snow team improved my rating 400+ improvements appreciated

tumblezz

Sinistcha @ Leftovers
Ability: Heatproof
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Matcha Gotcha
- Shadow Ball
- Strength Sap
- Calm Mind

Manaphy @ Leftovers
Ability: Hydration
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball

Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Aurora Veil
- Encore
- Freeze-Dry
- Moonblast

Great Tusk @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Headlong Rush
- Close Combat
- Ice Spinner

Cinderace @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Libero
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Pyro Ball
- U-turn
- Sucker Punch
- Court Change

Cetitan @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Slush Rush
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 76 Def / 176 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Belly Drum
- Ice Shard
- Play Rough
- Earthquake

Ill just give you an idea of how i came to this team it started with sinstcha which might be a strange pick but i very much enjoy this pokemon and honestly has very good synergy with rest of the team its main use is really is to end out games or stall lots of the time ending it being able to sweep with calm mind and strength sap then i thought of another mon id liked to use is alolan ninetales especially with new snow mechanic which main use is to set up snow and veil for switch in to cetitan also very effective against gliscor threats which can be very annoying then when i was building my team i thought what could snow benefit and slush rush cetitan came which can be very effective and sweeping after a belly drum with veil and snow cetitan pretty much always gets belly drum off and one attack unless against prevelant threats like iron moth etc next came manaphy which i thought would fit well into this team behind veil to setup tail glow or to threaten other prevelant mons such as great tusk iron moth gliscor roaring moon glimmora etc in practice does occasionly pick up kos after veil and tail glow but can go unutilised next cinderace is just a very good lead to switch in to ninetales scoping out team also picking up kos on lead ribombees and can be very effective against mons like rillabom then great tusk anohther mon for coverage and can benefit from snow when terastilized becoming an extremely strong mon after bulk up threat of sweep

issues; main issue ive came against is iron moth photosynthesis despite having answers for frequently kos and ohkos team easily so need some ideas for that changed great tusk for assault vest toxapex and blissey but didnt really fit well ideas would be great and other suggestions to improve team would be appreciated another problem i run into is not always being able to keep snow in long enough and team can sometimes have no answers to certain mons thanks for your tim
 
This is a pretty cool sinistcha veil idea, but I think there are a few mons here that don't belong on a screens team, so I'm gonna recommend some substitutions, and then some minor tweaks to existing sets.

Mainly, I think that Cinderace isn't really abusing screens well enough to justify a teamslot here. If anything, it can actively hurt you, because court change will give your screens to your opponent, so it's a little difficult to use here and I wouldn't recommend it. To help with Iron Moth and to wear down kingambit for your sinistcha, I would try Ceruledge > Cinderace. Without giving up the fairy resist, it helps a lot vs Iron Moth and can abuse screens much better than Cinderace can.

Ceruledge @ Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Bitter Blade
- Poltergeist
- Destiny Bond

You don't need to take this set as gospel, maybe you'd appreciate Shadow Sneak or Close Combat over Destiny Bond, but I think Dbond can open some surprise holes vs things like dondozo that could help your other teammates.

Unfortunately, this change makes the lack of a ghost resist much more apparent, and that's something we need to fix. Cetitan is honestly the most expendable member of this team, I'm sorry but this mon is really mid. Even under snow, it is depressingly slow and cannot outspeed the real threats like speed booster Iron Moth/Iron Valiant, and even at +6 this thing's power is kinda unimpressive. I'm gonna pull a certified SV OU main moment and suggest Kingambit > Cetitan. This would give us a sturdy ghost resist and, ya know, a real mon.

Kingambit @ Black Glasses
Ability: Supreme Overlord
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Kowtow Cleave
- Low Kick
- Sucker Punch

Set is flexible, but this one would give your team some immediate firepower and stallbreaking capabilities, which I think it would appreciate.

Those are my big changes, the rest are a few small tweaks.
With Cinderace out of the picture, we lack hazard removal again, so I'd suggest Rapid Spin > Close Combat on Great Tusk, the rest of the set can remain as is.
I think Manaphy being walled by mons like Amoongus and Toxapex is really annoying, and given how annoying these mons can be for screens teams, I think it's more important that you target them with Psychic > Dazzling Gleam rather than target dragons.
On Sinistcha, I'd recommend pumping the speed up a little so you can outspeed adamant base 50s like Azumarill and Iron Hands, both of which can be scarier for you otherwise.

Here's a pokepaste with all my edits: https://pokepast.es/4525dae13e68edde
Hope the team can continue to get you higher on the ladder, Good Luck!
 
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