Thread is a bit quiet lately sooo let's get some discussion going.
Kartana is in my opinion, one of the best offensive options in the tier right now. There's obvious choice scarf, and of course life orb sets with SD, but one set that has popped up and is truly intriguing as of late, is the protective pads set. With Kartana's naturally huge attack, it's not necessarily needing a boosting item and by running PPads, it can bypass the often irritating issue of contact effects for physical attackers. Namely the many rocky helmets being spammed on defensive Pokemon, as well as bypassing garchomp's rough skin, Ferrothorn's iron barbs, and Heatran/Volcarona's flame body and Zapdos' static.
Not only is this nice for preventing its sweeps from being cut short, but it also lets it contribute to progress via knock off without fear of being crippled or worn down, and generally spreading damage with attacks. For this reason I personally find that protective pads kartana is an amazing progress making tool that doubles as a sweeper. PPads Kartana I think is also an amazing Weavile partner.
This is all just what I think. I'm curious what other players think of protective pads Kartana, or just Kartana in general. What do you think of the PPads set? What do you think of Kartana in the current Metagames as a whole? And if you use it, what are your favorite partners for it?