Arghonaut (QC:0/2)

[Kingriolu]

Arghonaut

QC:0/2
GP:0/1

Overview
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+ Base 110 attack is quite powerful
+ 105/95/100 defenses allows it to survive a super-effective hit or two
+ Unaware is an excellent ability, allowing it to ignore stat changes in the opponent
+ Access to coverage moves such as Stone Edge, Earthquake, Gunk Shot, Ice punch, Thunder punch, and Knock Off
+ Resistances to ice, water, fire, steel, bug, rock
- Weak to fairy, flying, psychic, grass, and electric; that's a lot
- Base 75 Speed is mediocre at best

Bulk Up
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name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Aqua Jet
move 4: Earthquake
ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 124 Atk / 124 Def / 4 sp def
nature: Adamant

Moves
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- Bulk Up boosts Arghonaut's attack and defense simultaneously, allowing it to build up for a potential sweep.
- Drain Punch is Arghonaut's best fighting stab due to the recovery it grants.
- Aqua Jet is Arghonaut's water stab. It's +1 priority allows it to damage faster opponents first.
- Earthquake is used for switch ins such as Mollux and cyclohm.

Set Details
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- Leftovers increases Arghonaut's longevity.
- 124 defense lets arghonaut live 2 psyshocks from specs gothitelle
- 124 Attack allows Arghonaut to 4HKO defensive cyclohm with earthquake, and 2HKO assault vest colossoil with drain punch.

Usage Tips
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- Before you send out Arghonaut, make sure you eliminate any physical wall that might prevent him from sweeping, i.e. Tomohawk, Skarmory, Venusaur
- Switch in on Pokemon such as Colossoil and Mollux so you can get at least one stat boost before sweeping.
- Make sure to scout for any Pokemon that usually run Will-O-Wisp(necturna, kitsunoh, mega sableye).

Team options
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- Fits well on teams in need need a physical attacker that can destroy Chansey/Blissey.
- Heatran makes a good partner to Arghonaut, eliminating Skarmory, Venusaur, and, in some cases, Tomohawk.
- Skarmory can be used alongside Arghonaut to set up hazards and wall flying, psychic, and fairy attacks.
- Heal Bell and Wish support is useful if you need to heal a burn or recover some hp.

Assault Vest
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name: Assault Vest
move 1: Aqua Jet
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Stone Edge/waterfall
move 4: Earthquake
item: Assault Vest
evs:80 HP / 176 Atk / 252 Def
nature: Adamant

Moves
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- Aqua Jet is your priority water STAB. Use it on Pokemon like Landorus to deal significant damage before they attack you.
- Drain Punch is used as a way to recover and deal damage simultaneously.
- Stone Edge is used for Pokemon like Aurumoth, Talonflame, and Mega Pinsir.
- Earthquake is used against switch-ins such as Mollux, cyclohm, and Kitsunoh.

Set Details
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- Adamant nature and 176 attack EVs gives arghonaut 330 Attack.
- With Assault vest, Arghonaut doesn't need any sp def investment to survive a hyper voice from mega gardevoir
- 252 def EVs allows arghonaut to live a psyshock from gardevoir with around 30% of hp left. Arghonaut can live a brave bird from talonflame and 0HKO it with waterfall or stone edge.
Usage Tips
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- Eliminate any physical walls before you send Arghonaut out.
- Predict wisely when using Stone Edge or Earthquake; mispredictions can give the opponent a free switch in!


Recover
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name:recover
move 1:recover
move 2:roar
move 3:drain punch
move 4:waterfall/earthquake/stone edge
item:leftovers
evs: 252 hp/4 attack/252 special defense
nature:careful

Moves
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-recover is your main source of recovery, it will recover 50% of your health.
-Roar can be used to roar out set up sweepers such as aurumoth and cawmadore, or dish out hazard damage.
-drain punch is your fighting stab and yet another source of recovery
-the last slot is reserved for a coverage move that fits your team's needs. waterfall/stone edge/earthquake are 3 good options to fill this slot.

Set details
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-252 hp/252 sp def gives arghonaut immense bulk on the special side.
-careful nature will give you a 10% boost to your already high sp.def.
-This set destroys special set up sweepers such as syclant.

Usage tips
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-be sure to roar out aurumoth, if arghonaut faints, then your team will most likely lose if you don't have a reliable aurumoth counter, i.e talonflame.


