Hey guys, I just wanted to drop in and talk about some really cool mons that I've been using that I think need to get talked about more.
Greninja @ Life Orb
Ability: Protean
EVs: 56 Atk / 200 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Extrasensory
- Gunk Shot
- Hydro Pump/Ice Beam
- Spikes/Dark Pulse
With the recent influx of popularity of Ash-Greninja (rightfully so), Protean Greninja has had some of the spotlight taken away from it. However, Protean Greninja thing's still an absolute headache to deal with, being able to dismantle common cores with ease. I decided to choose Extrasensory as a coverage move since Mega Venusaur is so good right now coupled with the influx of Toxapex usage as well as being able to take on Fighting-types like Buzzwole. Gunk Shot was chosen next for its ability to take down Fairies like Tapu Fini and Tapu Bulu that would otherwise give this hit a huge headache. Hydro Pump rounds out the coverage, taking down Ground-types like Landorus-T that are otherwise annoying to deal with while also making this set not a sitting duck vs Mega Metagross and Heatran aside from being a strong af move that you can spam a lot of the time. At the end of the set, Spikes is really cool to use on forced switches so your opponent's Greninja checks get worn down quite a bit faster, and can really help with whittling the opposing team for a sweeper in the back like Porygon Z, not to mention it's hilarious to use Spikes and wall Electric-types with a Greninja lol. If you don't wanna run Spikes, you can also run Ice Beam/Dark Pulse in the last two moveslots to hit stuff like Garchomp and Mega Metagross a bit harder that Hydro was for, but Spikes is such a good move that I really dislike passing it up. If you were wondering what the EV spread was for, it's meant to OHKO Tapu Fini after Stealth Rock and a layer of Spikes because I like making arbitrary EV spreads, and having a bit more power behind Gunk Shot is actually pretty important because it's your main tool to take on the Lati Twins among other Pokemon. Overall Protean Greninja is an absolute menace to face and an excellent offensive Pokemon that I highly recommend that you go out there and use.
Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Dragon Claw
- Thunder Punch
Mega Charizard X is another very underrated threat in the current metagame that needs more attention paid to it. Offensive Dragon Dance is an absolute bitch for any team that doesn't have something like Hippowdon or Quagsire to consistently come in and deal with it. Dragon Dance is obviously a setup move that can allow you to blast your way past offensive and defensive teams alike, Flare Blitz is your strongest STAB move and hits insanely hard, factoring tough claws into account, and Dragon Claw is your other STAB move and has amazing coverage with Flare Blitz, being able to hit many Fire-type resists such as Latios and Zygarde. With the first three moves out of the way, it's time to cover the one that may have some of you scratching your heads in Thunder Punch. This generation, we got a ton of bulky waters to use in OU for various reasons, the main ones being; Tapu Fini, Toxapex, Mantine, and Pelipper with our older friends like Slowbro returning to make Mega Charizard X's job harder. This coupled with the fact that Tyranitar usage has been quite low at the start of this generation is more than enough reasoning to run Thunder Punch over Earthquake on this moveset. If you wanna run Roost, I recommend using the bulky set from last gen that a lot of people were using to set up on stuff like Rotom-W a bit easier, otherwise run this set. Wrapping this up, Mega Charizard X is an absolute bitch to deal with and can clean through a lot of teams with relative ease, considering that it can bust through 95% of the metagame at +1 with this set.
Porygon-Z @
Normalium Z
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Thunderbolt
- Conversion
When I first heard about Z conversion, I thought that Porygon Z was just gonna be a shitty gimmick, but boy was I wrong. Z conversion Ghost P-Z is easily the best and most effective set on it since it can clean house so easily late game that it's pretty fun to use. Ghost-type is an amazing typing for a late game cleaner of this sort because it leaves P-Z immune to two of the best priority moves in the game in Mach Punch and Extreme Speed, making it significantly harder to revenge kill. Not only that, but Scarf Pheromosa can't revenge it because of its resistance to both U-turn and Poison Jab in conjunction with its immunity to High Jump Kick. Additionally, Z Electric loses to Scarf Lando-T, which this set does not do as it has a neutrality to Earthquake coupled with the fact that Knock Off is only 65 BP vs it by virtue of the Z Crystal. Offensively, Ghost is an absolutely stupid typing to deal with, considering that every Dark-type in the tier can be dispatched by Hidden Power Fighting bar Mega Gyarados, which loses to Thunderbolt. Shadow Ball boosted by Adaptability and a Modest Nature hits insanely hard at +1 and it impossible to wall without a resistance or immunity to it of some sort. Hidden Power Fighting is the primary coverage move on this moveset, OHKOing pesky Dark-types like Tyranitar, Weavile, etc. that might ruin your day otherwise. Thunderbolt is the last attacking move here, rounding out the offensive blitzkrieg of power by being able to dispatch of the aforementioned Mega Gyarados as well as some specially defensive Steel-types, primarily Celesteela. Conversion is obviously the last move and the
crux of this set, being able to give P-Z +1 to all of its stats, transforming it into a threatening sweeper that also has impressive bulk. Obviously it is hard to find good setup opportunities with this set, but there most certainly are occasions where you can set up, and when you do it becomes very easy to clean up games with this.
There's a lot of other stuff I've been using, but those are just 3 that I wanted to shine a spotlight on, and I recommend that you guys go out there and use them. Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day n_n
