Team Rage-Quit

This is my first BW team. I have laddered with it and reached 1705 (2977th place) points, but I can't go any farther. As for the title, this team has forced29~ish rage-quits, mostly due to Breloom.
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Ferrothorn (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Gyro Ball
- Protect
Dragonite (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Multiscale
EVs: 52 HP / 252 Atk / 220 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Extreme Speed
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Waterfall
Politoed (F) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Grass]
Breloom (M) @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Focus Punch
- Spore
Deoxys-S @ Life Orb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 12 Atk / 244 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Superpower
Porygon2 @ Eviolite
Trait: Trace
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Recover
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Toxic


The Team:

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 88 Def / 168 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Gyro Ball
- Protect
This is my lead and, while he doesn't lay down Spikes all of the time, his Gyro Ball 2HKO's Deoxys-S (OHKO if they Superpower) and the fact that he has Leech Seed and Protect lets me outstall outraging Dragons (like Haxorus). He does have some trouble with Ninetails, Fortress, and Jirachi, as the former can either sub, or flamethrower, while Ferrothorn can't really do much to the latter two.
Politoed @ Choice Specs
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power [Grass]
To cover a Fire weakness, as well as a problem with Sun Teams, I originally had Jelicent, but it wasn't too effective. Then I found this set on some other RMT and tried it out. The rain halves the power of fire, and my other pokemon appreciate the added power of Thunder over Thunderbolt. This guy, however, further worsens the problem of an opposing Ninetails, as he falls quickly to Energy Ball.
Dragonite @ Choice Band
Ability: Multiscale
EVs: 52 HP / 252 Atk / 220 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Extreme Speed
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Waterfall

I used to have Gengar, but due to kid24's suggestion, I am running a Dragonite to patch up my NInetails and Volcaron weakness. He also packs quite a punch with Earthquake, and in a pinch, Outrage. Waterfall rounds off the set for coverage, as well as getting boosted by the rain.
Porygon2 @ Eviolite
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 HP / 184 Def / 72 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Recover
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Toxic
I don't know why this guy isn't OU, because he is a defensive Behemoth. Salamence is now back to +0 Atk, and Dragonite's Multiscale works for me, among other abilities Trace can copy. The Evolite boosts his defenses (Recover helps too), and Toxic is for those pesky pokemon that can't really be killed with the BoltBeam combination. Thunder is there as it deals more damage, and won't miss now that rain is up. If I can Leech Seed a sweeper with Ferrothorn, Porygon2 can outstall the sweeper with Recover, Toxic, and may be an attacking move.
Breloom @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Focus Punch
- Spore
This guy has generated almost all of my opponent's rage-quits. What's not to hate about a pokemon that can put a wall/sweeper (I'm looking at you, Dragonite) to sleep, Leech Seed them, and Focus Punch them to death behind a substitute? I usually Spore, then Sub (in case they switch), Leech Seed, then Focus Punch until they wake up. If they wake up, Spore and Sub again. I've conveniently found that Toxic Orb + Leech Seed heal over 25% a turn, allowing me to have cost-free Subs, at the expense of my opponent's HP.
Deoxys-S @ Life Orb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 12 Atk / 244 SAtk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Psycho Boost
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Superpower
Deoxys acts like a revenge killer, but since he lacks a choice scarf, he can also be a late-game cleaner. Coming in after I lose a pokemon, he easily kills a pokemon that has take at least some prior damage. Thunder and Ice Beam form the BoltBeam combination, Super Power makes Tyranitar wish it has stayed back in its pokeball, and Psycho Boost gives me the extra punch on fighting types, Venasaur and pokemon it is neutral against, as it hits harder than a super-effective Ice Beam.
Well, that's my team. I'll post a threat list soon. Thank's for the rate!
 
Offensive Threat List
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[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/7/77/Ani385MS.png[/IMG] Jirachi:
[LIST]
[*][B]Substitute + Calm Mind / Wish + Calm Mind -  This thing is a massive pain in the rear.[/B]
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/3/3b/Ani579MS.png[/IMG] Reuniclus:
[LIST]
[*][B]Calm Mind - No counter[/B]
[*][B]Offensive Trick Room - No counter[/B]
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/50/Ani038MS.png[/IMG] Ninetales:
[LIST]
[*][B]Nasty Plot - No counter[/B]
[*][B]Choice Specs -No counter[/B]
[*][B]Special Attacker -No counter[/B]
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/18/Ani094MS.png[/IMG] Gengar:
[LIST]
[*]Substitute + Disable / Pain Split - My Gengar always out-speeds. [B]Ones that already have a sub up are annoying. I usually have to let Deoxys take a hit to break the sub[/B]
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/7/74/Ani392MS.png[/IMG] Infernape:
[LIST]
[*]Mixed Attacker - Polytoed + Rain
[*][B]Nasty Plot / Swords Dance Booster - Usually have to rely on Leech Seed damage to wear it down.[/B]
[*]Choice Band -Polytoed + Rain
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/08/Ani637MS.png[/IMG] Volcarona:
[LIST]
[*][B]Offensive Quiver Dance - Rapes me[/B]
[*][B]Bulky Quiver Dance - No counter[/B]
[*][B]Chesto Rest - No counter[/B]
[*][B]Substitute - No counter[/B]
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/7/7e/Ani286MS.png[/IMG] Breloom:
[LIST]
[*][B]Sub Seed - No counter aside from if gengar is behind a sub already. Usually have to sacrifice Deoxys[/B]
[*]Sub Punch - Have yet to encounter
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/8e/Ani003MS.png[/IMG] Venusaur:
[LIST]
[*][B]Special Growth - Under chlorophyl this thing is a boss.[/B]
[*][B]Mixed Growth -Same as above[/B]
[*]SubSeed - Have yet to encounter
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/49/Ani376MS.png[/IMG] Metagross:
[LIST]
[*]Stealth Rock - Have yet to encounter
[*][B]Choice Scarf / Choice Band - Easily dispatched by stalling (Ferrothorn)[/B]
[*]Agility - No counter
[/LIST]
[IMG]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/0c/Ani641MS.png[/IMG] Tornadus:
[LIST]
[*][B]Rain Abuser - This thing is just plain annoying. If I'm lucky, Breloom manages to spore this, but usually no.[/B]
[/LIST]
 
a lot of your common threats seem to be dispatched fairly well by dragonite and it looks like a choice banded version could do pretty well in place of gengar - you have plenty of ways to dispatch skarmory and other things that all it, but dnite also supports the team by taking out a lot of things you mentioned with relative ease, such as reuniclus, volcarona, and ninetales to name a few - the cb exspeed would really help the team out with revenging threats.

so yeah

dnite@choice band
adamant
56 hp 252 atk 200 spe
- outrage
- exspeed
- earthquake
- waterfall

this deals with every threat you mentioned "decently" and revenges the ones it doesnt straight up counter - it also just gives extra defense vs things you didnt mention that harm the team, such as scizor

as a side note, you also have a pretty bad weakness to rp terrakion, so a wise investment would be giving breloom a lot more HP and seed bomb over leech seed (you can basically move most of the speed evs over) - this deals with rp terrakion fairly well and prevents it from sweeping if you keep breloom alive
 
Thanks. I'll try out Dragonite tomorrow after school ends.

The only problem with moving the speed EV's from Breloom over to HP is that this would lower my ability to spore opposing pokemon. I'll try it out too, but I may be losing out on some crucial spores.
 

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