Pokemon VGC 2015 Metagame Megathread

[Rogue]

My sister beat me when it came to replying to both of you... But any who, she's right. I feel like Serperior will be fun to use, but not like, tournament viable. The special attack is so poor that you have to run 252 modest to pick up KO's right away. You could run less and just rely on your boosts but that's too situational. You could run into things that you outspeed but can't OHKO when you need to because you arent running max/modest. It's frail that a lot of things 2KO it with ease.

(Jan 6, 2015, 06:03 AM)Black117 Wrote: Honestly I don't know if a physical aegislash could work in this metagame with all the intimidate spam and bisharp around. A mixed set with weakness policy can work pretty decently with just the proper timing and prediction. Most aegislash sets are probably gonna be working around a mixed set with either shadow ball, flash cannon/sacred sword (for kang, heatran, hydreigon, t-tar) and shadow sneak. As for other options, king shield is self explanatory, substitute still works great, as well as wide guard to stop heat waves, surf, and earthquakes.

Edit: I think people will start seeing more aegislash sets like this that is designated to tank special hits, retaliate with shadow ball and hopefully nab a +2 boost to its stats.

Collin Heiner's Aegislash Set @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Stance Change
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 4 Def / 92 SpA / 156 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
– Shadow Ball
– Sacred Sword/Flash Cannon/Shadow Sneak
– Substitute/Wide Guard
– King’s Shield

Agreed. weakness policy aegislash is 2gud. Thanks for the set!

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