Anyone in the right mind would do one of the following against that Talonflame:
Have Stealth Rocks set up
Switch to a rock type pokemon of almost any kind (Tyranitar is a great one)
Attempt to cripple it with Thunder Wave on some electric type pokemon
Use faster Priority (Sucker Punch Anything /Extreme Speed)
Use Intimidate and lower the damage output thus forcing a switch
Make it hit rough skin rocky helmet
* +2 252 Atk Talonflame U-turn vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tyranitar: 204-242 (50.4 - 59.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
-- Talonflame can smack TTar very hard while switching to a counter. Other rock types do better, but a weakness to U-Turn gives Talonflame very good options. Notice the 2HKO with U-Turn despite the lack of an item.
Swords Dance / Brave Bird / Flare Blitz / U-Turn is surprisingly effective, if only for Tyranitar alone. You don't even need to run Life Orb to cripple most TTar.
* Thunder Wave doesn't stop Talonflame's Gale Wings. It still goes first afterwards. TWave barely does anything against it.
* Weavile Ice Shard is slower than Talonflame Brave Bird. Sucker Punch is still +1, there is not a single Sucker-Puncher in the game that is faster than Talonflame. Say it with me, outside of ExtremeSpeed, there is no faster priority. You need to do things like T-Wave it then use priority.
* -1 252+ Atk Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Gyarados: 165-196 (49.6 - 59%) -- 74.2% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
* -1 252+ Atk Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Salamence: 165-195 (49.8 - 58.9%) -- 99.6% chance to 2HKO
OMFG, After the Intimidate Talonflame STILL 2HKOs Gyarados / Salamence!! Unassested!! I guess it won't 2HKO bulky Gyarados, but thats why you have U-Turn and counters.
Stealth Rocks is the only actual solution to stopping Talonflame. But there's Defog and Rapid Spin for that.
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Talonflame's priority is the most reliable priority in the game. In a game where priority has become more and more common (ie: Sucker Punch Mawile, Shadow Sneak Aegislash...), being able to rely on Talonflame's priority, beyond your opponent's Choice Scarfs and so forth, is extremely, extremely useful.
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