SJCrew
Believer, going on a journey...
The moveset choice in the main set is baffling, particularly the emphasis on Pursuit without providing any vital targets to remove. The reality is that X and Y OU leaves us with very few easy targets. Gengar and Latios are a given, but Deoxys-D will ignore you and set up more Spikes, Deoxys-S will kill you, Aegislash can King's Shield anything you do, then kill you, Alakazam will kill you... I've seen no practical application for this move on Weavile yet.
Meanwhile, I would think we were past the day and age of Ice Punch being optional, when we know full well there is a sizable list of Ice-weak targets that balk at Ice Shard? Full-health Dragonite, Hippowdon, Mandibuzz, Zapdos, Gliscor, Togekiss... Weavile poses no threat to these Pokemon with just Ice Shard. Hippowdon and Mandibuzz in particular are impenetrable without it and can switch directly in otherwise.
Set order should be Knock Off, Ice Shard, Ice Punch, and Low Kick with no slashes anywhere. Knock Off punishes a switch better than Pursuit ever could, and the user incurs no risk via the target staying in.
Meanwhile, I would think we were past the day and age of Ice Punch being optional, when we know full well there is a sizable list of Ice-weak targets that balk at Ice Shard? Full-health Dragonite, Hippowdon, Mandibuzz, Zapdos, Gliscor, Togekiss... Weavile poses no threat to these Pokemon with just Ice Shard. Hippowdon and Mandibuzz in particular are impenetrable without it and can switch directly in otherwise.
Set order should be Knock Off, Ice Shard, Ice Punch, and Low Kick with no slashes anywhere. Knock Off punishes a switch better than Pursuit ever could, and the user incurs no risk via the target staying in.