not that I usually post here, but...I was wondering if anybody thought these might be semi plausible sets. Or maybe they're just gimmicks. Idk. I'll probably try them out on the ladder sometime if I feel like it, but as of posting I've very little experience with them. Knowing me, I will eventually try them in OU, but RU's a tier where it would probably work better.
Sableye
Leftovers
something like 252/100/152 defensive EVs, probably pretty customizatable tbh
Impish nature
> Recover
> Focus Punch
> Substitute
> Will-o-wisp
basically you lure in shit like sharky, umbreon, zoroark, pangoro and other dark-types that want to absorb prankster status. Also hits a lot of stuff like snorlax, registeel, etc for super effective damage if you get a sub on on the switch, which is one of the main points of the set in the first place. It's shitty that you can't block healing and stuff with taunt, but you're still immune to status, sort of.
Sableye
Normal Z-Crystal
something like 252/152/100
Relaxed nature
minimum speed IV for metal burst
> Recover
> Metal Burst
> Captivate
> Will-o-wisp
-2 252 SpA Charizard-Mega-Y Fire Blast vs. +2 252 HP / 100 SpD Sableye in Sun: 99-117 (32.5 - 38.4%) -- 2% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 SpA Choice Specs Greninja-Ash Hydro Pump vs. +2 252 HP / 100 SpD Sableye: 187-222 (61.5 - 73%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
-2 248 SpA Life Orb Salazzle Fire Blast vs. +2 252 HP / 100 SpD Sableye: 66-78 (21.7 - 25.6%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery
the first two are for OU, I know, but I thought it was impressive. Z-Captivate probably sounds like a gimmick, and I guess it kind of is...but it grants +2 sp. defense. In OU, which again is where I'll definitely screw around with these sets eventually, I'd make the sableyes female in order to be able to hit stuff like charizard-y, venusaur, greninja, etc, since starter pokemon tend to be male (also, I'm a girl, and I somewhat prefer my pokemon to match my gender in general, so it works out...). And yeah, I know showdown allows for manual gender setting, but I also play on cartridge...anyways, in RU, male might be ideal in order to perform well against salazzle 100% of the time for obvious reasons. As the second calc shows, even without the special attack drop, the +2 sp. defense is enough to allow sableye to counter many special attacks with metal burst. Which will KO a lot of the time, though sable's low HP doesn't help...
I wanna be able to say I know whether or not captivate works on dark-types, but captivate is an egg move for sableye and I haven't bred either of these sets in game, yet. It hits both opponents in doubles, and bulbapedia isn't giving me clear information on whether or not multi target moves are blocked by the dark-typing. And I don't always trust the showdown sim to give me reliable information. I'd say captivate is a fun move to mess around with, either way.
Edit: okay I remembered salazzle gets oblivious, which apparently blocks captivate, so I guess captivate would only be giving the special attack drop to those salazzle with corrosive. I don't even know which is the more popular ability on the mon...but on the bright side, I remembered that sinful abomination known as florges is in the tier, and we get this.
-2 0 SpA Florges Moonblast vs. +2 252 HP / 100 SpD Sableye: 72-86 (23.6 - 28.2%) -- 89.6% chance to 4HKO
-2 252 SpA Choice Specs Gardevoir Moonblast vs. +2 252 HP / 100 SpD Sableye: 140-168 (46 - 55.2%) -- 61.3% chance to 2HKO
included gardevoir too because a lot of the gardevoir on the ladder are probably going to be set as female if we're being realistic
again, I don't post on this forum often, so I apologize if this is considered spam or something
fuck the prankster nerf