Endure + Salac Berry
Tapu Lele @ Salac Berry
Ability: Psychic Surge
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest / Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Endure
- Psychic
- Moonblast
- Focus Blast / Calm Mind
since Katy robbed me of my precious expert lele, I came up with this set.
endure + salac gives lele the ability to switch moves in the early game, potentially nabbing kos on steels with focus blast or boosts with calm mind, and then survive an attack from many faster threats (endure mechanics allows you to boost even against urshifu-r's surging strikes or any multi-hit move in general). the sudden, unexpected boost in speed allows lele to potentially sweep the opposing team who thought that it was handling a slow lele and suddenly finds itself dealing with a fast, boosted lele that can't be hit with priority moves via psychic terrain.
set-wise, the first three moves are obligatory, with the only choice being what psychic stab to use. the choice of focus blast or cm depends on team support and influence the nature: focus blast is to be run with modest for more power, while cm can be run with timid