Metagross

Metagross is one of the best and most versatile Steel-types in RU thanks to its great all-around stats, good offensive coverage, key resistances, and valuable utility options. What's more, Metagross has the game-changing combination of Cosmic Power and Body Press, which makes it one of the toughest bulky setup sweepers to stop in its tracks. Metagross will shrug off most attacks after just a single Cosmic Power and hit even harder in return with Body Press. But, it's not without its faults, as its Steel and Fighting coverage and reliance on Rest for recovery leaves it with solid, common answers in Haze Milotic, Nasty Plot Crobat, Chandelure, and Jellicent. Metagross also makes for a reliable Stealth Rock setter. While it doesn't provide as much defensive utility as Registeel, Steelix, and Bronzong, Metagross doesn't let up on the offensive pressure, making it an excellent pick for more offensive teams. But, Metagross's lack of reliable recovery means its good bulk and resistances can only take it so far when it comes to taking hits.

Its resistances and natural bulk let it serve as a powerful Choice Band user, and its Speed is just high enough to make it an effective Choice Scarf user on specific teams. Choice Scarf Metagross often struggles to make headway against bulkier teams directly but can cripple a crucial defensive wall by giving it Choice Scarf. Because of Metagross's lower Speed, all other Choice Scarf users can revenge kill it, but few of them KO it at full. Choice Band Metagross 2HKOes its usual switch-ins in bulky Water-types such as Milotic, Gastrodon, and Jellicent. But because most common defensive Pokemon are either immune or resistant to at least one of its moves, Metagross has to lock itself into the correct move on the right turn to effectively wallbreak, unlike other wallbreakers such as Lucario and Pangoro. Metagross's average Speed is often its downfall, because it leaves Metagross vulnerable to a myriad of offensive Pokemon, including faster wallbreakers like Nidoqueen, Heracross, and Chandelure, once it has picked up a KO.