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Chandelure @ Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Flame Charge
- Memento
Since Lochie stole SubCM Chandelure, I'll go in with a set I used a bit last gen and this gen. Flame Charge Memento Chandelure. The idea is very simple and straightforward. So simple and easy to grasp, I think a caveman can do it. Idea is you use Flame Charge against a Pokemon you can force out (be wary of un-mega'd Houndoom though), and from there, you have two options: You either KILL THEM with one of your STAB moves, or you KILL YOURSELF with Memento, severely crippling the opposing Pokemon sent in to check Chandelure, allowing for a teammate to essentially get a free turn to set up. This set's really more for Offensive teams, as doing a surprise Memento mid-game can allow you to get in a setup sweeper for free afterwards, essentially forcing a win condition.
This Chandelure's best played mid-game when things have been weakened by hazards/partners, and Scarfers have been identified or at least out of play. I mention Scarfers because even after +1 from Flame Charge, Chandelure is outsped by every Choice Scarf user relevant in UU, due to its low base Speed. For similar reasons, Modest nature is used, as you don't outspeed anything important with Timid nature, even at +1. (Maybe CB Crobat or Mega Manectric but do you really wanna lose the power? No, no you don't.). The few
unboosted offensive Pokemon who can take on Chandelure after it's used Flame Charge (Hydreigon, Honchkrow, Mega Houndoom/Absol*, etc.) are all outpaced (barring Mega Manectric/Aerodactyl) and are severely crippled by Memento. If Chandy can get another Flame Charge in, it'll be able to dispatch most Scarfers, though this won't happen too often. In a nutshell, its fully-powered STABs alone are enough to give it the coverage it needs to hand out pain to most Pokemon in the tier. Once it finishes its job or is met with a Pokemon who threatens it, it sacrifices itself to allow another Pokemon to finish the destruction Chandy has started on its own.
*I did the research. Memento still activates and successfully works through Magic Bounce, meaning Mega Absol ain't even safe. Ya bish