OU Houndoom

[boltsandbombers]

looks good to me. just clean up other options since it's all over the place, 3/3

He didn't fully write it up :P

 

[Vert]

aight done, i think i might have forgotten important stuff, oh yea mew i'll add that. so give feedback, but this is gp ready

 

[boltsandbombers]

This looks really good, the only thing I'd personally add is toxicroak to team options as despite the shared ground weakness they have excellent offensive synergy and beat up each other's checks and counters.

(Doom hates fairies like Azu / mega altaria, ttar and conk while toxicroak puts pressure on all of them, etc)

Edit: croak provides an excellent Keldeo check which is important !_!

The title is kinda confusing to me, you have it in copyediting but normally the 3rd check is after the write up is compete, small mistake on Ben gays part. Also it says 0/3 but you got 2 (kinda 3) QC checks :o
Try and sort that out I guess :x

 

[Firebird03]

hi amcheck

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Overview
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A mostly forgotten (unnecessary change, but seeing as you're writing about it..) Mega Evolution, Mega Houndoom brings a huge amoun excellent of utility on toPokemon that can be used in just about any role, checking dangerous threats such as Bisharp, Mega Sableye, and Latios. In addition to this, it has favorable match ups against opposing Pokemon in the current metagame; againstcommon switch-ins used by offensive teams, common switch-ins likeuch as Tyranitar and Azumarill are cripplesd by Will-O-Wisp, while stall teams will have trouble against Taunt. ItMega Houndoom's access to Nasty Plot compounded byas well as its high speed allows it to sweep teams. Mega Houndoom, however, has a nasty Stealth Rock weakness, and can be easily forced out by threats such as Keldeo, Heatran, Rotom-W, Tornadus-T, and prominent Mega Evolved opponents such as Lopunny and Altaria. Flaws aside, its ability to bringrole as a bunch of utility, Pokemon and completely wreckhigh balanced buildstats makes it a solid choice to build your team around.

Utility Attacker
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name: Utility Attacker
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Taunt
ability: Flash Fire
item: Houndoominite
nature: Timid
evs: 40 HP / 8 Def / 208 SpA / 252 Spe

Moves
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Nasty Plot allows Mega Houndoom to sweep teams with ease when its checks and counters are removed, and it can set up easily, due to its great typing allowing it to force out Ferrothorn, Skarmory, Mew, Mega Sableye, and Slowbro. Fire Blast and Dark Pulse are great STAB moves that have good neutral coverage. Will-O-Wisp is useful against offensive teams and can cripple common switch -ins such as Azumarill, Tyranitar, Terrakion, and Garchomp. It also provides you a great check to Bisharp. Taunt can be used for stallbreaking, but itMega Houndoom will misslose the utility that Will-O-Wisp has. Hidden Power [Grass] and Sludge Bomb are options for hitting Pokemon that wall Mega Houndoom's coverage such as Azumarill, Keldeo, Terrakion, Tyranitar, Togekiss, and Mega Altaria, but Will-O-Wisp usually cripples most of these, and its utility will be missed, along with Taunt. Sunny Day can be used to abuse Solar Power, bringraising the power of Mega Houndoom's Fire Blast off the charts, but it wornears down easilyMega Houndoom, and Solarbeam can be easily be played around with Tyranitar or Politoed, for example.

Set Details
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The following EV spread given allow ys Mega Houndoom to take 3 sSeismic tTosses from Chansey 3 times and live Choice Band Talonflame's Brave Bird. Flash Fire allows yMega Houndoom to come in on Fire-type moves such as Volcarona's Fire Blast, Mega Charizard Y's Flamethrower, and Heatran's Lava Plume. In Mega Charizard Y's case, a boost can be very clutchrucial because itMega Houndoom gets a Solar Power boost, meaning, Mega Houndoom can do a huge amount of damage, while Tyranitar, a common teammate for Mega Charizard Y, canwill be neutered by Will-O-Wisp. (not exactly sure if the changes I made reflected what you meant, if they didn't ignore because I was kind of confused on this one)

Usage Tips
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Offensive teams will have trouble against Mega Houndoom, so using Will-O-Wisp to target predicted switch -ins is vital to its success. Stall teams have trouble against the Taunt variant, so using double switches to wear down Chansey with Stealth Rock, and then preventing it from healing later in the match with Taunt and using repeated Nasty Plots should do the job, allowing yMega Houndoom roast the archetypeit.

