Hey Guys, long time move set stealer first time poster :)
I have decided to give this whole community thing a go despite me loathing people in general ;) anyway I wanted to post a move set that I haven't seen anyone else using and get some thoughts on it because I think it brings a niche to a pokemon that is otherwise rather lackluster in everything but tanking hits and doing very little back.
The Set!
IM Eely Good (Eelektross) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 232 HP / 252 Def / 24 SDef
Bold Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower
- Giga Drain
- Acid Spray
The Niche.
Ok so Eelektross is now one of the few Pokemon with no weaknesses if not the only one thanks to fairy hitting Pokemon with the ghost/dark typing for Super Effective damage making its average defensive stats rather good since it will take a really powerful hit to do significant damage without a super effective typing advantage unfortunately Eelektross is less of a tank and more of a riot shield in that he can take hits but do very little back well this is were Acid Spray comes in.
So you switch in Eelektross in on something that can't touch him or something he can scare out with T-bolt and what happens?
well if they don't know what moves this thing gets they either bring in a grass or ground type to tank the Thunderbolt or they will bring in their special wall to tanks hits and wear it down. well not with acid spray. As they switch use acid spray and it will always (barring abilities like white smoke or clear body and of course steel typing) lower the Pokemons special defense by 2 making tanking hits very hard thanks to amazing coverage and this pseudo version of nasty plot and the best thing is Acid spray does damage as well meaning we can make full use of assault vest to make ourselves bulky on both sides of the defensive spectrum.
With 24 evs and assault vest we reach 303 special defense which is rather nice and with a bold nature and our given evs spread we reach 284 defense not to be sniffed at either and with 232 evs in hp this allows Eelektross to tank hits on both the physical and special sides with relative efficiency and kill the switch in before it can do significant damage to Eelektross.
The Moves
Thunderbolt for customary stab you can run volt switch for some added momentum but really your going to want the extra power Thunderbolt provides, Flamethrower allows us to mess up the plethora of grass types that try to switch in and tank a thunderbolt and also allows us to hit any steel types that are immune to Acid Spray for nice but nothing special super effective damage and lastly Giga drain for recovery and it works great to take down any ground types that think they can switch in on Eelektross and Lastly we have Acid Spray a 40 Special Damage poison Move with the after effect of always lowering the opponents special defense by 2 so we can hit common special walls and really anything that isnt immune to the the stat drop very hard with the appropriate move.
The Calcs
I have tried to list common special walls and anything that gets commonly switched in on it from my own personal experience.
0 SpA Eelektross Thunderbolt vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ SpD Hitmontop: 136-162 (44.7 - 53.2%) -- 0.4% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Specially defensive hitmontop switches in and you acid spray you can then go on to 2hko if your lucky thanks to the damage done by acid spray or 3hko while the only move he can use to do decent damage is close combat (30% damage a 4 hko) will actually guarantee you the 2hko thanks to the extra sp.def drop.
0 SpA Eelektross Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Slowking: 92-110 (23.3 - 27.9%) -- 82.2% chance to 4HKO
Assault Vest Slowking arguably the best special wall in the business used to laugh at Eelektross with its pitiful stab super effective 4hko thunderbolt however with acid spray its now cowering in the corner screaming for mercy.
0 SpA Eelektross Thunderbolt vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Slowking: 182-216 (46.1 - 54.8%) -- 55.9% chance to 2HKO
and Considering it can only 5hko in return you can net some damage before it is either forced to be fodder or switched out.
0 SpA Eelektross Flamethrower vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ SpD Amoonguss: 224-264 (51.8 - 61.1%) -- 94.1% chance to 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery
Amoonguss used to switch in all day and now is 2hkod
If you manage to catch an assault vest tangrowth on the switch with acid spray you can then go on to kill it in one hit turning a 3hko flamethrower into a nice 2hko thanks to the damage done by acid spray.
0 SpA Eelektross Flamethrower vs. -2 252 HP / 80+ SpD Assault Vest Tangrowth: 250-296 (61.8 - 73.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Even the almighty Togetic can't withstand the onslaught being 2hkod by tbolt if acid sprayed before hand
0 SpA Eelektross Thunderbolt vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eviolite Togetic: 188-224 (59.8 - 71.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
And now for my favourite
Cressilia the bane of RU so damn bulky catch it switching in with an acid spray and it cant sub up on you and it can barely 6hko you meaning it's going to have to toxic you and if you it hit with another acid spray lol
0 SpA Eelektross Thunderbolt vs. -4 252 HP / 0 SpD Cresselia: 243-286 (54.7 - 64.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
Other Notable Shutdowns and 2hkos after Acidspray are
Virizion even max special defense versions can be taken out with 2 flamethrowers after stealth rock and acid spray damage,
Sigilyph cant boost that special defense with acid spray always lowering the special defense 1 more than cosmic power or calm mind,
Gastrodon for some reason is always switched in on this thing despite it getting giga drain so even without acid spray its a dead duck and will allow you to recover a nice chunk, after acid spray.
Max special defense
Cofagrigus has a 78% chance to be 2hkod if you have stealth rock up otherwise it is a 3hko after lefties recovery
If for whatever reason
Alomomola switches in and your Eel needs some healing DO NOT T-Bolt acid spray and giga drain can heal you to full health.
Stealth rocks turns a lot of these probable 2hkos into guaranteed 2hkos so it loves it some sr support.
Thanks for reading my ramblings about Eelektross I am interested to hear your thoughts on this poke and on acid spray in general I also used a Tentacruel max speed and max special atk with acid spray in ou and it had a field day killing off its counters and messing with all the bulky waters that wander around up there.