Hide +2 104 SpA Thundurus Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Blissey: 196-232 (27.4 - 32.4%) -- 68.2% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

152 Atk Thundurus Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Blissey: 439-517 (61.4 - 72.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery



152 Atk Thundurus Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 240 HP / 244+ Def Celebi: 354-416 (88.2 - 103.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock



152 Atk Thundurus Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 72 HP / 0 Def Latias: 264-312 (82.7 - 97.8%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock



152 Atk Thundurus Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 248 HP / 168+ Def Amoonguss: 476-564 (110.4 - 130.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO



104 SpA Thundurus Grass Knot (80 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Quagsire: 428-508 (108.6 - 128.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO



+2 104 SpA Thundurus Grass Knot (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Hippowdon: 402-474 (95.7 - 112.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock



152 Atk Thundurus Supersonic Skystrike (175 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Mew: 243-286 (60.1 - 70.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

104 SpA Thundurus Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 224+ SpD Mew: 94-112 (23.2 - 27.7%) -- possible 5HKO after Leftovers recovery

We all posting sets? Aight, how about this? I saw someone lamenting about all of our good Z-Flying Move users being banned, so I sat down and conjured up this. For the record I did not read the last page of this thread before using this set on ladder, with generally positive results:Thundurus @ Flyinium ZAbility: DefiantEVs: 152 Atk / 104 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Thunderbolt- Grass Knot- Fly- Nasty PlotI came up with this thinking of some kinda way to replace the recently-banned Thundurus-T, and a lot of ideas passed through my head. The first was just using a dual dance set with the same moves, realizing it has the exact same bulk as Thundurus-T (idk why, but Thundy-T just seems bulkier in comparison). But then I noticed Thundurus has noticeably weaker SpA and much higher Atk, which made me ponder a fully physical set with Defiant. Sounded cool at first but the idea didn't sit well with me because A) It seemed like it'd be extremely reliant on Defiant boosts to threaten anything, B) physical Thundurus just got ruined by stuff like Hippo and Quagsire, things that typically fear the special set, and C) Why waste that dope base 125 SpA?Then I realized a mixed set was pretty usable...With Z-Fly, Thundurus is able to actually kill the bulky Grass-types that love switching into it while also putting an enormous dent into mons like Blissey, on top of being able to abuse Defiant still. With Nasty Plot, Thundurus will appear to be a special sweeper, making it that much easier to lure its main checks in, still beating Ground-types with Grass Knot, and still hitting very hard with Thunderbolt despite no Life Orb and only partial SpA investment. All of this lets it dismantle defensive cores while still being a strong threat against offense thanks to its great Speed.The EVs are specialized to allow Thundurus to OHKO SpD Hippowdon at +2 with Grass Knot after rocks, while also being able to OHKO Bold Celebi with Z-Fly after Stealth Rock, which means pretty much every defensive Ground and Grass-type barring Gliscor with a coverage move gets bodied by this set. The general way to use this set is to just treat it like a standard Nasty Plot Thundurus, not clicking Z-Fly until the opponent brings in an exploitable check such as Amoonguss or Blissey. For Blissey, you will have to be smart and play around Protect so you don't utterly waste your Z-move. Usually you want to go to +2, maybe even +4 and get some chip damage on Blissey, forcing it to heal up. Then drop the Z-Fly on it and erase it from existence so your other Electric-types/Special attackers can sweep much more easily. What this set offers over Life Orb or Z-Focus Blast is the ability to deal with nearly all of Thundurus' defensive checks in one, not having to rely on weak Hidden Power to dispatch Grass or Dragon-types, while also being able to punish Defog and/or Intimidate users, such as Krookodile.Calcs: