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I wouldn't completely discount Drain Punch; the recovery can help offset passive damage, and can really make the user hard to kill. On the other hand though, Gallade does have some pretty meh defensive stats, unlike Ropushin and the Pantslizard (Zuruzugin? Kin?), so it might not prove to be as...

[/LIST] Since Choice Band isn't listed as an item, this bit isn't really needed anymore.

Ah, that makes sense. I meant on a rain team. I don't know how prevalent berries are, but I figure tension could probably mess with anyone depending on them for something. Maybe for Little Cup (and his prevolution, of course). Though this isn't for LC, so I guess it doesn't particularly matter.

That makes sense; I wasn't sure how the IVs would play out. Maybe, but doing the unexpected can net you a surprise kill or two, right? I don't know how much damage he'd do to a Doryuuzu, but hitting them with HP Water while they try and SD could have it's advantages, I'd imagine. I haven't...

What about running Hidden Power Water? When I was thinking about Denchura earlier, and what resisted his STAB combinations, I realized that most of them were Ground/Steel, or something like that, so you could use HP Water to hit them (Goruggo, Landlos, Steelix, Doryuuzu, Nidoking/Queen...). I...