Given the metagame's speed is going to be extremely similar to the Alola Friendly, and given the new additions in terms of Pokemon, abilities or moves, what do you think about a certain pair of Pokemon that have 120 base Speed?
There is something both regular Dugtrio and Alakazam adore in this tournament - a lack of fast Pokemon. Above the Base 100 Speed tier, you have Garchomp, Nihilego and Kartana. At Base 110, there is Raichu (both), (lol) Alolan Dugtrio and Gengar. From that, you have to jump to Base 130 to find the next Pokemon, not including Dugtrio and Alakazam.
With a neutral nature, Dugtrio and Alakazam still outspeed everything up to Nihilego included, losing the Speed game versus Pokemon they didn't beat or lose to because of Speed differences (or are irrelevant), except perhaps Kartana (which Alakazam checks anyways), while they gain some sought-for power.
Some theorymoning but this is what I can think for them right now:
Dugtrio @ Choice Band / Groundium Z / Poisonium Z
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Sucker Punch / Memento / Sludge Wave
- Aerial Ace / Memento
An abundance of slower and/or Ground-weak Pokemon that are asking to be trapped makes me think Dugtrio can leave the Focus Sash behind and go on an all-out offense.
With the Choice Band boost, Dugtrio manages to always OHKO Tapu Lele with Earthquake - which is a quite interesting feat. It also gets a tiny chance of 2HKOing Tapu Fini with the same move, and an almost guaranteed OHKO on bulky Metagross. There doesn't seem to be any other notable benchmarks but it does let you wear down the targets a little less before the Dugtrio switch-in.
If you need even more punch (to, say, KO a Tapu Fini that is at around 50%) and you yet have to give one of your Pokemon a Z-Move, there's always the option of running a Groundium Z.
Memento seems useful when running a Z-Crystal and your opponent tries to use Dugtrio as a Mimikyu set-up bait. As the Pokemon pool is very similar to the Alola Friendly, Mimikyu should still be very common and negating a Swords Dance sounds cool.
Poisonium Z coupled with an uninvested Sludge Wave looks weird, but with a Naughty Nature, it can actually destroy any Tapu Bulu lacking an Assault Vest if you need it removed ASAP:
0 SpA Dugtrio Acid Downpour (175 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Tapu Bulu: 160-192 (90.3 - 108.4%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
It always OHKOes the suggested Choice Band spread BTW. If it weren't for the fact Dugtrio does not allow switches, one could say it's a lure.
Alakazam @ Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
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Thunderbolt Charge Beam
- Counter
From the depths of the Virtual Console, Alakazam gets Magic Guard + Counter. Coupled with the usual Focus Sash non-Mega Alakazam tends to carry, it makes for a surprisingly deadly combination. Counter should OHKO every physical sweeper not called Mimikyu that your other moves cannot deal with, while they cannot OHKO you first (unless it's a Focus Sash Cloyster).
Other than that, it's a pretty standard Magic Guard + Focus Sash Alakazam. The lack of slow (and threatening) Dark-types means Focus Blast is not necessary, and can instead run
Thunderbolt to threaten Celesteela (often 2HKOing those without heavy specially defensive investment, something Timid cannot pull off) and Charge Beam to OHKO Gyarados.
Modest gives Alakazam a chance to OHKO Kartana with Shadow Ball, as well.
