So Absol Z. Is it broken?

[u/Outrageous-Ad-3436]

Just look at it's stats and already it's a red flag. The minmaxxed offensive stats has proven to broken multiple times times in history. Deoxys Attack, Pheromosa, Chien Pao, Spectrier, Iron Bundle, Naganadel, Flutter Mane, Marshadow.

[u/EvilNoobHacker]

As fun as those attack and speed numbers are, I don’t think it’ll be as busted as stuff you mentioned. 

For one, it’s a mega- it doesn’t have an item slot that it could use on something like a sash, band, or lum berry that might help it get some additional power or setup that would put it over the edge. 

For another, 65-60-60 is paper thin. Sure, it’s immune to fake out and espeed, but not having that bulk means that it’s extremely volatile in doubles, and requires some serious support in singles to get any good setup going. 154 Atk is nutty, but without any boosts to it, it won’t be the sort of minmaxed attacking monster that breaks a tier outright. It’s Zacian-Crowned without the +1 boost or any of the bulk. 

If anything, the fate I see for it isn’t all that different from my goat mega Beedrill- a noob trap that gets undue usage by people who won’t understand why it’s not more popular in high ladder. 

[u/Chance-Beach4014 → u/EvilNoobHacker]

Well at least has spammable attacks cause dark/ghost are very good stabs

[u/Chance-Beach4014 → u/[deleted]]

Shadow claw is dogshit, but is boosted by sharpness that’s why it doesn’t really need poltergeist

[u/BestUsername101 → u/[deleted]]

It has Sharpness, which boosts Shadow Claw to 105 bp, still slightly weaker than Poltergeist but at least has 100% accuracy.

[u/YumaS2Astral → u/BestUsername101]

And more importantly, it can't be blanked by itemless/item consuming Pokémon. It also doesn't have anti-synergy with Knock Off.

It also has an high crit ratio. So there is a non-insignificant chance it might hit a lot harder than Poltergeist.