Aggron-Mega
Type : Steel
Base Stats : 70 / 140 / 230 / 60 / 80 / 50
Common Abilities : Magic Bounce / Flash Fire (less common)
Aggron is a common Magic Bounce user in Balanced Hackmons. It is tied for the highest physical defense of all pokemon, and it boasts a high attack stat, making shuckle seem sub-par. It is a pure physical tank with a decent defensive typing, but it lacks powerful physical STAB. In most sets, no attacking moves are run, but the most viable can be U-Turn, which counters both the ever-present deoxys family, and Mewtwo-Mega-Y. It can be run with support moves such as defog, which while resisting stealth rocks, it can get rid of toxic spikes which could be a pest for sweepers. It may also be run with Aromatherapy to clear the user's team of toxic or sleep spams, which the former Aggron is not affected by. A common item is the Rocky Helmet, which is run on most BH pranksters and magic bouncers, but it could be substituted for leftovers or
mail. It is an easy switch in to setup sweepers, as its defensive steel typing resists over half of the 17 possible attacking types. A set with these forementioned moves may be run with King's Shield, a shielding move which cripples physical attackers of the fighting type, one of Aggron's most common weaknesses. Overall, Aggron-Mega is a jack-of-all-trades, being able to run many support roles such as a
spikesetter, and being able to tank physical hits from many attackers. Alternate sets can be run which provide healing support, and a sub passer with high defensive capabilities. A bulky steel type pokemon can also run several other abilities, which hinder its sparce weaknesses.
Flash fire, normally seen on Scizor-Mega, is a useful ability, removing one of Aggron's largest and most prevalent weaknesses, the fire type. A set like this may be run as a spike setter / support aromatherapy user, which will clearly be targeted by the nearest fire type or move. This ability, paired with an air balloon, may reduce Aggron's weakness to only one, the fighting type. This set could be used as a lead, or an anti-contrary V-Create user, and may be paired with moves such as protect and king's shield, which cover the user completely in case of a fighting type attack.
TL;DR
- magic bounce for defog / aromatherapy, magic bounce stuff
- Flash Fire for spikesetting and various support