Landorus-I

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Name: Landorus-I
Type: Ground / Flying
Abilities: Sand Force, HA (Available): Sheer Force
Base Stats: 89 / 125 / 90 / 115 / 80 / 101
Movepool: http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/645.shtml

General Description:
Landorus-I is an interesting Pokemon, to say the least. It was Ubers last Generation, but this Generation it has fallen out of grace and served a brief stint in UU, only to be sent back up to BL within a few days. Landorus-I's biggest issue is it's lack of bulk, along with being very slow in Ubers. However, with Sheer Force and a Life Orb equipped, it gets a STAB move with the equivalent of a base Power of 231, after STAB + Sheer Force + Life Orb. It also has great coverage to choose from Focus Blast, to Grass Knot, to Sludge Wave. Landorus-I can also run a Physical Attacker set with Sand support, however this is a bit harder to come by thanks to the sand nerf. However, Landorus-I is still a very powerful attacker in Ubers, it just struggles to leave a huge impact.

Example Set:
Landorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 216 Spd / 252 SAtk / 40 HP
Modest Nature
- Earth Power
- Rock Polish
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Focus Blast

This is one of Landorus-I's best sets. With the given EVs, it has enough EVs to outspeed Choice Scarf Shaymin-Sky, along with everything else in the tier. Earth Power is insanely strong and is capable of 2HKO'ing Physically Defensive Giratina after Stealth Rock + 1 Layer of Spikes. Hidden Power [Ice] provides great coverage alongside Earth Power and nails other Landorus-I's and Shaymin-Sky's. Focus Blast is a great coverage option to get through Skarmory, along with Ferrothorn, amongst other various things. Landorus-I is very good at cleaning up weakened teams and greatly appreciates Hazard support.

Discuss~!
 
Okay first off lando's speed tier is pretty good for ubers, its not slow bar far, as it outspeeds all base 90s the XY legends and genesect/ray. Second As you said lando has barely decent bulk in ubers, and that makes it hard to set up, so a choice scarf set with u-turn/grass knot/sludge wave focus blast hp ice and earthpower would be ideal to add.
 
Landorus-I's special attacking set is almost useless in Ubers. Ya, it's obscenely powerful but how I see it is that it requires Sticky Web support, and unfortunately the generation shift has not been kind to hazard reliant sweepers such as Landorus-I because of Defog buff, and the rise of extremely reliant Defog users that Landorus-I cannot defeat such as Giratina-O discourages Landorus-I's sweeping abilities. It's physical sets are also outclassed by Rock Polish Groudon and SD Ground Arceus, two bulkier Pokemon that are quite independent in providing their own power and can adapt to almost any weather. A Calm Mind set would be it's best bet at sweeping, however even such is very difficult to set-up and fears being walled by specially defensive monsters such as Lugia and Ho-Oh.
 
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