Some things I want to put out there:
Banded first impression. I personally think this move is one of the most fun moves to just click with no thoughts, but it's normally held back by a bad type. In this format, You get water, steel, dragon, fighting, and ground to run it with as well. So, as my personal first choice:
Golisopod @ Choice Band
Ability: Emergency Exit
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation (bug)
- First Impression (water)
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
Literally anything can go in the first move slot, you just want something to absorb the bug typing. But now, you get to spam fimp even more!
Then, ttar gets a lot better with reliable rock stab:
Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake (rock)
- Stealth Rock (dark)
- Crunch
- High Horsepower
You could probably put anything in place of crunch,but having ground type coverage is very nice. In addition to that, some noteworthy calcs:
252 SpA Choice Specs Noivern Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 67-79 (16.5 - 19.5%) -- possible 8HKO after Leftovers recovery
And in return:
0 Atk Tyranitar Earthquake (rock) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Noivern: 336-396 (108 - 127.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Rock types seem to benefit from this format the most, getting really solid moves (finally). Hope to see this metagame develop!
Banded first impression. I personally think this move is one of the most fun moves to just click with no thoughts, but it's normally held back by a bad type. In this format, You get water, steel, dragon, fighting, and ground to run it with as well. So, as my personal first choice:
Golisopod @ Choice Band
Ability: Emergency Exit
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation (bug)
- First Impression (water)
- Aqua Jet
- Knock Off
Literally anything can go in the first move slot, you just want something to absorb the bug typing. But now, you get to spam fimp even more!
Then, ttar gets a lot better with reliable rock stab:
Tyranitar @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake (rock)
- Stealth Rock (dark)
- Crunch
- High Horsepower
You could probably put anything in place of crunch,but having ground type coverage is very nice. In addition to that, some noteworthy calcs:
252 SpA Choice Specs Noivern Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 67-79 (16.5 - 19.5%) -- possible 8HKO after Leftovers recovery
And in return:
0 Atk Tyranitar Earthquake (rock) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Noivern: 336-396 (108 - 127.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Rock types seem to benefit from this format the most, getting really solid moves (finally). Hope to see this metagame develop!