>>52784525Oh yeah, I forgot about the effect of AV. With AV usually Skelly will be on a low change of 4HKO you (unless he reads your switch and gets an Earth Power before tera, then it's 3HKO). If you forgo AV to get recovery/yawn then it's always a guaranteed 3HKO for a Balanced Flareon. Both in the read scenario and you moving to check first. A full spdef Flareon it's low chance of 3HKO if you tera before any attacks. Not counting peebles in any calcs.
Your shadow ball it's always a 3hko, btw. I recommend testing both cases and seeing how often they stay (and for how many turns) and if the recovery is worth. I think it is, otherwise all you have is a mediocre Skelly check.