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Overview
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-decent offensive and defensive typing
-Amazing speed of for PU
-Decent movepool
-Ability grants it immunity to burns
-Mediocre defenses
-Struggles for a teamslot
Choice Band
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Waterfall
move 2: Ice Punch
move 3: Crunch / Aqua Jet
move 4: Switcheroo
ability: Water Veil
item: Choice Band
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Jolly
Moves
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-Waterfall for hard hitting STAB, hitting Rock-, Ground-, and Fire-types, such as Golem, Flareon, Camerupt, and Marowak.
-Ice Punch is a hard-hitting coverage move, allowing Floatzel to hit Grass-types such as Gourgeist, Serperior, and Gogoat, as well as Altaria, super effectively
-Crunch is used to hit Psychic- and Ghost-types hard, such as Meowstic, Haunter, Gourgeist, and Misdreavus.
-Aqua Jet is for a strong priority to revenge kill faster things.
-Lastly, Switcheroo is used to cripple walls such as Tangela, Roselia, and Bastiodon, while allowing Floaztel to switch moves.
Set Details
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-252 EVs in Floatzel's best and most prevelant stats, Attack and Speed.
-Jolly because it hits an amazing speed tier, tying with Sneasel and outpacing Serperior, Tauros, and Raichu.
-Choice Band for a large amount of damage, as well as a great item to cripple walls with Switcheroo.
-Water Veil to protect Floatzel from burns, best choice ability
Usage Tips
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-Switcheroo to cripple walls
-Waterfall is Floatzel's go-to STAB, and will likely be used most often.
-Try to predict, as being locked into an unfavorable matchup is never good.
-Remove bulky Grass-types beforehand, as it's really hard for Floatzel to take out things such as Tangela and Roselia.
Team Options
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-Fire-types such as Ninetales, Flareon, and Simisear to beat Grass-types. Floatzel can beat Rock- and Ground-types in return.
-Spikes support from Pokemon such as Garbodor and Glalie, help, allowing it to achieve some KOs.
-Ground-types such as Golem and Marowak make excellent teammates, as they can beat Electric-types giving Floaztel trouble, as well as absorbing possible Thunder Wave's aimed Floatzel's way.
-Grass-types such as Tangela and Roselia to beat opposing Water-types, namely Poliwrath.
-Wish support from Lickilicky is appreciated so Floatzel can come in multiple times.
Baton Pass
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name: Baton Pass
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Taunt / Substitute
move 4: Baton Pass
ability: Water Veil
item: Leftovers
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Jolly
Moves
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-Bulk Up is to boost Attack and Defense simultaneously
-Waterfall for some offensive presence, as well as utilizing Bulk Up if need be
-Taunt is used to block status moves, such as Sleep Powder and Thunder Wave, healing moves like Lickilicky's Taunt, and rendering some walls, such as Bastiodon, useless
-Substitute is also used to block status and moves such as Leech Seed and Pain Split, and can be passed to a Baton Pass receiver
-Finally, Baton Pass pulls the set together, allowing Floatzel to pass of boosts and/or Substitutes to a teammate
Set Details
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-252 EVs are placed into HP and Speed, so Floatzel can act as a bulky, yet fast, stat passer.
-Jolly because it hits an amazing speed tier, tying with Sneasel and outpacing Serperior, Tauros, and Raichu.
-Leftovers is used as a steady source of recovery, allowing some longevity
-Water Veil to protect Floatzel from burns, best choice ability
-A more offensive spread can be used with 252 Attack, with Ice Punch, allowing Floatzel to be more its own attacker.
Usage Tips
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-Taunt or Substitute against walls, then proceed to set up. Bastiodon and Lickilicky are prime examples of setup targets.
-If Floatzel can sweep with its boosts, just keep them. It doesnt always have to pass them away.
-Setup mid-to-late game, as Pokemon will be worn out, more likely to switch, allowing it setup turns.
-Pass to Pokemon with a good type matchup to whatever is in on Floatzel. For example, if Tangela switches in, pass to a Fire-type such as Flareon.
Team Options
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-Good receivers such as Tauros, Sneasel, and Bouffalant, with either really high speed or bulk, appreciating the boosts.
-Receivers with good defensive synergy, such as Flareon, Marowak, Golem, Klang, and Altaria
Other Options
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-Swift Swim
-Life Orb
-Brick Break
-Splash Plate to bluff band
-SubPunch
-Pursuit
-Scald
-Special w/ Hydro/Ice Beam
-Agility
Checks & Counters
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**Grass-types**: Gourgeist, Tangela, Roselia
**Taunt**: Blocks Switcheroo/Taunt/Sub/BP/BU
**Revenge Killers**: Powerful priority or Choice Scarf users
**Phazing**: Circle Throw from Throh and Poliwrath, Whirlwind from Flying-types, Roar from Bastiodon. Rack up hazards. Suscpeptible to Taunt, however.
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