You make subseeding with the serp sound so easy icy. I find the best way to start a sweep/run with serperior is to sub-block a status move, letting you keep the sub up so you can subseed something into KO range and start killing stuff from there.
If you have no sub, dragons and heatran will KO you while you seed them. Unless you sub until their attacks miss, It's not going to happen.
Can anyone post a detailed analysis on serperiors effect on the dream world metagame? I'm keen to hear what people think of it/what it can do.
I've always thought that it's in the same boat as skymin. They're both fast subseeders that outspeed 90% of the metagame, they both have amazing special attacking prowess and are kinda imposing (lol.)
While skymin has coverage and flinching, serperior makes up for it with raw power and versatility. It's lack of offensive moves gives it an excuse to use its plentiful support movepool. It's one of the fastest subseeders in OU, it can taunt and torment, threatening stall considerably and has access to the rare glare which has been buffed up to 90% accuracy. Stun spore is only 75% and Serperior doesn't learn stun spore.
It also has decent bulk with 75/95/95 defenses. Compare these to altaria (75/90/105) venusaur (80/83/100) Rotom appliance (50/107/107) Spiritomb (50/108/108) starmie (60/85/85) xatu (65/70/70) darkrai (70/90/90) scizor (70/100/80) you get the idea.
Look at those stats. Typing aside, Serperior is bulkier than all of these pokemon (The ghosts low HP balances out, right?) For such a fast and powerful pokemon it should have defenses comparable to weavile of infernape.
A bulky set could work. I'm going to try 180 HP / 24 Def / 60 SpA / 244 Spe Timid. That's 354 speed, one point faster than thundurus and uh... tornelos. I settled for 200 special attack (800 at +6, which is still huge) 336 HP for a lefties number and the rest in defense. Leftovers, subseed and HP fire.
Any suggestions?
EDIT: Just had a look, and it learns gastro acid and mean look of all things. Why has noone mentioned this before??? A mean look, sub, hp and leaf storm set sounds ten times worse than shadow tag nitro charge/calm mind chandelure. This has sooo much potential.