Braviary @ Leftovers
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 HP / 20 Atk / 216 SpD / 20 Spe
Careful Nature
- Brave Bird
- Bulk Up
- Roost
- Substitute
Scarf and Band Set are very outclassed by Staraptor, who have better speed and close combat (better for revenge
kill compared the attack drop of Super Power), so a SubBulk should be a good set for use him in OU, in some way,
because Talonflame can perform a subBulk set too, with access to Will o Wisp and "infinite" speed. Even so,
Braviary have some niche/advantages like far overall bulk and better typing for a set up pokemon (no weak x4 to
Stealth Rock btw), being able to do his job after rock and steel pokemons are gone of the field.
EV Explanation
252HP EVs makes 404HP = 101 substitutes, forcing Chansey to use twice seismic toss to break it (and troll her).
Mega Venusaur and Braviary have the same base speed, so common defensive saur uses 16 Speed EVS to outspeed max
Adamant Azumarill (for people using return lol), so 4EVs more is just to outspeed those sets.
20atk EVs are just to have the same attack points as 252EVs Adamant Talonflame (for quick reference calcs).
The rest of the EVs are to increase his special defense, one of the main key of this set that let you set up in
some walls like Amoonguss, Slowbro lacking of Ice Beam and Ferrothorn 80%. some calcs supporting this fact:
0 SpA Amoonguss Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 216+ SpD Braviary: 76-90 (18.8 - 22.2%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 SpA Slowbro Scald vs. 252 HP / 216+ SpD Braviary: 78-93 (19.3 - 23%) -- possible 6HKO after Leftovers recovery
0 Atk Ferrothorn Gyro Ball (66 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Braviary: 85-102 (21 - 25.2%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery