Leftovers is definitely the go-to. Only the first sleep turn is guaranteed and the way Vivillion should in most cases be played out is that you keep using Sleep Powder and Substitute while squeezing in Quiver Dances when you are not in danger of taking damage.Fair enough, what item does it hold then? Life Orb? Weakness Berry? Mental Herb?
As regards this competition in general, forgive me for being the one to state the obvious since it hasn't been posted in this thread yet with sufficient emphasis, but these competitions have a long and storied history of people clicking Outrage on Dragonite. Whether they do it after a Lum/Weakness Policy Dragon Dance or just come bearing Choice Band, it's going to happen. This has been such a thing in the past that towards the end of gen6, Dragonite was removed from a few consecutive competitions. But it's back. So be prepared and collect your free day 1 wins.
And here's a list of fun (bad) things I have experimented with:
Assist Spore SwordsWeavile or Liepard with Amoonguss or Smeargle and Ditto or Wobbuffet
Prankster Encore/Baton Pass Volbeat/Illumise (Volbeat gets Tail Glow / Seismic Toss; Illumise has Wish / Growth; both can BP Double Team, of course.
Unaware Stockpile Quagsire
Unburden Belly Drum Slurpuff
Cripple lead (e.g. Klefki) into Drifblim pass
2:1 trading offensive Sash Endeavor Scolipede faking Baton Pass
Suicide lead Drought Torkoal into Growth Chlorophyll Venusaur, Scarf/Specs Solar Power Helioptile etc.
Prankster Encore/Baton Pass Volbeat/Illumise (Volbeat gets Tail Glow / Seismic Toss; Illumise has Wish / Growth; both can BP Double Team, of course.
Unaware Stockpile Quagsire
Unburden Belly Drum Slurpuff
Cripple lead (e.g. Klefki) into Drifblim pass
2:1 trading offensive Sash Endeavor Scolipede faking Baton Pass
Suicide lead Drought Torkoal into Growth Chlorophyll Venusaur, Scarf/Specs Solar Power Helioptile etc.
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