[Silvershadow234]

Here is my view on Weavile. I've been using him for a few battles, and have definitely been impressed.

Here's the set:

Weavile @ Life Orb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Night Slash
- Ice Shard
- Ice Punch

With this set, not only does Weavile check lots of very important threats, which I'll expand upon later, but he can also sweep late game. Swords Dance doesn't really need any explanation-it boosts his attack to very high levels of power. For example, Night Slash 1HKO's 252 / 252 Bold Slowbro, one of the sturdiest physical walls in the game. In fast offensive matches, he probably won't get the time to set-up. However, his great speed allows him to perform well there, checking powerful threats like Zapdos, Nidoking, Flygon and offensive Roserade. And on defensive teams, he can easily counter Gligar and Slowbro, as well as get some heavy damage on ghost types like Cofagrigus(a possible 1HKO with SR and a layer of Spikes when Weavile is at +2) which can easily pave the way for a Heracross late game sweep.

The move set is fairly simple. Swords Dance allows him to pose a major threat to stall teams, and Ice Punch/Night Slash provides fantastic coverage missing out on only Cobalion and Empoleon(both taken out by Scarf Heracross), since Bronzong takes neutral damage from Night Slash. Ice Shard is very crucial in checking weakened Mienshao, Scarf Flygon, Scarf Heracross, Acrobatics Sceptile, Honchkrow after it has acquired a few boosts, Lilligant and Scarf Rotom-C to name a few uses it has. Ice Punch is needed for KO's on things like Zapdos after Stealth Rock. Night Slash give me a good way to dent Snorlax and Bronzong, as well as doing huge damage to ghost types like Cofagrigus and Dusclops.

I'm really surprised at how low he is in usage. Below Ambipom, Dusclops and Claydol is awful considering how good a sweeper and revenge killer he is. People need to use Weavile more. Hopefully, the fact that he checks all of the possible falls from OU(i.e. Virizion, Mew and Tornadus) will boost his usage nicely.