Cradily[Rock] for A Rank
Lady Root(Cradily)(F)@Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP, 176 Def, 80 Sp.Def
Calm Nature
-Stockpile
-Toxic
-Giga Drain
-Recover
OR you could go with this...
Lady Root(Cradily)(F)@Leftovers
Ability:Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP, 4 Def, 252 Sp.Def
Careful Nature
-Curse
-Rock Slide/Seed Bomb
-Rest
-Sleep Talk
So why's Cradily on Rock A Rank to me? Because on Rock, it covers one of it's greatest weaknesses: Water. Thanks to Storm Drain, it can absorb a Water attack, then start setting up. At max Stockpiles, it can take any hit for days. For example,
252+ Atk Mold Breaker Excadrill Iron Head vs. +3 252 HP / 176 Def Cradily: 102-122 (27.1 - 32.4%) -- 58.4% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery.
Rock's other weaknesses are Fighting, Grass, Ground, and Steel. Cradily can take pretty much any attack from Grass and also provide an immunity to their Spores. Ground can hit Cradily hard. Some notable attackers are Excadrill and Landorus I and T. Steel can wall Cradily forever, while Steel also can't do much. I'd still say Steel wins in the end due to Cradily being weak to its attacks and having a Skarmory to Whirlwind it out. Fighting is a hyper-offensive type so you can expect Cradily to be able to take at most 2 attacks from most of Fighting's attackers. Cradily seems to be really weak to Taunt. If you Taunt Cradily, then there's not much that Cradily can do.
Despite all that, Cradily has amazing bulk and cover a weakness Rock has a lot of trouble with.
Lady Root(Cradily)(F)@Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP, 176 Def, 80 Sp.Def
Calm Nature
-Stockpile
-Toxic
-Giga Drain
-Recover
OR you could go with this...
Lady Root(Cradily)(F)@Leftovers
Ability:Storm Drain
EVs: 252 HP, 4 Def, 252 Sp.Def
Careful Nature
-Curse
-Rock Slide/Seed Bomb
-Rest
-Sleep Talk
So why's Cradily on Rock A Rank to me? Because on Rock, it covers one of it's greatest weaknesses: Water. Thanks to Storm Drain, it can absorb a Water attack, then start setting up. At max Stockpiles, it can take any hit for days. For example,
252+ Atk Mold Breaker Excadrill Iron Head vs. +3 252 HP / 176 Def Cradily: 102-122 (27.1 - 32.4%) -- 58.4% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery.
Rock's other weaknesses are Fighting, Grass, Ground, and Steel. Cradily can take pretty much any attack from Grass and also provide an immunity to their Spores. Ground can hit Cradily hard. Some notable attackers are Excadrill and Landorus I and T. Steel can wall Cradily forever, while Steel also can't do much. I'd still say Steel wins in the end due to Cradily being weak to its attacks and having a Skarmory to Whirlwind it out. Fighting is a hyper-offensive type so you can expect Cradily to be able to take at most 2 attacks from most of Fighting's attackers. Cradily seems to be really weak to Taunt. If you Taunt Cradily, then there's not much that Cradily can do.
Despite all that, Cradily has amazing bulk and cover a weakness Rock has a lot of trouble with.