dragonite.

 

[GhostTypeLover]

I'm pretty much on the verge of shouting "screw competitive", because nothing I build works, I've used Smogon builds on my desired team, I'm gonna go with the best team type I know, Hyper offense,

Gardevoir
-Moonblast
-Psychic
-Psyshock
-Hyper voice
Nature: Modest
EV: 252 Sp.Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Ability: Synchronize
Item: Gardevoirite

Chandelure
-Flamethrower
-Shadow Ball
-Substitute
-Calm mind
Nature: Timid
EV: 252 Sp.Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Infiltrator
Item: Life Orb

Azumarill
-Waterfall
-Aqua Jet
-Superpower
-Play Rough
Nature: Adamant
EV: 252 Atk/252 HP/4 Def
Ability: Huge power
Item Assault Vest

Electivire
-Dual Chop
-Thunder Punch
-Ice Punch
-Iron Tail
Nature: Adamant
EV: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Ability: Vital Spirit
Item: Assault Vest

What else could work on a hyper offense team? 3 out of 4 of these movesets are from Smogon.

EDIT: I'm only getting frustrated because every team I've tried up until this one are been rated with, "lack of type coverage", "Far too focused on stalling", etc. on another forum

 

[PlatinumDude]

I'm pretty much on the verge of shouting "screw competitive", because nothing I build works, I've used Smogon builds on my desired team, I'm gonna go with the best team type I know, Hyper offense,

Gardevoir
-Moonblast
-Psychic
-Psyshock
-Hyper voice
Nature: Modest
EV: 252 Sp.Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Ability: Synchronize
Item: Gardevoirite

Chandelure
-Flamethrower
-Shadow Ball
-Substitute
-Calm mind
Nature: Timid
EV: 252 Sp.Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Infiltrator
Item: Life Orb

Azumarill
-Waterfall
-Aqua Jet
-Superpower
-Play Rough
Nature: Adamant
EV: 252 Atk/252 HP/4 Def
Ability: Huge power
Item Assault Vest

Electivire
-Dual Chop
-Thunder Punch
-Ice Punch
-Iron Tail
Nature: Adamant
EV: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Ability: Vital Spirit
Item: Assault Vest

What else could work on a hyper offense team? 3 out of 4 of these movesets are from Smogon.

You're going to need to read up on the set details on how to use each Pokemon more carefully.

Moonblast is pretty much pointless on Mega Gardevoir, as it has Pixilate-powered Hyper Voice as
a Fairy STAB. It needs Focus Blast to be able to deal with Steel Pokemon effectively:
-Psyshock
-Hyper Voice
-Focus Blast
-Taunt/Will-o-Wisp/Calm Mind
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 24 Def/232 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Gardevoirite
Ability: Trace

Chandelure and Electivire are rather mediocre. Yes, Chandelure is powerful, but it possessing average Speed, a Pursuit weakness, and a Stealth Rock weakness all at once let it down. Electivire has excellent coverage, yes, but it has a bad tendency to fall short of KOing healthy targets. Hyper-offense teams can use a suicide lead to get entry hazards or dual screens up fast. Klefki or Azelf can do this for you:

Klefki:
-Spikes
-Thunder Wave
-Magnet Rise/Toxic
-Play Rough/Foul Play
Nature: Careful/Calm
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Prankster

or
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Fairy Lock
-Foul Play
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef
Item: Light Clay
Ability: Prankster

Azelf:
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Taunt/Stealth Rock
-Explosion/Stealth Rock
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 176 HP/80 Def/252 Spe
Item: Light Clay

Raikou or Thundurus present better Electric alternatives than Electivire. While their move pools aren't as wide, they're faster than Electivire. The former can make itself stronger with Calm Mind, while the latter has excellent utility in Prankster Thunder Wave:

Raikou:
-Thunderbolt
-Volt Switch
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Extrasensory/Shadow Ball
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Choice Specs/Assault Vest

or
-Calm Mind
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Extrasensory/Substitute
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers

Thundurus:
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)/Grass Knot
-Focus Blast/Grass Knot
-Thunder Wave
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Prankster

or
-Nasty Plot
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Focus Blast/Thunder Wave
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Prankster

 

[GhostTypeLover]

You're going to need to read up on the set details on how to use each Pokemon more carefully.

