veti
Supreme Overlord
[SET]
Focus Sash (Dragapult) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost / Dragon / Fairy
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty / Timid Nature
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Thunder Wave
[SET COMMENTS]
Focus Sash Dragapult is an excellent status spreader and emergency check to various threats in the tier due to its excellent speed, outspeeding every unboosted pokemon except Deoxys Speed, and Hex to both reward status spreading further and hit status absorbers like Gliscor, Gholdengo, and Hatterene hard. Dragon Darts makes Dragapult a potent mixed wallbreaker, with Dragon Darts slicing through special walls like Clodsire anf Blissey, and Special Defense boosting Pokemon like Volcarona and Raging Bolt. Draco Meteor is an alternative option to OHKO Offensive Gouging Fire and Walking Wake and OHKO Bulky Gouging Fire and Raging Bolt after Stealth Rock, however its imperfect accuracy, special attack drops, and inability to hit most special walls for good damage compromises Dragapults offensive capabilities. Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave combine to allow Dragapult to cripple nearly the entire metagame, with the exceptions of Tera Fairy Gholdengo and Garganacl, as well as Blissey if running Draco Meteor over Dragon Darts. Will-O-Wisp is primarily good against physical attackers and ground types like Kingambit, Ogerpon-W, Great Tusk, and Ting Lu, while Thunder Wave is primarily good for special attackers, fast Pokemon, and burn-immune targets like Iron Valiant, Gouging Fire, Volcarona, Deoxys-S, and Tera Fire Zamazenta. Dragapult should run a Hasty nature when using Dragon Darts to not weaken it and it is chosen over Naive to usually avoid being 2HKOd by Volcarona's Bug Buzz, however with Draco Meteor, Dragapult can run timid, allowing it to avoid a 2HKO from attacks like Gliscor's Earthquake. Infiltrator is Dragapult's ability of choice, allowing it to status or revenge kill Substitute users like Zamazenta, Serperior, and Iron Moth. Tera Ghost boosts the power of Hex, having enough power to nearly always OHKO Skeledirge with a status boosted Hex and 2HKO specially defensive Gliscor after Protect. Tera Dragon boosts either Dragon Darts or Draco Meteor, allowing Dragon Darts to 2HKO most Bulky Volcarona, Galarian Slowking, and Blissey and allowing Draco Meteor to OHKO Pokemon like Meowscarada, Raging Bolt without hazard chip, and Samurott Hisui. Tera Fairy provides a Dragon immunity and Dark resistance, which can allow it to survive hits from Pokemon like Tera Dragon Volcarona, opposing Dragapult, and Scarf Darkrai, esepcially if its Focus Sash is no longer intact.
Dragapult fits on offensive teams that appreciate its emergency checking of many of the tiers scariest threats with its paralysis and burn while still being offensively threatening. Dragapults excellent of crippling offensive threats is beneficial to many offensive Pokemon, letting it work well with many wallbreakers and sweepers like Ogerpon-W, Raging Bolt, Kingambit, and Volcarona that are commonly found in these structures by giving them setup opportunities on burnt physical attackers and fully paralyzed Pokemon in general and preventing the team from being overwhelmed by fast opposing Pokemon with Paralysis. Powerful wallbreakers like Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Choice Specs Kyurem appreciate Dragapult paralyzing various faster Pokemon to gain the jump on them, while Dragapult appreciates their ability to come in on Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Terastallized Clodsire that wall Dragapult to force them out and wallbreak. Zamazenta and Kingambit appreciate Dragapult burning opposing Zamazenta, while Kingambit additionally appreciates opposing Kingambit being burnt to win the mirror matchup. Raging Bolt has a much easier time breaking through Ting-Lu after Leftovers are neutralized while being able to take an Earthquake easier. Additionally, the aforementioned special attackers highly appreciate Dragon Darts variant of Dragapult to wear down shared walls like Clodsire, Blissey, specially defensive Gliscor, and Ting Lu. Dragapult's Focus Sash is broken by entry hazards, so Pokemon that can keep hazards off the field like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Taunt Deoxys-S, and Taunt Landorus-T are excellent partners. Dragapult struggles to make meaningful progress against Pokemon like Garganacl which can be alleviated with Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Encore Iron Valiant, and Rillaboom. Rillaboom's Grassy Terrain can additionally heal Dragapult back any chip damage to potentially restore it's Focus Sash. Dragapult is not foolproof as entry hazards can often be hard to keep off the field long enough, and Dragapult only has one one activation of Focus Sash. Because of this, Dragapult often needs teammates that can serve as secondary checks to the sweepers Dragapult tries to cripple. Bulky variants of Volcarona can check Iron Valiant while being able to fish for burn against Roaring Moon and Rillaboom in a pinch. Zamazenta can check Pokemon like Booster Energy Great Tusk, Weavile, and Kingambit and doubles up on speed control. Gholdengo can help overwhelm Dark-types or even lure them with Dazzling Gleam or Focus Blast while also checking Iron Valiant and Enamorus. Priority users like Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and especially Dragonite and Rillaboom due to their more consistent priority moves can revenge kill Pokemon that Dragapult fails to status, most notably a boosted Kyurem as it completely bypasses Focus Sash with Icicle Spear and Scale Shot and Choice Scarf Meowscarada that can OHKO it with Triple Axel, and also Pokemon like Iron Valiant, boosted Roaring Moon, and Deoxys Speed if Dragapult's Focus Sash is not maintained.
