5th gen sweepers have absurd attacking stats/abilities.
Tons of **** sweepers pokemon he has to compete with now.
Meloia Step Form has **** stats w/ a decent move pool [Notables include: Close Combat, U-turn, and I GUESS STAB Quick Attack (thank god it doesn't have Extremespeed)] and its Normal/Fighting Type gives it ghost immunity which is definitely going to be useful with all these **** Ghosts around this gen. Serene grace doesn't really help its Step form though [thankfully].
Ononokusu has a ****ing 147 Attack with 97 Speed [more then lucario's], has access to both Swords and Dragon Dance, w/ a mono Dragon type. The Moldbreaker ability will come in handy. it has the 2nd Strongest Outrage in the game [1st strongest goes to Rayquaza w/ 150 attack] . Honestly with just Outrage, Shadow Claw, and Earthquake with your filler of choice this thing looks bork.
Doryuuzu has 135 Attack and a subpar 88 speed... BUT its ability Sandthrow DOUBLES its speed in a Sandstorm, due to its typing [Ground/Steel] it has immunity to poison [and maybe paralyze.. theres rumors that T-wave doesn't actually bypass the ground typing]. It has Swords Dance as well. its worth noting that also has Rapid Spin, if entry hazards will still be rampant this gen. Sand Power can also be used as an alternative [Steel,Rock,Ground Moves get boost in Sandstorm] but I don't really know.
This are just the 3 that really stunned me the most =x
I'm hoping that lucario might get buffs from the TMs seeing as the three new 5th Gen moves it got were **** [although getting Nasty Plot was nice.... I still think Justice Heart is useless on him] but I'm realllllly reallly doubting it.
The only thing I can see Lucario still doing is being an unpredictable threat when thrown in due to the all the diverse sets you can run but I'm still doubting he'll stick around.
I'm hoping there will be other defensive things to keep these guys in check.
On a lighter note:
It never really occured to me how much gamefreak hates flareon
Physical stats for a fire type pre-Phy/Spec split
No Flare Blitz 4th gen
Only Fully Evo'd Fire type not to learn Solarbeam
Guts for the dream world ability..... Gamefreak really likes to **** with flareon.