screwing up mako's streak
Now that I've reached 1675, I'll use this post to give an idea of how my dark horses have worked for me.
Horse Sets: (the EVs are pretty bad but i'm lazy)
Mew @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Synchronize
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 HP / 148 SpA / 108 Spe
Modest Nature
- Thunder Wave/Will-o-Wisp
- Psychic
- Taunt
- Fake Out/Tailwind
OHKOs M-Gar, outspeeds Breloom.
Milotic @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Competitive
EVs: 252 HP / 68 Def / 144 SpA / 44 Spe
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Recover/Safeguard
- Protect
Talonflame LO BB is 3HKO with Sitrus, outspeeds Rotom-W
Team Used:
Mew is the more successful one imo, and I'd describe it as a mixture of Cresselia and Thundurus. 100 stats across the board give it both great bulk and decent speed, and you have the option of using it to outspeed Brelooms and such. If you carry WoW, you can actually cripple and survive an encounter with Bisharp. While Cress has greater defenses, Mew could potentially use a more decent bulky offensive set and compensate slightly with Sitrus, while still having a wider movepool. The movepool is fantastic by the way, most exceptionally Fake Out, Taunt, WoW, Thunder Wave and Roost. Offensively, it's options are wider too, but I've never tested it much outside of just Psychic. Things it's got are Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Focus Blast, Fire Blast, Volt Switch, Stone Edge and a few more that suck. A benefit of Mew over Thundy is obviously the better bulk, but it still manages to be fast/strong enough to beat the Musketeers, Amoonguss (taunt even blocks sleep with cress can't), and M-Venu. In all, Mew shouldn't be written off as a gimmick perpetrator, you should try it for the bulk over Thundy, the versatility and speed over Cresselia, and the support movepool.
Milotic, while somewhat a letdown, put in work discouraging Intimidate, and more rarely Icy Wind and Snarl. Landog and Scrafty leads suddenly became very risky for the opponent. I tried using this to my advantage with both M-Mawile and Terrakion, who are usually hindered by Intimidate spam, and this way I could abuse their sheer power better. Milotic's physical bulk isn't fantastic, and I usually find it crumbling too fast without doing much damage, but I feel this is more of an issue with my team, having only semi-Intimidate and typically using Thunder Wave over WoW on Mew. It would probably work better with more physical support. But anyways, with both mediocre Defense and Sp. Atk, Milotic isn't too great, but punishing Intimidate can be pretty clutch at times. Also, it's bulkier than Bisharp, allowing for more switch-in opportunities, and the typing fits better with Mawile and Terrakion.