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Item Assault Vest

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Assault Vest Tyranitar - it's a little silly when you can take 5 hydro pumps from Rotom-W.

There really is no doubt that only one Pokemon should be using this item and its Tyranitar.
 
Another pokemon that I think ought to make a decent user of this item is regular form Blastoise. It can still perform a utility role while holding an Assault Vest as most of its utility moves happen to be attacking moves anyway. It can run Scald, Rapid Spin and Dragon Tail, all of which are damaging moves, so Assault Vest's downside doesn't come into play. The fourth move is a little more difficult to decide on, but the frontrunners are probably Ice Beam (to nail the dragons and grass types that will switch in on you) and Dark Pulse (With Foresight out of the picture, Blastoise can use this to take on any spinblockers that pop up in front of it.)

It'll miss its leftovers and hence greatly appreciate Wish support, but in return you get an extremely potent sp. def sponge, seeing as how you could spec out Blastoise in such a way that it was extremely specially bulky already.

Of course, whether it's worthwhile using over Mega Blastoise is another matter entirely.
 
ArdentSun said:
Why not Scizor?
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It loses Roost. Yeah, the vest lets it take unboosted fire attacks, but it won't have any way to recover its health. Without Scizorite/Life Orb, its damage output will also tank, losing its effectiveness as a trapper. Can't Defog either.

While Tyranitar is in the same situation regarding fighting attacks, it's generally more useful than a one-time chople berry and could use the boosted sp def to trap ghosts and psychics who usually pack Focus Blast. It doesn't really need Life Orb since it has STAB Pursuit. T-Tar doesn't have good supporting moves either besides Stealth Rock.
 
Im sure this has been mentioned, but assault vest heatran is really good. Lava plume allows it to cripple physical attackers and assault vest lets it take special attacks allowig heatran to become a mixed defensive tank. Using an assault vest also allows heatran to run special attack evs and be more more of a pain to switch into. This set does try to do a little too much, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how usefull it has been.
 
I'm curious as to how Greninja would fare with this item. With Protean and a huge diverse move pool he can really take advantage of the type switching so you always benefit from STAB power and the ability to resist or be immune to others which will really be more viable with Assault Vest, especially since he has no reliable recovery options.

Greninja@Assault Vest
Protean
Timid/Hasty/Jolly 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spd
~ Scald/Dark Pulse/U-Turn/Grass Knot/Ice Beam/Extrasensory/Shadow Sneak/Power Up Punch/Smack Down/Dig/Bounce/Aerial Ace/HP Anything

With the versatility of Hidden Power you could run some hilarious mindgames with HP Electric, Dig and Aerial Ace for example. HP Fairy will make you immune to Dragon moves and would be great for hitting them and Fairys. Any set could benefit from U-Turn to get out of there and scout. Pick the nature and EVs based on whether you're going physical, special or mixed but max speed is necessary. Power Up Punch would work well with physical moves and is a good idea to use it if you predict a switch. You should probably run screens and hazards with this guy for maximum benefit. If you have other support pokemon than this is probably a better item for him than a Choice Item or Leftovers imo
 
Heracross (M) @ Assault Vest
Trait: Guts
EVs: 112 HP / 148 Atk / 248 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Pursuit
- Megahorn
- Close Combat
- Night Slash

Herracross is very good user of Assault Vest. The nice thing about Hera is its ability to abuse guts with assault vest meaning it come in easily on things like Rotom-w and Jellicent and put them into unfavorable positions. This also been a reliable check to Gengar and most ghosts other then Spiritomb. It can also take a +2 flash cannon from mega Lucario which is also pretty good in a lot games I've played. I've had paticular fun against Rotom as trick variants now get stuck with Assault Vest and can't trick it off. Gengar is pretty well done for it has to mega evolve on this having to fear pursuit and Night Slash. Overall just amazing at beating almost any special attacker, although it has to watch for Psyshock.
 
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This might just be me theorymonning, but offensive Celebi with Assault Vest just got a whole lot scarier.

Celebi @ Assault Vest
Timid/Natural Cure
4HP/252 Sp.Att/252 Speed
- Giga Drain
- Psychic/Dazzling Gleam (speculating that it gets it)
- Earth Power
- U-Turn/Hidden Power (Fire)/Hidden Power (Ice)

Giga Drain allows Celebi to shrug off damage that it might take while still remaining fairly tanky. U-Turn keeps your momentum up if your opponent switches in something that you can't beat, although a fourth coverage move wouldn't hurt Celebi either. Psychic takes advantage of its STAB but since Dazzling Gleam gets fairly good distribution it might be worth the pick up to counter dragons like Garchomp or Lati@s.

Just a thought.
 
