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First Competitive Team (Smogon OU)

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    I have a team of four Pokemon so far, and I'm wondering what other pokes I should add to help balance this?
    Physical tank Aggron@Wide Lens -Iron Head -Stone Edge -Earthquake -Thunder Wave
    Special tank Gardevoir@Gardevoirite -Psychic -Focus Blast - Hyper Voice -Calm Mind
    Sweeper/Rocks Garchomp@??? -Swords Dance - Stealth Rock -Outrage -Earthquake
    Support/Toxic Meganium@Leftovers -Safeguard -Toxic -Petal Dance -Aromatherapy
     
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    Aggron is terrible in OU without its Mega Evolution because of its base form's bad defensive typing, which gives it very common weaknesses to Ground, Fighting, and Water (and the former two are 4x weaknesses). The better Steel Pokemon to turn to are Ferrothorn, Skarmory, or Heatran:

    Ferrothorn:
    -Stealth Rock/Spikes
    -Leech Seed
    -Gyro Ball/Thunder Wave
    -Power Whip/Protect
    Nature: Relaxed
    EVs: 252 HP/88 Def/168 SDef
    Item: Leftovers
    Ability: Iron Barbs

    Skarmory:
    -Brave Bird/Counter
    -Whirlwind/Taunt
    -Spikes/Defog
    -Roost
    Nature: Impish/Bold
    EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
    Item: Leftovers/Rocky Helmet
    Ability: Sturdy

    or
    -Iron Head
    -Spikes
    -Roost
    -Whirlwind/Taunt
    Nature: Careful
    EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/252 SDef
    Item: Leftovers
    Ability: Sturdy

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

    I wouldn't call Mega Gardevoir a special tank. Its stats are more offensively-leaning, even though a massive Special Defense is a nice bonus. Your set for it is spot-on, but the nature should be Timid or Modest and the EV spread should be 24 Def/232 SAtk/252 Spe to take 2 Psyshocks from Latios.

    Meganium is a terrible Grass Pokemon in OU. It doesn't have much to set itself apart from other Grass Pokemon like Amoonguss and the aforementioned Ferrothorn. If a defensive pivot is necessary (and the above Steels I suggested are support Pokemon), Wash Rotom should be the one to do this, as Volt Switch in conjunction with its low Speed lets it bring in its teammates unscathed into battle:
    -Volt Switch
    -Hydro Pump
    -Will-o-Wisp
    -Pain Split/Rest
    Nature: Bold
    EVs: 248 HP/252 Def/8 Spe
    Item: Leftovers/Chesto Berry

    Gardevoir Pursuit support from Weavile, Bisharp, and Tyranitar, as Ghost Pokemon are problematic for it:

    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: 252 HP/52 SDef/204 Spe or 192 HP/220 Atk/96 Spe (latter for Assault Vest only)
    Item: Life Orb/Dread Plate/Black Glasses/Assault Vest
    Ability: Defiant

    Tyranitar:
    -Stone Edge
    -Crunch/Ice Punch
    -Pursuit
    -Superpower
    Nature: Jolly
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
    Item: Choice Scarf
    Ability: Sand Stream

    Gardevoir isn't that fast either, so Thundurus can provide Prankster Thunder Wave to slow down faster targets:
    -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)/Grass Knot
    -Thunder Wave/Focus Blast
    Nature: Timid
    EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Life Orb/Leftovers
    Ability: Prankster

    Garchomp should be Jolly with 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe. Its item should be Lum Berry, Rocky Helmet, or Focus Sash
     
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