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<p>Chatot's respectable Base 91 Speed can often let it down, as many things such as Scarfed Hitmonlee and Ninetales can come in and put an end to Chatot's sweep. A SubSalac set can help with that in a number of ways. First, behind a Substitute, Chatot can fire relatively damaging attacks from beind a sub and wear its counters down. Second, if allowed to get a Nasty Plot and a Salac boost, Chatot's sweeping potential is enormous. Hyper Voice's reliable power and STAB returns here, as well as the excellent coverage of Heat Wave or Hidden Power Water.</p>
<p>An alternate build is to run a Modest Chatot, Substitute on the switch, then Agility and use the boosted Speed to Substitute down to Petaya Berry range. While this set packs less power, it still has a very respectable 466 Special Attack for offense.</p>
<p>28 HP/252 SpA/228 Spe with Timid reaches 301 Speed, which outpaces most Pokemon in Chatot's Speed tier, as well as providing 299 HP, a magic Life Orb number. Max Speed is also an option if you're paranoid about tying with Timid Rotom.</p>
<p>Chatot's power is such that it is difficult to counter. Even the most defensive of special walls, 252/252 Calm Grumpig, Hypno, and Mantine, are all 2HKOed by a Nasty Plotted Hyper Voice. That said, the best way to counter Chatot is through a combination of Speed and power. Ninetales makes one of the best counters, as long as it comes in on a non-damaging move or Heat Wave. However, if it comes in on any attack other than Heat Wave on the Specs set, it is easily OHKOed if Stealth Rock is down. Hitmontop can come in using its high Special Defense and hit Chatot hard with Mach Punch, though non-Technician Mach Punch will not OHKO. Absol can Sucker Punch Chatot, though it risks Sucker Punch being Encored and being set up on. Choice Scarfed Pokemon in general also do well if they can come in on the Nasty Plot. Soundproof Electrode can switch into Hyper Voice (and to a lesser extent Chatter) for free and OHKO with Thunderbolt and 140 Base Speed, but cannot switch in on Heat Wave or Hidden Power Water. Froslass has STAB Ice Beam and is immune to Hyper Voice, as well as outspeeding Chatot, but doesn't like Heat Wave either.</p>
<p>With three attacks and Nasty Plot, Chatot has the potential to cause a ton of damage in UU. After a Nasty Plot, Hyper Voice is strong enough to eliminate anything that doesn't resist it. Pokemon such as Hypno, Grumpig, and Mantine (the premiere special walls of UU) are all 2HKOed by Hyper Voice after a Nasty Plot. The last two moves are meant to deal with the things that resist Hyper Voice, namely Ghost, Rock, and Steel-Types. Heat Wave is a powerful neutral coverage attack, covering Steels and Ghosts, as well as common bulky grass-types prevalent in UU. Finally, Hidden Power Water, after a Nasty Plot, scores an OHKO on Aggron, Solrock, Lunatone, and a 2HKO on Probopass. Hidden Power Fighting scores an OHKO on Probopass, and also is the most powerful move that Chatot can use against Cradily and the Rock/Water-types.</p>