Base Stats: 75 HP / 100 Atk / 63 Def / 80 SpA / 63 SpD / 116 Spe
Abilities: Lightningrod / Motor Drive / Sap Sipper
Here is, in my opinion, THE most underrated mon in the whole NU tier. With it's amazing speed tier and good coverage it is able to revenge a large portion of the NU tier (preferably weakened). Outspeeding Serperior, Scolipede and Tauros is HUGE and with Volt Switch it is easily one of the best scouts and momentum gainers, which is very important in this metagame. It's access to Overheat is very useful to revenge to afromentioned Serperior and Scolipede and it doesn't give a shit about the SpA drop since it can just Volt Switch out of there. However, Zebstrika's switch-in opportunities are really lacking due to it's frailness. Lightningrod negates this somewhat with an immunity to Electric attack who, if hit by, get you a +1 boost to Special Attack, which can be crucial due to it's average SpA stat. (Sap Sipper should almost never be used since Zebstrika has really lacking physical coverage and since Zeb is already really fast Motor Drive is inferior.) All in all, I think Zebstrika is one of the most useful and consistent Pokemon in the NU tier if played to it's strength's.
Zebstrika @ Life Orb
Trait: Lightningrod
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spe / 4 Def
Timid Nature
- Volt Switch
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Grass]
1. What success did you have with Zebstrika and how do you reach it's full potential?
2. What teammates have you found the best for Zebstrika?