Reuniclus @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast/HP Fire
- Shadow Ball
Reuniclus is pretty neat cause it can setup Trick Room and continue abusing it even if it faints. Since stat boosts don't remain after fainting, this is the next best thing. What's even better is that Duosion has the exact same Special Attack stat as Reuniclus, letting you continue to hit just as hard if you faint. Even Solosis has a really solid Special Attack of base 105. I slashed HP Fire because Duosion doesn't have access to Focus Blast. I think HP Fire is better so you can continue to maintain a presence against Steel-types even if you faint. Trick Room seems good in this cause it can help some slow pre-evolutions turn the tables on faster mons, it also prevents them from being
s-ssetup f-ff-fodder for stuff like Mega Charizard X.
Conkeldurr @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 48 HP / 252 Atk / 208 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Mach Punch
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch
- Poison Jab
Conkeldurr has three stages and they're all pretty strong thanks to Sheer Force, and with the right Speed investment even Timburr can wallbreak against things. Notably, Gurdurr is a Pokemon that's viable in much of the lower tiers and is basically a slightly worse Conkeldurr, so you don't really get downgraded all that much when you faint. You don't lose ANY moves as you de-evolve either. Mach Punch is great too, as it prevents Timburr from being a completely dead weight against most fully evolved Pokemon if it comes down to that. 80 Attack for a first-stage mon is pretty solid too.
Kingdra @ Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Draco Meteor
- Scald
- Ice Beam
Kingdra is the best rain sweeper. Seadra has exactly the same Speed and Special Attack as it, and although it loses Draco Meteor, it wouldn't have STAB on it anyway so it doesn't really miss it. If you can keep your Politoed around, it can continue to do big damage to the opponent throughout the game. Even Horsea isn't that bad, as the decreased Speed and Special Attack are partially offset by the Rain + Specs, letting you do big damage to evolved Pokemon. I feel like Pokemon who's final form was added in a later generation are particularly viable in this due to their higher stats.