Well, I'll just show what I was thinking before...
Rampardos @ Salac Berry
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: /252 Atk/6 Def/252 Spd
Nature: Adamant / Jolly
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Rock Slide / Crunch / Focus Punch
- Earthquake
An alternative idea for the EV Spread could be 252 HP/6 Atk/252 Spd, which will allow you to have a grand total of 398 HP. After 1 Sub, that gives you a 99 HP substitute.
Eh, Rock Slide / EQ is an ok choice, as the levitators won't resist your moves. Sadly Skarmory will. Damn him.
Substitute can block some amounts of damage (99 with 252 EVs, 83.75 with 0)
Since the Base stat of Rampy's HP is 97, it can't make Substitutes like the great Tyranitar. But, unlike Tyranitar, Rampardos has the ability to Swords Dance. The idea is simple: Sub, Swords Dance, rinse, repeat.
Me said:
Once Salac activates, while going Jolly (recommended), you hit 354 Speed, which is JUST enough (by 16 EVs) to outspeed +Speed Nature on Base 110s (so, in other words, Gengar, Tauros, etc. And, you also beat Starmie by 2 points (the standard Starmie, may I add). This means that you have the advantage of outpacing a lot of opponnents and still perhaps punish the faster ones.
Adamant gives more of a kick, but to show the downfall, he only hits 322 Speed. That allows you to outspeed Base 95s and below (+Speed Nature), but if you consider the fact that MANY Pokemon below Base 100 Speed pick the +Atk (or SAtk) Nature, you'll have an edge against them as well.
After you've got everything all set, prepare to hurt things. Earthquake will hit the majority of Pokemon that resist Rock, as levitate is out of the question thanks to his ability (another plus for Rampy!)
There is a couple of problems with this set, of course. The first is the whole "hard to set-up". A good solution might be to put a foe to sleep and proceed to switch. Switching onto a wall is an okay choice, but beware of the random EQ-users. The moveset
might have an edge on Cresselia, but keep in mind that Ice Beam from Cresselia with 0 SAtk EVs still allow her to do
94 - 111 damage to Rampardos. That means that she WILL break it. The more HP-warranted version has a better chance of survival (very slim though) and with Sandstorm you are garunteed to survive. Blissey will just Seisimic Toss you, so forget much about survival.
This set benefits most from Sleep Support and a little bit of that Sandstorm. You COULD Baton Pass speed to Rampardos, but in all honesty 58 Speed will outpace things as long as he is Jolly and you get Salac to kick in for you.
Bah, I guess it COULD work in theory, but it would need monstorous support, perhaps?