I wanted to make a set for my favorite Pokemon of all-time, and astralydia helped me out.
Espeon @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Bounce
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 68 HP / 248 Def / 192 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Morning Sun
- Dazzling Gleam
- Thunder Wave
the goal of this set is to deny glimmora/great tusk/garchomp hazards against a fat team allowing leftovers to be... playable
this set outspeeds even max speed chomp and while it wont win the 1v1 if it has attack invest, you can weaken it and make it very hard to come in
garchomp is the worst case scenario but thankfully it's not as big a deal as glimmora, which it pretty much dominates
psychic has a very good roll against great tusk unless it is invested mostly into spdef
0 SpA Espeon Psychic vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Great Tusk: 404-476 (93 - 109.6%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
if you want a guaranteed OHKO against tusk, you can decrease the bulk and get that with:
88 SpA Espeon Psychic vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Great Tusk: 434-512 (100 - 117.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
glimmora's only potential problem for espeon is getting a poison off via the spin move, but as long as espeon isn't necessary to counter other pokemon on that team.you'll be completely fine
some other things espeon can do:
obviously, it can revenge breloom, locked or not. also obviously, it can't really jump in the way of grass attacks, or you will be down a pokemon
it is able to revenge kill annihilape if it has 30% of damage, but it's only really a check
it will 2HKO at 0 invest even a 252/252 HP+SPDEF Annihilape but you shouldn't be counting on it for that
clodsire, non-quark speed iron valiant, there's a general lack of fast Psychics in the tier and Espeon can be a soft check to a lot of these Pokemon, but this set is moreso to help protect fat teams
is it that good?
not exactly, but I think it's an interesting choice to consider on fat. I also might experiment with espeon as a Bad Tapu Lele in this limited meta, but with so many dark types that's a tough challenge
maybe in a lower tier
oh also, twave is filler, you can go a more offensive option or a bunch of things. i considered yawn to be annoying but meh
Have you considered just using an offensive Choice Specs set?
Espeon @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Bounce
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 40 HP / 28 Def / 252 Sp Attack / 192 Speed
Timid Nature
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Trick
EVs guarantee survival of a 252 Attack Garchomp Earthquake while maximizing mixed bulk. Speed outruns Garchomp and conveniently there's nothing else in OU right now from 102 to 110 speed except Iron Treads at 106 so you don't lose much by not running max speed. Max Special Attack lets it deal damage, 2HKOing all Garchomp (you can OHKO max HP Chomp by going Tera Fairy) while OHKOing all Great Tusk except some AV sets, and shattering Glimmora, 2HKOing all Clodsire, and even having a chance to OHKO max / max Annihilape after Stealth Rock.
The main issue is Dark types being so common so maybe you've got the right idea using a bulky set after all.