[RATE MY TEAM] Netherlandish's Teams

[Netherlandish]

Pardon to bump an old thread, but I've been doing some work on my main VGC team lately. Since we got our internet fixed, and I shifted all of my competitive Pokés over to my Alpha Sapphire game, I decided to take my VGC team into the ratings battles and see how it truly does in an actual competitive setting, as Pokémon Showdown is nothing but an emulation and doesn't even follow the rules of VGC.
After seven matches, I only won two of them.

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However, I have made some slight edits to my main team, as you see thusly;

Aderyn (Absol) (F) @ Absolite
Ability: Super Luck
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Play Rough
- Superpower

Caladbolg (Doublade) (F) @ Eviolite
Ability: No Guard
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Atk / 252 SpD
Naive Nature
- Shadow Sneak
- Swords Dance
- Sacred Sword
- Iron Head

Neried (Kingdra) (F) @ Scope Lens
Ability: Sniper
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 64 HP / 252 SpA / 192 Spe
Naive Nature
- Focus Energy
- Scald
- Dragon Pulse
- Flash Cannon

Wilde Heer (Nidoking) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Sludge Wave
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt

Eachthigern (Sylveon) (M) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 244 HP / 252 SpA / 12 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hyper Voice
- Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Mirror Coat

Voogd (Dragonite) (M) @ Persim Berry
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Outrage
- Extreme Speed
- Thunder Punch
- Superpower

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I took out Fea and replaced her with Aderyn as I've previously mentioned in this thread, I finished training my Kingdra and decided on Scald instead of Hydro Pump, I replaced my Nidoking's Flamethrower with Thunderbolt for better coverage as he already has moves that cover anything Fire covered and decided it was for the best, and I put Mirror Coat on my Sylveon just for that little bit of support.
After losing five of my battles online, I noticed that there is a couple crippling flaws in this team and request some advice for how to overcome them.
With Nidoking, I never use Sludge Wave even if there's a fairy or grass-type on the field. With Pokémon Showdown I would often always lead with Nidoking and Doublade, so in this scenario Sludge Wave was a great move, but with Battle Spot, I realize that switching up my openers is much more beneficial more often than not, so I rarely get a chance to use the move anymore unless I want to deal a stupid amount of damage to my own teammate. What move would be better to exchange it with? Sludge Bomb?
I never bring my Dragonite into a match. With all seven ranked matches, I brought my Dragonite a grand total of zero. If I cycle him out of my team, whom else would you recommend bringing in?
It's sad to say as Absol is not just the first mega evolution I discovered during my first play-through of X, but also one of the few megas that actually caught my attention. However, even as a mega, Mega-Absol is so devastatingly weak, she dies if you so much as breath on her too hard. If anyone outspeeds her, or uses a priority move I'm boned. I don't think Mega-Absol could take a hit from any move in the game and remain above zero hitpoints. Another thing I noticed is that the only reason why I put Superpower on her moveset is coverage if she runs into another dark-type poké. But this is negated with finding out she can learn Play Rough. I'm thinking of maybe teaching her Iron Tail to replace Superpower for fairy-type coverage.
Also I would like to replace my Doublade with Aegislash, but I can't seem to get a dusk stone in this sodding game for the life of me.

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