Intimidate doesn't make him much less threatening at all, and certainly not more predictable, especially when Sand Stream is in play. Yache/HabanChomp is pretty much guaranteed a SD unless it's 4v1, but it isn't. Hell, even without that, a
Dragon Claw ends Dragonite/Mence and Ttar/Gross are simultaneously crippled by EQ. As long as it's not 4v1 as previously stated, and assuming standard sets are...