Metagross @ Iron Ball
EVs: 252 HP / 236 Atk / 20 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Trick
- Earthquake
- Meteor Mash
- Stealth Rock / Zen Headbutt
An old DPP favourite that's proved to be pretty effective for me in this metagame. Looking at Metagross's most common switch-ins you have the likes of Zapdos, Gyarados, Cresselia, Fat Mence and Rotom-H, all of which absolutely hate having an Iron Ball tricked onto them. Zapdos and Rotom can now be easily KOed by Earthquake while Gyara, Cress and Mence are horribly crippled for the rest of the match. Other popular switch-ins like Suicune, Swampert and Doublade don't particularly enjoy having their items taken away either. The moves are pretty standard and the small Speed investment ensures that Gross will outrun anything up to and including Azelf that has been tricked.
This guy provides amazing support for any sweeper that appreciates having Zapdos, Mence, Cress and Gyara heavily crippled, such as Heracross, Mienshao, Toxicroak, Infernape (and most other Fighting-types), Mega Beedrill and Feraligatr. I've been using Earthquake DD Gyara alongside it and it's worked very well as Zapdos, one of Gyara's most popular checks, is now simply Earthquake fodder. Even if you're not using this Metagross to directly support a sweeper, it just provides really nice support to any team because of its ability to cripple some of the tier's most dangerous threats. I highly recommend giving it a try, it's a lot of fun to use!