[SET CREDITS]
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Focus Sash (Dragapult) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost / Dragon / Fairy
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty / Timid Nature
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Thunder Wave
[SET COMMENTS]
Focus Sash Dragapult is an excellent status spreader and emergency check to various threats in the tier due to its excellent speed, outspeeding every unboosted pokemon except Deoxys Speed, and Hex to both reward status spreading further and hit status absorbers like Gliscor, Gholdengo, and Hatterene hard. Dragon Darts makes Dragapult a potent mixed wallbreaker, with Dragon Darts slicing through special walls like Clodsire anf Blissey, and Special Defense boosting Pokemon like Volcarona and Raging Bolt. Draco Meteor is an alternative option to OHKO Offensive Gouging Fire and Walking Wake and OHKO Bulky Gouging Fire and Raging Bolt after Stealth Rock, however its imperfect accuracy, special attack drops, and inability to hit most special walls for good damage compromises Dragapults offensive capabilities. Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave combine to allow Dragapult to cripple nearly the entire metagame, with the exceptions of Tera Fairy Gholdengo and Garganacl, as well as Blissey if running Draco Meteor over Dragon Darts. Will-O-Wisp is primarily good against physical attackers and ground types like Kingambit, Ogerpon-W, Great Tusk, and Ting Lu, while Thunder Wave is primarily good for special attackers, fast Pokemon, and burn-immune targets like Iron Valiant, Gouging Fire, Volcarona, Deoxys-S, and Tera Fire Zamazenta. Dragapult should run a Hasty nature when using Dragon Darts to not weaken it and it is chosen over Naive to usually avoid being 2HKOd by Volcarona's Bug Buzz, however with Draco Meteor, Dragapult can run timid, allowing it to avoid a 2HKO from attacks like Gliscor's Earthquake. Infiltrator is Dragapult's ability of choice, allowing it to status or revenge kill Substitute users like Zamazenta, Serperior, and Iron Moth. Tera Ghost boosts the power of Hex, having enough power to nearly always OHKO Skeledirge with a status boosted Hex and 2HKO specially defensive Gliscor after Protect. Tera Dragon boosts either Dragon Darts or Draco Meteor, allowing Dragon Darts to 2HKO most Bulky Volcarona, Galarian Slowking, and Blissey and allowing Draco Meteor to OHKO Pokemon like Meowscarada, Raging Bolt without hazard chip, and Samurott Hisui. Tera Fairy provides a Dragon immunity and Dark resistance, which can allow it to survive hits from Pokemon like Tera Dragon Volcarona, opposing Dragapult, and Scarf Darkrai, esepcially if its Focus Sash is no longer intact.
Dragapult fits on offensive teams that appreciate its emergency checking of many of the tiers scariest threats with its paralysis and burn while still being offensively threatening. Dragapults excellent of crippling offensive threats is beneficial to many offensive Pokemon, letting it work well with many wallbreakers and sweepers like Ogerpon-W, Raging Bolt, Kingambit, and Volcarona that are commonly found in these structures by giving them setup opportunities on burnt physical attackers and fully paralyzed Pokemon in general and preventing the team from being overwhelmed by fast opposing Pokemon with Paralysis. Powerful wallbreakers like Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Choice Specs Kyurem appreciate Dragapult paralyzing various faster Pokemon to gain the jump on them, while Dragapult appreciates their ability to come in on Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Terastallized Clodsire that wall Dragapult to force them out and wallbreak. Zamazenta and Kingambit appreciate Dragapult burning opposing Zamazenta, while Kingambit additionally appreciates opposing Kingambit being burnt to win the mirror matchup. Raging Bolt has a much easier time breaking through Ting-Lu after Leftovers are neutralized while being able to take an Earthquake easier. Additionally, the aforementioned special attackers highly appreciate Dragon Darts variant of Dragapult to wear down shared walls like Clodsire, Blissey, specially defensive Gliscor, and Ting Lu. Dragapult's Focus Sash is broken by entry hazards, so Pokemon that can keep hazards off the field like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Taunt Deoxys-S, and Taunt Landorus-T are excellent partners. Dragapult struggles to make meaningful progress against Pokemon like Garganacl which can be alleviated with Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Encore Iron Valiant, and Rillaboom. Rillaboom's Grassy Terrain can additionally heal Dragapult back any chip damage to potentially restore it's Focus Sash. Dragapult is not foolproof as entry hazards can often be hard to keep off the field long enough, and Dragapult only has one one activation of Focus Sash. Because of this, Dragapult often needs teammates that can serve as secondary checks to the sweepers Dragapult tries to cripple. Bulky variants of Volcarona can check Iron Valiant while being able to fish for burn against Roaring Moon and Rillaboom in a pinch. Zamazenta can check Pokemon like Booster Energy Great Tusk, Weavile, and Kingambit and doubles up on speed control. Gholdengo can help overwhelm Dark-types or even lure them with Dazzling Gleam or Focus Blast while also checking Iron Valiant and Enamorus. Priority users like Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and especially Dragonite and Rillaboom due to their more consistent priority moves can revenge kill Pokemon that Dragapult fails to status, most notably a boosted Kyurem as it completely bypasses Focus Sash with Icicle Spear and Scale Shot and Choice Scarf Meowscarada that can OHKO it with Triple Axel, and also Pokemon like Iron Valiant, boosted Roaring Moon, and Deoxys Speed if Dragapult's Focus Sash is not maintained.
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