Lucario core

I decided to build my first team around mega-lucario. Great special sweeper
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With the need of a tank and also a combat to ground types, gengar seemed like a perfect choice
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Now, for the lead. With a strong sandstorm start, t-tar would be there to start the ball.
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had a choice between special and phisical wall. chose physical, and went with slowbro for that fighting coverage
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if t-tar were to get killed before the sandstorm subsided, skarmory would pick up some slack, including adding and entry hazard
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finally, i needed an alternate sweep. Added ground and grass resist made Dragonite the perfect choice
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I was about to play my first game when showdown told me mega-lucario was banned to ubers. I was devastated. So I slapped mega-evolution on t-tar to eliminate that unnerve/sandstream choice
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Details, Details:
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Smooth Fists the Lucario @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Evs: 4 HP, 252 Atk, 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Swords Dance
-Extreme Speed
-Aura Sphere
-Crunch​

The core of the team. I was initialy going with mega-lucario, but he was banned. Which leaves him pretty useless. But formally, he is the main sweep. But his defenses are so bad, he usually can't survive the brunt of the battle. So usually, I leave him as clean-up.

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Casper the Gengar @ Black Sludge
Ability: Levitate
Evs: 4 Hp, 252 SpA, 252 Spe
Timid Nature
-Pain Split
-Subsitute
-Focus Blast
-Shadow Ball​
The main way I deal with ground types. I know that his stats are more sweeper than tank, but his typing and ability says otherwise. With ammunity to toxic, normal, ground, fighting moves, and others I haven't even analysed, your run-in-the-mill sweep can't get this guy. Besides, hecan substitute/pain split out of anything.
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Tater-tot the Tyranitar @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sanstream
Evs: 4 Atk, 252 SpA, 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
-Stealth Rock
-Crunch
-Low Kick
-Fire Blast​
My main lead. He's everthing you want to start off with: Strong, physically and specialy, fast, and no other defenses then the resonable ones he already has. Good coverage to take out most other leads before the stealth rock, and can usually take a bite out of a team with sandstorm up.
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Douglas the Slowbro Leftovers
Ability: Regenerate
Evs: 252 Hp, 252 Def, 4 SpA
Bold Nature
-Ice Beam
-Slack Off
-Scald
-Thunder Wave​
Say hello to the physical wall, Slowbro. His ice beam can handle most dragons, backing up Dragonite. Slack of will give him the ability to stay in over long periods of time without fainting. Strategy: Thunder Wave, and ice beam/Scald to death!
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Cassie The Female Dragonite @ Choice Band
Ability: Multiscale
Evs: 4 HP, 252 Atk, 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
-Outrage
-Extreme Speed
-Fire Punch
-Earthquake​
If you haven't guessed yet, she's the secondary sweep. Multiscale will help her survive her first outrage and can Extreme speed almost anything to death. Fire punch can eliminate those pesky ice types and earthquake to take out enemy sweeps.
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Pitsburhg the Skarmory @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Evs: 232 HP, 24 Def, 252 Spe
Impish Nature
-Roost
-Spikes
-Brave Bird
-Whirlwind​
The alternate and secondary lead. If I see that tyranitar will get smothered before stealth rocking, I send in Skarmory and he does the same. Or, if t-tar faints before the sandstorm subsides, skarmory can go in there and finish without getting buffeted.

Threats​
Gliscor: Earthquakes everything. It makes my team seem like California
Aeigislash: Earthquake and Ghost type. Can outspeed Gengar and rip my team by the seams
Electric types: I don't have a good way to handle them, and can plow through my team if I'm not careful/lucky.
Thank you!
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Well, at the current moment I can't write a full RMT, but here are some questions for you to think about...
1. You have substitute on Gengar, disable just seems natural.
2. You have the special move Aura Sphere on SD Lucario. Did you mean to put Close Combat?
3. Justified is much better on Lucario than Inner Focus. It gives a free attack boost for dark type moves, which he resists anyway.
4. I don't feel giving Tyranitar the Mega Stone and making it a lead is using it's full potential. If you really need stealth rock, try this:
Azelf @ Focus sash
252 Spe and Atk
Hasty

Zen Headbutt
Stealth Rock
Knock Off/Fire Blast
Explosion
I've used this a lot, but not as a lead, and I must recommend it to you.
Instead of M-Tyranitar (and the sandstorm it brings which is distracting you far too much, I can tell) use something like Mega Garchomp for wall breaking. Swords Dance optional.
5. If you do keep M Tyranitar, I would put most EVs in Atk because it has more physical attacks. Is there anything that requires max SpA investment to OHKO with Fire Blast that you are specifically after?
6. Don't do CB Dragonite, do DD dragonite. Since electric types "can plow through your team", drop fire punch. Put more EVs into speed, and while DD dragonite over CB Dragonite may be debatable, this is not.
Drop Outrage, and put in Dragon Claw.
7. Do you really need Slowbro?

Happy team building!
 
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