Alright, I'm not sure if this is even viable, but I've been trying this out just to see:
Espeon @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spe / 4 Def
-Light Screen
-Reflect
-Baton Pass
-Psychic
So, obviously this is primarily for mega kangaskhan, but my thinking is once I use screens they'll assume I have light clay and think they can freely fake out or something, or just use it first turn because I don't think espeons usually carry something that's not that or leftovers. Espeon doesn't hit a lot of things that hard with these evs, but it needs it to outspeed base ~100s. The reason I thought to run rocky helmet is that it gets to set up and also do some okay damage in the process.
The normal evs allow my espeon to outspeed and set up for my sweeper Dragonite, and it can live almost all (all? I didn't run them all but I'm pretty sure) of kanga's attacks through a reflect. It pretty much requires sacrificing it to allow dragonite to sweep, but if they switch out I get a free light screen and then i can switch out and have a basically invincible dragonite for a turn (and kinda the turn after). If they kill espeon after light screen I just get another turn of screens. Dragonite can kill kanga with an unboosted outrage most of the time after one attack on espeon if it has the normal EVs (and if not, I can notice it's not hitting espeon as hard and set up on it). This also allows me to scout out the kangaskhan's moveset before I decide what to do with it. I know everyone uses rocky helmet, but I just thought it had a bit more of an element of surprise on an espeon.
The problem is I don't always take it because some threats are higher priority, and sometimes I want espeon around like for klefki or prankster status users, but I thought I might as well post it. I'm sure someone else has done it, but I think it's weird enough to qualify. Light clay might be better here but I think I just have to play with it more.
Edit: I forgot to mention this is for battle spot singles, but I decided I'm not really a fan of espeon in general in this format after playing a number of games with it...it just doesn't really work on a team of 3 imo.
J48G-WWWW-WWXK-2K2L
I made a lot of dumb decisions, but this is like the kind of game i dreaded the most. I guess it's what I get lol. This is mid-1500s just for reference.
Had no real way to deal with cresselia and I made a lot of misplays (like I should have expected cresselia switch on EQ) but honestly I don't think I would have won anyway.
It was fun, but it almost went to time it was so stall-y.
Espeon @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spe / 4 Def
-Light Screen
-Reflect
-Baton Pass
-Psychic
So, obviously this is primarily for mega kangaskhan, but my thinking is once I use screens they'll assume I have light clay and think they can freely fake out or something, or just use it first turn because I don't think espeons usually carry something that's not that or leftovers. Espeon doesn't hit a lot of things that hard with these evs, but it needs it to outspeed base ~100s. The reason I thought to run rocky helmet is that it gets to set up and also do some okay damage in the process.
The normal evs allow my espeon to outspeed and set up for my sweeper Dragonite, and it can live almost all (all? I didn't run them all but I'm pretty sure) of kanga's attacks through a reflect. It pretty much requires sacrificing it to allow dragonite to sweep, but if they switch out I get a free light screen and then i can switch out and have a basically invincible dragonite for a turn (and kinda the turn after). If they kill espeon after light screen I just get another turn of screens. Dragonite can kill kanga with an unboosted outrage most of the time after one attack on espeon if it has the normal EVs (and if not, I can notice it's not hitting espeon as hard and set up on it). This also allows me to scout out the kangaskhan's moveset before I decide what to do with it. I know everyone uses rocky helmet, but I just thought it had a bit more of an element of surprise on an espeon.
The problem is I don't always take it because some threats are higher priority, and sometimes I want espeon around like for klefki or prankster status users, but I thought I might as well post it. I'm sure someone else has done it, but I think it's weird enough to qualify. Light clay might be better here but I think I just have to play with it more.
Edit: I forgot to mention this is for battle spot singles, but I decided I'm not really a fan of espeon in general in this format after playing a number of games with it...it just doesn't really work on a team of 3 imo.
J48G-WWWW-WWXK-2K2L
I made a lot of dumb decisions, but this is like the kind of game i dreaded the most. I guess it's what I get lol. This is mid-1500s just for reference.
Had no real way to deal with cresselia and I made a lot of misplays (like I should have expected cresselia switch on EQ) but honestly I don't think I would have won anyway.
It was fun, but it almost went to time it was so stall-y.
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