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This weeks months winner is Esidisi, congrats!

And next time period's thing is:

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Uxie!
 
Uxie @ Tanga Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 20 SpA / 180 Spe
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Psyshock
- U-turn
filler

20 SpA Uxie Psyshock vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Venomoth: 212-252 (75.4 - 89.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

fuck venomoth
 
Does this count as a standard/known set?

Uxie @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 248 HP / 68 Def / 192 Spe
Impish Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Knock Off
- Imprison
- Magic Coat / Thunder Wave / Toxic / U-Turn / Yawn / Whatever / Psyshock / Dazzling Gleam

Imprison + Knock Off lets Uxie wall a lot of things it otherwise has some issues with (Scrafty and Lee being stand outs). You can't do anything back because you're Uxie. Speed is for Smeargle and adamant Lee who hit the same speed number, you can do max speed for tying with Drapion/outspeeding Venomoth but you can't do anything to either really I guess.

You also outspeed a lot of wallbreakers and knock off their item. The 4th move lets you do something other than pick up rocks but honestly there's not a whole lot worth doing besides beating a specific threat you have in mind.
 
Uxie @ Red Card
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 64 HP / 252 SpA / 192 Spe
Timid Nature
- Recycle
- Endure / something useful like Rocks, I guess
- Psyshock
- Coverage Filler (Dgleam, Uturn, yada yada)

The very competitively viable Red Card allows you to force a switch on any Pokemon that hits you, and thanks to Uxie's natural bulk, you're guaranteed to live at least one non-super effective hit. Speed EVs are to outpace Hitmonlee and rest is dumped into HP for bulk (idk by now). Recycle allows you to recover your Red Card, meaning you can keep forcing shit out, while Endure lets Uxie clutch to dear life. Psyshock is used for STAB and the fact that it beats spinners and Qwilfish. The last slot is your choice, aiming to deal with specific stuff. This set can be used two ways:
  • Thanks to Endure, you can force out a 'mon that you let get like 3 Swords Dances (or something like Cosmic Power Sigilyph, if you actually worry about that (which you really shouldn't )), which means this is sort of a foolproof method of getting rid of setup sweeper pressure.
  • You can put hazards up, making Uxie function as a sort of phazer, which lets you rack that sweet, sweet entry hazard damage.
This usually struggles with the likes of Knock Off, Steel-types, seeing as the first completely makes this set useless and the second doesn't really mind Uxie's attacks.
 
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