How to make sun OU viable?

>>31617926
slow u-turn

>>31617926
well, a good start would be making it so that solar power doesn't hurt the pokemon. like really, what the fuck?

>>31617926
>Sun increases the absorb damage from absorb attacks by 50%

>>31617926
play VGC instead

>>31617974
/thread

also a fire type chlorophyll user would help, or a chlorophyll clone for non-grass pokemon

>>31617926
Water is the type that benefits the most since it boosts its STAB and Water-type users tend to get Rain abilities like Swift Swim and Hydration.

Sun boosts Fire STAB, but very few Fire-types get buffs from their abilities in Weather. meanwhile, plenty of grass-types have weather related buff abilities but their strongest Fire-type attacks tend to be Weather Ball or Hidden Power, and they take more damage from a type they're already weak to in this weather.

Therefore, you need either:
>Fire-types with sun abilities
>Grass-types with stronger Fire-type attacks

Sand is generally fine because there are 3 types that aren't hindered and those pokemon tend not to lose much when their weather goes down.

>>31618091
Yeah but Rock is the only one of those types to gain anything from it

>>31618114
Still, Sand Rush, Sand Force, and Sand Veil are fairly common among Ground types. Steel is already one of the best types in the game so it doesn't really need the buff (compared to Grass for Sun which is one of the worst types)