I tested this out with conkeldur today with a max attack some hp, little bit of defense and some special defense today. Moves were Drain Punch, Ice Punch, Mach Punch, and EQ for aegis and Mega Gengar. It's pretty amazing tbh it patches up a lot of conks problems IMO. Mega Gengars sludge bomb was consistently doing 35% lol I would just EQ the turn I expected the mega evolution. This thing is on par if not much better than TTar with this item.
 
It is my understanding that the main pokemon who benefit from this item are:
A: Pokemon with high defense that are weak to certain special attacks and aren't in dire need of their item slot (Tyranitar, Scizor, etc.)
B: Pokemon that have good defenses that want to get boosted more, and they have a recovery option such as Regeneration, Giga drain, etc. (Slowbro, Serperior, etc.)

The mentions of Greninja and the like just seem like a huge waste of time imo (especially since using Protean defensively has already been shut down as an option on the greninja thread).
 
Snorlax could see new life thanks to Assault Vest, it switches into ice and fire moves and takes virtually no damage at all, possibly a good partner for steel and dragon types, and it has always done respectable damage. Invest in defense and you have yourself a tank. If it doesn't cut it in OU it'll terrorize UU or lower, where there are plenty of fire and ice types it can screw with. Power-up Punch could be an option to give the lumbering troll bear some added momentum, but that
shaky at best.
 
I was trying to think of some solid fairy switch-ins earlier, and thought about escavalier. Then it dawned on me that assault vest would suit him well. He doesn't really have (m)any good non-attacking moves to abuse, and it allows him to switch in to fairy type special attacks with relative ease, and threaten back with a strong steel stab and his nice 135 attack stat. His base SpD is 105, so it has a nice base to build off of.
 
I was thinking Assault Vest Mienshao, its not the bulkiest thing ever, Stone Edge/HighJump Kick/Fakeout/Uturn but I can't think of it not appreciating the 50% special defense boost increasing its survivability.
 
Xiammes said:
I was thinking Assault Vest Mienshao, its not the bulkiest thing ever, Stone Edge/HighJump Kick/Fakeout/Uturn but I can't think of it not appreciating the 50% special defense boost increasing its survivability.
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Still think it lacks the SpD to actually use AV in the first place and enjoys the extra power from LO which heals back through Regenerator.
 
I've tested Assault Vest a bit.

Rotom-W is much more bulkier. It can take 3 Hits from Celebi's Giga Drain.
Tyranitar is propably the best choice. My other opinions are Latios/Latias, but I haven't tested them already.
 
Lati@s won't use like the loss of roost/recovey nor the CM.
Without Soul Dew they won't be so used in ubers leaving them in OU I really like the opportunity to set, rcovery and then sweep.
 
I would really like to try this one out. Rhyperior does not really care about only beeing able to use offensive attacks.
I dunno if it's worth to put any additional EVs into Special Defense though, time will tell.
Sandstorm is appreciated, same with Trick Room if you use a Brave one.

Rhyperior @ Assault Vest
Ability: Solid Rock
IVs: 0 Spe (Brave)
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant/Brave Nature
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Megahorn
- Ice Punch / Dragon Tail
 
What about these two Regenerator Pokémon:

Slowbro:
Scald
Ice beam
Fire blast
Psyshock

Tangrowth:
Giga drain
Knock off
Earthquake
Rockslide

Both of them with full HP EVs and the rest divided somewhere somehow. They're a good starting FWG core with Heatran. Lol imagine all 3 decked out in Assault Vests XD
 
Count Serperior said:
What about these two Regenerator Pokémon:

Slowbro:
Scald
Ice beam
Fire blast
Psyshock

Tangrowth:
Giga drain
Knock off
Earthquake
Rockslide

Both of them with full HP EVs and the rest divided somewhere somehow. They're a good starting FWG core with Heatran. Lol imagine all 3 decked out in Assault Vests XD
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Drain moves when you have maxed out HP always seemed less effective to me though, regarding Tangrowth at least. But its still a great idea! It could use the special defense.
 
Bombkirby said:
Drain moves when you have maxed out HP always seemed less effective to me though, regarding Tangrowth at least. But its still a great idea! It could use the special defense.
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I know what you mean regarding the drain moves, but either way you're gonna recover the same amount of HP, just a different percentage. This could make a difference in a Substitute set, but with the set I'm proposing you recover the same HP from the enemy AND you have better overall bulk.

(if I am wrong about this matter then someone please point it out because I've been thinking about drain moves + HP EVs for a while and that's the conclusion I arrived to)

Also, too bad some rules prevent usage of the same item on multiple Pokémon, but at least it means that Tangrowth will be able to run Sleep Powder & Leech Seed.
 
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