Regarding the Deo-D...
A Bold spread with more defensive investment such as
Deoxys-Defense @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SDef
Bold Nature
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Recover
- Night Shade
...lets it take Greninja's U-Turn, much less from Scizor's Knock Offs, and still only get 3HKO'd by Greninja's Hydro Pump 98.4% of the time. It also has better synergy with our specially defensive Ferrothorn.
252 SpA Life Orb Greninja Hydro Pump vs. 252 HP / 24 SpD Deoxys-D: 130-153 (42.7 - 50.3%) -- 1.6% chance to 2HKO
0 Atk Life Orb Protean Greninja U-turn vs. 252 HP / 232+ Def Deoxys-D: 101-120 (33.2 - 39.4%) -- 99.3% chance to 3HKO
64+ Atk Mega Scizor Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 232+ Def Deoxys-D: 120-142 (39.4 - 46.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
64+ Atk Mega Scizor Knock Off vs. 252 HP / 232+ Def Deoxys-D: 80-96 (26.3 - 31.5%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
64+ Atk Technician Mega Scizor Bullet Punch vs. 252 HP / 232+ Def Deoxys-D: 55-66 (18 - 21.7%) -- possible 5HKO
This way it can more safely Taunt the Scizor without needing to Recover first, only taking about 84 - 107% from a U-Turn, Knock Off, Bullet Punch chain.
{{I still think M-Blastoise is more prudent for now, and wait to see what we fill Team 2's final slots because of how easy a mono-Seismic Toss set could be to counter}}
EDIT: I'm not trynna to suggest two different sets... if consensus leans towards it this is the better version of my original pokémon and the version people should vote for.
A Bold spread with more defensive investment such as
Deoxys-Defense @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SDef
Bold Nature
- Taunt
- Stealth Rock
- Recover
- Night Shade
...lets it take Greninja's U-Turn, much less from Scizor's Knock Offs, and still only get 3HKO'd by Greninja's Hydro Pump 98.4% of the time. It also has better synergy with our specially defensive Ferrothorn.
This way it can more safely Taunt the Scizor without needing to Recover first, only taking about 84 - 107% from a U-Turn, Knock Off, Bullet Punch chain.
{{I still think M-Blastoise is more prudent for now, and wait to see what we fill Team 2's final slots because of how easy a mono-Seismic Toss set could be to counter}}
EDIT: I'm not trynna to suggest two different sets... if consensus leans towards it this is the better version of my original pokémon and the version people should vote for.
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