Team Options
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Gengar and Latios are amazing teammates towhen paired with Houndoom. They appreciate Tyranitar being burned, so they cannot be reliably Pursuit trapped, allowing them to wrecak havoc with Shadow Ball and Draco Meteor, respectively. Earthquake Latios gets a special mention for eliminating Heatran, a check to Mega Houndoom. Gyarados has excellent synergy with Mega Houndoom, and sets up on a bunch of thingsPokemon Mega Houndoom can burn such as Tyranitar in compoundnjunction with Intimidate. Mega Houndoom also forces out Ferrothorn, somethinga Pokemon that walls Gyarados. Starmie, Excadrill, Latias, and Latios remove hazards and sharve nice synergy with Mega Houndoom as well.

Other Options
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Sucker Punch is Houndoom's only option for priority and can mitigate issues against opposing priority and Choice Scarf users. However, it is quite weak without Attack investment. Will-O-Wisp screws with some switch-ins, most parominenticularly Tyranitar, Hippowdon, Azumarill, and Terrakion, but it is contrary to Houndoom's fast and hard-hitting nature. Destiny Bond is a viable alternative in the last slot, but the utility provided by Taunt and the coverage given by Hidden Power [Grass] is usually superior. Sunny Day remains an excellent option for punishing Tyranitar, Hippowdon, and Azumarill. The latter's Aqua Jet will also be weakened, meaning that Mega Houndoom can avoid being revenge killed. Another notable feature is the 2HKO on Chansey with only 2 switch ins into Stealth Rock allowing it to finish off stall teams much faster. However, Houndoom will have little wayfew methods of breaking past Heatran and stacked up Solar Power damage will wear Houndoom out fast, meaning even the resisted priority moves such as Bullet Punch will finish it off after a couple of turns. Finally, Sludge Bomb is an option to hit Mega Altaria and AV Azumarill harder, but Mega Houndoom needs Taunt or Will-O-Wisp to be effective.

Checks & Counters
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**Revenge Killers**: Choice Scarf Garchomp, Choice Scarf Keldeo, Mega Aerodactyl, Excadrill, and Terrakion make easy offensive checks or counters, depending on the field condition. Strong priority users such as Breloom, Talonflame, and Conkeldurr are also good checks or counters. Thundurus-I can paralyze itMega Houndoom, thereby making it no longer a threat. Also, Pokemon that naturally outspeed Mega Houndoom and can hit it super effectively, such as Greninja, make good checks as well.

**Tyranitar**: Tyranitar replaces sun with sand, due to its ability Sand Stream, resists Mega Houndoom's dual STAB, and has the bulk to take anything else while retaliating with Stone Edge; it really only fears Destiny Bond. Tyranitar is thus Houndoom's besan excellent counter to Mega Houndoom. Tyraintar can still be eliminated by a combination of Sunny Day and Solarbeam, so be aware. Will-O-Wisp can also be problematic.

**Chansey**: This blobPokemon sponges anything from Mega Houndoom if it's not using Taunted, but if it is, the opposing team can wear it down rather easily. Also, be aware that Chansey is 2HKOed by Fire Blast in Sun with prior damage.

**Conkeldurr**: It can take hits easily and abuses its Will-O-Wisp. It is Mega Houndoom's besanother great counter to Mega Houndoom. (above you already said Tyranitar was Mega Houndoom's best counter)

**Azumarill**: The Assault Vest set is the best counter to itMega Houndoom, and it can even tank a Solarbeam in Sun and retaliate with Play Rough. Azumarill even has Aqua Jet to take itMega Houndoom out before it can even use an attack. Just like Tyranitar, it needs to be careful of Will-O-Wisp, however.

