[VGC] Starmie Fast Support

[RebornFX]

I really don't quite understand why you would ever run Starmie. It isn't strong, it isn't bulky and its support options are honestly pretty crap. Its typing doesn't give it any better matchups against anything that is popular in the metagame and it has a useless ability in almost all situations (why status it when you can just 2HKO it, or just leave it alive since Scald isn't doing any damage, and Analytic isn't great in doubles). The only redeemable factor that Starmie has is Spotlight, which is literally only useful against Gastrodon since any other water type would simply OHKO Marowak as opposed to working around it, as well as the fact that most electric nowadays run Discharge. The Pokemon that most struggle with Gastrodon are teams like Double Duck and P2+Araquanid. Slotting Starmie onto double duck makes 1/2 of your team water types which clearly gives you other matchup issues, and Starmie doesn't exactly thrive under Trick Room so it doesn't have good synergy with P2+Araquanid. Almost every other water type in the tier has a better niche, for example Araquanid is an incredibly strong Trick Room Abuser, Gyarados has intimidate and a ground immunity, Milotic deters opposing Intimidate, Gastrodon redirects opposing water moves and provides an electric immunity, Tapu Fini is incredibly tanky with very spammable spread options or great setup potential, Pelipper and Politoed are rain setters and Golduck is a rain abuser. After these few we start getting in to less viable options but I would argue many of these still have a better niche than Starmie in this meta.

Sorry if I'm being a bit critical, but you always need to think of the opportunity cost when putting a Pokemon on your team and it seems like other waters beat the things it is supposed to beat far better than it does while not being deadweight in a lot of matchups. Also you left out Thick Club in all of your Marowak calcs

140+ Atk Thick Club Marowak-Alola Shadow Bone vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Starmie: 236-278 (141.3 - 166.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
140+ Atk Thick Club Marowak-Alola Bonemerang (2 hits) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Starmie: 94-112 (56.2 - 67%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
140+ Atk Thick Club Marowak-Alola Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Starmie: 83-98 (49.7 - 58.6%) -- 71.1% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

It gets 2HKO'd by everything Marowak can throw at it and loses 1v1 under trick room.