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[Overview]
- an effective Rain Dance abuser
- base 85 SpA means that Water-type moves hurt (only 5 less than the p0pular Ludicolo)
- good base 100 Defense gives it bulk
- Rain Dance + Surf/Hydro Pump + Hurricane
- That's what I call a combination. Water/Flying has brilliant coverage, and take into account that it has two 120 BP STAB moves. one is boosted in power, the other in accuracy
- access to Roost (by level-up, meaning it can use its excellent DW ability)
- that DW ability is Rain Dish, meaning that Pelipper can use Damp Rock and still have what if effectively Leftovers recovery
[SET]
name: Rain Dance
move 1: Rain Dance
move 2: Hydro Pump / Surf
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Roost
item: Damp Rock
ability: Rain Dish
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Rain Dance is Pelippers support and boosting move
- STAB water attack is extremely powerful under the rain
- hurricane has brilliant STAB coverage, and a 30% confusion rate
- Roost keeps Pelipper healthy
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- SR weakness, Rapid Spinner is recommended, but not neccessary. Kabutops is an excellent partner
- Needs something to be able to switch into Electric-type moves. Manectric/Raichu have an immunity, can also set up RD and abuse Thunder
- Ground-types resist Pelippers weaknesses (Dugtrio/Krook can remove Electric-types)
- 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe with a Bold nature takes more advantage of Pelippers bulk.
- faster EV spread? imo swanna does that better. pelipper is bulkier
- Pelipper can act as a stand-alone attacker too. Lefties/Life Orb are an option
[Other Options]
- kinda shallow movepool out of what isn't listed
- Ice Beam is notable
- Stockpile boost defenses
- Scald is pretty cool, but pelly wants more power
- Tailwind can boost Speed, but most Swift Swimmers are fast enough
- U-Turn can bring a teammate in
[Checks & Counters]
- special walls like Slowking
- Electric-types will always outspeed and OHKO
- Rock-types are slow, so they can't counter. rock attacks probably won't ohko thanks to good physical bulk
[Overview]
- an effective Rain Dance abuser
- base 85 SpA means that Water-type moves hurt (only 5 less than the p0pular Ludicolo)
- good base 100 Defense gives it bulk
- Rain Dance + Surf/Hydro Pump + Hurricane
- That's what I call a combination. Water/Flying has brilliant coverage, and take into account that it has two 120 BP STAB moves. one is boosted in power, the other in accuracy
- access to Roost (by level-up, meaning it can use its excellent DW ability)
- that DW ability is Rain Dish, meaning that Pelipper can use Damp Rock and still have what if effectively Leftovers recovery
[SET]
name: Rain Dance
move 1: Rain Dance
move 2: Hydro Pump / Surf
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Roost
item: Damp Rock
ability: Rain Dish
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Rain Dance is Pelippers support and boosting move
- STAB water attack is extremely powerful under the rain
- hurricane has brilliant STAB coverage, and a 30% confusion rate
- Roost keeps Pelipper healthy
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- SR weakness, Rapid Spinner is recommended, but not neccessary. Kabutops is an excellent partner
- Needs something to be able to switch into Electric-type moves. Manectric/Raichu have an immunity, can also set up RD and abuse Thunder
- Ground-types resist Pelippers weaknesses (Dugtrio/Krook can remove Electric-types)
- 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe with a Bold nature takes more advantage of Pelippers bulk.
- faster EV spread? imo swanna does that better. pelipper is bulkier
- Pelipper can act as a stand-alone attacker too. Lefties/Life Orb are an option
[Other Options]
- kinda shallow movepool out of what isn't listed
- Ice Beam is notable
- Stockpile boost defenses
- Scald is pretty cool, but pelly wants more power
- Tailwind can boost Speed, but most Swift Swimmers are fast enough
- U-Turn can bring a teammate in
[Checks & Counters]
- special walls like Slowking
- Electric-types will always outspeed and OHKO
- Rock-types are slow, so they can't counter. rock attacks probably won't ohko thanks to good physical bulk