Pokemon: Sableye
Type: Dark / Ghost
Stats: 60 / 85 / 95 / 85 / 95 / 40 (+10 HP, +10 Atk, +20 Def, +20 SpA, +30 SpD, -10 Spe) (BST: 460)
Abilities: Keen Eye / Magic Guard
New Moves: Yawn
Why It Should Be Picked: Despite its good typing (with no weaknesses until gen 6, as well as 3 immunities), Sableye has always been bad. This is largely due to its subpar stats and a movepool that could not make up for it. By giving it even just okay stats, more utility in its movepool, and immunity to chip damage, Sableye could prove to be a threat (hopefully not too much of a threat though). With yawn to force switch outs, decent type coverage with moves, and decent bulk to boot, Sableye could prove a good utility mon that won't be dishing out significant amounts of damage itself, but can prove useful in incentivizing the opposing player to do what you want. (I thought about giving it will o wisp, but thought that it would be broken since with moonlight and no weaknesses, almost no physical attacker could get through it.)
Pokemon: Grumpig
Type: Psychic
Stats: 100 / 35 / 85 / 105 / 120 / 55 (+20 HP, -10 Atk, +20 Def, +15 SpA, +10 SpD, -25 Spe) (BST: 500)
Abilities: Thick Fat / Overcoat
New Moves: Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt
Why It Should Be Picked: With its newly revamped stats, Grumpig can be a useful special tank utilizing leftovers, especially considering its immunity to sandstorm/hail. Due to its lack of recovery, it would need to use leftovers, but with the addition of thunder wave, it can use Extrasensory to potentially paraflinch opponents, despite its low speed. Its additional Special Attack and thunderbolt for better electric coverage than thunder punch help it do more damage to more opponents, but a combination of toxic and physical attackers can still bring it down, even considering its buffed HP.
Pokemon: Electabuzz
Type: Electric / Fighting
Stats: 80 / 90 / 50 / 100 / 90 / 110 (+15 HP, +7 Atk, -7 Def, +5 SpA, +5 SpD, +5 Spe) (BST: 520)
Abilities: Static / Galvanize
New Moves: Crunch, Extrasensory
Why It Should Be Picked: Galvanize provides many interesting opportunities for Electabuz. It can use double edge for big stab damage, body slam fora large chance to paralyze, or quick attack for extra damage against a faster pokemon. In addition, its new electric / fighting type is completely unique, and gives it stab on the many fighting type moves it can learn. It also now gets crunch and extrasensory for coverage, allowing it to potentially do some damage against the many psychic types it is now weak to.
Pokemon: Piloswine
Type: Ice / Ground
Stats: 100 / 100 / 95 / 90 / 75 / 50 (+15 Def, +30 SpA, +15 SpD) (BST: 510)
Abilities: Oblivious / Ice Body
New Moves: Shadow Ball
Why It Should Be Picked: Despite its ice typing, Piloswine could prove to be a decent physical tank with its recovery in hail, high HP, and buffed defense stat. Shadow Ball gives it some more coverage options, and its buffed Special Attack means it can make proper use of its primary typing.
Pokemon: Delibird
Type: Ice / Flying
Stats: 40 / 135 / 25 / 145 / 25 / 150 (-5 HP, +80 Atk, -20 Def, +80 SpA, -20 SpD, +75 Spe) (BST: 520)
Abilities: Vital Spirit / Snow Warning
New Moves: Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Drill Peck, Signal Beam, Shadow Ball
Why It Should Be Picked: It would be really funny.
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