Albacore
sludge bomb is better than sludge wave
It isn't Mega Mence, but it is quite easily the most versatile Mega in OU.
But yeah I agree with A+ for MLop too. As was already mentioned, the only thing that could potentially hold it back its its inability to really threaten defensive teams that much, however, a Subpass set patches that up somewhat, and really you can run whatever combination of moves you want in the last 2 slots though part of me wishes it could run more than 2 filler moves (Sub is great for not having to worry about Ferrothorn at all, Fake Out is really really useful vs offensive teams for chip damage and getting a Mega off, Healing Wish is Healing Wish, Baton Pass even without Sub gives it great pivoting abilities, Ice Punch screws offense's best switchin to it, Lando-T, so it's sometimes kinda hard to choose). It can basically suit its teams needs really well. It's one of the best anti-offense tools there it, you can easily just come in and spam one of your STABs and nothing offensive really wants to switch in (bar Lando-T who gets worn down a lot anyway especially if scarf). idk how to explain it but just it's a really safe and comfortable Pokemon to use, it requires little to no prediction to be effective and although it really kinda sucks vs stall (though the subpass sets says fu to Sableye), so does Greninja and that's widely considered to be the best Pokemon in the metagame behind MMence. MLopunny does't have quite the same level of effectiveness against offensive and balanced teams as Gren but it's still really good against both these playstyles (more so offense) and relies much less on prediction/whether or not it's running the right moveset to stomp through the opposing team.
also agreeing with Celebi rise, this thing has always been a really underrated Pokemon in my eyes and only got better in ORAS. It checks a few big threats and has fantastic synergy with a bunch of new megas, (mainly Camerupt, but also Metagross, Lopunny, Diancie and Beedrill to some extent). I'm especially the fan of the Life Orb set, it's one of the best Heatran+Bisharp lures available and really packs a punch too. Good universal answer to water types (though Gyara getting Crunch and Greninja in general is pretty annoying for it), deals with most ground types, great versatility with multiple sets, yeah this thing is actually really good and I'm all for it being A-. only problem with it is MMence's popularity which in itself causes ice moves to be used on like everything but that's basically gone at this point lol.
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