Well, I've promised some commentary, so it seems like a good idea to actually provide some. I've been at a loss for words recently as the discussion has really moved itself well. I anticipated having to post to move the discussion from spread submission to discussion and commentary. However, over the past 24 hours the tone of this thread has made the shift I intended it to do. Although there has been a little rowdiness (remember the purpose of this thread is to submit and advertise your spread while constructively criticizing others), it's been a great discussion complemented by a lot of great submissions.
I'll begin evaluating the spreads now, and I'll begin with the Final Submissions.
Deck Knight- I applaud how you build a spread with a set in mind, and the set you've crafted for your spread is appealing from both a personal and competitive standpoint. I'm a proponent of CAP5 using a Wish set, as it will allow CAP5 to aid its teammates, most notably Heatran, to deal with Pokemon that threaten both CAP5 and Sun teams alike (like Dragonite, Salamence, Terrakion). Although I'm a bit concerned about the 83 HP since it provides somewhat meager Wish support, if you max out the HP it's still acceptable because, as you pointed out, Sun Pokemon have fewer HP in general than Pokemon that belong in other weathers due to minimal HP investment. Furthermore, Sun's offensive nature means that Venusaur, Heatran, Volcarona, and co. will receive significant HP recovery. It's a safe bet to ensure that this Pokemon will get Power Whip and Crunch, but your suggested spread does not afford CAP5 the option to use Physical Grass moves besides Power Whip, though that can be fixed by adding Attack EVs. Fortunately, that base 156 Special Defense ameliorates this. For Harvest abuse, I agree that 89 Speed will not break LumRest and that Heatran can always switch to Flamethrower to get past our Pokemon. I hope Enigma Berry picks up traction if your spread is slated and chosen, but I am not entirely convinced that LumRest will be relegated to a fringe option. In conclusion, I applaud your competitive reasoning, specificity in dealing with Lati@s and Politoed and how you designed the spread with a concept-filling spread and mind, though I'm not sure if your spread will successfully discourage LumRest and encourage overlooked Harvest strategies.
alexwolf- Unlike the above spread, this set seems to rely on Lum Berry and Rest to defeat Pokemon such as Latios. Your spread's defensive calculations demonstrate specific reasons for each stat, and I agree with most of the roles you have this Pokemon play. With proper hazard support, this Pokemon will unconditionally defeat Latios, Politoed (barring Focus Blast shenanigans against a defensive CAP5), yet lose to Keldeo and Breloom. Although I do not prefer giving Starmie a chance against us, the Starmie user would have to properly predict to beat CAP5 and if Starmie can predict that well, then it deserves to win. One issue I have with your spread is that you promote a 252 HP/252 Speed spread in the comments, yet I do not believe you spread is conducive to maximizing HP and Speed. The Attack stat in your spread is lacking (naturally, as the PS limit intended it to do), so I believe that any user of your spread would invest in Attack to avoid firing off Horn Leeches from a paltry 200 Attack. Alexwolf, I would also greatly recommend specifying what EVs you assume in your calculations, especially in the "Why this PT and ST" section.
reachzero- First of all, this trend of designing spreads after potential sets needs to stay. It is perhaps the most convenient tool for evaluating spreads I can think of. Your spread really plays to the advantages of the typing, and allows CAP5 to sponge resisted and neutral hits from weak attackers like uninvested Tyranitar and Hippowdon. Ensuring we wall Latios seems to be the main focus of your spread, and you do so very nicely. Furthermore, the 105 Attack will allow CAP5 to play a Ferrothorn or Gliscor-like role in the future. The one criticism I have of your reasoning is why you chose 65 Speed, as I'm not sure if we will win the Speed creep war with Politoed without better approaching or even exceeding 70. Although I recognize that the main reason for creeping Politoed is to force it not to run bulk, is it that much of a loss for Politoed to surrender a small portion of its bulk in exchange for 2KOing a top counter? Also, won't CAP5 also be surrendering its bulk if it wants to creep the frog? I'm not totally convinced that your 65 Speed will work as you intend it to. Regardless, the remainder of your analysis is spot-on, and definitely achieves its goal of handling Lati@s while playing a supportive role on Sun teams.
