Praise lord helix.
Revenankh @ Ghostium Z
EVs: 88 HP / 252 Atk / 168 Spe 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Ability: Triage
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Phantom Force
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch / Moonlight
Offensive Bulk Up set feat. Ghostium Z boosted Phantom Force. The boosted attack allows it to break past threats with its STAB alone. Gunk Shot is also added to beat Fairies, if needed. Otherwise run Moonlight to keep up its HP.
+1 252+ Atk Revenankh Never-Ending Nightmare (175 BP) vs. 248 HP / 248+ Def Tapu Fini: 265-313 (77.2 - 91.2%) -- 25% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
More defensive sets later.
This post will address
Phantom Force vs. Shadow Claw. Ghostium Z Phantom Force is really strong, but is it necessary over Shadow Claw? On the surface, Phantom Force looks like a move that's really only good for Never-Ending Nightmare because Phantom Force is bad right? After all, you can always just swap in your Normal-type or Dark-type to absorb the hit...oh wait Revenankh has really strong Fighting-type priority. This means that nothing really is safe from this 90 BP Ghost-type STAB, unless you have reliable recovery or are really bulky. But that's where Ghostium Z comes in, remember? Additionally, Phantom Force wouldn't be such a terrible pick with Leftovers, as you gain an extra turn of Leftovers recovery on the charge turn. The following calcs support that Phantom Force would be overwhelming on Revenankh. Note that I am using the set above with the edits I've included (allows Revenankh to outspeed Tapu Lele), and that I will be throwing on Life Orb calcs for reference as well.
Tapu Fini
Phantom Force
+1 252+ Atk Revenankh Never-Ending Nightmare (175 BP) vs. 248 HP / 192 Def Tapu Fini: 304-358 (
88.6 - 104.3%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO
+1 252+ Atk Revenankh Phantom Force vs. 248 HP / 192 Def Tapu Fini: 157-186 (
45.7 - 54.2%) -- 4.7% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252+ Atk Life Orb Revenankh Phantom Force vs. 248 HP / 192 Def Tapu Fini: 204-242 (
59.4 - 70.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Shadow Claw
+1 252+ Atk Revenankh Never-Ending Nightmare (140 BP) vs. 248 HP / 192 Def Tapu Fini: 244-288 (
71.1 - 83.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252+ Atk Revenankh Shadow Claw vs. 248 HP / 192 Def Tapu Fini: 123-145 (
35.8 - 42.2%) -- 92.7% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252+ Atk Life Orb Revenankh Shadow Claw vs. 248 HP / 192 Def Tapu Fini: 160-188 (
46.6 - 54.8%) -- 13.3% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 40 HP / 0 SpD Revenankh: 182-216 (54.9 - 65.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Assuming Tapu Fini switches in on Bulk Up, Revenankh pretty much walks all over it with Phantom Force. In addition to being able to OHKO it after rocks with Never-Ending Nightmare, it almost 2HKOes with Life Orb, and without a boosting item it still chips down on Tapu Fini hard. Shadow Claw on the otherhand, still gets off loads of damage with Never-Ending Nightmare, but otherwise lets Tapu Fini actually check Revenankh effectively.
Tomohawk
Phantom Force
+1 252+ Atk Revenankh Never-Ending Nightmare (175 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tomohawk: 313-369 (
75.6 - 89.1%) --
12.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
Shadow Claw
+1 252+ Atk Revenankh Never-Ending Nightmare (140 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tomohawk: 250-295 (
60.3 - 71.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Tomohawk Air Slash vs. 40 HP / 0 SpD Revenankh: 168-200 (50.7 - 60.4%) -- 86.7% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Really only dropping these calcs because Tomohawk walls Revenankh once it's in and has used Haze, but look how much damage it takes on the switch in from Ghostium Z at +1. Sure, it doesn't OHKO, but if you wear down Tomohawk just a little bit and bam, your opponent's Tomohawk is gone. Shadow Claw isn't as bad as Phantom Force, and it's much harder to wear down Tomohawk 70% than 90%.
Hopefully these two examples show how crazy Phantom Force Revenankh is. While it can't hope to beat Tomohawk and other walls with recovery, they get smashed on the switch-in unless they have Unaware. Shadow Claw (and its Z variant) should be more than enough for Revenankh. I might put in more examples with calcs later.