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Empoleon is a good SR user as well and has been rising in usage due to its typing and ability. Ice Beam + Shuca Berry can stop Mega Salamence and you also have nice role compression with Yawn + SR.
Modest Nature is worth a slash or a mention on the Sash lead set. With Modest Earth Power, you have a good chance of 2HKOing Archaludon unless they are H32/D32+ with Sitrus Berry and even then you still have a 5% chance to 2HKO. I think the set might get messy, but it is definitely worth...
* Choice Scarf Hisuian Samurott provides excellent role compression by providing speed control and entry hazards for the team with Ceaseless Edge. With a Choice Scarf, Hisuian Samurott is able to remove threats such as Mega Starmie, Mega Delphox, and Choice Scarf Basculegion-M. However, Hisuian...
Not sure how much of this is playing good stuff and how much of it is people just trying out last season's replica teams/experimenting (I'm in the latter camp), but seeing a lot of teams with a core four of Hippowdon / Aegislash / Meowscarada / Glimmora and two interchangeable Mega slots. These...
I would say the bigger selling point of Life Orb compared to Spell Tag is slightly reach on Shadow Sneak to secure KOs. I don't know of a key situation off the top of my head that can really illustrate this point, but in a meta where the opposition can easily pick up chip damage from Stealth...
Mega Metagross should be S tier or A+. It's the most centralizing Mega pokemon at the moment. The standard 4 attacks set is very good with coverage options that can be customized for your team. Psychic Fangs has great utility with all the screens running around. There is also the Iron Defense +...
Thanks for the additional feedback. I have implemented these changes.
Edit: Adamant nature has become more common according to HOME usage statistics so I have added it as an option. I also elaborated on how Adamant can help win the 1v1 matchup vs. some Flutter Mane sets in the Focus Sash bullet...
I could have these items confused but I believe Protective Pads does allow Urshifu-R to bypass Protect.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Protective_Pads
Bulbapedia agrees with me, but I am unable to personally test the interaction in-game atm so I can't confirm it.