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Old Jul 4th, 2012, 7:26:05 PM   #33
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Kyogre @ Water Gem
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 244 Atk / 252 SAtk / 12 Spd
Lonely Nature
- Thunder Wave
- Waterfall
- Ice Beam
- Thunder

You guys may want to snipe me down right now, but look at what I have to say! The key point in this set is to lure in Chansey and Blissey (and even Ho-Oh thinking you're locked to Ice Beam) and 2HKO them easily with Waterfall. Rain must be up though as Water Gem-boosted Waterfall does 60% minimum and Waterfall does 40% minimum, again, in rain. By that you can let other special sweepers, like Palkia, Darkrai, or Shaymin-S to have an easier them against the opponent. Of course that not many people use Chansey as their Kyogre counter, so that's what Thunder Wave is here for. You get to paralyze threats such as Mewtwo and Palkia, that think you will switch as they don't know that you run Water Gem (unless already used), and simply cripple them down. Thunder and Ice Beam are mainly coverage moves, and can trick the opponent to think it's just your regular Choiced Kyogre. The EVs achieve the 2HKO on Chansey as explained with Waterfall, maximize Special Attack, and outspeed neutral base 90's by a few points. I didn't playtest this yet, but damn this looks fun.
Water Gem is meh, in my opinion. It's only a one use item. You're probably better off using Mystic Water or Life Orb as your item, so that's not a one-off event. With either of these, you still get a 2HKO on Chansey after Stealth Rock (Mystic Water has like 75% chance). Also, I would also prefer to use Surf or Water Spout over Thunder Wave. Not running special Water STABs suck for Kyogre, lol.
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