Overview
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- Gets access to the momentum grabbing Volt Switch
- Decent 95 base special attack and high 105 base speed to give up for its lackluster defenses.
- Has great coverage in the form of Focus Blast
- Prevents sleep thanks to its amazing ability in Vital Spirit
- Has heavy competition from other electrics in the tier, notable Raichu which has higher speed, and Rotom-F which has a powerful secondary STAB.
- Quite frail, even with the eviolite boost, meaning that strong hits can dent it fairly easily.
Eviolite
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name: Eviolite
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Thunderbolt
move 4: Hidden Power Ice
ability: Vital Spirit
item: Eviolite
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid
Moves
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- Volt Switch is a decent power move which can be used for grabbing the momentum in battle, and will probably be the attack you press the most.
- Focus Blast hits pokemon that would otherwise wall you, like Lickylicky, Golem and Pileswine for solid damage.
- Thunderbolt has a good base power and gains a boost from STAB. This is your best option against neutral targets and for cleaning late game.
- Hidden power Ice deals with grass types like serperior and especially Torterra, alongside the always trublesome dragons like Fraxure.
Set Details
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- 252 EVs in Speed with a timid nature gives the highest possible speed and lets you speed tie with other important pokemon in the speed tier, most notable being Scyther and Kadabra
- 252 Special Attack EVs to improve your overall sweeping potential to the highest possible level.
- Eviolite improves your bulk, something that makes you more difficult to wear down for opposing teams.
Usage Tips
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- You want to keep electabuzz at high health most of the time to help it check Priority sweepers and deal with faster threaths, so be carful with your switches.
- Send Electabuzz in on opposing water and flying types to force them out.
- Electabuss can fuction as a late game sweeper if the opponent has lost their scarfer, as it can clean most weakened balanced or offensive teams easily thanks to its speed and decent power with thunderbolt.
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- Wallbreakers like SubPunch Poliwrath, Mixed Ramparados, LO Tauros and CB Stoutland makes for some great partners as they can break down most pokemon electabuzz stuggle against.
- While not weak to hazards, Electabuzz greatly appreciates hazard removers like Swanna and Prinplup to remove Spikes which troubles Electabuzz, which most of the game will be switching out with Volt switch.
- Ironicly Electabuzz also likes hazards at the opposing side of the field, and pokemon like Glaile or roselia can easliy set up spikes in the beginning of the game, while Torterra brings nice synergy and can set up SR.
Other Options
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- Psychic is an option to use over Hidden power ice, as it hits Throh hard, but outside of that its fairly weak and finds little use.
- Damage boosting items like Choice specs and Life orb could be used over Eviolite but Electabuzz is already easy to wear down and life orb would only help this progress, and While Choice specs hits hard, it is easy to play around and is rather outclassed by the faster Raichu.
- Choice scarf might be tempting, but is generally outclassed by raichu who not only is faster, but also has better coverage to choose from.
- Looking at Electabuzz's physical movepull, one might think a physical or mixed set is viable. But base 83 attack is pretty low, even by PU standards. Wild charge also miss out on some important KOs thunderbolt have, like Barbaracle and Carracosta.
- Hidden power Fire and Hidden power Water can be used to take down spesific threats instead of Hidden power Ice, but the use is rather gimmicky and has limited use
Checks & Counters
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**Fast physical attackers**: Pokemon who outspeed you and can attack electabuzz's lower physical defense. Examples being Tauros, Sneasel and Purugly.
**Metang**: Sp.def Metang takes less than 25% from everything Electabuzz throws at it and 2HKOes it back with EQ if hazards are in play. Physcial defensive Metang only takes max 35% with thunderbolt.
**Ground Types**: While most cannot switch in, fearing Hidden power Ice or Focus Blast, can all ground types in the tier switchin on Thunderbolt or Volt switch. Special mentions to Piloswine, who also switches in on Hidden power Ice with ease.
**Specially Bulky walls**: things in general that are made to soak up hits, notably Roselia, Sp.def Throh and Lickylicky
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