I know this sounds weird, but I nominate Blacephalon to move from B+ to A-. I set ainhave been using is:
2movez (Blacephalon) @ Ghostium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 236 HP / 20 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
- Flamethrower
With this set, the main goal is to increase your SpAtk with CM and increase your speed with Beast Boost, turning Blace into a sweeper.
I found this set to be very useful, although My score in OU is 1655. The idea is to set up a Sub against a mon that fears Blace, such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, maybe Magnezone and others as well; or set a sub when predicting your opponent to sack off something. While behind a sub, you can set up a CM or 2 depending on the situation you are in and then hit incredibly hard with shadow or flamethrower/fire blast. Every time you nab a kill, you increase your speed, having after the kill +1 speed and +1 SpDef and +1 SpAtk or more. With ghostium Z, you can nuke a pokemon you cant OHKO with shadow ball or flamethrower, such as Heatran, depending on the set, Zapdos, and more. Ghost and fire are 2 very good offensive typing, with only TTar stopping you from spamming any of the two attacking moves you have. Even Pex has some trouble dealing with it, since the damage from +1 Shadow ball and +1 Ghostium Z combined does huge amount of damage and might KO it after SR (correct me if I am wrong, I didnt calculate it, but I experienced it, doing around 90% damage). Something else I want to mention, increasing your SpDef with CM, actually helps you take some hits a lot better, such as: Earth Power from a 0EV SpAtk Heatran, scald from Pex, and such.
Overall, Blace’s 2 spammable moves, plus the boost from CM, the speed boost from its ability, being able to hide behind a sub with the right predictions and having Ghostium Z to nuke a pokemon, I think Blacephalon is really good and needs a rise.
2movez (Blacephalon) @ Ghostium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 236 HP / 20 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
- Flamethrower
With this set, the main goal is to increase your SpAtk with CM and increase your speed with Beast Boost, turning Blace into a sweeper.
I found this set to be very useful, although My score in OU is 1655. The idea is to set up a Sub against a mon that fears Blace, such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, maybe Magnezone and others as well; or set a sub when predicting your opponent to sack off something. While behind a sub, you can set up a CM or 2 depending on the situation you are in and then hit incredibly hard with shadow or flamethrower/fire blast. Every time you nab a kill, you increase your speed, having after the kill +1 speed and +1 SpDef and +1 SpAtk or more. With ghostium Z, you can nuke a pokemon you cant OHKO with shadow ball or flamethrower, such as Heatran, depending on the set, Zapdos, and more. Ghost and fire are 2 very good offensive typing, with only TTar stopping you from spamming any of the two attacking moves you have. Even Pex has some trouble dealing with it, since the damage from +1 Shadow ball and +1 Ghostium Z combined does huge amount of damage and might KO it after SR (correct me if I am wrong, I didnt calculate it, but I experienced it, doing around 90% damage). Something else I want to mention, increasing your SpDef with CM, actually helps you take some hits a lot better, such as: Earth Power from a 0EV SpAtk Heatran, scald from Pex, and such.
Overall, Blace’s 2 spammable moves, plus the boost from CM, the speed boost from its ability, being able to hide behind a sub with the right predictions and having Ghostium Z to nuke a pokemon, I think Blacephalon is really good and needs a rise.
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