MrSquarepants said:
I just said unless he's Raiden Knuckling to Deoxys, Thundurus will be hitting 30 most of the time. He said Thundurus should never hit for 30 but what if I wanted to power up Lugia and Deoxys was prized?
Deoxys boosts damage done by Plasma Pokemon by 10, for each Deoxys on the field. As Thundurus is a Plasma Pokemon, each Deoxys makes him swing for 10 more. Generally the ideal setup for the deck we are talking about is 1 Thundurus active, 3 Deoxys benched, and 1 or 2 heavy hitters on the field to charge (such as Snorlax, Lugia, or Kyurem). What we are trying to do with this is spread damage around and take cheap prizes through Raiden Knuckle, which hopefully will be doing around 60 or 90 with a Virbank/Laser. Now this deck wants to be doing this turn 1, and that 60 or 90 will add up fast. Next after we weaken the opponents field and take cheap prizes, we bring in Kyurem or Snorlax to clean up. Kyurem wants to use its second attack, which with 3 Deoxys on the field will hit for 150, and a Laser makes that 180, a perfect KO on every EX. With a Snorlax, with the ideal setup of 3 Deoxys, swings for up to 210 Damage without a Laser, a OHKO for everything in the game. Lugia can also come in for a big swoop, and possibly take 3 Prizes in 1 turn, but in needs the little damage from Thundurus in order to work because 150 doesn't kill much, and making it 180 from a Laser bypasses Overflow, making Lugia near useless.
So your idea of not utilizing Thundurus and Deoxys greatly weakens the deck, because you need the cheap damage to weaken everything for Lugia to come in like you want in your stradegy. It is really inefficient to try and charge up a Lugia right off the bat, because you 2 shot everything, but it will take you a few turns to actually attack, and right when that 1st Lugia goes down, you are back to square one. I suppose you could try and use just Thundurus and Lugia, but at that point you may as well throw in Deoxys just for the extra damage which will come into play way more than you think.
tl;dr use Thundurus and Deoxys.