Sableye (F)  
Ability: Keen Eye  
Level: 38  
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk  
Adamant Nature  
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Atk / 15 Def / 15 SpA / 30 SpD / 15 Spe  
- Payback  
- Poison Jab  
- Recover  
- Sucker Punch

Krokorok (M)  
Ability: Intimidate  
Level: 38  
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe  
Adamant Nature  
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Atk / 15 Def / 15 SpA / 15 SpD / 30 Spe  
- Earthquake  
- Crunch  
- Stone Edge  
- Bulldoze

Persian-Alola (F) @ Darkinium Z  
Ability: Fur Coat  
Level: 39  
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA  
Modest Nature  
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe  
- Dark Pulse  
- Nasty Plot  
- Thunderbolt  
- Power Gem

Nanu

by DrPumpkinz

Sableye is too weak to make use of any of its vanilla moves, and it had a distinct lack of Dark STAB. However, its Attack is just high enough to sort of pull off a physically attacking role at this point in the game. Payback turns Sableye's low Speed into an advantage, while Sucker Punch ignores it. Poison Jab is Fairy coverage, and Recover lets it heal. Krokorok didn't need Assurance because it already had Crunch, and Swagger doesn't work well with Intimidate. Stone Edge is good coverage, and Bulldoze is honestly just filler. Persian has even lower Attack than Sableye, so Fake Out is even more of a waste of time and space. In its place we have Nasty Plot and Thunderbolt. Nasty Plot lets Persian boost, while Thunderbolt rounds out Dark Pulse and Power Gem for perfect coverage on the starters.

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