Hey, thank you so much for taking the time to write up all your recommendations, The reason i used grass knot on breloom is so that when i use Spore it won't wake up the opposing pokemon and gives me a bit of STAB damage (albeit not very great damage however it topple rypherion easy).
With my Absol, you have recommended fireblast, Isn't absol more of a physical attacker? What i want to understand is Play rough on an absol wouldn't be very useful as doesn't it deal damage based on the difference between Absols attack and the opponents, so the higher the opponents attack compared with Absols, the more damage it does? if that is the case then it wouldn't do a lot since Absol has high damage.
I do get what your saying with Cloyster, however i still think he's a mammoth tank against physical attacks, even with priority flying moves they barely scratch Cloyster. If you work out Cloysters base damage for icicle spear, its probably more than anything Azumarill will get, even with huge power (there wont be many moves able to out damage cloysters icicle spear) however i do get with Azu, you have more of a coverage of high powered moves, as with Cloyster you rely on the opponent being weak to Ice (it ruins dragons).
I do like Dragagle, however i do not possess one, Arbok is used because hes basically the best poison pokemon i currently have and hes one of my favourites.
I'll be sure to give some of your move sets a go and change my team around a bit when i get my hands on the Pokemon i need.
I did think of a good replacement for some of the pokemon like Arbok for Ninjask and baton pass speed over to cloyster if i can get a shell smash off, or Ludicolo to raise its defenses if i can learn Ninjask the right moves.
What do you think of these two:
Jirachi
Serene grace
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Attack, 4HP
Iron head
Thunder wave
Wish
Protect
and
Whimsicott
Prankster
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252HP, 126 Def, 126 Special DeF, 4 Speed
Leech seed
Substitute
Giga Drain
Stun Spore
1. Grass Knot simply inflicts damage on the target based on its weight. The heavier the target is, the more damage Grass Knot inflicts. It doesn't have any special interaction with Spore at all. If you're wondering why, it's this:
Effect Spore doesn't work in the same way
Poison Touch does. It triggers only if
the opponent attacks Breloom with a contact move, not the other way around. Even then, Effect Spore isn't a reliable ability to have because Breloom isn't bulky enough to make the most out of it. Grass Knot isn't a bad move, but it's a waste on Breloom because of its low Special Attack. On Technician Breloom, Bullet Seed is the go-to Grass STAB because each hit is less than 60 base power, at 25 BP. On Poison Heal Breloom, Seed Bomb is the consistent Grass STAB.
2. It's true that Mega Absol is primarily a physical attacker, but it can go mixed effectively because 115 Special Attack is rather decent, and being walled by Gliscor or Scizor is bad for it. Play Rough is on Absol to deal with Fighting and Dragon Pokemon;
it's a Fairy-type move, mind you. The move you're talking about is
Foul Play. Yes, (Mega) Absol gets Foul Play, but it doesn't need it because its Attack is already very high; Foul Play simply uses the target's Attack to calculate damage.
3. Cloyster is bad now because its defensive typing is bad, as I already mentioned. It also needs a turn to set up Shell Smash; it doesn't have much time to do this now because of all the types it's weak to. While it's true that Cloyster is bulky on the physical end, it's very frail on the special end. It easily falls to Talonflame, especially at -1 Defense. Don't forget Bisharp's Sucker Punch. Also, Azumarill has Belly Drum to make itself even more dangerous. It's risky, sure, but the threat of priority Aqua Jet being backed up by +6 Attack make it so worth it.
Calcs:
252+ Atk Choice Band Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cloyster: 141-166 (58.5 - 68.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Talonflame Brave Bird vs. -1 0 HP / 0 Def Cloyster: 211-249 (87.5 - 103.3%) -- 25% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Bisharp Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cloyster: 109-129 (45.2 - 53.5%) -- 30.9% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Bisharp Sucker Punch vs. -1 0 HP / 0 Def Cloyster: 164-192 (68 - 79.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (good chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock)
4. Ninjask is a bad Baton Passer, IMO, simply because Scolipede outclasses it with better bulk and a less crippling Stealth Rock weakness.
5. As I already mentioned, Ludicolo is only good on Rain teams, as it's outsped by a lot of things outside of the weather, and 90 Special Attack isn't that high to make Hydro Pump threatening outside of rain. Use Wash Rotom instead, as it's bulkier and helps against Talonflame, which currently shreds through this team at the moment. Having Ninjask (or Scolipede) makes your Talonflame weakness even worse; you really need Wash Rotom on this team. Wash Rotom also lets your frail Pokemon (like Absol) get into battle safely with a slow Volt Switch. Other Talonflame counters are Heatran and Therian Landorus:
Heatran:
-Lava Plume
-Toxic
-Taunt/Protect/Roar
-Stealth Rock
Nature: Calm
EVs: 248 HP/192 SDef/68 Spe
Item: Leftovers
or
-Fire Blast/Magma Storm
-Flash Cannon/Stone Edge/Hidden Power (Ice)
-Earth Power
-Stealth Rock
Nature: Timid
EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Air Balloon
or:
-Magma Storm
-Earth Power
-Taunt
-Toxic/Solar Beam
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Air Balloon/Power Herb
or
-Fire Blast/Overheat
-Flash Cannon
-Earth Power/Hidden Power (Ice)
-Stone Edge/Ancient Power
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf
Therian Landorus:
-Stealth Rock
-Earthquake
-U-turn
-Stone Edge/Knock Off/Rock Slide
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP/240 Def/8 SDef/8 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Rocky Helmet
or
-Stealth Rock
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge/Knock Off
-U-turn/Explosion
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 72 HP/252 Atk/184 Spe
Item: Soft Sand/Earth Plate/Focus Sash
or
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
-U-turn
-Knock Off/Superpower/Explosion
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf
or
-Swords Dance
-Rock Polish
-Earthquake
-Stone Edge
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 56 HP/220 Atk/232 Spe
Item: Earth Plate/Soft Sand/Leftovers
5. Flinchax Jirachi doesn't need all that Speed, as Thunder Wave already slows pretty much everything down to a level where you don't need too much Speed investment:
-Stealth Rock
-Iron Head
-U-turn
-Thunder Wave/Body Slam/Fire Punch
Nature: Careful
EVs: 252 HP/176 SDef/80 Spe (enough Speed to outspeed up to Adamant Diggersby)
Item: Leftovers
Here's a better take on SubSeed Whimsicott. I wouldn't recommend adding this if you're concerned about the massive Talonflame weakness you have:
-Substitute
-Leech Seed
-Encore
-Knock Off/Moonblast
Nature: Impish/Bold
EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Prankster