Fletchling
Ability: Gale Wings
Level: 5
EVs: 156 HP / 196 Atk / 92 Def / 52 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Acrobatics
- U-turn
- Swords Dance
- Roost

Role: Physical Sweeper

What It Does: Fletchling is a top tier threat that every team should prepare for. It is gifted with arguably the best ability in the tier Gale Wings, giving priority to Flying-types moves and Flying is such a good offensive type as it is, with powerful fighting-types and bulky Grass-types common in LC. No item is needed on this set to boost the power of Fletchling's Acrobatics, after a Swords Dance, priority Acrobatics tears through teams late game. With Fletchling's ability to easily revenge kill Pokemon it often causes lots of switches and U-turn is good to capitalize on this so that it can gain momentum and scout what your opponent is switching in. Priority Roost helps Archen recover HP if need be and although it is frail with no item, the switches it causes can give it Roost opportunities.

Good Teammates: Hazard setters like Ferroseed, Dwebble, Drilbur can weaken Pokemon giving Fletchling a much easier time cleaning up late game or revenge killing early on. Pokemon that can weaken or remove Pokemon that threaten Fletchling is also good, Focus Sash Diglett, can remove Chinchou, Magnemite, Pawniard giving Fletchling an easier time. Other Flying-type Pokemon like Taillow and Doduo are walled by similar things and can as a result weaken them so Fletch can break through them. Taillow has access to Steel Wing to make it a cool Archen lure and Doduo can use Knock Off to remove Eviolites and Berry Juices off of counters.

What Counters It: Being weak to Stealth Rocks certainly doesn't help Fletchling but with priority, Getting chipped away by rocks can also not do much depending on the opponents team. There are a few common Pokemon that can wall Fletchling. If it doesn't carry Overheat then Magnemite, Pawniard and other steel-types become good counters, Archen, Tirtouga and Chinchou all resist Fletching's Acrobatics and have STAB that can hit it super effectively.