 

[havokchomp123]

Plz remove greninja from checks and counters

 

[AM]

Vertex you want to mention some bulky water types along with M-Diancie in checks and counters. Azumarill can fall under the bulky water types.

 

[Vert]

implemented all of this. good for gp

 

[fleurdyleurse]

hi

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Overview
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A forgotThough it is often Mega Evolutioforgotten, Mega Houndoom brings a huge amount of utility on to the table, checking dangerous threats such as Bisharp, Mega Sableye, and Latios. In addition to this, it has favorable match ups against the current metagame;common Pokemon: against offensive teams, common switch-ins liketo it such as Tyranitar and Azumarill are cripplesd by Will-O-Wisp, while stall teams will havare trouble againstd by Taunt. Its access to Nasty Plot compoundeand by its high sSpeed allows it to sweep teams. Mega with ease. Houndoom, however, has a nastyits weakness to Stealth Rock weakness and can becan be troublesome; it also is easily forced out by threats such as Keldeo, Heatran, Rotom-W, Tornadus-T, and prominent Megas such as Lopunny, and Mega Altaria. Flaws asideNonetheless, its abutility to bringand a bunch of utility, and completely wreck to sweep balanced buildsteams easily makes it a solid choice to build around.

Utility Attacker
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name: Utility Attacker
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Taunt
ability: Flash Fire
item: Houndoominite
nature: Timid
evs: 40 HP / 8 Def / 208 SpA / 252 Spe

Moves
========

Nasty Plot allows Mega Houndoom to sweep teams with ease when its checks and counters arehave been removed, and it can set up easily duethanks to its great typing allowing it to force Ferrothorn, Skarmory, Mew, Mega Sableye, and Slowbro out. Fire Blast and Dark Pulse are great STAB moves that have good neutral coverage. Will-O-Wisp is useful against offensive teams and can cripple common switch -ins to Houndoom, such as Azumarill, Tyranitar, Terrakion, and Garchomp. It also provides yallows Houndoom a greato check to Bisharp. Taunt can be used forto stallbreaking, but if it is used, Houndoom will miss out on the utility Will-O-Wisp has. Hidden Power [Grass] and Sludge Bomb are options forcan be used to hitting Pokemon that otherwise wall Mega Houndoom's coverage, such as Azumarill, Keldeo, Terrakion, Tyranitar, Togekiss, and Mega Altaria, butthough Will-O-Wisp usually cripples most of thesem, and its utility will be missed, along with Taunt. Sunny Day can be used to abusutilize Solar Power, bringheightening Mega Houndoom's Fire Blast off the charts,damage output but making it worn down easily, and; Solarb Beam can also be easily be played around with weather setters such as Tyranitar orand Politoed for example.

Set Details
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The following EVs allow yHoundoom tako survive 3 sSeismic tTosses from Chansey and live Choice Band Talonflame's Brave Bird. Flash Fire allows yHoundoom to comeswitch in on Fire-type moves such as Volcarona's Fire Blast, and Mega Charizard Y's Fire Blamethrower, andst, as well as Heatran's Lava Plume. In Mega Charizard Y's case, a boost can be very clutchimportant because itMega Houndoom gets a Solar Power boost meaning, Mega Houndoom it can do a huge amount of damage, while Tyranitar, a common teammate for Mega Charizard Y, can beis neutered by Will-O-Wisp.

Usage Tips
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Offensive teams have trouble againstdealing with Mega Houndoom, so using Will-O-Wisp to target predicted switch -ins is vital to its success. Stall teams have trouble against the Taunt variants of Houndoom, so using double switches to wear down Chansey with Stealth Rock, and then preventing it from healing later in the match with Taunt and using repeated Nasty Plots should do the job, repeatedly will allowing you roast the archetype Mega Houndoom to deal with stall teams.

