Pokémon X and Y Playthrough Discussion

I also bred a few magician Fennekins and trace Ralts with timid. They have similarly good and 31 IVs into Def, Sp. Att, Sp. Def, and speed. The ones into HP and Att are above average too, but yeah no one cares for the attack on those...

So far, Magician Delphox has worked very well for me. Using overheat + white herb. Even if intimidate or something else triggers it, you can still steal something that would benefit you while potentially disrupting the opponent. So in the end, stuff with trick/switcheroo will also have to be careful with magician, especially when they're slower than it. Delphox may just steal their choice band only for opponent to be tricked back onto it if it doesn't get KOed first. I found that amusing when it happened too. Tricking scarf/specs onto it may also screw them over as it's faster or powerful.
That also helped me steamroll through the regular triple battle session at the battle maison. Delphox is a good partner with Gardevoir.

Anyway my setup for the triple battle thing at the battle maison if you guys care for that,

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Zoroark, Timid, holding Lum Berry
Flamethrower, Dark pulse, U-turn, and nasty plot
Disguising as a Rotom

Gardevoir with Trace, Timid, holding a Gardevoirite
Energy Ball, Calm mind, Psychic, Dazzling Gleam
Mega Evolving lets it have a higher Sp att, Sp def, and Speed. So with that and being in the middle, Dazzling Gleam can hit all 3 in one turn and can potentially KO a few things. Also, occasionally if not most of the time, Gardevoir steals a good ability when first sent out. Like it traced someone's intimidate which resulted in softening up the physical attacks on the opponent's side. The first 3 I sent out were all Sp. Att inclined so it had no effect on me. It also traced Moody from a Bibarel from one of the random battles o-o.

Delphox with Magician, Timid, Holding a White herb
Overheat, Psyshock, Calm mind, Shadow ball
Gardevoir and Delphox can pretty much take care of each other's weaknesses. Overheat can almost always KO anything not resistant or have high SP. Def to it. It can KO one thing, and steal something from the next target even though it doesn't last long in a triple battle, but oh well.

Talonflame with Gale Wind, Jolly, holding Leftovers
Fly, Swords dance, Steel Wing, Roost
I know fly is pretty impractical, but it sure tricks the AI pretty well. Priority fly makes the opponent waste their turns targeting it with rocks and water and drawing attacks away from everyone else, but they get nailed by Gardevoir and Fly will finish the job at times too.

Breloom with Technician, Adamant, holding Expert belt (I had nothing better o-o)
Mach Punch, Bullet seed, Rock Tomb, Spore
Physical attacker Breloom.

Rotom with Levitate, Timid, holding a Zap plate (I had nothing better for this, haven't gotten any choice items yet)
Volt Switch, Hidden power (Ice), shadow ball, Will-o-wisp
I did Volt Switch thing whenever Zoroark's disguise broke.

I guess I got pretty lucky with the match ups. I think the only thing I was afraid of was Aerodactyl. All I could think of to counter that was Steel wing/Fly stalling, or mach punch when it got weak. Of course, probably most of this stuff won't work against players. The AI just kept falling for Zoroark's illusion to boot, switching out their fighting types and wasting a turn in hopes to counter it, so yeah...