assault vest + future sight
Mew @ Assault Vest
Ability: Synchronize
EVs: 232 HP / 252 SpD / 24 Spe
Calm Nature
- Future Sight
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam / Flamethrower
- Volt Switch / U-turn
from a pokèmon with no moves to one with all moves? very interesting choice
anyway, why use this instead of the slowtwins who are blessed with regenerator? speed, active momentum, knock off support.
the most important one is momentum: while slowking is using dragon tail to thwart common future sight counterplay, mew can produce its own momentum via volt switch (who is picked over uturn and flip turn due to being a non-contact move) and allows its teammate to position themselves for a big hit. i feel like having volt switch also makes this mew a great fit on offensive teams who need a special sponge that doesn't drain momentum, because it is awkward for more offensive teams to fit an assault vest slowking and be able to make a safe switch out after it set future sight. this mew obviously offsets this problem with the appropriate switch move.
future sight and knock off are key to the set, as they allow mew to help make progress against any kind of team. The last two choices are up to personal preferences: ice beam is best paired with volt switch because many relevant ground type that could try to block volt switch gets severely chipped by ice beam (lando-t and chomp), although u-turn also grabs momentum off of gastrodon and hippowdon, which don't mind taking mew's ice beam at all. flamethrower is a valid alternative to ice beam that crisps ferrothorn who's trying to catch u-turn with its iron barbs, and also pressures common steel types (barring heatran) who may try to take on future sights.
252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Lele Moonblast vs. 232 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Mew: 112-133 (28 - 33.3%) -- 0% chance to 3HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Shadow Ball vs. 232 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Mew: 158-188 (39.5 - 47.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
this mew hits a speed tier of 242, which sits above base 252 evd base 70s, 252+ evd base 60s and stuff evd to outspeed those