Jurassic Sweeper
Rampardos @ Life Orb/ Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Fire Punch
- Rock Polish
Recently, a very angry dinosaur escaped from the local Jurassic Park. And he's out for, well, lets just say trainers and their Pokemon. Rampardos amazing sky-high attack stat+Adamant Nature+Sheer force+Life Orb makes it one scary sweeper. Yes, I know it's in PU, but Rampardos with Focus sash works too. At first, there is nothing Rampardos likes when fighting an enemy faster than it except for polishing itself using its favourite cleansing move, Rock Polish. Then, Rampardos sees that the threat he is facing is a Kartana, oof, that sucks. Usually, okay, not all the time, but usually, it uses Swords Dance, either that or it OHKOs Rampardos, that's why I also recommended Focus Sash, because without Life Orb Rampardos's attack is amazingly high+Sheer force. Anyway, back to Kartana, so yeah, if Rampardos got a chance to set up Rock Polish, it will totally sweep the entire team (okay, maybe not all), but no worries, Fire punch's got Kartana's or Ferrothorn's name on it. Yes, this set is for OU even though Rampardos is in PU. Rampardos loves fighting harder Pokemon. Greninja would be a problem though, but we'll talk about that later.
Rock slide is for that STAB move that ruins your opponent's day when the opponent's about to set up with Volcarona. Iron Head for coverage, and because Rampardos has one hard head (he's also hard-headed in real life, lol). Now back to the Greninja problem, well, clears up with Rilla- wait, Rillaboom doesn't exist in Gen 7 OU. Wait, let me see showdown for a while. Ok, Serperior might do, as it checks Pokemon like Greninja, but also Kartana, as it has a high attack stat and a decent good defense stat. Alrighty, Kartana it is. Kartana says hello to Pokemon like Greninja, and other water types, ground types, and steel type moves for the grass types. Kartana's speed is also good so it would be able to outrun threats like Medicham-Mega and use its STAB steel type moves, or STAB grass type moves. Even though Kartana has access to Air Slash to deal with fighting types, it won't be very useful as Kartana's more of a physical attacker.
Hope you find this helpful, and if you find a roaming rock dinosaur please inform me on my wall, I have a Greninja to deal with it.
