What are the best Sheer Force + Life Orb users?

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Just wondering what the best Pokemon that can abuse that combo are.

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Notice - This is listed by the most powerful to the least powerful.

LANDORUS- Landorus can be a mixed attacker, allowing it to be very diverse and getting super effective hits more often. (Which stack with Sheer Force and Life Orb.) People don’t use him often because he’s usually banned, and even when he isn’t, people tend to use different legendaries anyways. Here’s a Life Orb + Sheer Force set:

Landorus @ Life OrbAbility: Sheer ForceNaive NatureEVs: 252 Spe/252 SpA/4 Atk- Earth Power- Rock Slide- Hidden Power [Ice]- Knock Off

Nidoking- Although Nidoking is hindered by its less than perfect stats, it’s a surprisingly good Sheer Force user thanks to its wide variety of coverage. Here’s a set for Nidoking:

Nidoking @ Life OrbAbility: Sheer ForceTimid NatureEVs: 252 Spe/252 SpA/4 SpDIVs: 0 Atk- Sludge Wave- Earth Power- Fire Blast- Ice Beam

You could use Flamethrower instead of Fire Blast if you don’t want to risk it missing.

FERALIGATR- Feraligatr is the only Sheer Force user that can effectively set up. He has access to both Dragon Dance and Swords Dance. I prefer Dragon Dance, because it allows Feraligatr to outspeed many more things than without a DD, so I’ll just show you the DD + Sheer Force + Life Orb set:

Feraligatr @ Life OrbAbility: Sheer ForceJolly NatureEVs: 252 Spe/252 Atk/4 Def- Liquidation- Dragon Dance- Ice Punch- Crunch

CAMARUPT-MEGA- I debated even putting Camarupt on the list because of his 4x weakness to water and how slow he is. He also lacks the coverage the other Pokémon on this list. He is the only mega that has Sheer Force is though, so I decided to put him on the list. Here’s a set:

Camarupt-Mega @ CamaruptiteAbility: Solid RockModest NatureEVs: 252 SpA/172 HP/84 SpeIVs: 0 Atk- Earth Power- Fire Blast- Hidden Power [Ice]- Toxic

There are many, many more Sheer Force users, but I didn’t put them on the list because they were too bad.