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Counter Gengar @ Black Sludge Ability: Levitate EVs: 24 HP / 148 SpA / 84 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Substitute - Shadow Ball - Will-O-Wisp - Taunt Gliscor can do nothing to Gengar aside from Taunt it when it first switches in and just throw away pp after that while Gengar can outpace...

Check Thundurus (M) @ Life Orb Ability: Prankster EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 2 Atk / 30 Def - Thunder Wave - Thunderbolt - Focus Blast - Hidden Power [Ice] Thundurus can come into +0 Return as well as +2 Quick Attack and OHKO it back with Thunderbolt. Close Combat hits...

I'm more concerned about Mega Gardevoir because, as Halcyon pointed out, there is no go to steel for offensive teams for fairies. Mega Gardevoir can also just burn whatever steel comes into it and make it significantly less useful, aside from Heatran who doesn't want to stomach Focus Blast. As...

Check Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb Ability: Sheer Force EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Modest Nature - Fire Blast - Ice Beam - Thunderbolt - Sludge Wave Nidoking can come into anything Heracross throws, taking at most 70% and guaranties a OHKO with Fire Blast, but it needs modest to do that...

What to use Raikou @ Assault Vest Ability: Pressure EVs: 252 SpA / 32 SpD / 224 Spe Timid Nature - Volt Switch - Extrasensory - Thunderbolt - Hidden Power [Ice] Role: Pivot What it does: Raikou functions similar to Mega Manectric, coming into electric attacks as well as flying and...

I agree with koista. Gothitelle's stats are rather sub par compared to other pokemon in OU not having enough speed to outpace the stuff it traps without a choice scarf on most situations, as well as lacks the power to OHKO stuff it checks without a set of choice specs. Finally, it often needs to...

Yeah could have worded that better, meant as an inducer as well as a good sweeper/wallbreaker with an assault vest

• IRC Username: mcdanger • Age: 20 • Gender: male • Location: New York • Time Zone: GMT -4 • Favorite Pokemon: Volcarona

If you're going to make use of a 40 base power dark move, use Pursuit. Far more usable than Thief as not much wants to stay in on Mega Scizor aside from fires, as well as can pick off weakened pokemon or psychics such as Latios, Latias, and Mega Gardevoir that don't want to take Bullet Punch and...

With at most 8 turns of rain its best not to boost. Raikou also falls short because it runs into the same problem pokemon as Kingdra and Kabutops making it a bit harder to muscle through them to actually sweep. I feel Tornadus Therian may be a more reliable manual inducer with its high speed...

Check Aggron @ Aggronite Ability: Sturdy EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Heavy Slam - Rest - Sleep Talk - Dragon Tail Mega Aggron is a decent check being able to only be 2hkoed by double focus blasts from full health if there are no hazards on the field while OHKOing back...

Nominating Cresselia for C+ rank. While its still a bit underwhelming, Cresselia is a solid pokemon on stall teams as it can shut down CM Landorus and sponge attacks from other powerful threats such as Kyurem Black, Mega Gardevoir, Mega Medicham, Excadrill, Mega Garchomp, and Mega Charizard X...

I don't think there is a set for defensive Mega Garchomp, tho I don't see it being overly fantastic on stall cause it lacks a form of recovery being dependent on wish passes, which is very unreliable and easily predictable. It would also face competition with Mega Charizard X who has arguable...

Mega Garchomp seems to be a solid partner with Lucario, bringing in bulky grounds and KO/weakening them to the point Lucario can beat them. Garchomp also brings in dragons like Latios and ice attackers like Keldeo so it can sac itself to create a boosting chance for Lucario late game if said...

That spread wasn't made to break with Excadrill, it would be geared differently if it was/ Plus Tyranitar is a rather poor bait option with Excadrill as, while they share the same answers, Excadrill can't gain instant momentum at its death if the killer is a fighting like Conk or Keldeo. It's a...