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Need help updating/rebuilding team

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    • Seen May 17, 2016
    I battle casually on battle spot and have been running the following:

    Charizard holding charizardinite y
    Calm nature
    -Fly
    -Solar beam
    -Flamethrower
    -Flare Blitz

    Rotom-W-lum berry
    Modest nature
    -Hydro Pump
    -Thunderwave
    -Volt Switch
    -Thunderbolt


    Shiny Aegislash holding leftover
    Adamant Nature
    -kings shield
    -swords dance
    -sacred sword


    Tyranitar holding soft sand
    Relaxed Nature Sandstorm ability
    -Crunch
    -Rock Slide
    -Earthquake
    -Stone Edge

    I also have an Infernape with choice band to handle Kangaskhan, this team is pretty basic I made it in Y a while back but I would like to change it up. I was thinking a Mawile, Dragonite, Politoed(with drizzle), and Aegislash combo, maybe even Hawlucha. Anyone have any suggestions?
     

    PlatinumDude

    Nyeh?
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    EVs for each Pokemon would be appreciated. I'm afraid you'll need to re-breed some of your Pokemon

    Charizard Y generally should run special attacks only because of its significantly higher Special Attack than Attack (though some go mixed with Flare Blitz and/or Earthquake to lure in Chansey, Blissey and Heatran):
    -Fire Blast/Flamethrower
    -Solar Beam
    -Focus Blast
    -Dragon Pulse/Roost
    Nature: Timid/Modest
    EVs: 4 Def/252 SAtk/252 Spe
    Item: Charizardite Y

    Will-o-Wisp has better utility than Thunderbolt because it lets Wash Rotom cripple physical attackers:
    -Volt Switch
    -Hydro Pump
    -Will-o-Wisp
    -Pain Split/Rest
    Nature: Bold
    EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
    Item: Leftovers/Chesto Berry/Sitrus Berry

    Running Swords Dance and King's Shield at once makes Aegislash easily walled by physical walls like Hippowdon and crippled by status, especially burn. It's generally better to use specially-based Aegislash:
    -Shadow Ball
    -Flash Cannon/Sacred Sword
    -Shadow Sneak
    -King's Shield
    Nature: Quiet
    EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk/4 SDef
    Item: Weakness Policy

    or
    -Substitute
    -Toxic
    -King's Shield
    -Shadow Ball/Flash Cannon
    Nature: Modest/Timid
    EVs: 252 HP/252 SAtk (Modest) or 252 HP/4 SAtk/252 Spe (Timid)
    Item: Leftovers/Air Balloon

    or
    -Iron Head/Shadow Claw
    -Shadow Sneak
    -Sacred Sword
    -Swords Dance/King's Shield
    Nature: Adamant/Brave
    EVs: 252 HP/252 Atk/4 SDef
    Item: Life Orb/Weakness Policy

    Blaziken is a better option than Infernape because of its stronger power and ability to outspeed more threats than just Mega Kangaskhan with Speed Boost. Be aware of the type overlap with Charizard, though. Just remember that neither Blaziken nor Infernape can switch in directly to Kangaskhan because of their frailty; they should only be brought in after a teammate is KOed:
    -Flare Blitz
    -High Jump Kick/Superpower
    -Knock Off/Swords Dance/Stone Edge/Thunder Punch
    -Protect
    Nature: Adamant
    EVs: 252 Atk/4 SDef/252 Spe
    Item: Blazikenite/Life Orb
    Ability: Speed Boost

    or
    -Overheat
    -High Jump Kick/Superpower
    -Hidden Power (Ice)
    -Protect
    Nature: Naive
    EVs: 52 Atk/244 SAtk/112 Spe
    Item: Life Orb
    Ability: Speed Boost

    You can also use bulky Rocky Helmet users on the team to help deal with Kangaskhan. Examples are Cresselia and Garchomp:

    Cresselia:
    -Psychic/Lunar Dance
    -Ice Beam
    -Moonlight
    -Lunar Dance/Thunder Wave/Trick Room/Toxic
    Nature: Bold
    EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
    Item: Rocky Helmet

    Garchomp:
    -Outrage
    -Earthquake
    -Stealth Rock/Swords Dance
    -Rock Tomb/Dragon Claw/Fire Blast
    Nature: Jolly/Naive
    EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
    Item: Rocky Helmet
    Ability: Rough Skin
     
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  • 22
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    Awesome thank you, and yeah when I bred them(almost two years ago) I wasn't that savvy on natures and by the time I figured it all out I figured they were good enough for the time being. Since I need to rebreed anyway I was also considering changing my 'mons as well. But thanks again for your input.
     
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