Regarding the Whirlipede vs Venipede thingy:
Firstly, the Whrilipede EVs onsite are very ineffective, which i blame myself for as we wanted less evs in hp for better endeavor'ing, so we went with 252 defense rather than hp which in fact is worse... Calcs:
252+ Atk Golem Rock Blast (3 hits) vs. 244 HP / 12 Def Whirlipede: 252-306 (89.3 - 108.5%) -- approx. 25% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Armaldo Rock Blast (3 hits) vs. 244 HP / 12 Def Whirlipede: 258-312 (91.4 - 110.6%) -- approx. 62.5% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Thick Club Marowak Bonemerang (2 hits) vs. 244 HP / 12 Def Whirlipede: 258-306 (91.4 - 108.5%) -- approx. 50% chance to OHKO
While max defense:
252+ Atk Golem Rock Blast (3 hits) vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Whirlipede: 204-252 (92.3 - 114%) -- approx. 81.3% chance to OHKO
And max HP:
252+ Atk Golem Rock Blast (3 hits) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Whirlipede: 258-312 (90.8 - 109.8%) -- approx. 62.5% chance to OHKO
So a set of 244 HP / 12 Def / 252 Speed should be used (note: max speed is required to beat haunter at +1)
Concerning venipede; at +1 it veni 351 speed while whirlipede only hits 318. Taken from mag's speed tiers, these are the important pokes veni outspeeds at +1:
350 / Jumpluff, Raichu / 110 / +Spe / 252 / 0
Sleep, Encore
339 / Kadabra, / 105 / +Spe / 252 / 0
Encore
331 / Simipour, Simisage, Simisear / 101 / +Spe / 252 / 0
Taunt
328 / Dodrio / 100 / +Spe / 252 / 0
Taunt
322 / Frogadier / 97 / +Spe / 252 / 0
Taunt
These (particularly jumpluff and Raichu) are very important benchmarks so it is clear that venipede has a niche, however is this more important than being able to live golem's 2 hit rock blast and 3 hits most of the time? IMO Yes, as both are situational, however there are more pokes venipede beats and it beats them more reliably (ofc whirlipede can be used if the team is golem weak so likes 1 hazard then endeavor)
IMO:
- Since they are very similar pokes, we can work off the whirlipede analysis and change specific bits (IE copy/paste, change whil to veni and change things such as taunt simipour in c&c)
my imanalt skills of finding a better spread have gone to waste ;_;