Espeon

Espeon sports a fantastic ability in the form of Magic Bounce, which allows it to send status attacks such as Toxic and Roar back to the opponent's team. Espeon also has great Special Attack and decent Speed, which allows it to outspeed threats such as Cobalion and apply good offensive pressure. Psychic is a great offensive typing in UU, where there are many Fighting-types. While Espeon is not known for being a defensive threat, its decent Special Defense allows it to take a few special attacks, especially alongside Morning Sun. What holds Espeon back is its shallow offensive movepool, which makes it difficult to deal with most Steel-types. Furthermore, its Psychic typing gives it rather common weaknesses to Dark- and Ghost-type moves. Finally, its lackluster Defense often prevents it from taking advantage of its ability or switching in on most of the threats it checks.