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So I've been testing out dual weather combos and abusers and I thought I should share them with you. What are your thoughts on dual weather? Do you think it can be viable?
Any dual weather team obviously needs 2 weather starters. The problem is finding two weathers with good synergy. Drizzle/Dought would be hard to pull of because of their clashing effects, where as Sandstorm/Rain can have can both have bennifits on a single Pokemon on your team. Here are the permanant weather starters. I'm not going to go to in depth, that's what the analysis are for.
Sandstorm:
Tyranitar is the staple of many sandstorm teams due to his ability to make use of the his weathe. He boast impressive base stats and I wide move pool. Tyranitar can also be a great special wall under SS and a bit of SpD investment, checking the likes of Latios.
Hippowdon is ofter over looked by as a sandstorm starter in favour of Tyranitar Hippo does have some nice tools to work with. He's a nice physical wall with acess to stealth rocks and reliable recovery in slack off.
Drizzle:
Politoed is definitley up there with Tyranitar as the most versitile weather starter. With his nice typing he can lean towards a more deffensive set or he can abuse the rain by attacking with x2 STAB attacks.
Drought:
Ninetales is one of the frailest weather starters so Ninetale sets are often built to keep him alive. Ninetales does have some nice tools to works with. Like Politoed, Ninetales can abuse the sun for x2 STAB fire attacks and he has some nice status moves like will-o-wisp.
Hail:
Along with his unique typing, Abomosnow also has a pretty diverse move pool. 100% accurate blizzard is a great asset for an offensive Abomosnow set, while moves like Giga Drain and Leech Seed (along with hail damage) can make Abomosnow an effective staller.
Temporary Weather: having a standard weather starter and a temperary weather starter would still technically make your team a dual weather team. Here are some of the most effective temp. weather starters (remember effects of temp. weather can be prolonged with items like Damp Rock or Heat Rock).
Pranksters: the ability pranster is perfect for temporary weather starting, giving moves like Rain Dance and Sunny Day +1 priority.
Whismicott can get off a priority Sunny Day along with some other useful utility moves.
Tornadus and Thundurus can both get off a priority Rain Dance along with their high offensive stats and ability to abuse rain.
Non Prankster:
Bronzong was on of the premeire temporary weather starters last gen with his great bulk and pleathora of resistances. Bronzong has acess to Sunny Day and Rain Dance.
Dual Weather abusers: of course there are normal weather abusers like Excadrill or Toxicroak you can use. These are pokemon that can bennifit from 2 weathers
*Sandstorm/Rain
Steel-Types:
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Any Steel-Types can find a home on a Drizzle/Sandstorm team. They're immune to sandstorm damage and their Fire weakness is nerfed under the rain. Pokemon like Ferrothorn can can sit in the Sanstorm racking up residual damage or he can sit in the rain protected from fire.
Ground/Water-types
These Pokemon enjoy racking up residual damage in Sandstorm and getting a nice boost to the STAB water attacks in Rain.
Drizzle Drought
Ludicolo can abuse a STAB Solarbeam (despite it being not the best attack) in Sun, while enjoying added recovery in Rain with Rain Dish. Throw it together with HP Fire and SubSeed and all of a sudden you've got something that can work on different roles in different weathers.
Rotom-H's Electric/Fire typing is perfect for Drizzle/Dought. He has STAB 100% accurate Thunder while in rain and x2 STAB Fire attacks in sun.
Drizzle/Hail
Rotom-F has acess to Thunder/Blizzard/Volt Switch/WoW giving him the ability to throw status around, flee if the weather condition isn't great, and abuse either weather with a no-miss STAB attack. Thunder in Rain and Blizzard in Hail.
Laparas can also be a good option on a Drizzle/Hail team. Laparas can abuse Hydration in Rain and STAB Blizzard in Hail with a great boosting move in Dragon Dance.
Starmie signature Bolt-Beam is up-graded into Thunder-Blizzard a Hail/Drizzle team. The rain boosted STAB water attacks are also a nice addition.
Tentacruel fills a very important niche on a Drizzle/Hail team. He can spin away stealth rocks, which really hurt ice types ans he can lay doen toxic spikes. In rain he can heal up with Rain Dish and in Hail he can abuse Blizzard if your running a more offensive set.*
Sandstorm/Drought
Ground-Types
Ground types are good choices for a Sandstorm/Drought team. They could stall in or abuse the sandstorm and when water attacks are a threat, you can put sun into play to help.*
Magic Guard
Any Magic Guard can be a good choice for dual weather team with either Hail or Sandstorm. There different typing from usual abusers can *be useful, although Sigliphy isn't to fond of the possible Blizzard of Thunder that can come with Drizzle/Hail.
