clematis
formerly EdDaBoss
I want to talk about Mega Absol, since I've been really enjoying using it lately, and I feel like it's one of those semi-niche things that flies under a lot of people's radars.
Magic Bounce is a really cool ability, and means that you can, unsurprisingly, do an absolute number against stall, and its Dark typing means you're immune to Prankster shenanigans too. Absol's movepool, too, is something to behold, with a good selection of both Physical and Special moves. Sucker Punch, Knock Off, Pursuit, Swords Dance, and Play Rough are all totally viable, and do hit hard coming off of a fully invested base 150 Attack. Even specially, you can run Fire Blast and Ice Beam, and uninvested it'll absolutely chunk Landorus, Gliscor, Ferrothorn, etc. 150/115/115 are really good in terms of offensive stats, especially if you choose to run Swords Dance too.
I've been using two different sets recently, both of which have their merits.
Absol-Mega @ Absolite
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Swords Dance
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Swords Dance
Absol-Mega @ Absolite
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 156 Atk / 100 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Ice Beam
- Fire Blast
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 156 Atk / 100 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Ice Beam
- Fire Blast
You may have noticed that neither of these sets have Pursuit on them. This is entirely for personal preference, but rest assured it absolutely is workable. I simply prefer the combination of Knock Off and Sucker Punch in most cases, especially on set 1, where STAB +2 Sucker Punch is gonna do a ludicrous amount to a lot of the metagame. However, Pursuit is still a very good choice, given how many switches Absol forces. The 4MSS absolutely sucks, but hey ho. I guess you could drop Play Rough if you really want, but then you get hard walled by Kommo-O. Fire Blast is droppable on set 2, as long as you have something like Magnezone to deal with Scizor and Ferro.
Anyway, there's my two cents. Give it a try! :D
(if you want the teams drop me a message, I'm not too happy with them but hey ho)