>>15105683I do acknowledge that I forgot about U-Turn.
Swords dance is irrelevant when it still gets walled by the same pokemon.
Stealth Rocks is till a huge problem though as much as I hate to say it. You can bring him in on those fast and frail guy at most once unless you are running roost but then you are dropping swords dance or u turn.
I guess I would like to ask how the hell do you plan on switching in this pokemon against his said counters when he is taking 50% damage from stealth rocks and has no bulk to take a hit.
Talonflame is faster than both Alakazam and Gengar when they are not going mega. So priority is irrelevant. If you are arguing for countering the mega forms, I can see your point in that case. But then I would ask why not use a shadow sneak user for the same results without having to worry about stealth rocks chipping away at 50% of your HP.