~Archer's Stall Team v3.5 (OU)~

Aquillae said:
Bronzong > Cradily mostly, as Cradily doesn't appear to be doing much for your team, and Bronzong would help with Outrages and Mamoswine/Weavile.

Snorlax can run Earthquake > Crunch because you already have a good Gengar counter - Spiritomb, and Snorlax would appreciate the ability to hurt Heatran.

To be honest, I find Gliscor a better choice over Weezing, simply for the reliable recovery. I would dedicate another moveslot on your team for Vaporeon if you choose to go Gliscor, which would help a lot with Gyarados.
Run Surf/HP Electric/Wish/Protect, your team would enjoy Wish support, particularly Tentacruel.

I would have suggested Vaporeon > Tentacruel, but seeing that Toxic Spikes is a main way of offense for your team, I'm inclined to say put Vaporeon over something else, only that I don't know what.
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I am all for EQ on Snorlax, But I would usually Parahax Heatran and then switch into Tentacruel.
Cradily does wonders on the team, but it needs something to hits steels, as thats what my team has a problem with. It is my SR support and an awesome special wall. It had Leech seed, but that works better on faster pokemon.
Weezing hits all steels but Heatran and SpecsLuke.
Tentacruel is sort of this team's sticky, so I really don't want to replace him.
I will give snorlax EQ, but I was really considering Magnezone.
1. It's physically bulky and is a much needed steel-type.
2. It tears most steels to bits.

Magnezone @ Lefties/Shuca(Ground) Berry
Modest | Magnet Pull
< 252 HP, 172 SAtk, 84 Spd >
~ Charge Beam
~ HP Fire/Ice
~ Substitute
~ Magnet Rise

Fire hits all steel, but Ice hits dragons. Choices, choices...
 
Magnezone isn't a stall pokemon, and half the steels around carry Shed Shell anyways. It also has horrible weaknesses to fire and especially 4x to ground types, and it's so slow that Magnet Rise isn't always the best solution. It doesn't have recovery of anything useful except Resttalk, which isn't all that great on Maggy.

You're going to want a real steel wall like Bronzong, Skarmory, or Forretress (or even Metagross works). I know you won't use Skarmory, so select from whatever steels you want.

EDIT: I agree with Aquillae that Bronzong would be a good addition.
 
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