>>20891004>>20890982At the cost of an item and adamant nature, 485 attack is not terribly impressive, especially on a pokemon that dies to a stiff breeze, gets outsped by 90% of the metagame, and has a trash move pool.
Charizard X exceeds that after one dragon dance, is a lot faster even before the boost, has much more dangerous offensive typing, is capable of taking many powerful hits, and has access to a better movepool.
But that's not fair, let's keep it to pokemon of the same tier.
Barbaracle can shell smash and reach 679
Caracosta is even a few points higher than that.
God forbid you give them a weakness policy and they get a shell smash off on the turn they get sturdy.
Adaptability Basculin reach 466 on STAB moves and can hold a life orb or a choice band.
Luxray reaches 558 after Guts boost.
Rampardos has 471 naturally, and has sheer force. Can be life orbed for huge fuckin hits, or scarfed.
Bibarel learns curse, which after one simple boosted usage makes it ridiculously bulky and gives it 538 atk. Combined with leftovers or chesto resto and it can wall a whole team of physical threats and OHKO after just a couple turns of setup.