I'll add to this if I think of any more. I also might add I support section. **
So I've been testing out dual weather combos and abusers and I thought I should share them with you. What are your thoughts on dual weather? Do you think it can be viable?
Any dual weather team obviously needs 2 weather starters. The problem is finding two weathers with good synergy. Drizzle/Dought would be hard to pull of because of their clashing effects, where as Sandstorm/Rain can have can both have bennifits on a single Pokemon on your team. Here are the permanant weather starters. I'm not going to go to in depth, that's what the analysis are for.
Sandstorm:
Tyranitar is the staple of many sandstorm teams due to his ability to make use of the his weathe. He boast impressive base stats and I wide move pool. Tyranitar can also be a great special wall under SS and a bit of SpD investment, checking the likes of Latios.
Hippowdon is ofter over looked by as a sandstorm starter in favour of Tyranitar Hippo does have some nice tools to work with. He's a nice physical wall with acess to stealth rocks and reliable recovery in slack off.
Drizzle:
Politoed is definitley up there with Tyranitar as the most versitile weather starter. With his nice typing he can lean towards a more deffensive set or he can abuse the rain by attacking with x2 STAB attacks.
Drought:
Ninetales is one of the frailest weather starters so Ninetale sets are often built to keep him alive. Ninetales does have some nice tools to works with. Like Politoed, Ninetales can abuse the sun for x2 STAB fire attacks and he has some nice status moves like will-o-wisp.
Hail:
Along with his unique typing, Abomosnow also has a pretty diverse move pool. 100% accurate blizzard is a great asset for an offensive Abomosnow set, while moves like Giga Drain and Leech Seed (along with hail damage) can make Abomosnow an effective staller.
Temporary Weather: having a standard weather starter and a temperary weather starter would still technically make your team a dual weather team. Here are some of the most effective temp. weather starters (remember effects of temp. weather can be prolonged with items like Damp Rock or Heat Rock).
Pranksters: the ability pranster is perfect for temporary weather starting, giving moves like Rain Dance and Sunny Day +1 priority.
Whismicott can get off a priority Sunny Day along with some other useful utility moves.
Tornadus and Thundurus can both get off a priority Rain Dance along with their high offensive stats and ability to abuse rain.
Non Prankster:
Bronzong was on of the premeire temporary weather starters last gen with his great bulk and pleathora of resistances. Bronzong has acess to Sunny Day and Rain Dance.
Dual Weather abusers: of course there are normal weather abusers like Excadrill or Toxicroak you can use. These are pokemon that can bennifit from 2 weathers
Steel-Types:
Any Steel-Types can find a home on a Drizzle/Sandstorm team. They're immune to sandstorm damage and their Fire weakness is nerfed under the rain. Pokemon like Ferrothorn can can sit in the Sanstorm racking up residual damage or he can sit in the rain protected from fire.
Ground/Water-types
These Pokemon enjoy racking up residual damage in Sandstorm and getting a nice boost to the STAB water attacks in Rain.
Ludicolo can abuse a STAB Solarbeam (despite it being not the best attack) in Sun, while enjoying added recovery in Rain with Rain Dish. Throw it together with HP Fire and SubSeed and all of a sudden you've got something that can work on different roles in different weathers.
Rotom-H's Electric/Fire typing is perfect for Drizzle/Dought. He has STAB 100% accurate Thunder while in rain and x2 STAB Fire attacks in sun.
Rotom-F has acess to Thunder/Blizzard/Volt Switch/WoW giving him the ability to throw status around, flee if the weather condition isn't great, and abuse either weather with a no-miss STAB attack. Thunder in Rain and Blizzard in Hail.
Laparas can also be a good option on a Drizzle/Hail team. Laparas can abuse Hydration in Rain and STAB Blizzard in Hail with a great boosting move in Dragon Dance.
Starmie signature Bolt-Beam is up-graded into Thunder-Blizzard a Hail/Drizzle team. The rain boosted STAB water attacks are also a nice addition.
Tentacruel fills a very important niche on a Drizzle/Hail team. He can spin away stealth rocks, which really hurt ice types ans he can lay doen toxic spikes. In rain he can heal up with Rain Dish and in Hail he can abuse Blizzard if your running a more offensive set.*
Ground-Types
Ground types are good choices for a Sandstorm/Drought team. They could stall in or abuse the sandstorm and when water attacks are a threat, you can put sun into play to help.*
Magic Guard
Any Magic Guard can be a good choice for dual weather team with either Hail or Sandstorm. There different typing from usual abusers can *be useful, although Sigliphy isn't to fond of the possible Blizzard of Thunder that can come with Drizzle/Hail.
I'll add to this if I think of any more. I also might add I support section. **