Tips for making a good doubles team?

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I’m sorry if this has already been asked but it didn’t come up in the related questions so..Okay, I’ve never beenamazingat competitive battling. Sometimes I over think strategies, sometimes I go too offensive or defensive and sometimes I just make a horrible team.

However, sometimes it goes all right. I’m starting to become better at single battles with a mix of defensive and offensive Pokémon.

The thing is, I want to get started on doubles. I’ve been looking at team examples in the RMT and it just seemssotactical. So I was wondering if someone could give me some tips on:

Preferably for OU double battles.Thanks :)

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Protect

Synergy

Spread Moves

Fake Out

Intimidate support

Speed Control

Defiant / Competitive

Feint

  1. Always prepare for the most common threats and the most powerful attacks. To see the offensive, defensive, and speed-related bench marks you should definitely pay attention to in smogon doubles,click here (courtesy of smogon)

All relevant threats are listed (which is majority of the list), including the most potent Pokemon in the tier (stuffed in one because of the character limit)

  1. Always have a way to deal with other playstyles

  2. Have some variety in your teams

4)Have fun