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jackm · Jun 13th, 2012, 10:43:00 PM

barry4ever, I literally had the exact same set in mind you did, and I was going to post it today if no one else did. But, you did, so I'm going to post yet another set idea I had. (I pondered this challenge for a long time yesterday.)

Hydregion @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
Naive Nature (+Spe, -Sdef)
EVs: 252 Satk/4 Atk/252 Spe
- Draco Meteor
- U-Turn
- Fire Blast
- Focus Blast

This set would cause Team 1 quite a lot of troubles due to its unpredictability. Hydregion outspeeds +1 Rayquaza and OHKOs both it and Zekrom with Draco Meteor. In addition, Draco Meteor deals 65.8%-77.6% to Groudon, ensuring that the current t1 is dissolved by it. U-Turn is one of the most important parts of the set, ensuring that Team 2 maintains momentum, while dealing decent damage. Fire Blast and Focus Blast are simply coverage; the reason that Focus Blast is there over Earth Power is to guarantee that Hydregion can hit Heatran, which Team 1 may end up using. It should be noted that Draco Meteor deals 45.8%-54.2% to +1 Sdef Mewtwo and 68.9%-81.4% to it at +0. This ensures that as long as Hydregion does not switch into Ice Beam (let's be honest, do you really think that a sun team is going to run Aura Sphere Mewtwo?) it can survive the hit with a surprising amount of HP and strike back hard. Finally, Hydregion synergises well with Excadrill offensively, smashing Skarmory, Gliscor, and Giratina (O or no) to a pulp.

Jun 13th, 2012, 10:43:00 PM	#112
jackm Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 331 Seattle	barry4ever, I literally had the exact same set in mind you did, and I was going to post it today if no one else did. But, you did, so I'm going to post yet another set idea I had. (I pondered this challenge for a long time yesterday.) Hydregion @ Choice Scarf Ability: Levitate Naive Nature (+Spe, -Sdef) EVs: 252 Satk/4 Atk/252 Spe - Draco Meteor - U-Turn - Fire Blast - Focus Blast This set would cause Team 1 quite a lot of troubles due to its unpredictability. Hydregion outspeeds +1 Rayquaza and OHKOs both it and Zekrom with Draco Meteor. In addition, Draco Meteor deals 65.8%-77.6% to Groudon, ensuring that the current t1 is dissolved by it. U-Turn is one of the most important parts of the set, ensuring that Team 2 maintains momentum, while dealing decent damage. Fire Blast and Focus Blast are simply coverage; the reason that Focus Blast is there over Earth Power is to guarantee that Hydregion can hit Heatran, which Team 1 may end up using. It should be noted that Draco Meteor deals 45.8%-54.2% to +1 Sdef Mewtwo and 68.9%-81.4% to it at +0. This ensures that as long as Hydregion does not switch into Ice Beam (let's be honest, do you really think that a sun team is going to run Aura Sphere Mewtwo?) it can survive the hit with a surprising amount of HP and strike back hard. Finally, Hydregion synergises well with Excadrill offensively, smashing Skarmory, Gliscor, and Giratina (O or no) to a pulp.