Registeel

[WouW]

#379 Registeel
Steel
Clear Body: Stats can't be lowered by the opponent
80HP/75Atk/150Def/75SpA/150SpD/50Spe

Sleep Talk

Registeel @ Leftovers
Clear Body/Relaxed
252HP/56Def/200SpD
Rest
Sleep Talk
Thunder
Ice Punch

With massive defenses and a lot of resistances Registeel won't have a lot of problems walling, although it lacks a recovery move, which is why Sleep Talk is used here. This can be used against Garchomp stuck on Outrage - with Adamant, Life Orb and a Swords Dance that doesn't even 2HKO, while Registeel does 2HKO with Ice Punch.
Registeel has rather bad offensive stats, so Toxic can be used, also to cripple switchins like Hippowdon.

Status

Registeel @ Leftovers
Clear Body/Impish
252HP/56Def/200SpD
Thunder Wave
Swagger
Iron Head
Substitute

This thing can really annoy the hell out of enemies, if they are confused with attack buffed, paralyzed and/or flinched. Enemies can really be annoyed if they get killed by confusion while being unable to attack due to paralysis or flinching.

Curse

Registeel @ Leftovers
Clear Body/Careful
252HP/4Atk/252SpD
Curse
Ice Punch
Earthquake
Explosion/Thunderpunch

With maxed Special Defense and boosted Defense it's safe to say that you're fairly sturdy. After a Curse Ice Punch OHKOs a Garchomp or Salamence while you survive anything they do - even a CB Garchomp's Earthquake. Earthquake can also hit hard after a Curse, and Explosion can hit really hard. Thunderpunch can be used for Gyarados.

StallSteel
written by Pink Reaper

Registeel@Leftovers
Impish/Clear Body
252Hp/56Defense/200SpDef
-Iron Head/Metal Claw
-Curse
-Amnesia
-Rest

Everyone tries it at least once, but the idea here is to forgo the much faster Iron Defense for the much more deadly Curse. Anyone dumb enough to let this set up will quickly find that after a few boosts, nothing can KO it. Iron Head after a few curses will put a big dent in anything. If you succeed in setting up and your opponent doesn't have a phazer or you already KO'd it, this pokemon will beat everything in the game bar none.

Metal Claw can be used for PP stalling.

Other options:

Aerial Ace if you know that your friend has a Breloom and a Heracross. Otherwise just don't use it. Iron Defense or Amnesia can be used for specialized walling. Counter on the Curse Set if you play in Ubers. Toxic can also be used on a support set.

EVs:

Relaxed/Impish with 252HP/56Def/200SpD gives balanced defenses, so you can take hits from both ends. The curse set specializes in Special Defense, as the regular Defense will be raised by Curse anyway.

Troublesome Pokémon:

Most Ground and Fighting types. Most Grounds will dislike Toxic though.

Written by WouW

 

[Deleted member]

list metal claw as an alternative to iron head. iron head won't be flinching anything with that speed stat, and metal claw's 56 uses gives the set more viability against stall teams and Pressure stallers in particular, such as Spiritomb.

Because of the physical prevalence in standard play and the speed of Amnesia vs Curse, you'll want something more like

Registeel @ Leftovers
Clear Body, Relaxed
252 HP / 60 Def / 196 SpD
Metal Claw
Curse
Amnesia
Resr

I have played Registeel EXTENSIVELY and used this set as a variation of Ultimascout's and it is by far the best.

 

[WouW]

Added.

Anyway, just delete these posts. They make the Strategy Dex look weird and unclean.

 

[Pink Reaper]

I've tried Metal Claw with Registeel and found that, in particular with enemies like Spiritomb, the low power wasn't enough. Without Iron Head you don't have a guaranteed 2HKO on alot of bulky enemies so if they are RestTalkers they can PP stall you out of most of your moves.

To give some examples, a +6 Metal Claw against a Max Defense Spiritomb manages 38.82% - 45.39% damage where a +6 Iron Head does 61.51% - 72.37% to the same Spiritomb. You're also in the same boat against Dusknoir, who cant even be 2HKO'd with metal claw when using no Defense EV's whatsoever but is 2HKO'd by Iron Head even with Max Defense.

 

[Deleted member]

see, I wasn't trying to KO anything, so I guess that works.

 

[Pink Reaper]

Ah see, I was. If your going to use metal Claw you might as well just drop curse for Iron Defense. with 50+ Metal Claws your bound to get the attack boosts eventually either and it's better for an all out staller.

It's actually a good idea to keep these threads open like this as it gives Researchers the ability to discuss what's already up.