I know(I also used an Arceus when I did the calcs,lol.)
...Victini is sad at your opinion. But I do support entei to C+ or B-, sacred fire is very spammable, with a very nice 50% chance to burn whatever switches in on it. So while I dont think it's as good as Victini, it shouldn't be ranked below stuff like camerupt.
Well like I said, Noivern outspeeding Latios and having a powerful Draco Meteor/mediocre dragon pulse makes it an ideal revenge killer compared to Latios, especially due to Noivern sporting slightly better bulk to take a last minute prioirty from something before finishing it off. Latios is mainly an offensive defogger of sorts, rarely will you see one try to revenge kill something, especially due to the fact that it mainly runs draco meteor and psyshock's low power makes it not an ideal choice for a final blow (how many times have you guys barely missed out on such a ko...).Tornadus-T's supposed better bulk is only due to regenerator allowing it to run an assault vest set, because Noivern and Tornadus's bulk is highly similar if you look at it (85/80/80 to 79/80/90). In addition, there is the gimmicky switcheroo set that Kaxrida mentioned that allows you to trick a choice scarf or specs onto something, and specs is highly do-able due to it benefitting noivern immensely while it has the glasses, and crippling foes more effecitvely than a scarf would (I.E. Garchomp, Ferrothorn). This is something Latios cannot usually afford to do due to its lower speed making tricking specs an unideal choice. Again, I'm not saying Noivern is better than these Pokemon, but it has its niche in OU an is a solid, viable pick for teams, which I feel a C- rank doesnt say. It should be C+, or at the very least C
You're right, but unfortunately base 145 SpA isn't so great unboosted. Base 110 Attack is also sort of low for a Swords Dance set and it is also checked by Talonflame, who is a major threat in the tier.
Lol why are you bringing up Swords Dance? That's like bringing up Stored Power as a main point in a Clefable nomination :U
Well yes but that's kind of irrelevant because it's not used as a physical attacker. Only time it ever really is in any way is using EQ for Heatran.
One could argue that any offensive mega is scary behind a sub. Sceptile may be the fast grass-type OU has wanted, but it's just not strong enough. It's also frail and 4x weak to ice.
Sceptile is fast but piss weak for a mega, frankly serp as AXES said is better to use since no cost of a mega slot. Sceptile would be much better if it could actually kill most of the mons it outspeeds like latias and sometimes even latios lol. Sceptile performance behind a sub is kind of a bad point since it finds little opportunity to get behind that sub but is also weak to hyper voice pixalate which is great rn and bug buzz volc which is great. Overall I would support a drop to B or at least not a move up.
well yeah, any sweeper could be scary behind a sub. under favorable circumstances, you can make anything seem good. scep has trash typing, underwhelming power, shit stabs, and its speed is cool and all but thats about it. its also worth mentioning that a lot of things rising in usage beat it, like tornadus, volcorona, and altaria. dont really care if it moves down, but dont raise sceptile
I said it previously, he lacks the power to clean consistently, and his 2 best STAB moves have either shaky accuracy or make him a bait set up, and Psyshock may not be the most powerful move out there but does great damage to special walls(something Noivern will never be able to do), and is consistent(something Hurricane is not), you should not undersell it.
While I do agree with you that Noivern shouldn't move up, trick/switcheroo is in no way a gimmick. Being able to beat walls that would normally beat Noivern/Latios is a huge plus. If you catch your opponent off guard, you can also often prevent calm mind sweepers such as Clefable from beating your team. And Noivern being able to do this to Pokemon behind subs is a plus for Noivern.
You fail to notice why it doesn't work as great as it should, Trick/Switcheroo are interesting options, for example Rotom-W is can pull off with this, because even after he loses its Scarf it can still cripple or provide momentum to the team, now look at Noivern, the problem is that it gives a precious coverage move for it(or U-turn), and after it loses it, it will do baby damage, then add the probability of the opponent having a Mega out when you do it, I am not saying it will never work, but I don't think it is consistent enough, there is a reason for Trick not being that common out there you know.
