Why would you even bring
[email protected] up? Its irrelevant to a Mega Houndoom sweep lol. :\ That and how is its ability useless its basically the best stall breaker in the game as it shreds (OHKO's) Chansey in the sun with plot solar powered fire blast....same goes for keldeo and azu and basically all of those counters/checks you mentioned lol. -_-
Sure Pursuit may be irrelevant to a sweep, but you can bring M-Houndoom in on a predicted Psyshock or after a sack. It's faster than either Lati twin, so it can either Pursuit or Dark Pulse depending on predictions or the situation. The only other Pursuit-trapper faster than
[email protected] is Weavile, and the Weavile sets that run Pursuit don't run any coverage moves (i.e. Low Kick, Poison Jab). I was just making a point about
an option that Mega Houndoom has access too.
Its ability is useless because you either have to run another garbage 'mon like Ninetales or set up the Sun manually. If you set up sun with another Pokmon on your team, then sure, but it's basically just sacrificing one Pokmon slot to set up the sun, which is arguably worse than running Ninetales. If you set up the Sun with Mega Houndoom then you have to choose between: 1) setting up sun and not Mega-Evolving, and then being slower the next turn OR 2) setting up sun and taking 12.5%. Might as well run Nasty Plot because it boosts your Fire-type attacks by little less than Sun, but your Dark-type (and other type) attacks by more.
Also, here's the calc on the OHKO on Chansey (I even gave it Modest):
252+ SpA Solar Power Mega Houndoom Fire Blast vs. 4 HP / 252 SpD Eviolite Chansey in Sun: 240-283 (37.3 - 44%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Nice, you might be able to 2HKO with Stealth Rocks up, or if you're lucky with a burn or crit. But normally you just get stalled out and take damage every turn until Sun fades. So I don't see this 'OHKO' happening unless you somehow rig your opponent's team to make their Chansey level 60 or something.
EDIT: Didn't see that it was supposed to be with a Nasty Plot boost. Removed 'lmao' from comment.
@ShanWow, using Mega Houndoom in OU is very gimmicky but it can work if you build carefully around it and play very carefully. It's very easily revenge killed as well. Use the
Smogon Set for best effectiveness, as a lot of experts have taken the time to make that analysis. Again, it can work and does beat some things, but it needs good team support and very careful playing.