If you really want to hit Lampent there is Dark Pulse, which is stronger even after the Moxie boost
Pyroar @ Choice Specs
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Crunch
- Flamethrower/Fire Blast
- Hidden Power [Grass]
- Hyper Voice
Role: Mixed Sweeper, Late Game Cleaner
What It Does: With a base speed state of 106 and a special attack base of 109, Pyroar can pretty much tear apart a majority of the NU Metagame with it's STAB Normal Hyper Voice. It's up to you on what you've opt on this set. You can run Flamethrower over Fire Blast if you're fearing of a potential miss. But Flamethrower can still hit hard regardless. Hidden Power [Grass] is there to surprise water types that would stop Pyroar in it's tracks such as Feraligatr, Seismitoad, and Lanturn to name a few.
Good Teammates: A rapid spinner such as Cryogonal can be a great teammate for Pyroar and has great type synergy with each other. Magmorter is also a fantastic teammate as they can form a nice firespam, breaking down each of their counters so that the other can sweep late game. Golurk is another fantastic mon as it can keep Sawk and other fighting types at bay that prevents Pyroar from sweeping.
What Counters It: As mentioned, fighting types such as Sawk, Hariyama, etc puts Pyroar to a complete stop. Any mon that resists Pyroar's STAB moves such as Crustle and Golurk can also be trouble. Not to mention, Water types in general such as Feraligatr, Qualfish, and Lanturn are a nuisance for Pyroar but have to be wary of Hidden Power [Grass.] Lastly Stealth Rock is used to decrease Pyroar's chance of sweeping and it's durability.
Any Additional Info: Replacing Choice Specs with an Expert Belt can be an option to bluff an item such as a potential scarf. Life Orb could also be an option, but there's that chance of the annoying damage recoil and such. You can run Overheat if you wish, however it'll sound gimmicky and has the same chance of missing like Fire Blast but with the special attack drop.
I think it's because I suggested him to change Return to Endeavor and he forgot to change the roles :[Also not sure if I consider that slurpuff set a physical sweeper but rather a wall breaker? Having only 1 attacking move is fairly limiting as you pointed out, so having endeavor can let you open the way for another poke to sweep. Unless you think you can get up a sub, belly drum and then be able to endeavor+play rough, which will be tough.
What does hidden power fire hit that hidden power ground doesn't? I think it's almost the same coverage except for hp ground hitting probo harder (unless you really don't like opposing cryogonals but i doubt they'll take much from a hp anyway).
Cryogonal @ NeverMeltIce / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Freeze-Dry
- Recover
- Ice Beam / Hidden Power [Fire]
Role: Rapid Spinner
What It Does: Cryogonal is used mainly for it's ability to remove entry hazards from its own side through the use of Rapid Spin. Freeze-Dry is a powerful STAB move that hits Water-types as well, meaning that Seismitoad isn't safe from Cryogonal's wrath either. Maximizing Special Attack and Speed allows it to take out entry hazards quickly and take down opposing Pokemon better. Cryogonal is really useful because it can hit opposing Stealth Rock setters, especially Seismitoad, extremely hard, and also remove their entry hazards.
Good Teammates: Cryogonal fits best onto teams that appreciate having their own side clear and the opposing side full of hazards. So Pokemon that can set up hazards, like Omastar and Steelix, go well with Cryogonal. Pokemon that enjoy opposing entry hazards and none of their own, mostly frail sweepers like Swellow, also make good teammates for Cryogonal. Lastly, Cryogonal has problems with phsycially offensive Pokemon. Therefore, a physical wall like Snubull or Steelix makes a great teammate for Cryogonal.
What Counters It: Cryogonal is forced out by Fighting-types, especially those with the special bulk to survive its attacks. Hariyama and Gurdurr are both especially notable, as hariyama carries and Assault Vest and often runs Guts, while Gurdurr carries and Eviolite and runs Guts. Although Cryogonal's entire purpose is to remove entry hazards, it is susceptible to Stealth Rock. If it doesn't have the opportunity to use Recover, it is often quickly worn down by constantly switching in.
Any Additional Info: People sometimes run Icicle Plate and NeverMeltIce as an item, as they boost its Ice-type attacks.
Alright, here's the deal with this. For the "Good Teammates" section for almost all of these Pokemon, I used these stats. The top two partners for Samurott in the 1760 category were Pawniard at 23.832% and Leavanny at 18.517%. Although the stats can't tell me why these Pokemon are here, I like to think I have a somewhat basic understanding of the metagame. Leavanny is pretty much only used for Sticky Web and Pawniard shines because of Defiant. If you truly feel strongly about it, it would be simple enough to change. I just need you to suggest something else to put there, because I really have no idea what partners well with Samurott.For Samurott, I am not quite sure if leavanny and pawinard are considered "common" with samurott. If you want to use leavanny, might as well lower your speed and invest your bulk so that you are more prone to live more hits and do not need the speed. Maybe enough speed to outspeed specs pyroar? But I would put more bulk into samurott either way, max speed is not really needed besides ludicolo (which you cannot touch without megahorn anyways) and to outspeed adamant slurpuff before a belly drum (would need jolly which would not be worth power drop).
You guys seem to be mixing up the roles of the two sets. Specs is good because almost nothing switches into it. Scarf is good because it cleans. They're both good.I mean, I already acknowledged that Specs has more power but I still stand by what I said about Scarf being a more reliable late game sweeper. Typhlosion is by no means bad at using Specs Eruption as it has more than enough speed, but in hindsight, I just see using Specs Pyroar as a safer bet, being that it doesn't have to worry about Stealth Rocks and priority to weaken its highest attack's BP.