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**DittoCrow** · Apr 3rd, 2012, 5:47:46 PM

I think that Scald should be used instead of Waterfall in Poliwrath's RestTalk set. Scald lets Poliwrath get past things that it should be able to wall, such as Klinklang. The burn chance is also very helpful for facing Pokemon such as Qwilfish, Dusknoir, and Spiritomb or just getting residual damage on common switch-ins like Tangrowth and Mandibuzz. The burn rate really helps this set succeed. Note: Poliwrath's nature should be Relaxed when using Scald.

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Apr 3rd, 2012, 5:47:46 PM	#15
DittoCrow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,138 Mentor	I think that Scald should be used instead of Waterfall in Poliwrath's RestTalk set. Scald lets Poliwrath get past things that it should be able to wall, such as Klinklang. The burn chance is also very helpful for facing Pokemon such as Qwilfish, Dusknoir, and Spiritomb or just getting residual damage on common switch-ins like Tangrowth and Mandibuzz. The burn rate really helps this set succeed. Note: Poliwrath's nature should be Relaxed when using Scald. Calcs Waterfall vs. 132/0 Klinklang 22.78% - 27.55% Waterfall vs. 52/0 Aggron 31.29% - 37.41% Scald vs. 132/0 Klinklang 25.51% - 29.93% Scald vs. 52/0 Aggron 65.98% - 78.23% Scald has a 100% chance to break Klinklang's Substitute, so getting a min damage Waterfall can let Klinklang set up. It also lets Poliwrath 2HKO Aggron, which is helpful. Waterfall vs. 0/0 Entei 46.9% - 55.52% Waterfall vs. 0/0 Typhlosion 62.62% - 74.74% Scald vs. 0/0 Entei 44.2% - 52.29% Scald vs. 0/0 Typhlosion 50.5% - 59.25% As you can see, the damage between Scald and Waterfall is not much different. Poliwrath should be able to handle Fire-types easily, and both moves have a chance to 2HKO them. Last edited by DittoCrow; Apr 30th, 2012 at 7:06:20 PM.