Sandile

[Tomahawk]

Meguroko / Sandile
Dark | Ground

HP: 50
Atk: 72
Def: 35
SpA: 35
SpD: 35
Spe: 65

Intimidate: Lowers the enemy's Attack stat one stage upon entering the battlefield.
Overconfidence / Moxie: Attack rises when you knock out an opponent.
Anger Point (Dream World): If this Pokémon is hit by a critical hit, its Attack is raised to +6.

Level-Up

— Leer
— Rage
4 Bite
7 Sand-Attack
10 Torment
13 Sand Tomb
16 Assurance
19 Mud-Slap
22 Embargo
25 Swagger
28 Crunch
31 Dig
34 Scary Face
37 Foul Play Calculates damage with the target's attacking stat.
40 Sandstorm
43 Earthquake
46 Thrash

TM/HM

01 Claw Sharpen Raises the user's Attack and accuracy by one stage.
05 Roar
06 Toxic
10 Hidden Power
12 Taunt
17 Protect
21 Frustration
26 Earthquake
27 Return
28 Dig
32 Double Team
36 Sludge Bomb
37 Sandstorm
39 Rock Tomb
41 Torment
42 Facade
44 Rest
45 Attract
46 Thief
48 A Capella Has double power if it's used more than once per turn.
59 Incinerate Destroys the target's held berry.
63 Embargo
66 Payback
67 Get Even Has double power if a friendly Pokémon fainted last turn.
71 Stone Edge
78 Level Ground Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by one stage.
80 Rock Slide
87 Swagger
90 Substitute
95 Bark Out Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Special Attack by one stage.
HM1 Cut

Egg Moves

Beat Up
Counter
Double-Edge
Fire Fang
Focus Energy
Mean Look
Pursuit
Rock Climb
Thunder Fang
Uproar

Potential Sets:


Choice Scarf
Meguroko @ Choice Scarf
Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
180 Atk | 76 Def | 236 Spe
Overconfidence
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Crunch
Return / Double-Edge / Pursuit

• 25 Speed outspeeds common Choice Scarfers at 24 Speed
• Overconfidence raises its Attack 1 stage everytime he revenges a Pokemon
• Earthquake + Stone Edge gives good coverage
• Crunch for STAB
• Return hits harder than Earthquake, Double-Edge even harder
• Pursuit can trap Ghosts and Psychics
• Weak to Fighting means he loses to common priority

Choice Band
Meguroko @ Choice Band
Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
180 Atk | 76 Def | 236 Spe
Intimidate
Earthquake
Stone Edge
Crunch
Return / Double-Edge / Pursuit

Choice Band allows more power than Choice Scarf
Intimidate allows more free switch-ins
Earthquake + Stone Edge gives good coverage
Crunch for STAB
Return hits harder than Earthquake, Double-Edge even harder
Pursuit can trap Ghosts and Psychics
Weak to Fighting means he loses to common priority
17 Speed ties with a lot



Meguroko is basically a good Choice Scarfer due to Overconfidence.
Discuss!

 

[froggrunner]

LO>CB any time in little cup; the power difference is minimal and loss of 10% of your hp is much better than losing the ability to switch moves. Both sets seem extremely easy for Dokkora and Zuruggu to set up on, especially after a KO with pursuit. Also, return doesn't hit harder than earthquake because of STAB.

Also, you should mention that outspeeding Komatana is really important, as it gives Meguroko a lot of competition for pursuiting scarfer.

 

[Tomahawk]

I meant Stone Edge, not Earthquake.

 

[Engineer Pikachu]

I'd personally give the Scarf set Intimidate instead of Overconfidence (yay for Japanese names). Overconfidence does give you the nifty attack boost which may make your end-game sweep easier, but since that Scarf set was more made for revenge-killing, it might be better to have Intimidate, especially if you're trying to revenge-kill something like Dokkora.

Also, if you're bent on revenging, why not give Meguroco Vengeance over Return? You get a ~37% increase in power if you can't hit anything super-effectively with your other moves, and it's only ~31% less powerful if you're not; that does not matter, as you most likely won't be using your Normal-type move unless you're revenging.

Agreeing with frog, also; CB isn't really worth it in LC when you can get Life Orb. However, Meguroco has a minimum of 20HP, which means it can't make it to 19HP, but 21HP works too; a better spread might be 36HP/180Atk/236Spe to get to that 21HP mark.

 

[Elevator Music]

If Sandile had a way to boost its Speed other than Choice Scarf, I think it'd probably be pretty decent (despite the crippling Fighting-type weakness). Sucker Punch probably would have made it good too.

Moxie is a good ability as well, and Sandile obviously has great offensive typing. Without a way to boost Speed it's stuck with Scarf, which is what really cripples it. In theory it makes a good revenge killer/lategame sweeper, because its attacks get more powerful after a kill, but since its locked into Scarf its kinda irrelevant. If you have a +1 EQ I can just send in Gligar or Misdreavus or Mukrow etc, and if you're locked into Crunch I can set up Komatana (or worse, Zuruggu). Being at +1 doesn't really matter then.

He's cool looking though :(

 

[Darkamber8828]

Where's Substitute/EQ/Crunch/[Stone Edge/HP Ice]? With that great offensive typing above poster mentioned, it can scare a lot of stuff out (or scare them into staying in with Pursuit XD) and sub, then hit something like a Misdreavus or Komatana hard. If Diglett can use HP Ice for Gligar, so can this thing. Sad thing is has to choose between Moxie to bluff Scarf or Intimidate to help with Subs.

...Intimidate isn't unusable on the Scarf set...