Critisism on hypothetical Team.

[Bastion85]

Hi all,

Was running ideas past a friend last night and came up with this little Doozy of a team.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on it and if there is much else I can do to improve it.

Breloom @ Expert Belt
Ability: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Mach Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Thunder Punch

Sableye @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Taunt
- Knock Off
- Dark Pulse
- Aerial Ace

Latios (M) @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Fly
- Psychic
- Dragon Pulse
- Steel Wing

Beedrill @ Beedrillite
Ability: Sniper
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Poison Jab
- X-Scissor
- Drill Run
- Protect

Cloyster @ Lum Berry
Ability: Skill Link
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Shell Smash
- Rest
- Substitute

Starmie @ Lum Berry
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Timid Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Recover
- Dazzling Gleam
- Scald

Thank you for your time XD

 

[Nah]

Spore is a great thing to have on Breloom, since it's 100% accurate and sleep completely incapacitates most Pokemon. Rock Tomb > Thunder Punch because it also hits Fire types super-effectively and drops the opposing mons Speed.

Aerial Ace is kinda pointless on Mega Sableye since its Attack isn't very good and is more inclined to be a wall with its stats. Something like Calm Mind is nice since it lets its special attacks do decent damage and allows it to tank special attacks better.

Fly is really only decent for battle in-game, so it's best to take that offa Latios. It's not like it has good Attack anyway. Psyshock > Psychic because Psyshock lets Latios smash past special walls. And while Steel Wing seems tempting to deal with Latios's Fairy weakness, it's not gonna do more damage than one of its other attacks would to Fairies. So in place of Fly and Steel Wing stuff like Thunderbolt, Surf, Shadow Ball, etc would be better.

Cloyster is much too frail to make use of Rest and Substitute. It's also too easily walled by Water types and Avalugg the way you have it now. Rock Blast and Razor Shell give it more coverage.

One issue I see with the team overall is that Fairies rip it apart. Stuff like Mega Gardevoir and Sylveon wreck Breloom, Latios, and Sableye, and while Mega Beedrill is part Poison, it's also frail as hell and won't wanna switch into even a resisted attack, and your opponent can play around it since that's your only Fairy answer.

 

[PlatinumDude]

You can only Mega Evolve 1 Pokemon per battle, so you'll have to pick between Beedrill or Sableye.

Here are better sets for Mega Sableye to use, a mono-Calm Mind attacking set, or the tried-and-true support set since Gen V.:
-Calm Mind
-Dark Pulse/Shadow Ball
-Will-o-Wisp
-Recover
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Sablenite
Ability: Prankster

or
-Knock Off
-Will-o-Wisp
-Recover
-Taunt/Foul Play/Toxic
Nature: Impish
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Sablenite
Ability: Prankster

If you use Beedrill, Mandibuzz is a fine substitute:
-Foul Play
-Roost
-Whirlwind/Taunt
-Defog
Nature: Bold
EVs: 248 HP/136 Def/108 SDef/16 Spe
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Overcoat

Soul Dew is banned in standard play, so Latios should make use of Life Orb or Choice Scarf:
-Draco Meteor
-Psyshock
-Surf/Hidden Power (Fire)/Earthquake
-Defog/Roost/Recover
Nature: Timid/Hasty
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb

or
-Draco Meteor
-Psyshock
-Defog/Tailwind/Hidden Power (Fire)
-Trick
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

As mentioned by Zekrom, Cloyster's moveset is absolutely terrible. Cloyster was good in Gen V, but not anymore. Priority is pretty much everywhere, courtesy of stuff like Bisharp, Talonflame and Mega Pinsir, making it hard for it to set up Shell Smash. Weavile and Mamoswine are more reliable Ice attackers:

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

Mamoswine:
-Earthquake
-Icicle Crash
-Ice Shard
-Freeze-Dry/Stealth Rock
Nature: Naive/Jolly
EVs: 244 Atk/12 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Thick Fat

or
-Stealth Rock
-Earthquake
-Ice Shard
-Endeavor
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Oblivious

Here are better Rapid Spinning sets for Starmie. The former utilizes Reflect Type to have an easier time with Ferrothorn and Bisharp, while the latter uses Starmie's excellent coverage move pool:

-Scald
-Rapid Spin
-Reflect Type
-Recover
Nature: Timid
EVs: 248 HP/24 Def/236 Spe
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure

or
-Hydro Pump
-Psyshock/Thunderbolt
-Ice Beam
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure

Edit: if you're using Sableye as the Mega, Choice Band Scizor is a fine substitute:
-U-turn
-Bullet Punch
-Superpower
-Pursuit/Knock Off
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 248 HP/252 Atk/8 SDef
Item: Choice Band
Ability: Technician

Edit 2: Bullet Seed > Seed Bomb on Breloom, as it benefits from Techncian, plus 3-attacks + Spore is a better set:
-Spore
-Bullet Seed
-Mach Punch
-Rock Tomb
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Focus Sash
Ability: Technician