Team Options
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Gengar and Latios are amazingmake for great teammates to pair wi, as th Houndoom. They appreciate Tyranitar being burned, somaking they cannotm unable to be reliably Pursuit trapped, allowing them to wrecak havoc with Shadow Ball and Draco Meteor, respectively.; Earthquake Latios gets a special mention foreven has the ability to eliminatinge Heatran, a check to Mega Houndoom. Gyarados has excellent synergy with Mega Houndoom, and is able to set up on a bunch of thswitch-ings to Mega Houndoom can burn such as Tyranitar in compound with Intimidate. Mega Houndoom also forces outis able to deal with Ferrothorn, something that which walls Gyarados. Starmie, Excadrill, Latias, and Latios remove hazards and share nice synergy with Mega Houndoom as well. Toxicroak is an underrated teammate that has plenty of opportunities to SPAMspam Gunk Shot by taking advantage of Mega Houndoom's checks and counters such as Tyranitar, Chansey, Keldeo, Unaware Clefable, Terrakion, and Mega Altaria, if expecting thea double switch.

Other Options
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Sucker Punch is Houndoom's only option for a priority move and can mitigate issues against opposing priority and Choice Scarf users. However, it is quite weak without Attack investment. Will-O-Wisp screws with some switch-ins, most prominently Tyranitar, Hippowdon, Azumarill, and Terrakion, but it is contrary to Houndoom's fast and hard-hitting nature. Destiny Bond is a viable alternative in the last slot, but the utility provided by Taunt and the coverage given by Hidden Power [Grass] is usually superior. Sunny Day remains an excellent option forto punishing Tyranitar, Hippowdon, and Azumarill. The latter's Aqua Jet will also be weakened, meaning that Mega Houndoom can avoid being revenge killed by it. Another notable feature is the 2HKO on Chansey with only 2 switch -ins into Stealth Rock allowing it to finish stall teams much faster. However, Houndoom will have little way of breaking past Heatran and stacked up Solar Power damage will wear Houndoom out fastquickly, meaning even the resisted priority moves such as Bullet Punch will finish it off after a couple offew turns. Finally, Sludge Bomb is can optionbe used to hit Mega Altaria and Assault Vest Azumarill harder, but Mega Houndoom needs Taunt or Will-O-Wisp to be effective.

Checks & Counters
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**Revenge Killers**: Revenge killers such as Choice Scarf Garchomp, Choice Scarf Keldeo, Mega Aerodactyl, Excadrill, and Terrakion make for easy offensive checks or counters, depending on the field condition. Strong priority users such as Breloom, Talonflame, and Conkeldurr are also good checks or counters to Houndoom. Thundurus-I can paralyze it making it no longer a threaHoundoom, neutralizing it. Also, Pokemon that naturally outspeed Mega Houndoom and can hit it super effectively, such as Mega Lopunny and Tornadus-T, make for good checks as well.

**Mega Diancie**: ItMega Diancie walls Mega Houndoom's STAB moves and can bounce Will-O-Wisp back. It easily OHKOes Houndoom with Diamond Storm back.

**Tyranitar**: Tyranitar replaces sun with sand, resists Houndoom's dual STAB moves, and has the bulk to take any of its hing elsets while retaliating with Stone Edge; it really only fears Destiny Bond. Tyranitar is thus Houndoom's best counter. Tyraintar can still be eliminated by a combination of Sunny Day and Solarb Beam so be aware., however; Will-O-Wisp can also be problematic for it.

**Chansey**: This blob spongChansey survives anything from Houndoom if it does not usinge Taunt, but if it idoes, the opposing teaHoundoom can wear it down rather easily. Also be aware that Chansey is also 2HKOed by Fire Blast in Sthe sun with prior damage.

