I've been using HP Flying Thundurus on a OU team with Arcanine (just for fun, because I've decided to not play OU seriously until the release of Sun and Moon) and I found out it's surprisingly effective at screwing opposing cores up. From some of my ladder battles here are a bunch of logs:
- it has enough power to 2HKO Garchomp in combo with Focus Miss
- it 2HKOes Lando-T after rocks
- in conjunction with Volt Switch and rocks it can easily pressure the likes of [email protected], since Thundurus is faster and does around 42% to Latios
- does more dmg than HP Ice to Tangrowth and Amoonguss (Mega Venu is crap, but 2HKOing it is a small plus too)
- with HP Flying > HP Ice Thundurus is less prone to prediction games, especially since electric-types are really starting to suck in this meta, especially Mega Manectric
- Mega Altaria is crap now
- Mega Heracross is rising in usage, and so is Breloom
This is the team, if you're wondering.
Spoiler:
Arcanine @ Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 96 Atk / 160 SpA / 252 Spe
Rash Nature
- Fire Blast
- Close Combat
- Extreme Speed
- Sleep Talk
Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 30 HP / 0 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpA / 30 SpD
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Flying]
- Focus Blast
- Volt Switch
Tyranitar @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 100 HP / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Pursuit
- Crunch
- Superpower
Excadrill @ Air Balloon
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Rapid Spin
Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 172 Def / 84 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Moonblast - Ice Beam - doesn't allow Lando-T to set up rocks/get a SD boost, gets rid of Gliscor easily, doesn't let Chomp grab a SD boost
- Soft-Boiled
Keldeo @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Hydro Pump
- Hidden Power [Ghost] - does dmg to Jellicent, [email protected] and Cohagrigus
What do you think, is HP Flying Thundurus better in this meta than the variant with HP Ice?
On a side note, I'm really loving the current meta. Electric-types are starting to suck. Fairy-types are starting to suck.