Trevenant

Trevenant boasts a high Attack stat with decent dual STAB options, which can hit many slower Pokemon in the tier for good damage. It is also backed up by decent coverage such as Earthquake and Rock Slide, giving it solid neutral coverage on the metagame. Natural Cure makes Trevenant a passable status absorber, especially with its resistance to Scald. However, Trevenant is slow, and it's not bulky enough to make up for it. Its numerous weaknesses to common attacking types such as Fire, Ice, Dark, Flying, and Ghost leave it easily revenge killed by many attackers and vulnerable to various coverage moves, which makes it a poor check to Normal- and Fighting-types, such as Tauros, Hitmonchan, and Hariyama. Although Trevenant has good resistances, it is largely outclassed in defensive and supportive roles by Gourgeist-XL, which has superior physical bulk and reliable recovery in Synthesis. Even with its supposed offensive niche, it still competes with Torterra as a Grass-type hole puncher due to the latter's superior resistances, bulk, and stronger STAB moves, although Trevenant's Ghost-typing does give Trevenant mild spinblocking abilities and different neutral STAB coverage.