[RATE MY TEAM] Netherlandish's Teams

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1. Anyways, your team still has a huge Ice and Fairy weakness. I am with the posts made by others about your team needing more support Pokemon. Redirection, status moves, weather, speed control, something!
   
2. This team is extremely hyper offensive which is a terrible trait to possess especially with the presence of more bulky and defensive teams this year.
   
3. Another issue is that none of your Pokemon have Protect in their movesets. Apparently we haven't gotten that point across so here are articles about how VGC works
   

http://nuggetbridge.com/articles/differe...s-pokemon/
http://nuggetbridge.com/beginners/prepar...mechanics/
http://nuggetbridge.com/beginners/an-int...-building/

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• Absol is a decent physical attacker and does a great job as a glass cannon, that is after it mega evolves. Before Mega Evolution, Absol has a base 75 speed which is pretty low compared to most threats. As you should know, you don't gain the speed boost from Mega Evolution until the following turn meaning that Absol in most cases will not be going first on the turn it mega evolves and it will get swatted like a bug. What is my point you ask? RUN PROTECT!
  

• For Doublade, yeah switch it to an Aegislash. If you need a dusk stone, do the Super Secret Training level against the Aegislash Balloon until you get the stone. It takes a while but it is worth it.
  

• Kingdra really has little to no place on this team. Furthermore, if you are running a Pokemon that utilizes set up moves, you need some form of speed control, a Pokemon with Rage Powder/Follow Me to redirect any possible damage or status and carry stronger hitting moves or spread moves. Run Draco Meteor over Dragon Pulse and I'm going to explain why. After a Focus Energy set up with Scope Lens, you achieve 100% critical hit rate. What this means is that all your attacks do 1.5x the amount they initially do plus another 1.5x for the Sniper ability. What you need to note also is that critical hits ignore your stat drops and the opponents stat increases meaning if you're at -6 Special Attack and you use Draco Meteor, it will hit as if it were at 0 Special Attack plus the Critical Hit + Sniper boosts. For spread move, run Muddy Water. Sub out Flash Cannon for Protect.
  

• Nidoking is pretty slow so you need speed control in the form of either Icy Wind or Thunder Wave. Rework the EV spread to accommodate for the speed control method of choice and invest the remaining EVs defensively. For a set like this, run Protect over Thunderbolt
  

• Sylveon can't learn Mirror Coat so sub that for Protect and also Pixie Plate is a better item option over Expert Belt since it doesn't require you to hit super effectively for the damage boost
  

• Take Dragonite off this team and replace it with either Cresselia, Uxie or Musharna. You have enough offensive options so now you need a means of support. These three mons all learn Thunder Wave and have Helping Hand, Icy Wind and Trick Room. They don't lack offensively, however, for they do learn Ice, Electric, Grass, Psychic and Dark moves
  

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Iron Tail is a good replacement but just remember that you've lost your coverage against Normal Types and Steel Types that resist your STAB

Sludge Bomb over Sludge Wave. Area of effect moves that it you aren't generally good unless your partner is immune

Even though Absol is frail you have to remember that it is immune to status moves which are used to slow down attackers. To get Absol in a good position, you need to make better plays and a better team that supports it. And yes, you 100% need Protect on Absol
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