Help with a team of mine....please?

[Reiam2]

So I have a small "writers block" sort of problem. I have been making teams left and right getting ready for PAX Prime this year. (Sadly I can not attend PAX East this year) I have been mainly focusing on one type teams to get a feel for the types again. My problem lies with the team I have just finished, a Fighting team. I feel that it is not as "solid" as my other teams. So far I have Lucario, Breloom, Meinshao, Toxicroak, Infernape, and a Scrafty on the team. I have a few more for back up, but I just don't know what to throw in for an exchange for something else. So, to make this more long winded then I really wanted it to be, my question is this. What would your Fighting team composition by?

[Riestal]

Well, lets look at your team before I tell you what I would do. The key to team composition is balance. I would want sweepers, walls, and stallbreakers to make a Fighting Type team survive some of it's biggest weaknesses, so lets see what you've got going. Personally, I would keep Mienshao. If Mienshao has Regenerator, U-Turn Life Orb makes it an amazing threat, and it actually has a pretty versatile movepool, you can get lots of coverage off of it. Breloom and Toxicroak are bulkier, and they can use status like Spore and Toxic to wear down on your opponent. I say keep them both. Scrafty is incredibly bulky, and if done right, he can easily wall out your opponent while you drain them with toxic, or Bulk Up to sweep, even. A lot of people don't like him for his design, but he's an incredible Pokemon. Lucario and Infernape, also, are two of my favorite Pokemon of all time, and each of them make amazing mixed sweepers. Infernape with Overheat and U-Turn makes for a great hit and run Pokemon, and Lucario can just fill his movepool with a pantload of super effective moves. You've got a pretty good thing going there, it's now all about how you build it.

As for me personally? I tend to always opt not to use Legendary status Pokemon, so none of the Musketeers appeal to me for Competitive battling. My team would probably be Infernape, Mienshao, Scrafty, Breloom, Hitmonlee, and Heracross, and I would have a Lucario, Toxicroak, Gallade, and Machamp trained just in case I wanted to trade some guys out later. The main reason I would replace Lucario and Toxicroak is that Toxic doesn't appeal to me all that much on a fighting team. I feel like, if you have to drain a pokemon with poison, it means you can't just punch through it, and I'd MUCH RATHER punch through it! And, since Infernape does what Lucario does, just with U-Turn to avoid threatening Psychic types, I feel that another mixed sweeper would be redundant. Heracross is a bug, so I hit Psychics HARD with Megahorn (seriously, don't underestimate the glory that is Heracross), and the Hitmonlee I used at PAX East 2011 had Blaze Kick, Earthquake, Close Combat, and SUCKER PUNCH. That's all totally legal. So, Hitmonlee covers a bunch more damage than Lucario could with his brutal powerful manytype moves, and he also one shots any Psychic that would dream of attacking me.

All in all, I think you have a good thing going. Give the guys you have a good set of moves, items, and abilities, make them work well together, and you'll be all set!

[Cocowoushi]

No Guard Machamp is also hilarious to use with Dynamic Punch, allowing it to hit 100% of the time. He's a bit slow but he can really screw up a team.

My Lucario for my Steel team last year was my Anti-Lead and he was a beast. He could usually take out 2-3 pokemon BY HIMSELF. He has a great move pool and you can breed Crunch on to him to help against Psychics, which you still only take Neutral Damage to anyways.

I also tried used a Gallade for the same job with another team but he was not as successful. Not as fast or as hard hitting, and his priority move (Shadow Sneak) didn't hit very hard as compared to Extreme Speed. I still love Gallade, but I can see how he is outclassed.

[Reiam2]

[Kai]

I've been using a LOT of bulk up conkeldurr recently, and he is FAAAAAAAAAAAAABULOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!
If you get a chance to set up some bulk ups, he can take so many hits and give them back way worse. His Mach punch is nothing to scoff at. Drain punch keeps him going, as well as hitting for nasty damage. The last slot is pretty whatever, I use stone edge to hit the flying switches that happen, I've seen payback used to great success against the ghosts that try to stop him.
I use leftovers because I lurve it, but other items work pretty great. Flame orb is pretty funny because Guts is fantastic. it puts his attack at over 600 without any boosts, and if you have any bulk ups? heaven help you.

[Reiam2]

My Scrafty is the same way. Dragon dance a few times, then Drain punch away on everything. He also is holding a shell bell to regain more HP. I have had him go from 2 hp to full in one shoot before, and it was against a neutral damage pokemon. I love my Scrafty!

[Ktywf]

[Kai]