How do people work around the Sp. Attack drop from moves like Overheat/Draco Meteor/Leaf Storm/etc.? Isn't the drop something that would be off-putting? It remains fairly common though and I'd appreciate elaboration on how to better work this into teams. Looking at you, Drampa.
As Finchinator said, there are a bunch of different scenarios / ways to work around it, but for Drampa I would suggest that you
have a way to stop opposing sweepers from setting up on Drampa at -2, or have a mon to force them out / revenge kill them.
If the opponent sees that Drampa is at -2, they might be tempted to set up with a sweeper like NP Swoobat, BD Slurpuff, SD Silvally-Fairy (or many other Silvally types), et cetera. If Drampa is not holding a Choice item, it can solve this problem itself by using Glare (Substitute sweepers notwithstanding). Teammates can also help -- defensive mons such as Garbodor and Cofagrigus can be effective at taking a hit from those sweepers and severely crippling them, and offensive mons with speed or priority such as Sneasel, Technician Hitmontop/chan, and others can outspeed and KO some of them (such as Swoobat, which is super frail).
You can also run Eject Pack on Drampa if you're really worried about getting taken advantage of at -2. Eject Pack is an item that automatically switches your Pokemon out if it uses a move that drops its own stats. However, usually the extra power offered by something like Choice Specs / Life Orb or the utility offered by Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots will be superior.
Hope this helps! :)
