Magneton

Magneton secures itself a place in the ZU metagame by virtue of its excellent power, a typing that is useful both offensively and defensively, and its ability to reliably pivot against many teams. Magneton's Steel typing is very rare in ZU, and it can hold Eviolite to shore up its mediocre bulk. This gives it a unique niche as a bulky pivot that provides a rare form of defensive utility while still hitting quite hard. Alternatively, Choice item sets are effective offensive threats thanks to Magneton's excellent STAB combination and great ability in Analytic, which can situationally boost its already good power even further. Magneton's Steel-type STAB moves are very threatening to most of the tier's Ground-types, which allows all sets to pivot reliably against many teams. However, Magneton's bulk is very poor, which prevents Choice item sets from providing much defensive utility, and Eviolite sets are simply not as threatening as their Choice item counterparts. Magneton's Steel typing also saddles it with unsavory weaknesses to Fire-, Fighting-, and Ground-type attacks; the first two are especially problematic, as Magneton is slower than most of the tier's Fire- and Fighting-types.