1. On the balance Dark team posted by Smub, Hydreigon is running Life Orb as an item and is running this set:
Hydreigon @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Taunt
- Roost
The team does not carries a Z move user and I would like to suggest to change the item to Dragonium Z due to the following reasons:
- Life Orb makes it easier to wear down Hydreigon and pressures it more to rely on Roost.
- Dragonium Z allows Hydreigon to use a powerful nuke in general which allows it to wallbreak and dent teams much better as it can also do a Devastating Drake followed by Draco Meteor.
- Running Z move as an item allows it to bluff the set it is running which is not the case if the item is Life Orb.
2. Changing the Nature of Greninja on Balance Dark Team by Smub.
Greninja @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Protean
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- U-turn / Spikes
- Ice Beam
- Gunk Shot
- Hydro Pump
Greninja should run a
Naive Nature to stand better chance against Strong Priority users like Choice Band Dragonite.
3. On the Balance Normal team by Seo:
This is the current Diggersby set on the team
Diggersby @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Frustration
- Quick Attack
- Fire Punch
I want to suggest to change the set to Swords Dance Diggersby which is this set:
Diggersby @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Huge Power
Happiness: 0
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Frustration
- Quick Attack
Reasons: a). Metagame has evolved to check Choice Band Diggersby where types such as Water use Baneful Bunker Toxapex and Mantine to scout and play against it and use appropriate plays depending upon the move diggersby uses. This is a similar case for bulky Dark-type teams where Mega Sableye runs Protect to scout and play safe against Diggersby as the team has Mandibuzz if Diggersby uses Earthquake. In a similar Fashion even Poison-type teams have started running Baneful Bunker over Haze to play around against Choice Band Diggersby.
b) Using Swords Dance Diggersby allows Normal-type teams to beat such Water-, Dark and Poison-type teams where a free turn (usually on a predicted Baneful Bunker or Protect) for Diggersby results in dismantling of such defensive cores and allowing the team to have better match ups against such types. It is important that the porygon2 set to be changed to Discharge, Ice Beam and Hidden Power Fire, Roost as a teammate for this particular Diggersby set as the Porygon2 set allows to threaten Steel- and Flying-type teams.