Not sure if you care, but a friend of mine was wanting a good set for Swords Dance Empoleon, and after running some calcs I came upon this baby:
-44 Hp, 72 Def, 244 Att, 56 Sp.D, 92 Spe // Adamant + Leftovers
This prevents: Starmie from 2HKOing with Thunderbolt, Vaporeon from 3HKOing with Hidden Power [Electric]; Swampert from OHKOing with Earthquake; Adamant max Att Gyarados, Tyranitar, Metagross, and Salamence from OHKOing with Earthquake; This Gives: mln, outruns Skarmory.
This gives you an amazing amount of survival for some pretty small investments. If you don't care about insuring Starmie won't get the 2HKO and max attack is your first priority, take 8 Sp.D Ev's and put them into attack. Vaporeon will still fail to 3HKO with Hidden Power [Electric].
Basically you survive a bunch of things and then your Torrent activates immediately. Seeing as Skarmory can be a problem, he wanted to run Spe just above it. I know you like Empoleon, so hope you enjoy ^.^