mlop+zdrag garchomp
set i've been fucking with a lot lately is sub sd dragonium-z garchomp; grabbing free subs vs. the likes of bad players who think they can u-turn out into a faster check with lando-t, heatran, toxapex, mew that are expecting the switch, :shook: magearna, zygarde, and a plethora of other pokemon that chomp forces out. furthermore, it aids the stall matchup immensely to be behind a sub at +2, and basically tears all balance lacking a bulu apart. as you can imagine, it severely dents, flat out eliminates, or takes advantage of the majority of mega lopunny's checks.
as for the defensive backbone, i tried another option of tangrowth+shed shell toxapex+celesteela, but this the issue of lacking a scarfer that was 100+ speed and could get rocks not named chomp. ended up settling on clef+gastrodon over tangrowth+toxapex. gastrodon provides the same utility of checking ash-greninja that tangrowth does, being an even better stop to offensive electrics that are huge threats otherwise, and acting as the primary water resist. clefable retains the aspect of checking zygarde that tangrowth does, whilst giving the team any sort of counterplay to opposing mega lopunny and medicham, and providing rocks vs sableye. removing toxapex made the team far weaker to zard-y, meaning the last had to be a scarfer that checks it. i wanted latios to be the scarfer to begin with anyway, honestly. it provides a volcarona check (fuck bug z but you can cycle fake outs after psyshock damage), a secondary zard-y check, another water resist, and most importantly a form of hazard removal which is crucial vs. toxapex and toxic spikes greninja.
you can run encore over ice punch on lopunny should you find the fat matchup too strenuous, but it is severly detrimental to the lando-t matchup. if you do this, be ballsy and pivot through celesteela to garchomp, or go hard garchomp. you can also run trick over roost on latios considering roost is pretty much solely for zard-y, and trick will also help vs. fat shit. if you have too much of an issue with mew, consider using toxic over knock off on clefable, too, thought it's generally inferior outside of that matchup, especially for a team with gastrodon.
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