Mesprit @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Psychic
- U-turn
- Thunder Wave /Healing Wish
Mesprit can set up rocks for pinsir so that it aids pinsir's sweeping prowess, due to its frailty finding an opportunity to set up a swords dance is quite difficult but mesprit can bring it in safely via u-turn on slower grass types, psychic types. For example on shiftry, ludicolo, opposing mesprit, musharna, malamar, and claydol. As pinsir threatens with its STAB X-Scissor, it is quite easy to force them out as otherwise they will take a a large chunk of damage or even get outright OHKO'd, which then it can use that obvious switch-in to another mon to set up an SD. But more or less its going to be setting up SD's on teams it can actually use it on without much fear, persay against fatter builds. While it can pressure more offensive / faster builds with its attacks as they might not really appreciate getting worn down by it. Mesprit can beat a counter to pinsir, poliwrath! Or fighting types that may annoy it in general as they force it to eq / CC meaning they can take advantage of that, for example switch to a flying type on the eq or easily revenge kill it after the cc defense drop. Very exploitable but oh well at least mesprit provides decent support. Not to mention how it can provide thunder wave for some speed control, meaning it isn't as pressured or scared of faster threats like scyther, swellow, archeops, vivillon, jynx, kangaskhan, +1 combusken, pyroar, etc. Also it can give pinsir a second chance at cleaning up a team in the form of healing wish, meaning if it has been damaged already it doesn't really need to worry about residual damage when it can wrap the game up after coming in healthy due to that healing wish.