>>24748898Here's a few things slaking with lets say vital spirit can do that diggersby can not.
-Pull a special move out its ass to utterly meme rocky helmet garchomp or skarmory. It learns ice beam and fire blast after all, and 95 special attack will get the job done. Tyranitar is known to run ice beam for this same reason, it has base 95 special attack too. Fire blast garchomp another example, slaking can do that.
-Have coverage of the gods. It even learns play rough.
-Use drain punch.
-Outspeed (unboosted) altaria, dragonite, excadrill. gliscor (<-important), hoopa-u, kyu-b, lando-t, scrotom wash and venusaur. Would be a fine scarf. And a fine band. And a fine life orb. And a fine leftovers. And a fine rocky helmet.
-Base 150 HP
-Recovery
-Taunt
>with only 100 base speed something will outspeed and kill you (hi keldeo)252 SpA Keldeo Secret Sword vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Slaking: 278-330 (63 - 74.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Hi keldeo!
252+ Atk Slaking Play Rough vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Keldeo: 274-324 (84.8 - 100.3%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Slaking Play Rough vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Keldeo: 274-324 (84.8 - 100.3%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO after 1 layer of Spikes
And the things diggersby can do that slaking can't?
-Quick attack
-Belly drum
-Have an effective 2 more base attack
56 base stat invested with a modifier of 2.0x with a boosting nature is equivalent to a base stat of 162 invested with a boosting nature.
That's it.
BL for sure though, you're right.