Other Options
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- Roar can be used to force out switch-ins or to deal Stealth Rock damage to the opposing team.
- Ice Punch can be used for Tomohawk and Necturna. It will also deal extra damage to Landorus.
- Gunk shot can be used for fairy switch-ins such as Gardevoir and Sylveon.
- Recover can be used as a faster recovery option.
- Yawn can be used to force switches or cripple any Pokemon that stays in.
- knock off is a good option if you want to deal some damage to necturna and kitsunoh.
Checks and Counters
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- Flying types such as Talonflame, Tomohawk, Mega Pinsir and Togekiss can easily deal with Arghonaut.
- Skarmory checks just about everything in Arghonaut's arsenal and can retaliate with STAB brave bird or force it out with whirlwind.
- Mega Venusaur checks just about everything Arghonaut does, and can use Leech Seed on it or the switch in.
- Fairy types such as mega Gardevoir, can easily OHKO Arghonaut.

 

[Kingriolu]

well, hope you guys like the skeleton of my arghonaut analysis :)

 

[HeaLnDeaL]

Here's a version without all of those numbers off to the left side. Hopefully it will save you some time backspacing them yourself.

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Arghonaut

QC:0/2
GP:0/1

Overview
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+ Base 110 attack is quite powerful
+ 105/95/100 defenses allows it to survive a super-effective hit or two
+ Unaware is an excellent ability, allowing it to ignore stat changes in the opponent
+ Access to coverage moves such as Stone Edge, Earthquake, Gunk Shot, Ice punch, Thunder punch, and Knock Off
+ Resistances to ice, water, fire, steel, bug, rock
- Weak to fairy, flying, psychic, grass, and electric; that's a lot
- Base 75 Speed is mediocre at best

Bulk Up
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name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Aqua Jet
move 4: Earthquake
ability: Unaware
evs: 252 HP / 124 Atk / 128 SDef / 4 Spd
nature: Adamant

Moves
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- Bulk Up boosts Arghonaut's attack and defense simultaneously, allowing it to build up for a potential sweep.
- Drain Punch is Arghonaut's best fighting stab due to the recovery it grants.
- Aqua Jet is Arghonaut's water stab. It's +1 priority allows it to damage faster opponents first.
- Earthquake is used for switch ins such as Mollux and Aegislash.

Set Details
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- Leftovers increases Arghonaut's longevity.
- 128 sp.def gives arghonaut enough special bulk to survive an SE attack or two.
- 4 Spd allows Arghonaut to outspeed rival base 75s.

Usage Tips
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- Before you send out Arghonaut, make sure you eliminate any physical wall that might prevent him from sweeping, i.e. Tomohawk, Skarmory, Venusaur
- Switch in on Pokemon such as Colossoil and Mollux so you can get at least one stat boost before sweeping.
- Make sure to scout for any Pokemon that can learn Will-O-Wisp.

Team options
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- Fits well on teams in need need a physical attacker that can destroy Chansey/Blissey.
- Heatran makes a good partner to Arghonaut, eliminating Skarmory, Venusaur, and, in some cases, Tomohawk.
- Skarmory can be used alongside Arghonaut to set up hazards and wall flying, psychic, and fairy attacks.
- Heal Bell and Wish support is pretty handy to get a second chance after being crippled.

Assault Vest
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name: Assault Vest
move 1: Aqua Jet
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Stone Edge
move 4: Earthquake
item: Assault Vest
evs: 252 HP / 176 Atk / 76 Def
nature: Adamant

Moves
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- Aqua Jet is your priority water STAB. Use it on Pokemon like Landorus to deal significant damage before they attack you.
- Drain Punch is used as a way to recover and deal damage simultaneously.
- Stone Edge is used for Pokemon like Aurumoth, Talonflame, and Mega Pinsir.
- Earthquake is used against switch-ins such as Mollux, Aegislash, and Kitsunoh.

Set Details
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- Adamant nature and 176 attack EVs gives arghonaut 330 Attack.
- With Assault vest, Arghonaut's Special Defense essentially 354 without any EV investment.
- Arghonaut's defense is 245 with 76 defense EVs.

Usage Tips
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- Eliminate any physical walls before you send Arghonaut out.
- Predict wisely when using Stone Edge or Earthquake; mispredictions can give the opponent a free switch in!
- In a bad situation, If you are running out of HP, either use Drain Punch or switch out since you don't have Leftovers recovery!

Other Options
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- Roar can be used to force out switch-ins or to deal Stealth Rock damage to the opposing team.
- Ice Punch can be used for Tomohawk and Necturna. It will also deal extra damage to Landorus.
- Gunk shot can be used for fairy switch-ins such as Gardevoir and Sylveon.
- Recover can be used as a faster recovery option.
- Yawn can be used to force switches or cripple any Pokemon that stays in.

