Garchomp

Garchomp is a prominent Pokemon due to its fantastic typing, great offenses and Speed, good set versatility, and ability to fit on many teams. Garchomp's typing is superb offensively, threatening the entire metagame with its STAB moves aside from Skarmory and Bronzong. Defensively it is also very capable, commonly switching in on Tyranitar, defensive Heatran, and Thunder from Pokemon like Thundurus-T and Jirachi. Its moves have high Base Power, and it outspeeds common offensive Pokemon like Excadrill, Thundurus-T, Volcarona, Heatran, Kyurem-B, and Dragonite. This high Speed also makes Garchomp an effective Choice Scarf user, since it can revenge kill common set up sweepers like Volcarona, Dragonite, and Salamence at +1 and faster threats like Latios, Keldeo, and Alakazam. It can also be a Stealth Rock lead for hyper offense teams, a Swords Dance wallbreaker, and even a mixed attacker to break through checks to its physical sets like Gliscor and Landorus-T. These sets all differ in counterplay, making Garchomp difficult to play around. However, Garchomp can be handled offensively by a myriad of faster threats, including Latios, Alakazam, Keldeo, Terrakion, and Starmie, alongside powerful priority users like Scizor, Dragonite, and Breloom. Some Steel- and Ground-types like Ferrothorn, Skarmory, Landorus-T, and Gliscor can check it defensively, with many other miscellaneous Pokemon like Politoed, Jellicent, Gastrodon, and Reuniclus surviving at least one hit to punish it with status or super effective coverage. Also, while its sets may differ in counterplay to a certain degree, most teams will be able to play around Garchomp because its offensive and defensive checks naturally fit well together.