Ah Deoxes S. Probably my favourite Uber. I loved using him in OU and I hope he'll stay there this time. This pokemon is just cool.
I think other deoxes forms should be given a chance as well. They're no longer as scary as they used to be.
Right, the Trick-Scarf set. I would personally stick to the traditional Focus Sash/Lum Berry lead, since it doesn't run into issue with Taunt MHers. Other than that, stuck it into the OP.
What about a late game cleaner? It has type coverage above Starmie, better bulk, and speed. It can also revenge kill Ononokusu, Mence, Chomp, Gyarados, and the lot.
Name: LO Sweeper
Move 1: Ice Beam
Move 2: Thunder/Thunderbolt
Move 3: Shadow Ball
Move 4: Superpower/Recover
Item: Life Orb
Nature: Hasty/Naive/Timid
EVs: 4 Atk l 252 Sp. Atk l 252 Spe or 4 Def l 252 Sp. Atk l 252 Spe
I think Deoxys-S will start running Mavic coat over taunt, simply to deal with MH users. It's not a bad move in itself anyway, so he isn't exactly losing out.
Sorry for the huge bump, but does anyone think Choice Scarf Deoxys-S would work? YOu outspeed everything ever, could work for revenge killing.
I'm using Deoxys-S as a late game sweeper at the moment, and it's still really good, especially when you have the 670+ Ubers banned, meaning the Pokemon left aren't as bulky. The set I've been using is:
Deoxys-S @ Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Naive
-Psychic
-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt
-Superpower
As much coverage as you want, really. Psychic is still your main STAB move (I always prefer Psychic over Psycho Shock to take out stupid stuff like Roobushin easier, especially when you have Superpower to take out Blissey with). His natural speed means you get the jump on stuff like ScarfChomp, DD Mence (Pretty much DD anything apart from Latios). Bring him out late game when you've dented everything with the rest of your team and he cleans like a maniac.
Why does he need all 252 evs in speed? 180 is alot...isnt their a better spread?