Kabutops
Overview
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+ Can work as a very good sweeper once set up with Swords dance
+ Gets access to priority and a set up move.
+ With AV it can work as a really good pivot due to rock and water typing (HP ice)
+ gets acces to weak amour which boosts your speed when getting hit by a physical attack.
+ It get access to swift swim which makes it a good rain sweeper
- gets killed right away by grass moves
- its speed is 284 at max and jolly
- its Spa defenses are not that great without the Assault vest
Swords Dance
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name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Aqua Jet
move 4: Waterfall / Knock Off
Ability: Weak Armor / Swift Swim
item: Life Orb / Focus Sash / Lum Berry
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Jolly / Adamant
Moves
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- Swords dance lets it set up and late game sweep
- You can run knock off to smack ghosts and gives you more coverage
- stone edge and water are its greatest stabs which hit hard with +2 boost
- Aqua jet for the priority for its average speed
Set Details
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- EV spread is just standard to a sweeper
- you can run adamant for more power and use aqua jet for speed
- Jolly for more speed and to out speed more pokes and be able to stone edge/waterfall more
Usage Tips
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- since this is a sweeper, you don't really want to be using this as a pivot as kabutops will be weakened and not being able to do its late game cleaning as it can be killed by priority or by Life Orb.
- You can run sash so it will be more easy to set up
- LO is used for more power to better ensure kills
Team Options
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- Pokemon that can take grass types and can have well synergy with it. (escavaleir, durant, bravaiary,)
- If you are not running lum berry then you could carry a pivot to will-o-wisp (flethinder,moltres,)
- Kabutops could really struggle with quagsire due to amazing physical defense so rotom-M works really well as you can kill with leaf storm and it also synergies well with it. taking earthquakes and any grass moves as its bulk can benefit kabutops
Assault Vest
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Name: Assault Vest
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Rapid Spin
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Aqua Jet
ability: Shell Armor / Weak Armor
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
nature: Jolly / Adamant
Moves
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- aqua jet is for priority
- knock off is for ghosts and eviolite users and more coverage for bulkier pokemon
- rapid spin is for hazard removal
- stone edge is one of kabutops best stabs
Set Details
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- Assault vest allows kabutops to work as a pivot and a hazard remover while living most hits.
- since its more of a bulkier poke with AV, i recommend running shell amour for no crits and not getting your physical defense lowered.
- You could also run weak amour just for the speed boost which is fine too
- max Atk and speed just for the best of kabutops potential and also allows offensive pressure as well as defensive.
Usage Tips
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- nice physical bulk and plus AV allows kabutops to be a great hazard remover
- Just because it has AV does not mean it can tank grass moves
Team Options
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- pokes that enjoy the hazard removing and synergies well are all great partners with kabutops
- moltres and flethinder really stand out to me because they can take nothing from grass attacks and kabutops can tank stone edges all day. You still will have to realize the electric weakness
- Escavaleir and durnat also are well partners because together the cover their biggest weakness, for escavaleir FIRE moves and for kautops, grass attacks
Other Options
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Checks and Counters
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-mach punch users
-faster pokemon
-grass moves
- bulky walls such as quagsire
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