Poliwrath (Ubers analysis placeholder)

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Overview:

[SET]
name: Encore + Belly drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Encore/ Hypnosis
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Brick Breal/ Ice ball/ Hypnosis
item: Leftovers/ Life orb
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe/ 4 Hp

Why this set deserves to be on-site:
  • Can very easily set up on anything that relies on boosting to sweep other then groudon.
  • Even without boosting it is the only swift swimmer to get access to a sleeping move, and safely use what is arguably the second most deadly boosting move in the game, belly drum.
  • After Belly Drum, Poliwrath becomes a monster with over 1000 attack, a feat that not even deoxys-a can do with any of the boosting moves it recieves, and becomes incredibly hard to wall.
  • 1000 attack with 524 speed enables it to outspeed everything up to modest scarf darkrai, making it incredibly difficult to revenge.

Set Comments:
  • Belly Drum is the crux of the set and is what seperates poliwrath from other swift swim sweepers, giving him a massive + 6 attack stat in an instant.
  • Encore or Hypnosis helps Poliwrath set up his massive +6 wiith Belly Drum, the former not being forced to stop use because of a clause and is generally recommended over the other.
  • Waterfall is basic STAB and hits incredibly hard with double STAB at +6. Capable of OHKOing even Lugia.
  • The last move slot is essentially filler, Poliwrath just doesn't have much. Brick Break is STAB and lets it smash through screens, Ice Ball, although sounding horrible is a physical type Ice move (it doesn't get ice punch D:), and is able to hurt Giratina if it switches into it. If you feel Waterfall is all the coverage you need, you can opt for hypnosis which lets Poliwrath sleep some of its counters.
 

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