It's been almost a month man...apologies about that. On a better note, congratulations to ARTYMASION for winning Cycle 45! Check out his team here.
Cycle 46: Iron Moth
Iron Moth's claim to fame is with its speed Quark Drive boost and using Fiery Dance to snowball with another strong STAB in Sludge Wave, along with coverage such as Energy Ball, Dazzling Gleam, and Tera Blast Ground. Other sets with Morning Sun can utilize Iron Moth's decent defensive utility into Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Mega Scizor. But how can you make Iron Moth shine? Build a team to see what you can do!
Submissions end June 24th!
Iron Moth's claim to fame is with its speed Quark Drive boost and using Fiery Dance to snowball with another strong STAB in Sludge Wave, along with coverage such as Energy Ball, Dazzling Gleam, and Tera Blast Ground. Other sets with Morning Sun can utilize Iron Moth's decent defensive utility into Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Mega Scizor. But how can you make Iron Moth shine? Build a team to see what you can do!
Submissions end June 24th!
So the idea of using Tinkaton was from a conversation in the ND OU room as a role compresser utility mon given it's great attributes on a team which are a Steel, a Fairy, Stealth Rock & Knock Off support but most importantly a hard check to Darkrai and Tapu Lele and after seeing a build from 
Boots Koko as the pivot and Terrain mon here, it's self explanatory as to what Koko does here, it brings in stuff and checks some other threat like Zapdos, M-Mawile and Waters when needed to.
I originally had 
over this but the mon wasn't really doing much for the team and my rain MU was kind of terrible so i decided on this. It's a stupid breaker that just bonks things with a broken stab move but the defensive use is what's most important for the squad as i got another mon capable of checking things like M-Scizor, Darkrai, M-Medicham or Iron Crown offensively.
Lumping these two together as they have the more questionable part of the team (besides the Tinkaton) in their item choices. Iron Moth having boots is not that rare (at least from my experience, idk about you guys) as the longevity you get from them is great and despite the small amount of turns with Terrain, it's been working fine as one of the cleaners in the team (you could probably change Tera Blast for U-Turn and it's tera type).
Also sort of self explanatory, Defensive Lando just gives me a defogger in order to keep Wellspring and Valiant in good shape. It's another mon that role compresses so well and there isn't much for me to say, the speed is for max speed Raging Bolt and having Taunt helps me annoy things Gliscor, Ferrothorn and M-Scizor.
It already outspeeds most of my team but often times the solution is to overwhelm m-lop's squad before you get overwhelmed by it, having Lando-T and Booster Valiant helps in this regard but you gotta keep yourself healthy.
If this mon manages to setup freely you better had saved up Valiant's Booster Energy to Encore lock it or your Wellspring's Tera
Trying to switch into this is kind of annoying and the pair is even worse but there's enough offense to get out of the situation and break the entire defense apart
The designated mon fulfils a defensive role, checking val and mciz while also threatening them out allowing it to gain momentum. Morning Sun is good for keeping it healthy to fulfil its defensive role.
This mon appreciates moth taking care of val for it, also provides speed control and spikes.
Defensive Pivot and ground immunity, also removal.
Appreciates Mciz being gone, sets rocks and helps break drags and such.
Also appreciates val being gone (moth and pex are clutch af lmao), gives prio and a good wincon in some mus.
Koko is the quintessential Electric Terrain setter to enable this sort of team. It also has devilish power in its own right when backed by Specs, allowing it to deal major damage to even neutralities not named Blissey as well as chunk Ground-, Grass-, and Dragon-types with a strong HP Ice or Dazzling Gleam. 
We all know what this does - however, I opted for an odd set here in Fairium Z. It banks off the fact that Moonblast is a generally spammable move with its counters fearing Knock Off or Close Combat, and gives you a one-time nuke to weaken or remove things like Tera Garganacl, Landorus-T, and Zapdos for the rest of the team.
Iron Leaves preys on Balance and fat teams thanks to its incredibly strong Psyblade in Terrain, which not much can switch into for free considering those few switch-ins get blasted by a Wild Charge, Leaf Blade, or Close Combat. It also provides a nifty Ground resistance, which this team desperately needs considering the 3 Ground weaknesses. 
The only non-Quark Drive abuser of Electric Terrain, Hawlucha provides a Ground immunity as well as a very threatening cleaner when threats are chipped. Substitute over Encore allows you to laugh at non-SD Gliscor and defensive Lando, two things this team really wants to beat. 
Another insanely hard-hitter with Play Rough as its breaking stab, priority Sucker Punch for emergencies or potential sweeps and most importantly, Fire Fang for M-Sciz or Ferro, so they can't wall you, making this mon really versatile.
The really really bulky sweeper, with salt cure to get chip damage every turn and Iron Defense + Body Press to make this mon painful to take on, and obviously Lefties + Recover to be always ready to wall.
The contrary sweeper with Leaf Storm, Tera Blast Rock and Hidden Power Fire as its checks for Volcarona, M-Sciz or Ferro and Glare to have more speed control over some fast threats. Coba berry is neat for Z-Fly Landos or Dual Wingbeat Scizors, but you can also run Occa berry for Gouging Fire, Heatran or Flamethrower/Mystical Fire Mons.
The special wall of the team, with emergency Tera Fairy for Darkrai and other threats, and great pivoting with Chilly Reception.
). Sludge Wave allows Iron Moth to snipe otherwise resists like Gouging Fire for huge damage. Discharge hits tanky waters like Toxapex, and within Electric Terrain does respectable chip to Heatran, and Energy Ball is an alternate option to be more proactive against Mega-Tyranitar. U-turn allows you to get out of those matchups without needing to predict, alongside increasing momentum for the team.
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