Moonblast is pretty much pointless on Mega Gardevoir, as it has Pixilate-powered Hyper Voice as
a Fairy STAB. It needs Focus Blast to be able to deal with Steel Pokemon effectively:
-Psyshock
-Hyper Voice
-Focus Blast
-Taunt/Will-o-Wisp/Calm Mind
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 24 Def/232 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Gardevoirite
Ability: Trace

Chandelure and Electivire are rather mediocre. Yes, Chandelure is powerful, but it possessing average Speed, a Pursuit weakness, and a Stealth Rock weakness all at once let it down. Electivire has excellent coverage, yes, but it has a bad tendency to fall short of KOing healthy targets. Hyper-offense teams can use a suicide lead to get entry hazards or dual screens up fast. Klefki or Azelf can do this for you:

Klefki:
-Spikes
-Thunder Wave
-Magnet Rise/Toxic
-Play Rough/Foul Play
Nature: Careful/Calm
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Prankster

or
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Fairy Lock
-Foul Play
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef
Item: Light Clay
Ability: Prankster

Azelf:
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Taunt/Stealth Rock
-Explosion/Stealth Rock
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 176 HP/80 Def/252 Spe
Item: Light Clay

Raikou or Thundurus present better Electric alternatives than Electivire. While their move pools aren't as wide, they're faster than Electivire. The former can make itself stronger with Calm Mind, while the latter has excellent utility in Prankster Thunder Wave:

Raikou:
-Thunderbolt
-Volt Switch
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Extrasensory/Shadow Ball
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Choice Specs/Assault Vest

or
-Calm Mind
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Extrasensory/Substitute
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers

Thundurus:
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)/Grass Knot
-Focus Blast/Grass Knot
-Thunder Wave
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Prankster

or
-Nasty Plot
-Thunderbolt
-Hidden Power (Ice)
-Focus Blast/Thunder Wave
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Prankster

I'd rather not use legends since getting the right IV's and nature is a pain

 

[PlatinumDude]

I'd rather not use legends since getting the right IV's and nature is a pain

The Synchronize trick should work. I would've suggested Magnezone, but there's a bit of type overlap with Klefki there.

 

[WynterActual]

First Time Team-Builder

So, I'm finally getting back into the swing of things with Pokemon, and I need help building a team. The team is based around a Gardevoir. Here are the specifics:

#282 Gardevoir

IVs:
HP:?
Atk: 0
Def: 31
Sp. Atk: 31
Sp. Def: 31
Spd: 31

EV's:
HP: 0
Atk: 0
Def: 0
Sp. Atk: 255
Sp. Def: 0
Spd: 255

Moveset:

Psychic
Calm Mind
Shadow Ball
Moonblast

This is as far as I've gotten with my team, no idea what to do for the next five. There are several Pokemon I have in mind for multiple team builds, but for now, I'll work with just Gardevoir.

 

[PlatinumDude]

So, I'm finally getting back into the swing of things with Pokemon, and I need help building a team. The team is based around a Gardevoir. Here are the specifics:

#282 Gardevoir

IVs:
HP:?
Atk: 0
Def: 31
Sp. Atk: 31
Sp. Def: 31
Spd: 31

EV's:
HP: 0
Atk: 0
Def: 0
Sp. Atk: 255
Sp. Def: 0
Spd: 255

Moveset:

Psychic
Calm Mind
Shadow Ball
Moonblast

This is as far as I've gotten with my team, no idea what to do for the next five. There are several Pokemon I have in mind for multiple team builds, but for now, I'll work with just Gardevoir.

