Sunny and I spoke a fair bit about this and tested it in a couple of games (1 2) and we feel like it's broken; it's fast and powerful and bulky but crippled by truant. Versus offense it's fast enough to do some damage but can definitely be played around as easily as most other threats, but versus stall it's too bulky and powerful to really be handled easily. Whilst it's a bit of a momentum sap versus some teams in theory, versus defensive teams it's a non-issue where it's easy enough to regain the momentum or bring in targets such as Chansey which gives Slaking free turns. Add in a good movepool with Earthquake, Rock Slide, Shadow Ball, and Focus Punch, alongside its good STAB and how it is relatively much more threatening than the things which usually switch into it, considering how those switch-ins usually cannot do so very repeatedly.
Will open a vote later today and will leave the thread open for a week.
Discuss the test here.
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