I really need to make it to a voting round one of these days...
Anyway I really like the Ferrothorn selection since we can choose another pokemon right after to help it do its job better. The thing is, I don't care for the particular variant that's been nominated. Therefore, I shall present mine:
Ferrothorn@Leftovers
EV's: 252 HP/252 SpD/4 Def
Trait: Iron Barbs
Careful Nature
-Power Whip
-Thunder Wave
-Leech Seed
-Knock Off
Alright so this is a bit of an odd selection and I am fully aware of that. This variant of Ferrothorn dominates both currently selected pokemon on Team 2. Greninja can only 4HKO it at best while Dragonite might 5HKO it, and those chances get worse if Ferrothorn is able to Leech Seed them. I definitely think Thunder Wave is a great move because non-ground and electric pokemon have to fear switching into it, along with having to worry about Knock Off. The list of pokemon that don't fear T-wave+Knock Off are the mega evolutions of Garchomp, Ampharos, and Manetric. I was really worried what move to put in that last spot but figured the utility of Knock Off made it a viable option. Since this is a T-Wave variant, Gyro Ball will not fit well here so that's why it has Power Whip. People were also saying how they don't want to select a hazard setter so early so that's why I opted out of giving it either Spikes or SR.
Honestly, if Halcyon. were to put T-Wave on his variant of Ferrothorn, I would possibly just withdraw this selection altogether lol I really feel like its THAT great support move on Ferrothorn. As always, I am open to criticism.
Anyway I really like the Ferrothorn selection since we can choose another pokemon right after to help it do its job better. The thing is, I don't care for the particular variant that's been nominated. Therefore, I shall present mine:
Ferrothorn@Leftovers
EV's: 252 HP/252 SpD/4 Def
Trait: Iron Barbs
Careful Nature
-Power Whip
-Thunder Wave
-Leech Seed
-Knock Off
Alright so this is a bit of an odd selection and I am fully aware of that. This variant of Ferrothorn dominates both currently selected pokemon on Team 2. Greninja can only 4HKO it at best while Dragonite might 5HKO it, and those chances get worse if Ferrothorn is able to Leech Seed them. I definitely think Thunder Wave is a great move because non-ground and electric pokemon have to fear switching into it, along with having to worry about Knock Off. The list of pokemon that don't fear T-wave+Knock Off are the mega evolutions of Garchomp, Ampharos, and Manetric. I was really worried what move to put in that last spot but figured the utility of Knock Off made it a viable option. Since this is a T-Wave variant, Gyro Ball will not fit well here so that's why it has Power Whip. People were also saying how they don't want to select a hazard setter so early so that's why I opted out of giving it either Spikes or SR.
Honestly, if Halcyon. were to put T-Wave on his variant of Ferrothorn, I would possibly just withdraw this selection altogether lol I really feel like its THAT great support move on Ferrothorn. As always, I am open to criticism.