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Are you planning to do singles or doubles? Cuz that changes how you gotta do things a lot. And yeah, you are kind of lacking in strategy.
For example, (if you're doing singles) you might want something with Rapid Spin/Defog since Dragonite is Stealth Rock weak and hazard damage negates Multiscale, Dragonite's primary selling point. Hazard removal is just nice to have in general. Chlorophyll Venusaur needs sun to function at full capacity, so you can replace one of your pokes with Ninetales, Mega Charizard Y, or Primal Groudon, since all Battle Spot formats allow that thing now. Lucario likes to be paired with a slow Volt Switch/U-turn Pokemon so it can be brought in safely, because it's very frail. Or better yet, paired with a Pokemon that is weak to something Lucario checks/counters, so it can get a free switch-in if you predict correctly.
When you're making a team you basically want to try and think about how the individual 'mons support each other/what they do for each other.
But out of all the Pokemon that you have there for Mega choices, Kangaskhan is, regardless of singles or doubles, the best choice. It's kind of a dumb 'mon really and not terribly difficult to fit into most teams. On Battle Spot you can actually get away with having 2 megas on a team since you don't use your whole party, so you can choose which mega will be better suited to the opponent's team. Lucario or Gardevoir could be your secondary mega. Just that in singles they both really prefer to be in mega form, so you can't run both really. Doubles is a little different since they both have niche uses in their base forms. Venusaur is one of the rare Pokemon that functions fine both with and without Mega Evolving. Aggron should be dropped from the team though, since your mega slot is gonna be taken up by other things and Aggron is pretty meh in standard play.
Once you've decided what you're keeping you can begin to fill the remaining slots with things to support/synergize with those 'mons.
Also just a couple of things about the sets. You want Choice Band on Dragonite, not Choice Specs. Specs boosts Sp.Attack, Band boosts Attack. Dragonite's running all physical moves so it needs Band. Mega Kangaskhan has pretty low Sp.Attack so Blizzard's not the best choice for a move; it doesn't hit anything noteworthy that I can think of anyway. Having some sort of Normal STAB is better. Or even Fake Out/Sucker Punch for pseudo-priority. Focus Punch is also kind of a risky move, since if you get hit you waste its turn. You almost always see it in tandem with Substitute, which gives it the time it needs to ready the Focus Punch. Might even be able to do that with Mega Kanga. But if you don't run Substitute, Focus Punch should be swapped for something else. And then offensive Mega Gardevoir wants max Sp.Attack EVs, not Sp.Def EVs. Base 165 Sp.Attack is hella nice but means a lot less if it's not invested in.
