Marigold
formerly KuraiTenshi26
Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite
Ability: Tough Claws
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Meteor Mash
- Zen Headbutt
- Ice Punch
- Hidden Power [Fire]
So uh... base 105 sp atk is surprisingly usable. I've been using it to muscle through mega scizor and pressure ferrothorn/forretress (lol) out from setting up spikes. Calcs for reference:
0 SpA Metagross-Mega Hidden Power Fire vs. 248 HP / 128 SpD Scizor-Mega: 160-192 (46.6 - 55.9%) -- 76.2% chance to 2HKO
0 SpA Metagross-Mega Hidden Power Fire vs. 252 HP / 168 SpD Ferrothorn: 136-164 (38.6 - 46.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Metagross-Mega Hidden Power Fire vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Kartana: 432-512 (166.7 - 197.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
0 SpA Metagross-Mega Hidden Power Fire vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Forretress: 272-324 (76.8 - 91.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
It's not terribly useless outside of killing the usual megagross checks. For example, It can bring down opposing megagross into scarfchomp range.
0 SpA Metagross-Mega Hidden Power Fire vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Metagross-Mega: 84-100 (27.9 - 33.2%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Metagross-Mega: 230-272 (76.4 - 90.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO (after the hp fire)
I used -def nature, but idk if it's better to cut that or spdef. Thoughts?