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Overview
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- - Contrary Leaf Storm
- - ok coverage moves
- - pretty fast
- - resists Ground and Water
- - but weak to Fire and Ice (and Flying), and low HP
- - getting +2 boost is hard, still somewhat weak
Contrary Sweeper
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name: Contrary Sweeper
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Dragon Pulse
move 3: Hidden Power Rock
move 4: Glare / Knock Off
ability: Contrary
item: Life Orb
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid
Moves
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- - Leaf Storm duh
- - Dragon Pulse hits opposing Dragon-types such as Latios, Latias, Salamence (only works if it hasn’t Mega’d already otherwise Mence outspeeds, unless it’s defensive), or Rayquaza that might try to tank Leaf Storm
- - HP Rock is the best option for Ho-Oh, hits some other Flyers like Yveltal
- +2 252 SpA Life Orb Serperior Hidden Power Rock vs. 248 HP / 52 SpD Ho-Oh: 317-374 (76.3 - 90.1%)
- - Glare catches switch-ins
- - Knock Off annoys switch-ins, and since Leaf Storm + Dragon Pulse can’t KO 212 HP Latias it could be useful to reduce its effectiveness
- - Giga Drain to recover health, but very weak even when boosted
- - HP Fire for Steels like Ferro or Klefki
Set Details
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- - Max Special Attack for the most damage possible
- - Max Speed to be faster than Eons and Mega Diancie
- - 4 Def so Genesect gets Special Attack boost, but Serperior is screwed either way
- - Life Orb needed to hit hard
Usage Tips
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- - whittle down opponents so Serperior can clean
- - bring Serp in against a weakened foe that will fall to Leaf Storm to get a +2 boost
- - use appropriate coverage move
- - not really worth bringing in early since doesn’t like taking pointless LO recoil or hazards
- - can try to catch a Defog for an Evasion boost
Team Options
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- - Ho-Oh for opposing Steel-types
- - Primal Groudon for Rocks
- - Mega Gar for Lugia and Clefable
- - Primal Kyogre can wear down opposing Primal Groudon and Latias so Serp can clean at +2
- Xern as another sweeper
Other Options
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- - SubSeed, but use Shaymin-S
- - Aromatherapy
- - Taunt
- - Synthesis?
- Reflect / Light Screen maybe, use one of them in the last slot to set up easier ex: vs defensive Groudon w/o Lava Plume, proabably too situational
Checks & Counters
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- - Steel-types: Serp doesn’t really want to run HP Fire so Ferro, Klefki, Scizor, Genesect, etc wall it. Klefki can status Serp but can’t take boosted Leaf Storms
- - Dialga: doesn’t care about much and hits hard back
- - Lugia doesn’t care about HP Rock, can phaze or deal lots of damage
- - Unaware Clefable ignores boosts
- - Ho-Oh: full health Ho-Oh lives Leaf Storm and +2 HP Rock and roasts Serp
- - Primal Groudon: lives +2 Leaf Storm and roasts with Lava Plume, but can’t switch in.
- - can be revenged by things faster than it like Arceus, Mega Salamence, Mega Gengar, Mewtwo
- - in general, just hit it. Unboosted Leaf Storm is weak, but switching into Leaf Storm + coverage move hurts
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