Ah Honchkrow, everyones favourite boss krow. Honchkrow was way too strong for UU last gen, resulting in the first 100% in favour of ban. However, Honchkrow is seeing surprisingly little use this gen. Will this change in the upcoming months? Will Honchkrow prove way too much for UU to handle? I don't know, so lets just see what Honchkrow can do.
Type: Drak/Flying
Ability: Insomnia, Super Luck, Moxie
base stats:
HP: 100
Atk: 125
Def: 52
SpAtk: 105
SpDef: 52
Spe: 71
Movesets:
Physical Attacker:
move 1: Sucker Punch
move 2: Brave Bird
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Roost / Pursuit
item: Life Orb
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Set that got Honchkrow banned last gen. The rediculous power of Honchkrows Brave Bird lets him 2HKO pretty much anything that doesn't resist it, and take a good chunk out of even some resists. Sucker Punch offers priroity to Honchkrow, and he makes prefect use of it, destroying many would be revenge killers. Superpower rounds out his attacks, smashing the Steels and Rocks that resist Brave Bird. Last slot is really up in the air. Roost can be used to heal off damage from Styealth Rock, Brave Bird, and Life Orb. Pursuit can be used for mindgames, but has little use outside of that, and the power is disappointing.
Opinion about Honchkrow: He's one of the best Pokemon i've ever used. Sucker Punch has saved my ass so many times, and his generally powerful attacks can easily blow holes into the opposing team for something else to clean up. The amount of prediction wars i've had to go through when sweeping with Honchkrow can get annoying, but they aren't the hardest.
P.s> Didn't put Nasty Plot because I honestly doubt its effectiveness this gen, and Honchkrow honestly has better things to do then special sweeping.