Here's my team that I've been using to ladder featuring mega Altaria. I wanted to use mega Altaria since it seemed like an interesting mega with a lot of potential given its pixilate ability.
Altaria-Mega @ Altarianite
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Return
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Dragon Dance
Mega Altaria is usually a late game sweeper that just dominates the field after its threats are removed (Excadrill or Scizor). I gave it max HP and speed EVs to guarantee a safe DD in order to sweep. After setting up 2 or 3 DD, Altaria is able to sweep almost everything that your opponent can send out. Return gives great fairy coverage after gaining the pixilate ability. Earthquake is great coverage for Heatran and any steel types that are built primarily for bulk. Roost is there to help recover any health that is loss from a move.
Excadrill @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
Excadrill's primary goal is to break any walls that might be on the opponent's team. Instead of running it on a sand team with sand rush, I chose mold breaker in order to guarantee a hit on pokemon with levitate that are weak to ground when hit (rotom-w). It can also get past most of the counters for Altaria and quickly get rid of them before I have to send out Altaria. With choice scarf, it pretty much guarantees a kill for me since it will usually outspeed everything on the field with max speed investment. It's also a good counter to HO teams since they are built extremely frail. The only noticeable flaw is rapid spin since it can help clear rocks but will force a switch since you'll be stuck using rapid spin.
Mew @ Leftovers
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Heal Bell
- Roost
- Will-O-Wisp
- Knock Off
Mew is the support and cleric on this team since a will-o-wisp will cripple the physical attackers on this team. It's also a good wall and has good versatility having access to wide movepool. It doesn't share any weaknesses with the sweepers on my team which is helpful when switching out. This specific moveset focuses on crippling the opponent's team and playing the role of a cleric. The EV investment in HP and special defense allow it to take special attackers. Will-o-wisp will cripple physical attackers, rendering them useless after they're burned by Mew. Something to watch for is LO Conkeldurr which can take advantage of the will-o-wisp to knock off Mew which will OHKO Mew since it doesn't have defense investment.
Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
- Roost
Skarmory is used for setting up stealth rocks which will help with residual damage on pokemon that are frailer or have a focus sash. I feel this set pairs up with Altaria, since the counters that are sent out against Altaria are usually weak to Skarmory. The rocky helmet on it will chip damage off of any physical attackers and the special defense investment will guarantee that it will live a fire blast from a mixed garchomp set. It also lures in switches from spinners and defoggers which will help me get up a free DD which is always nice in preparation for a sweep.
Gengar @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Sludge Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast
Gengar's role on the team is to be the special sweeper since many of the pokemon on the team are already physically based. It has good synergy with the rest of the team since it can help support Altaria knock down any defensive walls or anything that gives it trouble (excluding scizor). The set is primarily standard since it has good coverage of all types. The EVs are the typical max special attack and speed to sweep.
Keldeo-Resolute @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Secret Sword
- Scald
- Substitute
- Calm Mind
Keldeo is a bulky sweeper on the team and a stall breaker. It can take down one of Altaria's main threat, Scizor, since it pretty walls it. I can substitute up when I know my opponent is going to switch when the match up isn't in their favor. When I'm behind a substitute, I can safely calm mind up since they'd have to break the sub first (excluding hyper voice which bypasses it). Modest nature with max special attack investment puts in a lot of work since it will deal a ton of a damage to more defensive pokemon. Scald and secret sword are the last two moves for STAB and its usually a more standard set. It can also sweep in the late game if I have to sack Altaria early in the game.
~Jimbo
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