Doublade

Steel

Doublade is a fantastic pick on many Steel-type teams because it can check Fighting-types such as Mega Heracross and Terrakion that would normally run through any Steel-type team due to its secondary Ghost typing. Because of its fantastic base 150 Defense, Doublade can switch into any physical attack to which it is not weak, and Eviolite's enhancement of this stat is just the icing on the cake. It can even take some physical attacks it is weak to, including Excadrill's Earthquake and Victini's V-create. Furthermore, access to Swords Dance characterizes Doublade as a late-game sweeper.

However, Doublade's Special Defense is quite terrible at base 49, meaning it is easily KOed through its Eviolite by special wallbreakers such as Landorus and Mega Charizard Y. Furthermore, an utterly abysmal Speed stat of base 35 makes Doublade outsped by nearly the entire metagame and forces it to rely on the weak Shadow Sneak to hit before the foe. Doublade also has no reliable recovery, a massive flaw. Finally, No Guard, a wasted ability, actually harms Doublade, since it makes attacks like Mega Charizard Y's Fire Blast hit all of the time.