Sacred fire uu
Uxie provides that both, while also having extra qualities.
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I had no faith that Torkoal would be able to singlehandedly handle Stealth Rock duties, and I also wanted a mon that could use U-Turn to bring in my big hitters. This means careful pivoting or even sacrificing mons if necessary to create conditions to get Torkoal safely on the field and set up the Sun. Since Torkoal is my primary weather setter, its survivability above all others is highly prioritized (I suppose playing BW prepared me for this archetype). Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin is great utility for my hazard setter to be able to provide, and Lava Plume is just pretty good STAB. The EV investment allows it to eat up physical attackers and Yawn them, forcing them to switch out or stay in and get put to sleep. It was a no-brainer to slap this onto my team. Torkoal is one of two sun setters available in UU, the other being Ninetales, who is super frail and has far less utility. Would like to hear your thoughts as I haven't really seen too many teams that dive fully into sun. I've been hovering around the 1200-1400 range with this team (depending on how much I int/Sleep Powder misses on a crucial turn). I chose to build a new team (with some inspiration from a friend), focused around an archetype that escaped the quickbans, wanting to see how far it can be taken: sun.
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After my previous RMT at the beginning of the year (which also happens to be one of 2 lower-tier RMT's here), I've learned a lot about BDSP UU in the past 3.5 months playing it.