My vote goes to PTJon7's 1 Attack + 3 Status set--it's not total Taunt bait and it has three sources of recovery. It would go well with someone who sets entry hazards reliably, such as Froslass.
Virizion @ Leftovers
Trait: Justified
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 Def
Calm Nature
- Giga Drain
- Toxic
- Roar/Taunt
- Synthesis
I figure Virizion would work pretty well as a special wall, considering its very good special bulk. I think this set would work best for stalling purposes, thanks to Toxic and Synthesis. Roar or Taunt for general utility purposes as well.
Nah, you want to keep a Special Attack on this Virizion. Ernesto laid a solid foundation as to why, but this thing should be switching in on Water-type Pokemon, nearly all of which carry Scald. The Burn would compromise Virizion to a point where it'd be dead weight almost. The 0 Atk IVs is also a good idea, and if you go physical, well, you can't do that.If mine ends up winning Fatty, I think replacing Giga Drain with Leaf Blade/Sacred Sword would be a good idea.
While Hidden Power Ground may not be able to break Raikou's Substitutes at +1, it prevents the majority of the tier from up and walling Virizion. If it chose to run Giga Drain, a total of 22 Pokemon could switch in for free, take nearly no damage, and potentially beat Virizion. Hidden Power Ground on the other hand, only loses out to 16 Pokemon, the majority of which lose out against Toxic. Secret Sword would be a godsend for a SpD Virizion set - I even looked into whether or not it learned it before casting my vote. If you do need the additional coverage, running Giga Drain with Hidden Power Rock or Hidden Power Fire over Roar / Taunt would work well.Aren't you compromising a lot by giving up Giga Drain? I mean, sure, you can technically handle CM Raikou better, but considering you'll want to be switching into Water-types too, you're very prone to get burnt... You also take more damage from confusion by not being able to run 0 Atk IVs. Virizion would really love Secret Sword there, allowing it to take on Raikou without losing its ability to switch into bulky Water-types.
HP Ground wouldn't help with Raikou either, sadly, since it doesn't break Kou's Subs at +1. I dunno how well that would work in practice... And believe me I had a similar issue when I was trying out SpD Rotom-H, its resistances are great, but in practice, you're prone to not be able to handle the stuff you're supposed to. Again, if Virizion learnt Secret Sword, then a SpD spread would be great.
alright so PTJon7's SpD Virizion set is the winner. Thanks for all the other input guys, the discussion this round was pretty good. For our next pokemon, let's go with the mysterious relic bird Xatu!
Have you ever heard of a thing called Sigilyph? Sigilyph has Cosmic Power (Xatu does too but is too frail to pull it off) to be unstoppable (phazing and taunt is a problem tho...), and is Status-Proof once holding a Flame/Toxic Orb, which it takes no damage from thanks to Magic Guard. Speaking of which, Magic Guard (alongside better bulk) gives it outstanding durability, something that Xatu can only dream of. So CLEARLY, Sigilyph is a better user of Stored Power in the UU Metagame. This set is more suited for Sigilyph.This should be a fun round, Xatu has a lot of cool moves it can utilize. One thing that really stood out to me is that Xatu is the best/only viable user of Stored Power in UU:
Xatu @ Leftovers
Trait: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
- Stored Power
- Calm Mind
- Roost
- Hidden Power [Fighting] / Substitute
The concept is simple, but effective. After one CM Stored Power reaches 60 BP, after two it reaches 100 BP. HP Fighting to hit Dark types or Substitute to keep Xatu safer. The thing that makes this set superior to Sigilyph is that Xatu is not only immune to statuses, its immune to Taunt, Encore, Roar, ect.
Lol yeah this thread is for creative sets, but you said that Xatu was the ONLY viable user of Stored Power in UU, which isn't true because Sigilyph is in the UU METAGAME (as I mentioned in my post) and is a better user.Yes I am indeed aware that Sigilyph exists, I meant the only pokemon in the UU Tier that can utilize Stored Power. And as i said in my post, Xatu has the advantage of being immune to Taunt and phazing moves, which makes setting up easier. The point of this thread is to come up with creative sets for Xatu, this fits the bill and is competitively viable.