So I guess while I'm here I might as well post some stuff that I've been liking about ADV, some stuff I'm not a big fan of and perhaps my thoughts on some random niche Pokemon I like, because memes.
Seviper @ Poison Barb
Ability: Shed Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Lonely Nature
- Sludge Bomb
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Flamethrower / Giga Drain / Body Slam
Grass Types annoying all of your offensive Waters? Need to get rid of typical physically defensive 'mons? Am I sounding like an infomercial? Perhaps, but Seviper is a pretty great wallbreaker nonetheless with its great movepool and offensive stats. Seriously it can take advantage of quite a bit floating around in the meta right now and open a lot of doors for your sweepers. Unfortunately its low speed and lack of solid bulk makes it pretty easy to wear down, be force out or be revenge killed by the likes of CB Diglett, Furret, Abra, etc., as well having trouble with a few walls itself, such as Lileep (assuming no poison), defensive Wailord, and Pelipper. Despite these rather bothersome issue, I feel the offensive presence it provides, as well as its synergy with many popular offensive sweepers and wall/stallbreakers more than makes up for them.
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 248 HP / 236+ Def Tropius: 244-288 (60.8 - 71.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Seviper Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Lairon: 231-272 (71.2 - 83.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Seviper Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Corsola: 161-190 (51.2 - 60.5%) -- 91.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Wailord: 186-219 (38.6 - 45.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Crunch vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Duskull: 127-150 (52 - 61.4%) -- 97.7% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Koffing: 129-152 (45.4 - 53.5%) -- 1.2% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Clamperl: 100-118 (36.4 - 43%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. +2 252 HP / 4 Def Clamperl: 85-100 (31 - 36.4%) -- 68.3% chance to 3HKO
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Dustox: 151-178 (46.6 - 54.9%) -- 10.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Pineco: 306-360 (100.9 - 118.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Seviper Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tentacool: 255-300 (90.1 - 106%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO (please don't run this, just wanted to emphasize that physically defensive Tentacool is bad)
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 96+ SpD Piloswine: 164-194 (40.5 - 48%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Lickitung: 188-222 (48.9 - 57.8%) -- 55.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Lileep: 125-148 (37.2 - 44%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Pelipper: 107-126 (33 - 38.8%) -- 6.8% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Seviper Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Lairon: 231-272 (71.2 - 83.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Seviper Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Corsola: 161-190 (51.2 - 60.5%) -- 91.8% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Wailord: 186-219 (38.6 - 45.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Crunch vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Duskull: 127-150 (52 - 61.4%) -- 97.7% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Koffing: 129-152 (45.4 - 53.5%) -- 1.2% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Clamperl: 100-118 (36.4 - 43%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. +2 252 HP / 4 Def Clamperl: 85-100 (31 - 36.4%) -- 68.3% chance to 3HKO
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Dustox: 151-178 (46.6 - 54.9%) -- 10.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Pineco: 306-360 (100.9 - 118.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Seviper Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tentacool: 255-300 (90.1 - 106%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO (please don't run this, just wanted to emphasize that physically defensive Tentacool is bad)
4 SpA Seviper Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 96+ SpD Piloswine: 164-194 (40.5 - 48%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Lickitung: 188-222 (48.9 - 57.8%) -- 55.9% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Lileep: 125-148 (37.2 - 44%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Poison Barb Seviper Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Pelipper: 107-126 (33 - 38.8%) -- 6.8% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
This thing is a cancer in ADV. Not much I can say that hasn't already been stated by user Solar Flare, other than it being able to flinch down would be checks like Duskull, Tropius or Koffing with Rock Slide.
Sure, Minun and Voltorb have a much better speed tier, and yes Chinchou has an awesome Water / Electric dual STAB typing, so why use Flaaffy over the three of them you might be wondering? Well, Flaaffy still has a walloping 80 SpA, and I feel a bit more important reason: Access to Fire Punch and Cotton Spore. With Fire Punch covering much of the same threats as HP Ice that something like Minun would have to use, while still being able to opt for HP Grass for threats like Chinchou or Graveler, and with Cotton Spore it is able to act as a bit speed control, while Thunder Wave (which is a stupid move) could be an option over it, Cotton Spore is also capable of slowing down threats such as Piloswine and the aforementioned Chinchou, which would otherwise absorb the T-Wave and fire off powerful STABs. Overall Flaaffy isn't a quite a terrible option for an Electric type at first glance, and with proper team could function rather well as a wallbreaker.
Anyways, I feel I've been rambling for a bit too long, and probably have some grammatical errors to fix tomorrow if there are some. Just wanted to get a few things off my chest.