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Oh no its totally cool! I just really appreciate your opinion. Thank you for your help, really. I'll do my best to round it out, and I'll definitely try to use some of your suggestions if my current team doesn't work out well. Again, thank you!
Gunk Shot is a huge boon to Greninja's move pool simply because in X/Y, Greninja didn't do well against Fairies like Gardevoir, Sylveon and Azumarill. With Gunk Shot becoming pretty much a standard move, Greninja can bypass them easily now. In X/Y, Hydro Pump was the best Greninja could do against them and pretty much every Fairy was able to shrug it off. Calcs:
252 SpA Life Orb Greninja Hydro Pump vs. 252 HP / 36 SpD Sylveon: 153-183 (38.8 - 46.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
40 Atk Life Orb Protean Greninja Gunk Shot vs. 252 HP / 220+ Def Sylveon: 328-385 (83.2 - 97.7%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Life Orb Greninja Hydro Pump vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Gardevoir: 153-183 (55.2 - 66%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
40 Atk Life Orb Protean Greninja Gunk Shot vs. 0 HP / 24 Def Mega Gardevoir: 463-546 (167.1 - 197.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252 SpA Life Orb Protean Greninja Extrasensory vs. 240 HP / 16 SpD Assault Vest Azumarill: 114-136 (28.4 - 33.9%) -- 98.9% chance to 3HKO after Stealth Rock
252 SpA Life Orb Protean Greninja Extrasensory vs. 16 HP / 240 SpD Assault Vest Azumarill: 90-107 (26 - 31%) -- 18.8% chance to 3HKO after Stealth Rock
40 Atk Life Orb Protean Greninja Gunk Shot vs. 240 HP / 0 Def Azumarill: 406-478 (101.2 - 119.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Edit: Greninja also doesn't use Hydro Pump much nowadays because Low Kick is a more accurate option against Tyranitar and Heatran. Low Kick KOs Tyranitar and does similar damage to Hydro Pump vs. Heatran:
216 SpA Life Orb Greninja Hydro Pump vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 257-304 (63.7 - 75.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery
40 Atk Life Orb Protean Greninja Low Kick (120 BP) vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Mega Tyranitar: 364-437 (90.3 - 108.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
Why would you use Ice Beam on Chansey? It's incredibly wimpy coming off of 35 Special Attack, even on super effective targets:
0 SpA Chansey Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-T: 140-168 (36.6 - 43.9%) -- 99.8% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery