Thanks so much for such informative posts!
I really want to use my new GMax Snorlax I worked all night to get, so I'm thinking to try a set like this:
Ninjask w/ What item? (Speed Boost)
-Swords Dance
-Protect
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
Dubwool w/ Leftovers (What ability?)
-Cotton Guard
-Substitute
-Zen Headbutt (To catch out Fighting)
-Baton Pass
Snorelax w/ Berry (Gluttony)
-Body Slam
-Crunch (For Ghosts)
-Recycle
-Belly Drum (To try to recover from broken chain) / Substitute
Then again I don't know how Substitute works against DMax moves.
I figure one thing baton pass has going for it is that you can predict a phaser with DMax/Gmax and get a free max attack. (I'll still probably fail to predict it every time tho lol.)
Anyway input would be appreciated! Thanks so much!
- Ninjask w/Sitrus Berry is useful for recovering from any rocks damage on its return trip (or substitute recovery in general). My own Ninjask is running: Jolly / EVs: 244 HP / 12 SpD / 252 Spe, with Acrobatics instead of Swords Dance. While this isn't our dynamax pokemon, it's good to have an out to a prankster taunt opening, though you can scout it with a Protect. Additionally, acrobatics hits fairly hard, and can surprise finish a pokemon wounded by the lead, if they disrespect a flying STAB in general, or clean up afterwards. Substitute eats all of the Dynamax move's attack - no bleed over like Protect, no enemy boost, so a somewhat healthy Ninjask can "waste" 2-3 turns of Dynamax and still pass those speed boosts safely. Just beware Infiltrator Dragopult and Pass after the first Protect.
- The Dubwool being discussed on the OU forums is using Fluffy with Body Press/Cotton Guard. While it's a sleep/talk build, running Body Press with Cotton Guard is great synergy, though it does mean you probably need to cut Substitute so ghosts can't safely set up on you. Their nature and EVs should still be safe: Calm; 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD.
- I'm also attempting to get G. Max Snorlax to work. I've found in practice that even with a +3 Spe from Ninjask, Snorlax (without speed investment) is still outsped by the majority of threats, and even with Bold nature 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD, gets broken by other set-up sweepers, Guts-boosted damage, or a solid STAB crit (if you try cutting Body Slam for Stockpile), so Recycle isn't too usable in the current meta (though maybe with Cotton Guard support vs physical?).
If you swap Recycle with Rest, and run a Chesto Berry w/Thick Fat, you can attempt a somewhat risky Belly Drum -> Rest -> Dynamax attack/get Chesto back, so you can fully recover after dynamax. This does mean needing to survive Belly Drum + 2 attacks, so the Belly Drum is definitely situational. Dynamax Snorlax is quite tanky, so you can survive hits you wouldn't expect with max defensive investment. That said, without Belly Drum his damage output is quite low, so I've been running him as a clean-up sweeper on a Ninjask -> Dracovish -> Snorlax team, cleaning up what fast Fishious Rend can't handle and after whatever speed or damage support Ninjask can provide. If you have to hard swap Snorlax in, or after a fast baton pass, Snorlax is probably going to have to Rest -> Dynamax immediately to get back into the fight, where the max moves can still swing a decent amount of (my admittedly few tournament prep) games with a free Rest in the back.
