Skeledirge @ Weakness Policy  
Ability: Unaware / Blaze  
EVs: 248 HP / 244 Def / 16 Spe  
Bold Nature  
- Torch Song  
- Blast Burn  
- Flame Charge / Will-O-Wisp  
- Encore / Slack Off  


Skeledirge burns everything to cinders in 1v1 with its amazing physical bulk and Torch Song! Encore + Torch Song beats Iron Valiant, and Flame Charge + Encore defeats Fake Tears Sylveon. Will-O-Wisp combined with Slack Off stalls out Iron Hands and Choice Scarf Haxorus. Weakness Policy allows it to beat Donphan with Flame Charge and some Great Tusk variants with Blast Burn, while Mental Herb beats Gardevoir and non-Trick Sableye. Unaware is preferred to beat Bulk Up Annihilape, Quiver Dance Volcarona, and Swords Dance Iron Hands, but Blaze is better versus most Meowscarada. The HP and Defense EVs give it the best chance to survive a Choice Band Donphan Earthquake. Skeledirge's weakness to Water-Types, like Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Walking Wake, and difficulty damaging Dragon-types, like Garchomp, Haxorus, and Dragapult, mean that Iron Valiant, Azumarill, Iron Bundle, and Sylveon make good partners.