I'd also consider Tentacruel over Starmie, since it somewhat helps with the Fairy problem:
-Scald
-Acid Spray
-Sludge Bomb/Knock Off
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Bold/Calm
EVs: 240 HP/252 Def/16 Spe or 240 HP/252 SDef/16 Spe
Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze

Other Fairy smashers include Dragalge, Gengar, Scolipede, Heatran and Excadrill:

Dragalge:
-Sludge Wave
-Draco Meteor
-Hidden Power (Fire)/Focus Blast
-Scald/Focus Blast
Nature: Modest
EVs: 200 HP/240 SAtk/12 SDef/56 Spe
Item: Choice Specs/Dragon Fang/Poison Barb/Draco Plate/Toxic Plate
Ability: Adaptability

Gengar:
-Shadow Ball
-Sludge Wave/Sludge Bomb
-Focus Blast
-Destiny Bond/Taunt/Substitute
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Life Orb/Focus Sash/Black Sludge

or
-Substitute
-Shadow Ball
-Will-o-Wisp
-Taunt/Sludge Bomb/Sludge Wave/Disable
Nature: Timid
EVs: 28 HP/148 SAtk/80 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Black Sludge

or
-Hex
-Taunt
-Will-o-Wisp
-Sludge Wave/Sludge Bomb/Substitute
Nature: Timid
EVs: 8 HP/248 SAtk/252 Spe
Item: Black Sludge

Scolipede:
-Megahorn
-Poison Jab/Rock Slide
-Earthquake
-Protect
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 68 HP/252 Atk/188 Spe
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost

Heatran:
-Overheat/Fire Blast
-Flash Cannon/Hidden Power (Ice)
-Earth Power/Flamethrower
-Stone Edge/Ancient Power
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf

or
-Stealth Rock
-Fire Blast/Flamethrower
-Flash Cannon/Earth Power/Toxic/Will-o-Wisp
-Taunt
Nature: Timid/Modest
EVs: 12 HP/252 SAtk/244 Spe
Item: Air Balloon

or
-Magma Storm
-Earth Power
-Taunt
-Toxic
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SAtk/4 SDef/252 Spe
Item: Leftovers/Air Balloon

or
-Lava Plume
-Toxic
-Taunt/Earth Power/Roar
-Stealth Rock/Protect/Earth Power
Nature: Calm
EVs: 248 HP/192 SDef/68 Spe
Item: Leftovers

Excadrill:
-Earthquake
-Iron Head
-Rock Slide
-Rapid Spin
Nature: Jolly/Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker

I dunno who to replace for those, though.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Awesome, thanks for that, only one thing I need to point out.

Psyshock doesn't bypass special walls. It is affected as every other special attack. It merely goes against Defence instead of Sp Defence and would much rather the extra 10% power of Psychic and have it go against Sp Def.

Everything else was awesome and I have adjusted accordingly, including moving Psychic to Starmie to make room for Surf on Latios.

Breloom @ Expert Belt
Ability: Technician
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Spore
- Mach Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Rock Tomb

Sableye @ Sablenite
Ability: Prankster
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Calm Nature
- Taunt
- Knock Off
- Dark Pulse
- Calm Mind

Latios (M) @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Thunder Bolt
- Surf
- Dragon Pulse
- Shadow Ball

Beedrill @ Beedrillite
Ability: Sniper
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Poison Jab
- X-Scissor
- Drill Run
- Protect

Cloyster @ Lum Berry
Ability: Skill Link
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Rock Blast
- Toxic
- Shell Smash

Starmie @ Lum Berry
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Timid Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Psychic
- Dazzling Gleam
- Scald

If anyone has ideas to further fine tune this beastly list up, please let me know.

Thanks!

Psyshock is the much, much, much, better alternative over Psychic, as it lets Latios have a better time against special walls, which tend to have lower Defense than Special Defense. Notable examples are Chansey and Blissey.

See these calcs for yourself:

252 SpA Life Orb Latios Psyshock vs. 4 HP / 252+ Def Blissey: 308-364 (47.2 - 55.8%) -- 22.3% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252 SpA Life Orb Latios Psychic vs. 4 HP / 252 SpD Blissey: 122-146 (18.7 - 22.3%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery

Against Blissey and other special walls like it, Psychic does pathetic damage, hence why Psyshock is preferred.

 

[Nah]

Soul Dew is banned in standard play, as I already mentioned. Shadow Ball doesn't give it noteworthy coverage. Again, see the sets I posted for better alternatives.

Isn't Soul Dew not banned yet in Gen VI? Or did they already ban that?

 

[PlatinumDude]

Isn't Soul Dew not banned yet in Gen VI? Or did they already ban that?

While Soul Dew is available now, it's still banned.