Well, so far only three people have officially thrown their stats in the ring, so I'll fill some more space commenting on some of the WIP spreads.
capefeather- I'm quite happy you edited the Special Defense, as I saw your relatively mediocre Special Tankiness as a red flag to an otherwise extremely solid spread. Your stance on Harvest is accurate-it's definitely in our best interests to play with Harvest rather than play around Harvest, and I'd like to announce to everyone reading these evaluations that we need to look for ways to justify Harvest as our Primary Ability rather than list reasons as to why it's not broken. I am of the belief that Harvest is the best ability possible for this Pokemon, and we shouldn't be making excuses for it instead of tailoring our spreads to account for this wonderful ability. This spread accomplishes the goals it sets out to accomplish, but your Harvest-abusing strategy does raise one question: will this spread be able to contend with the Pokemon it's supposed to threaten without the proper Berry? I find that your spread is conducive to Lum Berry as the preferred item, but you've said it yourself: without Sitrus Berry CAP5 will have problems with Choice Specs Latios. If we have problems with Specs Latios, then Calm Mind Latios will put us in a world of hurt. Though your bulk easily lets us contend with Latias thanks to Latias' inability to produce immediate damage, I am concerned with this spread's somewhat shaky ability to defeat Latios. Regardless, your spread epitomizes the "less is more" philosophy of stat spreads and successfully balances optics with competitive reasoning. Good spread :D.
DarkSlay- So...many...calcs... (that's a good thing by the way). Your spread justifies your 87 Speed stat nicely, as it seems lying in the "faster than Heatran, slower than Lati@s" tier. It's definitely concept-specific because it crushes Rotom-W a vast majority of the time. What I like about this spread is that if defensive Rotom-W tries to Speed creep us, it will lower itself into "OHKO me with uninvested Power Whip!" range. One item I'm wary about is that your Special Defense calcs assume zero investment? Since it's highly unlikely that CAP5 will run a zero-SpD investment spread, are those calculations all that relevant? They highlight CAP5's bulk, sure, but so does the standardized Special Tankiness stat. Your arguments on every other front, especially Rotom-W (a Pokemon that should be mentioned more here!!!), do a great job justifying your spread.
Pwnemon- Can you go a little further in justifying your spread? Your "log in a pond" analogy is valid, but it doesn't specifically justify why your spread works. What attacks can we take by investing in Defense, and how does that benefit the concept? I like the base 110 HP your spread offers, as it does allow for a degree of customization not seen on many other spreads. However, remember that we decided that Physical Tankiness is not a top priority in the Stat Limit thread, so I'd like to hear why a Physically Defensive spread is concept-relevant and justifies the Base 110 value, especially because I've been a proponent of high Physical Tankiness from the get-go. I do not doubt your conclusions: with your spread, CAP5 can be a tough attacker, a stout Special wall, or one of the toughest mixed walls in the tier. However, your spread runs the risk of not having enough direction: why does CAP5 need to provide all of these roles? I can think of some reasons (Sun teams need offensive firepower to maintain momentum, mixed walls allow us to defeat Politoed while not being sitting ducks against Dragons, Lati@s can only be vanquished with a full SpDef spread, etc.), but I'd like to hear what you think. Please flesh out your reasoning and add some specificity, as your spread looks like something I could really support.
Birkal- Just as I said with DarkSlay's, thanks for the myriad of calculations. Your spread is much like the one above it from a defensive standpoint and not too different from an offensive standpoint outside of the 20-point difference in Speed. The high HP of your set allows it to do what other sets cannot: add a degree of customization not seen on other sets. One application of your spread that I like is that it can defeat Keldeo with an Impish max/max spread. Keldeo, according to the Threats discussion, is a Pokemon that should be threatened more than it should threaten us, and giving us the option to defeat Keldeo is concept-friendly. Furthermore, this set does not fare well against Heatran under Sun as long as Heatran uses Flamethrower over Lava Plume, which adheres to the Threats Discussion's results as well. As this is a WIP, I expect a little more insight into how this spread uses Harvest since you wrote in bold how CAP5 can pick and choose its counters with proper Berry selection.
This is a good start to evaluating the spreads posted, but right now it's about two in the morning and as I grow more tired the quality of my post will just diminish, so I'll pick this back up tomorrow where hopefully we'll see some more Final Submissions. I tried to acknowledge each spread's redeeming qualities and point out one perceived flaw or point of improvement in each spread to encourage discussion and responses. Since I've still got six or so more spreads to commentate and some of the spreads are still lacking commentary, I don't intend to close this thread for another day and a half. As of now, I'm thinking of wrapping up this stage of the CAP around Friday at 9:00 PM EST, so don't feel rushed typing up your calculations, commentary,and responses. Furthermore, if you want more feedback on your spread (this means you, people with WIP on their spreads!), make sure to head over to #cap on IRC where dozens of CAPpers congregate and discuss both the serious and the not-so-serious!