Vanilluxe

Vanilluxe is a unique wallbreaker in UU, as it takes advantage of Snow Warning to use perfectly accurate Blizzards and crush many unprepared teams. When backed by Choice Specs, it becomes very difficult to switch into, as even Ice-resistant Pokemon like Cobalion, physically defensive Scizor, and Chandelure are 2HKOed by Blizzard. Further, many common Steel-types like Celesteela, Excadrill, and Skarmory are neutral to Ice, meaning they cannot switch in safely at all. Water-types like Slowking and Primarina also can't switch into it due to Freeze-Dry. Since Vanilluxe only needs those two moves to 2HKO most of the tier, it can run Sleep Talk in the third—and last—moveslot, making it a fantastic sleep absorber against Amoonguss and letting it save Blizzard PP. Due to Vanilluxe's reliance on Choice Specs, poor defensive typing, mediocre bulk, and Stealth Rock weakness, it struggles greatly to safely come onto the field. Because of this, Vanilluxe requires the support of pivots and double entry hazard removal cores. Its Speed tier also lets it down, since it is outsped by common offensive Pokemon like Nihilego and Keldeo.