>>43046088It's not meant to be specifically electivire but
>>43046172 says it best
Only actively water/grounds counter it guaranteed, but it's still gonna chunk the shit outta them if not switch outright.
put it on almost any other pokemon, it becomes the exact same story
>>43046050That's a fair point, but the mere fact electivire becomes easily more threatening and has an added item slot shows how actively broken giving anything with 100 or above attack a free choice band can easily be.
Mind you, these are all mons, while obviously not direct counters to elect per se, are still extremely hard to take out, even for Garmanitan. And, just like you said, Decidueye would easily become a much better pokemon, just like any other and still have a free item slot after.
Extra calcs too, on literally base darmanitan
252 Atk Life Orb Sheer Force Darmanitan Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Thick Fat Venusaur-Mega: 218-260 (59.8 - 71.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leech Seed recovery
252 Atk Life Orb Gorilla Tactics Darmanitan Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Thick Fat Venusaur-Mega: 252-299 (69.2 - 82.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leech Seed recovery
and if they switch, too
252 Atk Gorilla Tactics Darmanitan Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Seismitoad: 134-158 (32.3 - 38.1%) -- 1.7% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Choice Band Gorilla Tactics Darmanitan Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Seismitoad: 224-264 (54.1 - 63.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
