Why are Deoxys-A and Deoxys-D not very used at Ubers?

Question

Deoxys-A has a perfect Attack, Sp.Attack and Speed.
Deoxys-D has a perfect Defensive stats, can learn Recover, Toxic, Seismic Toss.

Both at are the top 10 most high stat (Atk, Sp.Atk, Def, Sp.Def).

Why isn't people using them?

Comments

Maybe they are too OP?

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I don't know about anyone else but I see Deoxys-A quite regularly when I play Ubers, I don't commonly see Deoxys-D though.

Answer 1

Deoxys-A:

• Frail as glass.
• Destroyed by common priority.
• Pretty much forced to run Focus Sash.
• Despite it having nearly undisputed speed, some common scarfers outspeed it. Base 100 Pokemon with a scarf and a positive nature can always outspeed Deoxys-A, and they are pretty much everywhere.
• Thunder Wave is also chosen on some Pokemon at times, which halts it cold.

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Deoxys-D:

• Psychic is not a good defensive type as it has a very exploitable Dark and Ghost weakness. With Knock Off and Mega Gengar gaining popularity, things haven't looked good for it.
• Toxic is no fun for it.
• It has pretty pitiful HP, and in Ubers that's not what you expect from a defensive Pokemon.
• In hazard setting roles, Deoxys-S outclasses it most of the time.

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Hope I helped!