Checks and Counters
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- Flying types such as Talonflame, Tomohawk, Mega Pinsir and Togekiss can easily deal with Arghonaut.
- Skarmory checks just about everything in Arghonaut's arsenal and can retaliate with STAB brave bird or force it out with whirlwind.
- Mega Venusaur checks just about everything Arghonaut does, and can use Leech Seed on it or the switch in.
- Fairy types such as mega Gardevoir, can easily OHKO Arghonaut.

Beyond that, I'd encourage you to run some calcs and to talk to other experienced users who have used Arghonaut in order to get some EV spreads with proper justifications. Overall, the basic premise of your sets are fairly solid, as well as the moves. Waterfall could potentially be slashed onto some of the sets, and maybe if a full out Recover set is deemed necessary then it would be a good move to include as well.

jas edit: I updated the OP with the numberless version you have here. Thanks for doing that.

 

[heartofgold]

I'd definitely throw up the Specially Bulky set - Max HP, Max SpD+, with Recover and Roar. While it doesn't have the sheer stopping power of, say, a Chansey, it's still a damn good wall, able to tank a lot of things it has no business tanking and hit back with respectable force. It's also a great all purpose emergency stop to set up - get in, tank something, Roar your opponent out. Now that I think about it, there's probably a gimmicky Red Card set you could use as well if you don't feel like dropping a move slot on Roar, but as I said - gimmicky.

Specially Bulky Argh is the best Anti-Syclant mon around, resisting both its STABs, and ignoring any kind of boosts it manages to gain. It's a near-perfect counter to Volkraken, able to switch in on nearly all of its common sets and Recover off that Analytic-boosted damage the next turn (actually getting some use out of that low base speed). Will o' Wisp is the only thing that could give it pause, and that's fairly rare in my experience. It also beats Mollux pretty hard, though obviously it needs to run EQ to do anything other than Roar it away.

Overall, I'd say Specially Bulky Argh is at least as useful as the AV set, if not more so, and definitely worth a mention in the post. This is the set I like, though the attacking moves should probably be slashed to fit your teams needs.

Arghonaut @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Roar
- Recover
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake

 

[Kingriolu]

Thanks heartofgold, I'll add that set some time soon(tomorrow most likely).

 

[Kingriolu]

Added heartofgold's set.

 

[Reapehify]

Without Bulk Up, Drain Punch is a bit lacking in power. It might be wise to at the very least /Toxic on the 3rd option of the Recover set, as well as mention it in the viable option slot.

 

[QueenOfLuvdiscs]

On the AV set, could you explain what the atk/def evs are for exactly? Do they specifically 2HKO something or prevent a 2HKO? Just so people know exactly why they are using it.

 

[QueenOfLuvdiscs]

also...

- In a bad situation, If you are running out of HP, either use Drain Punch or switch out since you don't have Leftovers recovery!

- leftovers will grant you 6% of your hp at the end of every turn.

- if you see anything that will wall arghonaut, make sure that they are eliminated before you send it out.

There are parts in this analysis that seem completely unnecssary, so remove them

 

[Kingriolu]

thanks for pointing those things out QoL. After reading through the article, I noticed how bad it is >.<, I guess I'll redo most of it soon.

 

[cbrevan]

The Bulk Up set should not have speed evs at all as all they do is speed creep. Could you also mention what the special defense evs let you tank specifically? Aegislash mentions should be removed. Knock Off should at least be in Other Options to hit Kitsunoh and Necturna for decent damage.

 

[Animus Majulous]

The defensively bulky set is the best set. Drain punch, recover, toxic, waterfall/aqua jet/gunk shot. Gunk shot may have 70 accuracy, but it whoops fairies on the switch. I would add gunk shot to the OO as well because its good.

 

[HeaLnDeaL]

I would add gunk shot to the OO as well because its good.

^It's already in there.

Kingriolu, the biggest thing here is you NEED to explain the EVs. If you don't have good reasons for the EVs you chose, then that's a big spotlight that says there are probably some better EV spreads. Run calcs, see what EVs help Argho survive main threats.

 

[Animus Majulous]

Yeah, splitting up 124 in both def and spdef is kind of weird.

 

[cbrevan]

You have 248 EV's too much on the AV set (seems like you wanted 80 HP / 176 Atk / 252 Def judging from the set details).

 

[KhosroTheGreat]

You mention Waterfall on the AV set, but don't comment on it in the moves section.

 

[Kingriolu]

thanks for pointing that out cbrevan, I didn't even notice lol.