**Conkeldurr**: ItConkeldurr can take hits easily and abuses itsfrom Houndoom while benefitting from Will-O-Wisp. It is Mega thanks to Guts while being able to KO Houndoom's best counter with its STAB moves.

**Azumarill**: The Assault Vest set is the bestAzumarill counter to its Houndoom and can even tanksurvive a Solarb Beam in Sun and retailiate with Play Rough. Azumarill in sun. It even has Aqua Jet to take it KO Hout before it candoom; howeven use an attack. Just like Tyranitar, it needs tomust be cwareful of Will-O-Wisp, however.
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gp 1/2~

 

[Vert]

implemented ^.^

thanks. ready for 2/2

 

[Weebl]

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Overview
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Though it is often forgotten, Mega Houndoom brings a huge amount of utility on to the table, checking dangerous threats such as Bisharp, Mega Sableye, and Latios. In addition to this, It also has favorable match ups matchups against common Pokemon; against offensive teams, common switch-ins to it such as Tyranitar and Azumarill are crippled by Will-O-Wisp, while stall teams are troubled by Taunt. Its Mega Houndoom's access to Nasty Plot and its high Speed allows it to sweep teams with ease. However, its weakness to Stealth Rock can be troublesome: it also is forced out by threats such as Keldeo, Heatran, Rotom-W, Tornadus-T, Mega Lopunny and Mega Altaria. Nonetheless, its Mega Houndoom's utility and ability to sweep balanced teams easily makes it a solid choice to build around.

Utility Attacker
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name: Utility Attacker
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Taunt
ability: Flash Fire
item: Houndoominite
nature: Timid
evs: 40 HP / 8 Def / 208 SpA / 252 Spe

Moves
========

Nasty Plot allows Mega Houndoom to sweep teams with ease when once its checks and counters have been removed, and thanks to its great typing, (AC) it can set up easily thanks to its great typing allowing it to force out and set up on Pokemon such as Ferrothorn, Skarmory, Mew, Mega Sableye, and Slowbro. Fire Blast and Dark Pulse are great STAB moves that have good neutral coverage. Will-O-Wisp is useful against offensive teams and can cripple common switch-ins to Mega Houndoom such as Azumarill, Tyranitar, Terrakion, and Garchomp. It also allows Mega Houndoom to check Bisharp. Taunt can be used fto stallbreak, but if it used, it will Mega Houndoom loses out on the utility of Will-O-Wisp. Hidden Power Grass and Sludge Bomb can be used in the last moveslot to hit Pokemon that otherwise wall Mega Houndoom, such as Azumarill, Keldeo, Terrakion, Tyranitar, Togekiss, and Mega Altaria, though Will-O-Wisp usually cripples most of these, and its utility will be missed. Sunny Day can be used to utilize Solar Power, heightening Mega Houndoom's damage output, but it can be worn down easily; Solar Beam is also easy for an opponent to take advantage of.

Set Details
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The following given EVs allow Mega Houndoom to survive 3 Seismic tTosses from Chansey and Choice Band Talonflame's Brave Bird. Flash Fire allows Mega Houndoom to switch-into on Fire-type moves such as Volcarona's Fire Blast and Mega Charizard Y's Fire Blast, as well as Heatran's Lava Plume. Against In Mega Charizard Y's case, a boost can be very important because it gets gives Mega Houndoom a Solar Power boost meaning it can do a huge amount of damage, while Tyranitar, a common teammate for of Mega Charizard Y, is neutered by Will-O-Wisp.

Usage Tips
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Offensive teams have trouble dealing with Mega Houndoom, so using Will-O-Wisp to target predicted switch-(add hyphen)ins is vital to its success. Mega Houndoom can take advantage of stall teams' (add apostrophe) weakness to have trouble against Taunt variants of Mega Houndoom, so using double switches by double switching many times to wear down Chansey down with Stealth Rock and then, (AC) when Chansey is weakened, (AC) Taunting it so that it cannot heal and setting up on it with preventing it from healing later in the match with Taunt and using Nasty Plot allowing Mega Houndoom to deal with stall teams.

