Lickilicky

In a tier dominated by powerful special attackers, Lickilicky stands out as one of the main answers to them due to its solid special bulk and access to reliable recovery in the form of Wish. It distinguishes itself from other specially defensive Pokemon like Slowking, Gardevoir, and Hypno with its lack of Dark weakness, which means it doesn't fear Pursuit from the omnipresent Skuntank nearly as much as its competitors. Its typing also allows it to serve as a potential check to some variants of Haunter, Shiftry, and Venomoth, a task that Psychic-types cannot fulfill. Furthermore, like many Normal-types, Lickilicky is blessed with a vast movepool and well-rounded stats all around. As a result, Lickilicky can turn into an offensive threat, notably packing the strongest unboosted move in the game in STAB Explosion.

However, each Lickilicky variant has its fair share of drawbacks; due to its average offensive stats, it's very passive without significant investment. Thus, defensive sets can be taken advantage of pretty easily by Pokemon like Drifblim and Poliwrath. On the other hand, offensive Lickilicky suffers from low Speed and an average Attack stat, thus facing stiff competition from Tauros and Dodrio as a Normal-type wallbreaker. Moreover, a lot of Pokemon can exploit Lickilicky's Fighting weakness, including Focus Blast users like Gardevoir, Magmortar, and Typhlosion, which greatly hurts its reliability as a special wall.