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Keep/Change/Delete

Keep but increase its distribution. A special pseudo-Guts is cool and should be a strategy for something, but Unburden is way better on Drifblim.

On that note, Guts
 
Keep it, but improve distribution, preferably to more special-based Pokemon. It's a cool idea as a speed-based counterpart to Guts, but inflicting a status on yourself to trigger it is either a Toxic Orb (not something you want to do), or a Flame Orb (cuts the attack of the primarily physical Pokemon that get the ability). So having it on somebody who didn't care that they were burned would be cool.

Steadfast
 
I think maybe change and lower its accuracy to 90 or 95. It’s basically a status move and most of those have a chance to miss, which I think is a good thing honestly

Explosion
 
Make it effectively a 500 base power move, like it was before the Generation V nerf.
Mimic
 
Keep. Don’t see any reason to change it. The high power is balanced by nerfing the attacking stat afterwards.

Magnet bomb
 
Delete. It's fine on paper, I guess, but if you want a physical Steel-type move you have a lot of far better options. Especially when the only three Pokémon that learn it are better off utilizing their Special Attack anyway.

Limber
 
Change. Buff it's accuracy to 95% at least to make it more reliable. It often feels like a poor man's Waterfall, especially since it has no added effect, so it doesn't feel worth using when compared to Waterfall.

Speaking of Water moves: Razor Shell
 
Keep. It's not the best recovery move but it works well enough that I don't see any reason to change it. Plus it helps Mons that lack regular recovery moves like Weezing and Misdreavus.

Mach Punch
 
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