Damn some massive set dumping went on tonight. Now it looks like I'm just copying everybody :( but really I wanna bring up Crosteel and his partner in crime
Registeel @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SDef / 252 HP
Careful Nature
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Curse
- Iron Head
Meet the most well-designed sprite in the history of Trollfreak. This fat tub of metal lard is literally taunting how it won't die. Crosteel is nothing new, as it was invented back in DPPt UU as a means to set up on the wearing down and WoW commonly thrown around in an attempt to neuter Registeel. This meta is similar to that, with hail, Shaymin, and Kyurem being added into mix, all threats for which Crosteel is a cold hard stop. None of those threats can't even break through Registeel with SpDef drops from Seed Flare and Earth Power respectively, as Clear Body shines (get it?) against these two attacks, and
almost completely eliminates hax as a threat. However, Registeel still fails to powerful physical Ground-, and Fighting-types, as well as Escavalier's high-crit Drill Run.
Gligar @ Eviolite
Ability: Immunity
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Impish Nature
- Roost
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Stealth Rock/Taunt
In comes Gligar, being an absolute hard counter to Escavalier, Rhyperior, and Hitmonlee, three of the biggest physical powerhouses of the tier, all of which pose a threat to Crosteel. While it is annoying that both Escavalier and Hitmonlee can knock off Gligar's Eviolite, due to its history as a once-fully-evolved 'mon, even an itemless Gligar still has a fantastic physically defensive stat spread. Gligar getting Defog is cool and all, but I'm not too fond of running it in this meta, as it is stupidly good at spreading Toxic, with all Poisons and Steels being hit by Earthquake except Bronzong, Golbat, Weezing and other Gligar. Speaking of which, Defog also forfeits Immunity, which is worse for Gligar than most mons, as it aims to stall
really slowly. Gligar also has no answer to Competitive Milotic, who is on the rise, so altogether, it has no business even attempting to clear hazards. While my team personally runs Stealth Rock, Taunt also has a good place on Gligar, as its inability to be hit by Toxic (Spikes) gives it some stallbreaking power. Gligar is stupidly weak to Kyurem, Hail, and Shaymin, all of which Crosteel craps on.
Aromatisse is thrown on the team because both of them get thrashed by Sableye, which is good for Aromatisse as thanks to her Fairy-typing along with Aromatherapy and Aroma Veil, Aromatisse is literally the best Sableye counter in the entire game.
Here's a good replay I have of the core in work.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/rubeta-107443594
I really enjoy playing this tier. Think I might be sticking around for a couple of rounds :)