>>34362567>>34366412First you said you don't run retarded Smogon sets. Then you yourself are running sets more retarded than Smogon.
Okay assuming your set is "well thought out" and "is not retarded", I ran some calcs to see if your Mon "avoid some preventable OHKOs". This is for the current NU tier to be most fair.
Firstly, notable stuff you outspeed with your set giving you 161 speed.
156 / Jellicent
136 / Hariyama/Piloswine
132 / Druddigon
116 / Rhydon, Camerupt
114 / Gastrodon
Okay that is well and all, but can you OHKO them now without your defense investment?
>204 Atk Life Orb Steelix Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 108 Def Hariyama: 196-231 (45.6 - 53.8%) -- 94.1% chance to 2HKO after burn damage>252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Close Combat vs. 100 HP / 0- Def Steelix: 368-434 (116.4 - 137.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO>204 Atk Life Orb Steelix Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Jellicent: 138-164 (34.1 - 40.5%) -- 42.1% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery>0 SpA Jellicent Scald vs. 100 HP / 0 SpD Steelix: 216-254 (68.3 - 80.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO>204 Atk Life Orb Steelix Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Eviolite Rhydon: 174-211 (42 - 50.9%) -- 2.7% chance to 2HKO>16+ Atk Rhydon Earthquake vs. 100 HP / 0- Def Steelix: 182-216 (57.5 - 68.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKONow do you see why this is not a good set? Stuff you can OHKO outspeeds you and OHKO you back. Stuff you DO outspeed does not die and OHKO you back. At the very least run Jolly nature (-SpA,+Spe). You would do shit damage on a base 55 SpA anyways.
I am not gonna pretend what 'rack a base Speed' or 'within 10 and below 90' means. But at the very least, just fucking use the correct natures and stop justifying why you WANT to lose Defenses JUST to use a Mon's base 55 SpA.
