Scraggy @ Eviolite
Ability: Shed Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Knock Off
- Rest
Scraggy coming through! Ive been making a list of pu/nfe/lc usable mons for my future balanced teams, and while some may not agree about Scraggy being the best pokemon around,its actually quite cool and fun pokemon to use.It provides psychic immunity and also has very useful typing, knock off could hurt it tho so always have secondary knock off switchin , also with Sawk/Gurdurr gone i think it can be a lot more usable.
Now,this basically counters this Xatu set, takes no damage from its coverage moves, can easily set up on it, and if its gets wore down it can rest up vs it,while also its Shed Skin ability gives it 33% chance to heal its status which is pretty cool.
252 SpA Life Orb Xatu Grass Knot (40 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Scraggy: 29-34 (9.5 - 11.1%) -- possible 9HKO
252 SpA Life Orb Xatu Heat Wave vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Scraggy: 66-78 (21.7 - 25.6%) -- 0.8% chance to 4HKO
0 Atk Scraggy Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Xatu: 222-264 (81.9 - 97.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO