No one used bulk up buzzwole because its trash.
To stop this being a one liner what are everyone's thoughts on bronzong as a steath rock setter.
Bronzong @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Night Shade
Night shade can be replaced with anything really but press and protect are needed to hit dark types switching in and protects scouting is invaluable for its teammates.
A more specially defensive set might be good as a valiant switch in but I haven't tried it.
Gen 2 - Blissy - Leftovers + Toxic + Protect = Chef’s Kiss
- Protect helps stall for time to allow yourself more thinking time
- Protect helps scout enemy moves.
- Protect helps mess up your opponent abilities to predict whether or not you switch in or out.
- Protect helps you get more left over recovery health
- Protect helps you do more damage to enemy with toxic.
Gen 5 - Ferrorthorn - Leftovers + Leech Seed + Protect = Double Chef’s Kiss
- Protect helps stall for time to allow yourself more thinking time
- Protect helps scout enemy moves.
- Protect helps mess up your opponent abilities to predict whether or not you switch in or out.
- Protect helps you get more left over recovery health
- Protect helps you do more damage to enemy with Leech seed and gives your Pokémon more health.
Gen 9 - Bronzong - Leftovers + Protect = Not good enough!
You need something more.
Maybe, you can add the move Future Sight.
Leftovers + Future Sight + Protect = Maybe, Just Maybe, it can be worthy of a Chef’s Kiss
Bronzong
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Future Sight
- Body Press
It seems good, but I do think ZantaRay has good point.
I don’t think the above move set would be the main reason people would use Bronzong.
What niche are you trying to fill with it though? Bronzong's defensive profile isn't exaclty great at the moment, and stealth rock is super easy to fit on teams at the moment. Between the donphans, garchomp, ting lu, torkoal, glimmora, ttar, etc. we're not exactly hurting for good rocks users.
The only niche I can see for Bronzong is Trick Room.
Bronzong is 1 of 2 Pokémon currently available with the ability to do Stealth Rocks + Trick Room.
Screaming Tail is the only other Pokémon who can do both Stealth Rocks + Trick Room.
Is Bronzong better vs. Screaming Tail?
I don’t know.
However, Bronzong‘s move pool allows him to lead with Rocks and set up Trick Room for a Trick Room team.
This seems to me what separates Bronzong from other Stealth rock users.
Is a Trick Room team good in the current meta?
I don’t know that either!
I was thinking of making a Trick Room team which is how I know about Bronzong, but I never finished making the Trick Room team because I got side tracked with my other team.
Bronzong
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Future Sight
- Trick Room
? A move set like above would lose Body Press, but might be ok for Trick Room team?
It is interesting for sure.