Huntail!
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[Overview]
- Swift swim is a great ability for abusing rain!
- Great attacking stat and defense stat with an acceptable sp.atk
- Access to Shell Break AND Baton pass
- For the most part outclassed by other rain sweepers.
- Mediocre HP and sp.def
name: Hunting Ubers
move 1: Shell Break
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Aqua Tail/Waterfall
move 4: Ice Beam
item: White Herb / Life orb
nature: Naughty
ability: Swift Swim
evs's: 58 HP / 252 Atk / 200 SpA
Set Comments
Shell Break boosts Huntail's impressive attack, decent sp.atk, and Speed by 2 stages! Crunch and Ice Beam are great moves in the ubers tier! Aqua tail is mainly just for STAB purposes and it gets boosted under the rain. Rain is a must have by the way. White Herb is perferred to cure your defense stat but you can always run Life orb.
Additional Comments
- You can run Adamant as he'll still have good sp.atk without the drop of sp.def
- You can always drop Ice beam for Ice Fang and run the 200 sp.atk EV's in sp.def or HP or even mixed. Be sure to use Adamant though
- You can always run baton pass as an option
Kyogre is a MUST. You need the rain to boost that shabby speed stat of Huntail. Even after 1 shell break he's still outsped by a good handful of ubers. Scarf Zekrom is a great pokemon to use to counter cholorophyll users and get rid of walls like Lugia and Ho-oh.
Groudon can be annoying as he ruins your rain! Reshiram/Zekrom are probelms as I believe Turbo Blaze nullifies Swift Swim. Dialga is resistant to many of your moves and is neutral to Ice Beam. He's a big problem.
[SET]
name: Pass the Broken Shell
move 1: Shell Break
move 2: Baton Pass
move 3: Ice Fang
move 4: Waterfall/Crunch
item: White Herb
nature: Jolly
ability: Swift Swim
ev's: 252 HP / 58 Atk / 200 SpD
Set Comments
- Jolly is preferred to get a boost in speed
- Since you're gonna be baton passing it's good to have as much bulk as you can.
- Shell Break boosts speed so you don't really need EV's in speed.
- Ice Fang is a neccesity for Erufuun
- You can put the attack EV's into speed instead
- Waterfall can be swapped for Aqua Tail if you prefer Aqua Tail
- Erufuun. Watch for that taunt. it's nasty so i suggest using Ice Fang. same goes for any taunt user. Use Ice Fang or waterfall/crunch.
- a Grass type is good for taking Electric and Grass hits.
- Sazandorah is a beast with a Shell Break boost. Same with Salamence or Garchomp even.
- A grass type pairs nicely to set up screens for the baton passing set and absorb Grass or electric hits.
- Sazandorah, Salamence, or Garchomp love recieveing Shell Break boosts.
- a rain set up pokemon can always give Huntail an edge
- Feel free to use the ubers set in a Standard Match. just have rain support from a good rain lead like Electrode for example
- Dialga in ubers and Palkia too are major pains.
- Erufuun or any other taunter shuts down the baton pass set.
- You can use Water Veil on the Baton pass lead however besides that set Swift Swim is almost always the betetr option
Alright all down with my Huntail analyses. Feel free to criticize, or even suggest good sets. Thank you for reading!
