Yeah, I noticed that since it's been forever since I played 3rd gen, playing 4th is strange for me. I can predict some things, but not everything. I can't spam F-punch as much as I'd like to either. Absol's standard set used to be: SD, Taunt, Aerial Ace/HP Ghost/Pursuit, Slash. I don't know what it is nowadays though.
Other UUs that you should abuse are stuff like, Enduriken (Endure, Overheat/F-blast, Reversal, HP Ice/grass). Then there's F-punchken (Sub, F-punch, Endure/F-blast/OverHeat, Reversal/HP Ice/Grass)
Only put Endure and Reversal together, don't mix. This set seems strange, because you can't hit ghosts, but it did fairly well in 3rd gen, sub + endure sorta taunts your opponent into attacking you constantly. Adding Salac for speed is nice, and you don't have to max your SPD EVs, just need enough to counter most standard UUs. LOLBEWAREOFALTARIAs.
Problem with F-Punch and Reversal is that Reversal is sorta dependent on high speed, where as F-punch is reversed. Which is why it's extremely hard to spread EVs for that set. Blaziken was OU before Infernape took over, whatever Blaziken can do, Infernape can do better. Hitmonlee's a great UU sub-counter too, set it up with Choice Band or without CB, and as long as you have Double-Kick, you're ensured to break most Subs. Hitmonlee was even used in 3rd gen metagame (with CB), and just 2 Double-Kicks has a great chance of killing Ttar WHILE breaking it's Sub. Hitmonlee is not to be under-estimated either..
Other UUs that you should abuse are stuff like, Enduriken (Endure, Overheat/F-blast, Reversal, HP Ice/grass). Then there's F-punchken (Sub, F-punch, Endure/F-blast/OverHeat, Reversal/HP Ice/Grass)
Only put Endure and Reversal together, don't mix. This set seems strange, because you can't hit ghosts, but it did fairly well in 3rd gen, sub + endure sorta taunts your opponent into attacking you constantly. Adding Salac for speed is nice, and you don't have to max your SPD EVs, just need enough to counter most standard UUs. LOLBEWAREOFALTARIAs.
Problem with F-Punch and Reversal is that Reversal is sorta dependent on high speed, where as F-punch is reversed. Which is why it's extremely hard to spread EVs for that set. Blaziken was OU before Infernape took over, whatever Blaziken can do, Infernape can do better. Hitmonlee's a great UU sub-counter too, set it up with Choice Band or without CB, and as long as you have Double-Kick, you're ensured to break most Subs. Hitmonlee was even used in 3rd gen metagame (with CB), and just 2 Double-Kicks has a great chance of killing Ttar WHILE breaking it's Sub. Hitmonlee is not to be under-estimated either..