Absol

[ElementalBoxer]

This is the Absol I plan on using for BF:

Absol@Liechi
Trait: Pressure
Nature: Lonely
Ev's: 252 Att., 252 Sp., 6 Sp. Att.
AA
Shadow Ball
Swords Dance (Duh)
Flamethrower (For Steel types)

EBoxer

 

[aipomkong]

Swords Dance
Baton Pass
Shadow Ball
Aerial Ace

 

[ElementalBoxer]

Seeing as Absol has 60 base Def. and Sp. Def., I don't think he would make a very good baton-passer. He could be killed by a Karate Chop from a Modest Machop.

EBoxer

 

[GeminiDragon]

I gave mine
absol@ lefties
nature: adamant or lonely
shadowball
aerial ace
slash
swords dance

 

[ElementalBoxer]

Hmm. I like it, except if you replaced Flamethrower with Slash, you would have no reason for Lonely when it would be better to have Adamant. But as I said before, I have Lonely because I want Flamethrower for Steel types.

EBoxer

 

[TotalPotato]

Seeing as Absol has 60 base Def. and Sp. Def., I don't think he would make a very good baton-passer. He could be killed by a Karate Chop from a Modest Machop.

...and despite this, you're equipping your Absol with a Liechi Berry?

Why are you afraid of Steel types? Shadow Ball does neutral damage to them anyway. If you're afraid of Pokemon with high defense, then why are using Flamethrower, a move that is not very effective against Rock types? Besides, surely you have another Pokemon to switch in when your opponent swiches in a Steel type?

Anyway, if you want to stick with the idea of your current set, maybe you could replace Flamethrower with Fire Blast? It's slightly more innacurate, but the extra power could really come in handy for KOing those Steel types. And you may want to give some EVs to Special Attack, since a Flamethrower running off a (maximum with your EV spread) 187 Special Attack stat is not going to OHKO many Steel types.

However, I would try something like this:

Absol@Leftovers
Adamant
252 ATK/252 SPD/6 HP
- Swords Dance
- Return
- Shadow Ball/Aerial Ace/Rock Slide/Thunder Wave
- Shadow Ball/Aerial Ace/Rock Slide/Thunder Wave

Yeah, I'm leaving it reasonably open. It's your Absol, after all.

 

[SwordofAeons]

Absol-Meh doesnt matter really
Adamant
SD
RS/AA
Shadow Ball
Return

 

[hydradragon16]

Absol
Adament nature

- Perish song
- Return
- Swords dance
- Baton Pass

 

[aipomkong]

Why are you afraid of Steel types? Shadow Ball does neutral damage to them anyway

Ghost is not very effective on Steels

Absol
Adament nature

- Perish song
- Return
- Swords dance
- Baton Pass

you do know the effects of perish song are baton passed right

 

[hydradragon16]

Ghost is not very effective on Steels



you do know the effects of perish song are baton passed right

I never knew that , then I guess instead of perish song he could use shawdow ball or curse.

 

[Overheat Hothead]

Absol @Leftovers
Jolly Nature
-Shadow Ball
-Return
-Baton Pass
-Swords Dance

 

[Souless_Heat]

Baton Passing Absol does not work...

Is a Jolly Absol ok?

 

[TotalPotato]

Ghost is not very effective on Steels

What? Crud, why did I think it was neutral... sorry about that. Please disregard my first paragraph, then. Although I still think that Flamethrower should be ditched.

 

[ElementalBoxer]

I think I will replace flamethrower with fire blast.

EBoxer

 

[hydradragon16]

Baton Passing Absol does not work...

Is a Jolly Absol ok?

Why not when its about die use baton pass to pass the stats over .

 

[WhiteWizard42]

because with 65/60/60 in HP/Def/SDef, it lives through about as many attacks as a sharpedo. when you can't take any hits (and you're not named ninjask), you can't really pass very much.

 

[Horn Drill]

Double-Edge > Return IMO.

 

[Snap Dragon]

Double-Edge > Return IMO.

I guess that could work. It's going down in one or two hits anyway.

 

[Souless_Heat]

Well actually your commiting suicide with Double Edge on Absol with its high attack....

Even if it will go down quickly you shouldn't help the opponent in that endeavor