I understand your point, but I would like to bring something up: if a set for a CAPmon that is designed to do work against offensive cannot be revenge killed, then how is an opposing offensive team supposed to deal with this Pokemon? Let it sweep their entire team? I recognize that Talonflame is one of the premier revenge killers in OU, but I think you are overselling how important it is to not to lose to Talonflame. Hawlucha loses to Talonflame, yet it is a perfectly viable late-game sweeper. Volcarona was troubled by more than Talonflame in XY, but in ORAS, but it is still capable of pulling its weight in ORAS even with Talonflame existent in the metagame. I am not saying that being weak to Talonflame is not a bad thing, but it really is not necessary that our CAP beats all of the most common revenge killers in OU. At this point, I really feel people want this CAP to be foolproof against revenge killers when we know this is impossible. Being able to beat some of the most common revenge killers is nice, but let's be realistic: every common Pokemon has weaknesses. It is undeniable.+1 252+ Atk (base 125 Attack Ghost-type) Shadow Claw vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Talonflame: 241-285 (81.1 - 95.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
With Ghost/Fairy we'd need an inflated Attack stat to one-shot T-Flame after a boost, and inflated physical bulk to not be 2HKOed by its Brave Bird. This is assuming rocks are off the field, but you get the idea. 140 PT? Do the calcs, buddy. With 140 PT (approximately), here is the calc. Also just so you're aware, the calc is going off the DD set.
252 Atk Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def (140 PT Ghost/Fairy) : 168-198 (49.8 - 58.7%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
Even if T-Flame has no CB and a neutral nature for Attack, it still is pretty much guaranteed to 2HKO our DD set. Obviously our CM set will have an easier time with T-Flame because it will likely invest in HP, but it's very important for our DD set to not be revenge killed.
I would like to state something regarding our Calm Mind set. If a Pokemon can cleanly sweep through stall with zero support, isn't that the definition of broken? I recognize that the Calm Mind is supposed to excel against more defensive teams, but a defensive team needs to have some way to deal with it. How is Mew supposed to stallbreak for a team when it does not have a single teammate that can deal with Mega Sableye? How is Keldeo supposed to break stall with Substitute + Calm Mind when (Mega) Slowbro or Mega Venusaur is still present? They use team support. Let's stop trying to make a CAP mon that is foolproof at what it does. If our CAP mon is weak to Ground, then it can have a teammate deal with Ground-types like Landorus-T or Hippowdon by luring them in or by relying on offensive pressure to wear them down. It is not like our CAP mon's Calm Mind set is automatically garbage against stall because there happens to be a couple of Pokemon that fit on stall that can deal with the CAP mon's Calm Mind set. Obviously, the Calm Mind set should be able to do work against stall and is able to resist some common aspects of like (like Poison damage, entry hazards, etc.), but not so good that stall has no chance against it.
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