Latias actually doesn't need that much bulk at all. Soul Dew puts your Special Defense at 444 uninvested, which is equivalent to a fully EVed, +ve nature base 152 SpD (basically Ho-oh's Special Defense, fully invested). I think firecape's spread in Burn All (yes, this is a LONG time ago) probably works the best: 52 HP / 204 SpA / 252 Spe Timid. With 204 SpA, you guarantee the OHKO on Palkia with Dragon Pulse regardless of Stealth Rock, and with your Special Defense, you can even tank a Scarf Draco Meteor to the face and not give a shit.
So yeah, don't bother running a lot of bulk on Latias. She has enough of it already. If you want to run that much bulk to take Kyogre, you may as well go back and run stupid stuff like Gastrodon and Grass Arceus. It is her ability to go offensive while being ridiculously bulky that makes Latias so good.
As for a moveset, what she ran in DPP is still the best:
Latias @ Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 52 HP / 204 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Timid
- Calm Mind
- Dragon Pulse
- Recover
- Psyshock / Thunder
Psyshock is a great option now, since you can more easily defeat Calm Minders, but Thunder is still excellent to smite Kyogre and Manaphy pretty much immediately, as well as hitting stuff like Scizor and (soon) Genesect for a lot of damage, thinking you're Pursuit or U-turn fodder.
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Last edited by shrang; Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:29:31 AM.
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