I submitted the Cofagrigus one like 3 months ago back when Hoopa-U wasn't as common as it was now, sooooo yeah it is kind of outdated. Regardless, I'll try to defend it (first post on this thread in a while).
The idea I had in mind when submitting it was as a blanket check to a ton of special attackers (and some physical ones). It checks/counters Mega Medicham, Mega Gardevoir, Lati@s, (Mega) Alakazam, (Mega) Scizor, Mega Metagross, Tornadus-T, Azumarill, and other Fighting-types not named Mega Lopunny. It's defensive stats are good enough to do all this and Recover lets it check them consistently. Some of these are actually pretty hard for stall to check, like Medicham, Gardevoir, and Tornadus-T, and Cofagrigus checks them all + more in one nice package AND brings utility. A sample moveset would be Hex, Will-o-Wisp, Toxic Spikes, and Recover. It spreads status easily and burns Darks and Grounds that can annoy it, and that's a big help for itself and its team with that utility.
People are arguing that it loses a big niche that it has right now - countering Mega Lopunny, as well as losing to Ground types now. But let's be realistic - stall has bigger problems to worry about than Mega Lopunny and Ground types, and Cofagrigus can fix some of these quite nicely.
e: also since when is regular Cofagrigus beating a Charizard X.
The idea I had in mind when submitting it was as a blanket check to a ton of special attackers (and some physical ones). It checks/counters Mega Medicham, Mega Gardevoir, Lati@s, (Mega) Alakazam, (Mega) Scizor, Mega Metagross, Tornadus-T, Azumarill, and other Fighting-types not named Mega Lopunny. It's defensive stats are good enough to do all this and Recover lets it check them consistently. Some of these are actually pretty hard for stall to check, like Medicham, Gardevoir, and Tornadus-T, and Cofagrigus checks them all + more in one nice package AND brings utility. A sample moveset would be Hex, Will-o-Wisp, Toxic Spikes, and Recover. It spreads status easily and burns Darks and Grounds that can annoy it, and that's a big help for itself and its team with that utility.
People are arguing that it loses a big niche that it has right now - countering Mega Lopunny, as well as losing to Ground types now. But let's be realistic - stall has bigger problems to worry about than Mega Lopunny and Ground types, and Cofagrigus can fix some of these quite nicely.
e: also since when is regular Cofagrigus beating a Charizard X.
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