Hey ya'll this is Ian, and I just wanted to see what people think of this set i made up for Houndoom. It's kind of like the regular Nasty Plot Houndoom set, because it uses Nasty Plot and two STAB Special moves, but it's still different and is very effective if it can come in and set up. Anyways, here it is:
Nasty Plot Mixdoom
Houndoom@ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EV's: 100 Atk, 156 Sp.A, 252 Speed
Nature: Hasty/Naive
Moveset:
~Nasty Plot
~Fire Blast
~Dark Pulse
~Sucker Punch
Okay, so I decided to change up the current Nasty Plot set to get it more up to date as well as to utilize STAB Sucker Punch on Houndoom. The old NP Houndoom set has become to predictable as well as being easily revenge killed by faster sweepers. This set aims to not only boost Houndoom's Sp.A to amazing levels, but also to give it a way of taking out the faster frailer sweepers that like to come in and revenge kill. Fire Blast is for STAB and reaches a very potent level after a NP. Dark Pulse is a secondary STAB that gives Houndoom great type coverage as well as a nice 20% chance to flinch pokes which could come in handy. And now for the twist on the set; STAB Sucker Punch. Backed with Houndoom's pretty good Base Atk stat (90) and STAB, Houndoom now has a very strong priority attack for taking out the faster, frailer pokemon that might try and revenge kill it. Priority is always a plus on any pokemon, especially Houndoom and his not-so-great speed for a sweeper. Here are some calcs illustrating what Houndoom's Sucker Punch with 96 Atk EV's do against the faster sweepers in the UU tier:
Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP Dugtrio: 94.33-110.84% (Always OHKO's with SR)
Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP Sceptile: 58.51-68.43%
Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP Swellow: 67.04-78.54% (Small chance to OHKO with SR)
Sucker Punch vs. 4 HP Raikou: 45.34-53.41%
Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP Scyther: 49.82-58.00% (Very high chance to OHKO with SR)
(Didn't list Mismagius or Alakazam because it is automatic OHKO, and you should use Dark Pulse on Froslass because it's a supporter pokemon)
The main number I aimed to reach with it's Atk EV's was 241 to get the OHKO on Dugtrio after SR, because that is probably the most popular one that would try and revenge kill Houndoom. 252 Speed to utilize Houndoom's base 95 speed to it's fullest potenial to outpace everything slower than it, and the rest is put into Houndoom's Sp.A to boost the power of it's Special Attacks. In choice of nature there is not really a big difference between Hasty or Naive, it just depends if you want to keep Houndoom's special defense at an okay level, or to help take other priority attacks better (Though you should not stay in on these with Houndoom anyway).
There is not much that can take down this Houndoom after it sets up. It's dual STAB's, decent speed, and great special attack allow it to take down almost every pokemon slower than it after a Nasty Plot in one hit, besides Chansey and some bulky waters (However, a +2 LO, Flash Fire boosted Fire Blast 2HKO's Chansey). And with the support of Sucker Punch, Houndoom can now deal with the faster frailer pokemon that try to revenge kill it. Stealth Rock is also necessary when using this Houndoom to get those key OHKO's. However, when using this Houndoom it is important to stay away from priority attackers, such as Azumarill, Hitmontop, and others. That's why it's good to pair it up with pokemon that could benefit from coming in on these pokemon, such as Venusaur or Toxicroak.
So that's my Nasty Plot MixDoom set. Please tell me whatcha think of it or ask any questions you have concerning it and I will try to answer.