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It's been quite some time since I've last been playing OU, especially with all the dlc; trying to get back into it. It's a curiosity to see Deoxys Speed at A, along with all the other legendaries populating the tier. How are mons like it, Latias, and Darkrai holding up in this metagame?
True that Lokix is dealt with by a good amount of physical walls, and struggles against more defensively oriented teams.
Shoot, I forgot about that-thanks for reminding me about technician.
A weakness to hazards and rocks is true (though I happen to typically run LO lol) but with tinted lens and therefore a lack of resists First Impression and Sucker Punch still hit a lot of mons hard. Also, what Scizor/Breloom runs thief/bulldoze?
It's a remarkably good rkiller from what I have used. Tinted Lens with both of its priority stabs enable it to revenge kill nearly anything that doesn't have a quadruple resist (ex. Corviknight), it also can check Gholdengo, an undisputed top mon right now with Sucker Punch
If you had meant to respond to me, not at all-but I was just curious if a rise slightly higher than C- could be considered, due to its good traits stated by Baloor. I also think its really cool that it has a niche in OU
I agree with what you mentioned about Skarmory's positives and its negatives-however, I feel like due to its shortcomings, Skarm's current rank is still ok for it as what you said sort of evens out its good traits with its bad ones and really imo doesn't make it deserve a rise. B is still a...
Unless, the Dragapult you talked about before was a Shadow Ball Specs Dragapult, and this one is different, using Hex instead of Shadow Ball? Is this a new team you are talking about now?
I answered that above-Weavile is a good offensive teammate, and I think that your other choices that were stated before are good defensive minded teammates.