What's Gardevoir's item? The item must be Gardevoirite, as Gardevoir's regular form is outclassed by its Mega counterpart. This is because Mega Gardevoir actually has usable Speed and it also has a stronger Fairy STAB in Pixilate Hyper Voice. Pixilate is the ability that also makes Mega Gardevoir usable; it turns its Normal moves into Fairy ones, and powers them up by 30%. In Hyper Voice's case, it will become stronger than Moonblast after the Pixilate boost. Mega Gardevoir also needs Focus Blast to be able to handle Steel Pokemon more easily. Psyshock is also preferred over Psychic, as it hits the target's Defense instead of Special Defense. This is useful, since Mega Gardevoir would be walled by things like Blissey otherwise:
-Psyshock
-Hyper Voice
-Focus Blast
-Calm Mind/Taunt/Will-o-Wisp
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 24 Def/232 SAtk/252 Spe (this avoids the 2HKO from Latios' Psyshock)
Item: Gardevoirite
Ability: Trace

Mega Gardevoir appreciates Pursuit support in order to remove bulky Psychic Pokemon. Common carriers include Weavile, Bisharp, and Tyranitar:

Weavile:
-Knock Off
-Icicle Crash
-Ice Shard
-Pursuit
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Pressure

Bisharp:
-Sucker Punch
-Knock Off
-Iron Head
-Pursuit
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe (Black Glasses/Dread Plate/Life Orb/Lum Berry) or 192 HP/220 Atk/96 Spe (Assault Vest)
Item: Black Glasses/Dread Plate/Life Orb/Lum Berry/Assault Vest
Ability: Defiant

Tyranitar:
-Stone Edge
-Crunch/Ice Punch
-Pursuit
-Superpower
Nature: Jolly (Choice Scarf)/Adamant (Choice Band)
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe (Choice Band) or 100 HP/252 Atk/156 Spe (Choice Band)
Item: Choice Scarf/Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream

or
-Stealth Rock
-Stone Edge
-Pursuit
-Crunch/Fire Blast/Ice Beam
Nature: Relaxed
EVs: 248 HP/80 Def/180 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream

Magnezone is also a viable teammate to remove opposing Steel Pokemon from battle because Magnet Pull prevents said Pokemon from switching out. This gives Gardevoir more freedom to spam Hyper Voice:
-Thunderbolt
-Volt Switch
-Flash Cannon
-Hidden Power (Fire)
Nature: Modest (Choice Specs)/Timid (Choice Scarf)
EVs: 172 HP/252 SAtk/84 Spe (Choice Specs) or 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe (Timid)
Item: Choice Specs/Choice Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull

Dragon Pokemon also work well with Gardevoir and a Steel Pokemon of your choice, as the Dragon/Steel/Fairy core can cover each other's weaknesses. An example is Garchomp:
-Stealth Rock
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Fire Blast/Swords Dance
Nature: Naive/Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Lum Berry/Focus Sash/Rocky Helmet

or
-Swords Dance
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge/Substitute
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Lum Berry/Leftovers/Salac Berry

or
-Stealth Rock
-Dragon Tail
-Earthquake/Toxic
-Fire Blast/Toxic
Nature: Impish
EVs: 240 HP/176 Def/92 Spe
Item: Rocky Helmet
Ability: Rough Skin

or
-Outrage
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge/Fire Blast
-Dragon Claw/Fire Blast
Nature: Jolly/Naive
EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

or
-Draco Meteor
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge/Stealth Rock
-Fire Blast
Nature: Naive
EVs: 4 Atk/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb

Note: This may not fill in all 5 slots, but these are things to consider

 

[GhostTypeLover]

Okay, I'm going for VGC, due to how frustrating building a unique team is, I decided to build a CHALK team, but changed out mega kangaskhan.

Cresselia,
Heatran,
Amonguss,
Landorus-T,
Mawile
Aegislash

I already am using the Weakness Policy Aegislash build, but don't know what to do about EV's and moves for the others.

 

[Syrex]

This is an awesome resource!
I literally was just talking about looking up the ways teams are formed and what all these short-words are.
I know OU and NU, idk about LC, ect.

Thank you so very much!