Because it isn't legal by breeding yet. Ice Punch is an egg move and Encourage is a Dream world ability. You'd need a Female with the Dream World ability which hasn't been found yet (if ever).
Well having tried this out and faced a few Agility and DDGatr's, SDGatr will usually beat them 1v1, SD'd Crunch usually brings enemy Gatr's to low enough health for Aqua Jet to finish them off. Gatr himself will usually shrug off +1 Crunches or EQ's from himself too, (in EQ's case it only guarantees the kill because of LO recoil) I think best way to think of the SD set is as a anti-bulky water Gatr that still has some capability of sweeping.Honestly, I think DD or Agility Feraligatr is gonna be more useful than SD sets like this. Feraligatr needs speed more than power now with Encourage and whatnot, IMO.
DD Encourage Gatr is a fucking amazing sweeper, and is definitely superior to Gyarados in almost every way now thanks to its ability and better typing. It's a shame it can't really beat Nattorei, and Rotom-w 100% walls you if you run Waterfall/Ice Punch/Earthquake, but even so it's been great for me so far. The only problem I find is that it isn't quite fast enough with or without a boost, so you really need to make sure scarfers are gone before you even begin to sweep. Luckily Gatr is bulky enough to take a priority move and hit back, so unless you're really worn down you should be fine against most priority.
But then your speed is unboosted and you're at -1 Defense. To me, that's just begging Techniloom with Mach Punch (or anyone else who resists Aqua Jet and has priority / is faster than Gatr) to come in and revenge-kill him.
But then your speed is unboosted and you're at -1 Defense. To me, that's just begging Techniloom with Mach Punch (or anyone else who resists Aqua Jet and has priority / is faster than Gatr) to come in and revenge-kill him.
I think a DD set with Superpower would be good actually, its an OHKO on nattorei that dont invest in absolute Max Def (most also invest in SpD) but it doesn't destroy your sweep either.
First it will only ever be used againt Nattorei, so you're not going to use it every turn.
Also, it doesn't stop you either, Gatr has 100 base def and resists Bullet Punch, and he can damage stuff with Encourage Waterfall even at +0, especially when the opponent's main Water resist is gone.
Dragon Dancer
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Encourage
EVs 4 HP / 252 ATK / 252 SPE
Item: Life Orb
-Dragon Dance
-Waterfall
-Ice Punch/Aqua Jet.
-Rock Slide/Crunch/Ice Fang
Mixed DD
Nature: Rash
Ability: Encourage
EV: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Speed
Item: LO
~Dragon Dance
~Boiling Water/Waterfall
~Ice Beam
~Crunch/Earthquake/Aqua Jet