canno
formerly The Reptile
I know Scarftran is a thing in OU but I just realized that I've never seen it in STABmons until you used it. It's really neat. I can tell you from using it in OU that it's pretty good, and I'd imagine its even better in STABmons. That ESPeed resist is cute too. Also the Mega Aero set is really neat too.Scarftran
Heatran @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Sleep Talk / Eruption
- Blue Flare
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
Whether this is creative is debatable, but scarfed Heatran is definitely underrated in STABmons.
Fast normal-resists are very useful in general, but Heatran really shines in this role thanks to how easily spammable Blue Flare is (it easily 3HKOs resists like Quagsire and Keldeo) and because people expect to it to be running more defensive sets with King's Shield.
I like running Sleep Talk on this set because it makes dealing with Sableye much easier, but if your team isn't too bothered by Sableye, Eruption is an extremely powerful STAB attack that is definitely worth considering.
Hard walled by Slowking and Jellicent so teammates with Pursuit are useful.
Mega-Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl @ Aerodactylite
Ability: Rock Head
EVs: 232 Atk / 44 Def / 232 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Diamond Storm
- Brave Bird
- Taunt
- Roost
Mega Aerodactyl outspeeds and OHKOs so many big threats with its great STAB coverage (Diggersby, Both Charizards, Talonflame, Thundurus, Landorus, Keldeo, Azumarill, Terrakion, Togekiss, Kyurem-Black, Gengar, Gyarados, etc).
The combination of Taunt and Roost allow it to easily beat a lot of annoying defensive pokemon too (Gliscor, Landorus-T, Chansey, Skarmory, Hippowdon).
232 speed EVs allow it to outspeed Thundurus before Mega Evolving. 44 defense EVs allow it to always survive 2 Choice Banded Brave Birds from Talonflame and allow it to tank priority better in general.
Mega-Aerodactyl is a good offensive Diggersby check:
252+ Atk Silk Scarf Huge Power Diggersby Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 44 Def Mega Aerodactyl: 110-130 (36.5 - 43.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
232+ Atk Tough Claws Mega Aerodactyl Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Diggersby: 360-424 (115.7 - 136.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Earthquake is a decent alternative to Taunt if your team has trouble with Heatran or other Steel types.
Anyways I'm here to post my set
Braviary (M) @ Silk Scarf / Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Brave Bird
- Fake Out / Superpower
- Baton Pass / Superpower
This thing is a monster. Think of it of Bisharp and Diggersby having a babby - it's a normal spam mon that also works as a defiant mon. Braviary can differentiate itself from the other Normal-types like Diggersby because of Defiant - it can switch into Defog and get +2, and it can't be checked by intimidate because its a free +1. What makes Braviary stand out from its Defiant friends is Baton Pass - if something like Skarmory comes in you can Baton Pass your boosts to something like Mega Abosl / Diance / Sableye or whatever if they have Whirlwind or any other physical attacker than can get over it if its not. Or if they go into Heatran you can Baton Pass to something like Landorus. The thing is you can easily pass +1/+2 with Baton Pass thanks to Defiant. Fake Out + Espeed is standard combo for physical normal-types that aren't set-up sweepers. Brave Bird is the "power STAB" and its fantastic. You can run Superpower anywhere to smack Rock-types and shit like Heatran. This is more underrated than creative, although I think it's pretty creative.