Would an Assault Vest Armaldo be a good counter against Pokemon like Charizard, Ninetales, and Talonflame?

My team has been getting eaten up by by these Drought-Solarbeam spammers. My water types are too slow to get a hit off, and the typical rock type gets destroyed too. What about Armaldo? EV his attack and Sp. D and give him an Assault Vest, then spam Stone Edge. He also learns solid moves like Aqua Jet and EQ. I even like seeing Knock Off to get pesky items off.

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He would be a pretty legitimate choice for that, just remember that most people switch out pretty quick when they see a threat; unless they think they are all powerfulSOLARBEAM GODSlolMight want to give him a way to bump up attack or Sp. Def even more, in case you get atrickor aknock-off.Giving himsandstormmight be wise, just to make them mad and force a switch, giving you precious setup time.

Not particularly.

252 SpA Ninetales Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Armaldo in Sun: 160-189 (45.1 - 53.3%) – 33.2% chance to 2HKO

Armaldo isn’t a particularly good counter to these Pokemon; it has poor typing in that it doesn’t have a lot of resistances and only base 80 sp. def. As a switch in, it will still have to take around 50% damage from Fire Blast before being able to do anything, not to mention it also has a Stealth Rock weakness. Aqua Jet will do jack in sun, especially with no STAB.

The best counters to these fire Pokemon is Tyrantitar, especially when packing Sand Stream & Assault Vest. If you don’t want sand stream, then Assault Vest Goodra is a viable switch in. Scarf Terrakion will OHKO most of them with a Rock Slide, but cannot be a safe switch in.