kokoloko I am quite disappoint. To think you'd choose to ban Klefki as a whole just because of a strategy that doesn't nearly have as high a success rate as
you'd make it out to be. It is incredibly ironic that 2 pages ago I was arguing with McGrrr about the prospect of Klefki being useless, and now I'm defending that Klefki (SwagKey specifically, banning the other sets is completely unjustifiable) isn't nearly half as broken as many players make it out to be.
Yes, I'm aware that its decent bulk and typing makes it the most consistent SwagPlay user in the game (which is saying a lot in itself, considering the set's premise). However, Klefki does have a couple of hard stops that can be commonly seen in standard play, Gliscor being the most common one, and is such a good response it can render SwagKey an outright liability by abusing boosted EQs and attacks to threaten Klefki and the rest of its team. Not only that, but Klefki still has to play its coinflip game against regular matchups. Klefki has the (minuscule) upper hand in these situations, but while Klefki's bulk is passable it isn't invincible and
can still be worn down by the very same element of luck it needs to succeed. There are also few opponents it can truly take advantage of what with Swagger boosting their power, meaning Pokemon like Ferrothorn and Skarmory suddenly don't become easy setup bait should they manage to shrug off the hax.
In any case, why would you ban Klefki altogether if SwagKey is the one that is (questionably) hard to deal with? The other sets, namely Spiking ones, definitely have their own niches in the meta and shouldn't have to suffer for it. Maybe I've just been unfathomably lucky and haven't lost a single Pokemon to the tens of SwagKeys I've encountered (most do not even involve hard-counters like Magnezone), and maybe SwagKey
may just possibly be in a league of its own using a strategy that can be duplicated by several other Pokemon, but banning all Klefkis because of one is ludicrous.
0- Atk Xatu (95 Dark Physical) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Xatu: 74-88 (22.1 - 26.3%)
Truly, Xatu stands no chance.
The Psychic-type Magic Bouncers actually fare better than Mega-Absol in the face of Foul Play, due to them being able to afford minimum Attack IVs, so long as they pack recovery. While Espeon wants a boosting move + Stored Power to swing the matchup even further into its favor, Xatu pretty much manhandles SwagKey already with Night Shade as well as Heat Wave (via PokeBank).