[Overview]
- Fast, strong, and not particularly frail.
- Mono Grass-typing is pretty solid defensively.
- Decent Special movepool
- Great physical movepool
- did i mention fast.
[SET]
name: Substitute + Leech Seed
move 1: Leech Seed
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Giga Drain / Leaf Storm
move 4: Focus Blast / Hidden Power Fire
item: Leftovers
ability: Overgrow
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Fast and forces switches, screams "SubSeeder"
- Substitute then Leech Seed and substitute again and again until in KO range.
- Giga Drain heals you back up when you KO something, but Leaf Storm can KO from a greater range causing you to not lose as much HP from Substitute - trade off.
- Focus Blast lets you keep 372 Speed but is not too reliable for dealing with Ferroseed.
- Hidden Power Fire lowers your Speed to 371, so you may as well keep it high enough to beat base 110s (350).
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Ferroseed trappers.
- Spikes and Stealth Rock make your opponent live through hell.
- Water-type lures.
[SET]
name: Special Sweeper
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock
move 4: Leaf Storm / Synthesis
item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
ability: Overgrow
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Fast and powerful.
- Decent longevity.
- Bulky Water-types not too common, but counters most of them quite easily.
- Giga Drain hurts and is a great sweeping move.
- Focus Blast for Steel-types and hits Clefable pretty damn hard.
- Leaf Storm hurts a lot. OHKOes everything "moderately" bulky that Giga Drain just can't do (Rotom, Hitmonlee, etc).
- Synthesis for healing if you don't want to use Leaf Storm cause you're scurred of -2 SpA drop.
- if you use HP Rock drop Speed until base 110s are outsped (also outpaces Adamant Swellow if that matters idk)
- Choice Specs gives you a decent amount of power, and Sceptile actually needs to keep its HP high.
- Life Orb is kinda better since you can switch / use Synthesis.
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Bulky Water counter, feel free to use Entei, Moltres, and Rock-types etc.
- Takes Earthquakes pretty well also.
- Need to get rid of Moltres / use Stealth Rock / have a switch-in.
- A good cleaner, wall breakers are needed to weaken munch, Ferro, clefable.
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Brick Break
move 4: Acrobatics
item: Flight Gem
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Unique sweeper, sets up and sweeps like most others but there is a catch.
- One shot to sweep.
- Step 1: remove powerful priority users
- Step 2: Weaken excessively bulky Pokemon (Torkoal, Uxie, Ferroseed etc)
- Step 3: SWEEEEEEP
- Leaf Blade hurts, i guess.
- Acrobatics + Flight Gem OHKOes Moltres at +2.
- Brick Break hits Ferroseed and other Steels.
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Spikes + SR close some KOes
- Wall breakers
[Other Options]
- Mixed isn't strong enough either way.
- HP rock...fuk IVs.
- Modest...no notable KOes.
[Checks and Counters]
- Ferroseed - careful HP Fire + Focus Blast + Drain Punch from Swords Dance does 70%.
- Clefable - Careful Swords Dance + Focus Blast.
- Munchlax - Careful Swords Dance + Focus Blast.
- Grass-types - Careful HP Ice and Acrobatics
- Moltres / Fires......careful Stealth Rock.
- Fast, strong, and not particularly frail.
- Mono Grass-typing is pretty solid defensively.
- Decent Special movepool
- Great physical movepool
- did i mention fast.
[SET]
name: Substitute + Leech Seed
move 1: Leech Seed
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Giga Drain / Leaf Storm
move 4: Focus Blast / Hidden Power Fire
item: Leftovers
ability: Overgrow
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Fast and forces switches, screams "SubSeeder"
- Substitute then Leech Seed and substitute again and again until in KO range.
- Giga Drain heals you back up when you KO something, but Leaf Storm can KO from a greater range causing you to not lose as much HP from Substitute - trade off.
- Focus Blast lets you keep 372 Speed but is not too reliable for dealing with Ferroseed.
- Hidden Power Fire lowers your Speed to 371, so you may as well keep it high enough to beat base 110s (350).
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Ferroseed trappers.
- Spikes and Stealth Rock make your opponent live through hell.
- Water-type lures.
[SET]
name: Special Sweeper
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock
move 4: Leaf Storm / Synthesis
item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
ability: Overgrow
nature: Timid
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Fast and powerful.
- Decent longevity.
- Bulky Water-types not too common, but counters most of them quite easily.
- Giga Drain hurts and is a great sweeping move.
- Focus Blast for Steel-types and hits Clefable pretty damn hard.
- Leaf Storm hurts a lot. OHKOes everything "moderately" bulky that Giga Drain just can't do (Rotom, Hitmonlee, etc).
- Synthesis for healing if you don't want to use Leaf Storm cause you're scurred of -2 SpA drop.
- if you use HP Rock drop Speed until base 110s are outsped (also outpaces Adamant Swellow if that matters idk)
- Choice Specs gives you a decent amount of power, and Sceptile actually needs to keep its HP high.
- Life Orb is kinda better since you can switch / use Synthesis.
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Bulky Water counter, feel free to use Entei, Moltres, and Rock-types etc.
- Takes Earthquakes pretty well also.
- Need to get rid of Moltres / use Stealth Rock / have a switch-in.
- A good cleaner, wall breakers are needed to weaken munch, Ferro, clefable.
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Brick Break
move 4: Acrobatics
item: Flight Gem
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
EVs: 80 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Unique sweeper, sets up and sweeps like most others but there is a catch.
- One shot to sweep.
- Step 1: remove powerful priority users
- Step 2: Weaken excessively bulky Pokemon (Torkoal, Uxie, Ferroseed etc)
- Step 3: SWEEEEEEP
- Leaf Blade hurts, i guess.
- Acrobatics + Flight Gem OHKOes Moltres at +2.
- Brick Break hits Ferroseed and other Steels.
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Spikes + SR close some KOes
- Wall breakers
[Other Options]
- Mixed isn't strong enough either way.
- HP rock...fuk IVs.
- Modest...no notable KOes.
[Checks and Counters]
- Ferroseed - careful HP Fire + Focus Blast + Drain Punch from Swords Dance does 70%.
- Clefable - Careful Swords Dance + Focus Blast.
- Munchlax - Careful Swords Dance + Focus Blast.
- Grass-types - Careful HP Ice and Acrobatics
- Moltres / Fires......careful Stealth Rock.