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LCPL Champion
Uh Diancie, in regards to regular Diancie, does not have any real offensive presence to take advantage of what so ever. Its best trait comes from a defensive stand-point and personally for me the only legitimate reason to use it these days would be on TR teams as a consistent Rock and TR setter. The fact that its best aspect is in the form of Trick Room with minor aspects of checking stuff like Talonflame is why it's at the rank it's at now. We have plenty of viable bulky rock setters in the tier and even Mega Diancie nonetheless who granted won't be the one setting rocks but it's just so much more useful than its base form anyways. Diancie is slow as hell with the illusion of bulk masked behind high base defenses but low HP to compensate for this and its "offensive power" is only in the form of stuff it already checks consistently in the first place. The fact that M-Gross is so dominant in the tier along with Steel types in general just being overall a great type to have on any team these days is enough for me to see Diancie stay in its position of C- rank.What are you saying, Magic Bounce in no way helps M-Sableye take hits better, it lets it beat stall while avoiding Taunt. The reason Sableye takes hits better than Diancie is that it has few weaknesses. Despite this, the niche of being the bulkiest viable rock setter with some offensive power is surely enough to bump Diancie to C.