Mudkip (Analysis) [QC 0/2]

• Great Attack stat
• Good defenses and SpA
• Mediocre Speed
• Small movepool but good moves
• Mirror Coat and Counter
• Curse
• Can work as a bulky Pokemon, setup sweeper or fully offensive
• For all around use

• Aqua Tail is main STAB hitting very hard
• Waterfall is another option if you prefer reliablilty over power
• Double Edge is strong move that gets neutral coverage on many Pokemon while Return acts the same but is weaker and does not add recoil
• Superpower is great for revenge killing many Pokemon while Iron Tail is another strong option but has less coverage and accuracy but also no drawbacks like minus one Defense and Attack
• Rock Slide hits Ice and Flying-types for super effective damage which is useful while Bite hits Ghost-types such as Gastly

• Mudkip hits the 21 Speed mark that allows it too outspeed every unboosted Pokemon in the metagame
• Torrent despite being the only ability is useful in many situations giving Aqua Tail or Waterfall a boost when HP is below one third
• Jolly nature is required sadly to hit the 21 Speed essential to Choice Scarf users
• EVs are too maximize Speed and Attack stat while HP invest is leftover
• A Special set is also viable on the Choice Scarf using moves such as Surf, Ice Beam, Ancientpower and Hidden Power Fire just switch the EVs around and nature to benefit the offensive Pokemon, with Mudkip sporting a lower Special Attack stat this may be unappealing but the coverage helps a bit

• A annoying set can be made consisting of both Counter and Mirror Coat, Toxic and Rest

• Water Absorb Pokemon will gladly take a health boost from Waterfall and force Curse Mudkip to switch out
• Chinchou resists STAB Waterfall and can retaliate with it's own STAB Thunderbolt
• Snover resists STAB Waterfall, sets up permantent Hail then to top it off can KO with Seed Bomb or Wood Hammer
• Bronzor and Slowpoke do formidably on the Choice Scarf set, with a great defense stats and resisting many of the moves, it makes it hard for Mudkip to hit a team when these are easy switch ins

ShinyAzelf said:

Eh, honestly, I don't think either sets are viable. There's no Eviolite in the 4th gen, making stat upping hard, especially for a slow Pokemon like Mudkip. The Annoyer set gets hurt badly or KOed by many things, so much that it isn't worth it.
Well the fact that theres no Eviolite in gen4 is also a bonus cuz easier yo kill things ;) The Curse set is actually pre good I tested it a bit. Annoyer set well WELL, W-E-L-L its not very good so ill move it to OO =D

Mudkip hits 14 Speed with a + Speed nature, so a Choice Scarf set can be utilized, and I think that's the only set it can use well.
I thought about it but I'm not sure if it can really run that effectively either but I guess it is better than nothing. I'll see what I can make of it

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Heysup said:

I don't really understand why you mention a great attack stat yet its scarf set is special based.

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mudkipmaster said:

Why don't you have a set which utilizes Mudkip's ability to use Mirror Coat and Counter? One set is sorta weak.

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