Time to analyze up in this...
Too bad that Espeon and Mega Absol are the only viable users of Magic Bounce in this metagame.
Actually, Absol is pretty damn good, first of all let me post the context of my team
Diggersby @ Life Orb
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Diamond Storm
- Return
- Earthquake
Pros:
- Strong as fuck
- Diamond Storm is reliable nice coverage
- Dragon Dance Makes it quite the threat when given a non thundurus free turn
- 2 Great reliable STABs
Cons:
- Thundurus wreks if I boost up
- kinda slow
- not that bulky tbh
Registeel @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SDef
Careful Nature
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
- Roar
- Earthquake
Pros:
- Bulk as all hell
- Good defensive synergy with hippo
- Reliable spinner
- Reliable recovery
- Roar stops it from being set up bait
- Safety Goggles saves it from falling to the dreaded spore spam
Cons:
- EQ is weak
- Slow
- Not strong at all
- Easily pressured by multiple attackers back to back even with recovery
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Absol @ Absolite
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Superpower
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
Pros:
- Beats Thundurus pretty easy
- Checks Thundy
- Knock off is a nuke when boosted
- Superpower hits things like ttar
- Sucker Punch takes out most RKers
Cons:
- Thundys tbolt still hits hard
- Play Rough is illegal with knock off
- Kinda Frail
Thundurus (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 32 HP / 224 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Trick
- Topsy-Turvy
- Tail Glow
- Thunderbolt
Pros:
- Pre-Trick it's a good RKer
- Trick lets it mess up things like espeon
- Trick Scarf destroys checks like chansey, hippo and Registeel
- Tail Glow makes it a nuke when boosted
- if it gets topsy turveyed by opposing thunduruses it can use topsy itself to regain the boost
- Checks a lot of set up sweepers
Cons:
- Kinda frail
- Mono type coverage :[
- Ground types after Trick hard wall it
- Mega Saur completely walls this set
- Post-Trick it's easy to check with special walls assuming it doesn't get 2 TGes
Hippowdon @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Heart Swap / Haze
- Heal Bell
- Slack Off
- Earthquake
Pros:
- Bulky as fuck
- Nice reliable STAB
- (heart swap) able to pivot and steal set up sweepers boosts, beware of -1 from shell smash though
- (haze) able to pivot in and clear any boosts the foe has (this does remove - boosts too though)
- Nice recovery
- Very bulky cleric
Cons:
- Slow
- Not that hard hitting
- Walled by flying types outside of heart swapping
- Weak to scald spam and other special attacks
Latias (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 72 HP / 184 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature
- Lovely Kiss
- Lava Plume
- Draco Meteor
- Thunderbolt
Pros:
- Speedy LK to sleep threats
- Lovely Kiss makes walling it a pain due to the amount of counters that switch in just to get a sleep to the face
- Due to this it often pushes needing 2 counters to beat it
- Bulky enough to take things like keldeo head on
- Lava Plume lets it hit steels harder
- Plume's burn chance is very nice to check things with
- Strong Draco nukes to fire off
- Thunderbolt to stop toge and azu from pivoting into you
Cons:
- Heatran walls post-LK
- Fairies can pivot in nicely barring tbolt weak ones post-LK
- not TOO overly bulky without the full HP investment
- not that bulky physically
- weak to knock off and uturn
- pursuit bait
- bisharp bait
As you can see, this is a heavily offensive team, which is rare for me to build. None the less, I still made it work. Absol is one of the best pokemon due to the ability to come in set up an SD and wreck house, due to nobody preparing for set up sweepers barring the common thundy/torn. Latias kinda has 4MSS though after you sleep something which makes playing with it a deadly game of what nuke button should I press, LK, Draco or Plume.
Not meant to be an RMT, just showing how diverse the tier can be if you let it be, with volt switch mega saur, recover rotom-w, and heatran/hippo getting mad boosts, I'm sure stall is not dead, and I look forward to building a stall team when I can