>>48530481At 505 BST, it can safely get +20 to Speed, putting it at a still normal 525 BST, to make up for powercreep. Either that or split the stat boost between its attack and special attack to make it more of a wall buster like what Nidoking is now. With higher damage, it could be a viable answer to Stall teams, as it would be able to break down Corv/Skarm/Pex/Bro/King. The only issue with that is that Clef is risky, but that could be fixed by
giving it Gunk Shot, Sludge Bomb, and Sludge WaveEither method would do wonders for Honch, since it being faster would make it a fantastic scarfer/cleaner. 91 speed would let it outspeed:
>Rillaboom>Buzzwole>Dragonite>Heatran>Tapu Fini>Blaziken (unboosted)>Excadrill>Komo-o>Mamoswine>Moltres>Nidoking>Rotom-Heat/Washand, importantly, it would speed-tie Landorus-T. And many of the Pokemon faster than it don't want to eat a Sucker Punch.
Meanwhile, the attack boosted Honchkrow has some better feats. An unboosted sucker Punch deals 2/3rds of Zeraora's health even with bulk investment, falling well within KO range if it switches in or has to sack a Pokemon to come in. Barraskewda outright dies in 1 hit, up from only a 42% chance of KO from current Honchkrow. Blissey can be OHKO'd now with a Superpower, and even physically beefy Pokemon like Garchomp eat a cool 50 from Sucker Punch, giving you more opportunity to clean. And if buffed Krow gets a KO? Well:
>+1 252+ Atk Life Orb Honchkrow Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Toxapex: 231-273 (75.9 - 89.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO