Recent content by Drow

It's certainly an option, but I find that Xatu beats the vast majority of rock setters. Xatu can stand up to all the defensive setters (Ferry, Forry, Skarm, etc) and has some interesting tricks against some of the offensive ones. For instance, Tyranitar hoping to set up rocks gets promptly...

Getting Ninetales to pull its weight is part of what makes Sun unique. Everyone knows she has subpar stats and a shallow movepool, but I think she has enough to be above fodder status. She only exists within the context of Drought, so the fact that it's her only redeeming quality is somewhat...

I like the team and I use a similar shell (Ninetales, Xatu, Dugtrio, Venusaur, +2), which seems to be the current standard for OU Sun. I'll offer a few tidbits that may or may not prove useful. Ninetales ~I'm on the fence about the choice of Solarbeam. I don't think it's as bad as many...