Camerupt [QC:0/3]

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[OVERVIEW]

• By Mega Evolving, Camerupt turns into a wrecking ball of a blistering 145 Special Attack stat and an amazing ability- Sheer Force.
• As a result of its nearly flawless coverage between its STABs, Mega Camerupt has the spare moveslots to employ Stealth Rock, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic, and Hidden Power Ice in order to support its team and cripple its checks, respectively.
  
• Camerupt has a great typing packed with decent bulk makes it able to check various Grass-, Fire-, Steel-, and Electric-types such as Virizion, Houndoom, Escavalier, and Eelektross. Camerupt can also switch into Choice-locked Volt Switch users to stop the opposing team's momentum.
• Unfortunately, Mega Camerupt is painfully slow and possesses a 4x weakness to Water-type attacks, both of which make it rather easy to exploit, and its lack of reliable and even passive recovery mandates Wish support to consistently check the threats it needs to.

[SET]
name: All-Out Attacker
move 1: Fire Blast / Flamethrower
move 2: Earth Power
move 3: Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Stealth Rock / Toxic
item: Cameruptite
ability: Solid Rock
nature: Modest
evs: 172 HP / 252 SpA / 84 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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• Fire Blast backed by Sheer Force hits extremely hard, 2HKOing most of the Pokemon in the tier.
• Flamethrower can be used instead of Fire Blast for a more reliable move, but it loses out on power.
• Earth Power compliments Flamethrower well by dealing with most Pokemon that resist Fire, such as Rhyperior, Druddigon, opposing Mega Camerupt, and Kabutops.
• Hidden Power Ice let's Camerupt deal with Flygon, which is a common switch-in to it.
• Mega Camerupt makes for a great Stealth Rock user, as it can easily take down many entry hazard removers such as Shiftry, Hitmontop, and Golbat.
• Toxic allows Mega Camerupt to cripple its various checks, such as Alomomola, Jellicent, Gastrodon, and Mega Audino.

Set Details
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• The Speed EVs allow Camerupt to outspeed uninvested base 50 Speed Pokemon before Mega Evolving and uninvested base 30 Speed Pokemon after Mega Evolving.
• The rest of the EVs are dumped into HP and Special Attack to make Camerupt as powerful and bulky as possible.
• Modest Nature maximizes Camerupt's damage output.

Usage Tips
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• Mega Camerupt can make use of its Electric immunity to come in on Volt Switch users such as Rotom-C, Jolteon, Magneton, and Eelektross.
• Furthermore, Mega Camerupt can be used to block Trick from Meloetta or sponge Knock Off from the likes of Shiftry and Scrafty.
  
• Mega Camerupt also makes a very good switch-in to most defensive Pokemon, as they have difficulty threatening it thanks to its typing and bulk.
  
• Of those Pokemon, Mega Camerupt can take the opportunity to either set up Stealth Rock against Weezing, specially defensive Drapion, Aromatisse, and many more or severely damage them.
  
• Should Mega Camerupt be facing a team that carries a Flygon, it should use Hidden Power Ice to KO it.
  
• If running Toxic, Mega Camerupt should anticipate a bulky Water-type switch by hitting them with Toxic. This makes it easier for Mega Camerupt to overwhelm them over the course of the match.
  
  

Team Options
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• Water-types tend to work very well with Mega Camerupt, as they appreciate its ability to combat Electric- and Grass-types. Alomomola in particular is Mega Camerupt's best partner, as it can pass Wishes to Mega Camerupt in order to keep it healthy.
• Grass-types also make for good partners by dealing with Water-types such as Alomomola, Clawitzer, and Jellicent as well as Rhyperior; in return, Mega Camerupt can easily beat many of the Poison- and Steel-types that they detest, such as Amoonguss and Registeel.
  
• Of the offensive Grass-types that work well with Camerupt, Virizion and Tangrowth can form a potent wallbreaking core with it, and Rotom-C can cripple the likes of Alomomola with Trick and get Mega Camerupt in safely with Volt Switch.
  
• Bronzong and Aromatisse are good partners for Camerupt, as they can set up Trick Room making Camerupt extremely dangerous to the opponent. Bronzong can also support by setting up Stealth Rock while Aromatisse can aid it with Wish support.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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• A Specially Defensive set can be used just like the main set, but Camerupt loses the ability to KO a lot of Pokemon.
• A RestTalk set can be used so that Mega Camerupt is less dependent on Wish support to check what it wants to.
• Roar may be used for phazing and works effectively against Baton Pass Togetic.
  
• In a similar vein, Yawn is also effective at forcing switches and can be quite annoying if timed correctly.
  
• Another defensive option is Will-O-Wisp over Toxic to punish physical attackers; however, most of Camerupt's switch-ins tend to be specially based attackers that are more susceptible to Toxic.
  
• In terms of more offensive options, Rock Polish may be used in order to sweep more offensive teams, but it requires that Camerupt run maximum Speed and a Timid nature, and even then, Sticky Web support is needed to outspeed anything of value.
  
• Growth can boost Mega Camerupt's Special Attack stat, but it's only by one stage and Mega Camerupt is a little too slow to make use of the boost anyhow.
  
• Ancient Power may be used over Stealth Rock in teams that are particularly vulnerable to Fletchinder; on the flip side, Mega Camerupt has no business trying to tangle with it nor vice versa.
  
• Eruption can be used in Trick Room teams for immense power, but it requires Mega Camerupt to be healthy and is too situational.

Checks and Counters
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**Bulky Water-types**: Gastrodon, Quagsire, Jellicent, and Alomomola can all switch into a Fire-type STAB move and, at the very least, 2HKO Mega Camerupt with their Water-type STAB moves, although none of them like switching into a Toxic, and Alomomola and Quagsire lose if they switch directly in on an Earth Power.

**Audino**: Both Audino and Mega Audino can easily tank hits from Mega Camerupt; however, they have difficulty inflicting much damage back.

**Flygon**: Flygon switches into Mega Camerupt if it does not carry Hidden Power Ice and can retaliate with Earthquake.

**Faster Attackers**: Clawitzer, Seismitoad, and Samurott can all switch into any attack at least once and outspeed and KO, making them good checks.

 

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