Articuno

[BadPandaPancham]

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GP: ? / ?

Overview
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• Good offensive typing
• Access to Freeze-Dry
• Great stats all around
• Good offensive and support movepool
• 4x Weak to Stealth Rocks

Sub Articuno
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name: Sub Articuno
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Toxic / Roost
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Hurricane
ability: Pressure
item: Leftovers
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
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• Substitute allows Articuno to take minimal damage with all it's weaknesses and either stall out or deal damage
• Toxic allows Articuno to cripple walls and threats that switch in to deal with Articuno, who then could proceed to Substitute spam
• Roost allows Articuno to keep reliable recovery that way switching in and out won't be as problematic with Stealth Rocks up after putting down Substitutes
• Ice Beam gives Articuno strong offensive STAB coverage that it can freely fire off behind subs
• Hurricane is Articuno's other powerful STAB move, the only drawback is that it has terrible accuracy

Set Details
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Usage Tips
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• Be wary of switching in when Stealth Rocks are up on your side of the field
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Team Options
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• Carry Pokemon with Rapid Spin or Defog as Articuno will be switching in and out, making Pokemon such as Vullaby or Togetic very valuable on your team
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Offensive Articuno
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name: Offensive Articuno
move 1: U-Turn
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Ice Beam
ability: Pressure
item: Choice Scarf / Life Orb
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Hasty

Moves
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• U-turn allows your team to keep momentum and also prevent Articuno from being locked into a move that your opponent could capitalize on
• Hurricane for it's Flying-type STAB that Articuno hits pretty hard with, unfortunately it's plagued with bad accuracy
• Freeze-Dry is a move only few Ice-types are blessed with, and Articuno is one of them, allowing it to hit Water-types giving it extremely good coverage for a move you are possibly being locked into
• Ice Beam is used as the main STAB as Freeze-Dry only has a 70 Base Power, because at times you need to extra damage to deal the finishing blow or weaken the opponent's Pokemon enough for something else to come in and revenge kill

Set Details
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Usage Tips
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• Be wary of switching in when Stealth Rocks are up on your side of the field
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Team Options
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• Carry Pokemon with Rapid Spin or Defog as Articuno will be switching in and out, making Pokemon such as Vullaby or Togetic very valuable on your team
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Other Options
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Checks & Counters
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[WhiteDMist]

Are you still working on this BadPandaPancham ? I'm pretty sure that Scarf Articuno is OO at best, so unless you can give me some satisfactory reasoning for it, it should not be on the set. Scarf Articuno is still not that fast, is rather weak without a boosting item, is not that bulky without recovery, and is just plain outclassed by Rotom-F as a Scarfer. Offensive Articuno seems best with Freeze Dry, Hurricane, Roost, and either Substitute, Ice Beam, or Hidden power Ground/Fighting as the last slash.

 

[WhiteDMist]

BadPandaPancham are you planning on finishing this wip? You have 48 hours to finish this skeleton and move it out of the wip stage, or I'll reassign.

 

[WhiteDMist]

BadPandaPancham you haven't responded or shown any activity in this WIP. Sorry, but I'm going to lock this.