Team Options
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Gengar and Latios make for great teammates to pair with Mega Houndoom. They appreciate Tyranitar being burned, (RC) so they cannot be reliably Pursuit trapped, allowing them to wreak havoc with Shadow Ball and Draco Meteor, respectively; Earthquake Latios gets a special mention for the its ability to eliminate Heatran, a check to Mega Houndoom. Gyarados has excellent synergy with Mega Houndoom, (RC) and is able to set up on a bunch of switch-ins to Mega Houndoom. Mega Houndoom also is also able to deal with Ferrothorn, something that which a Pokemon that walls Gyarados. Starmie, Excadrill, Latias, and Latios can remove hazards and share nice synergy with Mega Houndoom. Toxicroak is an underrated teammate that has plenty of opportunities to spam Gunk Shot by taking advantage of against Mega Houndoom's checks and counters such as Tyranitar, Chansey, Keldeo, Unaware Clefable, Terrakion, and Mega Altaria, if expecting a double switch.

Other Options
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Sucker Punch is Mega Houndoom's only option for priority and can mitigate issues against opposing priority and Choice Scarf users. However, it is quite weak without Attack investment. Destiny Bond is a viable alternative in the last slot, but the utility provided by Taunt or Will-O-Wisp or and the coverage given by Hidden Power Grass is usually superior. Finally, Sludge Bomb is an option used to hit Mega Altaria and Assault Vest Azumarill harder, but Mega Houndoom needs Taunt or Will-O-Wisp to be effective.

Checks & Counters
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**Revenge Killers**: Revenge killers such as Choice Scarf Garchomp, Choice Scarf Keldeo, Mega Aerodactyl, Excadrill, and Terrakion make for easy great offensive checks or counters to Mega Houndoom, depending on the field condition. Strong priority users such as Breloom, Talonflame, and Conkeldurr are also good checks or counters to Mega Houndoom. Thundurus can paralyze Houndoom, neutralizing crippling it. Also, Pokemon that naturally outspeed Mega Houndoom and can hit it super effectively, such as Mega Lopunny and Tornadus-T, make for good checks to Mega Houndoom as well.

**Mega Diancie**: Mega Diancie can switch into Mega Houndoom with ease, (AC) as it walls Mega Houndoom's STAB moves and can bounce Will-O-Wisp back. It easily OHKOes can then easily OHKO Mega Houndoom with Diamond Storm back.

**Tyranitar**: Tyranitar replaces sun with sand, resists Mega Houndoom's STAB moves, and has the bulk to take anything any of Mega Houndoom's attacks before while retaliating with Stone Edge. Tyranitar is thus Mega Houndoom's best counter. However Tyranitar can still be eliminated by a combination of Sunny Day and Solar Beam on the switch; Will-O-Wisp can also be problematic for it.

**Chansey**: Chansey survives anything from Houndoom easily switches into Mega Houndoom that are if its not using Taunt, but if it does, the opposing team can wear it down rather easily; (SC) however, (AC) Mega Houndoom with Taunt can prevent a weakened Chansey from healing. Also, (AC) be aware that Chansey is 2HKOed by Fire Blast in sun with prior damage.

**Conkeldurr**: Conkeldurr can take hits easily from Mega Houndoom easily and benefits while benefitting from Will-O-Wisp, (AC) thanks to Guts. It can easily OHKO Mega Houndoom back with Drain Punch, (RC) and restore any lost HP.

**Azumarill**: Azumarill walls its Mega Houndoom's STAB moves, and it can set-(remove hyphen)up on Mega Houndoom with Belly Drum. Assault Vest Azumarill takes even less damage from Mega Houndoom's attacks; however, Azumarill still has to be aware wary of Will-O-Wisp, (AC) which will prevent it from doing its job.

GP 2/2

 

[aim]

yo vertex did you add the 2/2 gp?

 

[Vert]

finished aim :]

 

[aim]

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