[Overview]
<p>Simipour has thick competition between the countless Water-type Pokemon in its tier. Luckily, it does stand out in a few areas: there’s the obvious Nasty Plot (which it shares with no other Water-type barring Slowking), its good Speed stat that clocks it out faster than a lot of important Pokemon in UU, and its effective attacking movepool. Unfortunately, Simipour’s frailty makes switching in throughout the game a challenge, especially when you add Life Orb and entry hazards to the equation. Setting up becomes even harder since even neutral attacks will take huge chunks out of its HP. Generally, Simipour is the lesser option when compared to other Water-types.</p>
[SET]
name: Nasty Plot Sweeper
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Grass Knot
item: Life Orb
ability: Gluttony
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Simipour's good Speed and satisfactory Special Attack stats make boosting with Nasty Plot its most reliable way to sweep. After a Nasty Plot boost, he will be able to OHKO many prominent Pokemon in UU including Milotic, Zapdos, Shaymin, and Suicune. His attacking moves give him great coverage in UU, most importantly hitting bulky-Water switch-ins with Grass Knot. Life Orb is probably your best bet as an item because Simipour's slightly lacking Special Attack stat needs the boost. A Timid nature is definitely needed over Modest because Simipour's main selling point as an attacker is his good Speed stat.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>This set has trouble with Specially Defensive Pokemon like Chansey, Empoleon, and Umbreon. As it turns out, these three specifically are easily taken out by physical Fighting-types who make good partners to this set. Since Simipour's main trouble is switching in, pairing this set with teammates who attract Water- or Ice-type moves is beneficial. Some examples are Celebi and Donphan. Generally you'll want Simipour to set up once its main counters are weakened enough to be OHKOed; Toxic Spikes is a great asset in this vein as it weakens most of the bulky counters to this set. The other threats to this set are faster Pokemon who can hit hard because they will most likely KO Simipour after he has taken a bit of Life Orb and entry hazard damage. The only way to avoid this fate is to defeat these Pokemon early in the game so Simipour doesn't have to deal with them when he's sweeping.</p>
[Other Options]
<p>Looking at Simipour's stats, you'd think he'd make an equally good physical attacker. Here's the truth: Hone Claws and Work up (its two physical boosting moves) are only half as effective as Nasty Plot and there are way better physical Water-types available(Feraligatr, Azumarill, Sharpedo, etc). For these reasons, stick with a Special Attacking set or use a different Pokemon. If you still want to run a physical set, Waterfall and Return alongside Low Kick for Empoleon provide great coverage. Likewise, a mixed set with Work Up is technically an option, but Simipour prefers investing all its EVs into one stat so he can hit as hard as possible. Focus Blast on the Nasty Plot set hits Chansey and Empoleon (among others) a bit harder, but is unreliable and probably not worth the lost coverage. Taunt is a good move, but is similarly hard to fit on a set. Choice Specs and Choice Scarf work on Simipour, but it's more realistic for Simipour to run sets that don't force it to switch in and out constantly because its weakness is finding moves to switch in on.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>If Simipour manages to boost with Nasty Plot, a surprisingly few amount of Pokemon will want to be taking hits from him. Empoleon is a fool-proof counter no matter how many times Simipour has used Nasty Plot. Chansey and Umbreon can take his boosted attacks and stall him out with Toxic and Payback or Seismic Toss. Kingdra and Abomasnow can survive a +2 Ice Beam and KO back. The easiest way to beat Simipour is to revenge kill him with the long list of Pokemon who are faster and have a moderately powerful STAB move. Most attacks will wear down Simipour pretty quickly, so if you're fast enough to land an attack on him you're in good shape. Finally, entry hazards and Life Orb slowly wear down Simipour very severely, so if you can land a damage dealing status move on him he'll wither away pretty quickly.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Simipour's Dream World ability Torrent would be preferred over Gluttony in most cases considering Simipour finds itself with low HP quite often and the boost is totally necessary. What's interesting, however, is that when the stat-boosting berries become available they will work quite well on Simipour; Gluttony allows him to consume the berries at 50% health, meaning you probably don't need to drop an attacking move for Substitute if you give him a Salac Berry. With a +1 Speed boost only Pokemon with Speed boosts of their own will outspeed Simipour. Still, Life Orb's boost is missed in that he loses the ability to OHKO such Pokemon as Milotic and Suicune.</p>
<p>Simipour has thick competition between the countless Water-type Pokemon in its tier. Luckily, it does stand out in a few areas: there’s the obvious Nasty Plot (which it shares with no other Water-type barring Slowking), its good Speed stat that clocks it out faster than a lot of important Pokemon in UU, and its effective attacking movepool. Unfortunately, Simipour’s frailty makes switching in throughout the game a challenge, especially when you add Life Orb and entry hazards to the equation. Setting up becomes even harder since even neutral attacks will take huge chunks out of its HP. Generally, Simipour is the lesser option when compared to other Water-types.</p>
[SET]
name: Nasty Plot Sweeper
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Surf
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Grass Knot
item: Life Orb
ability: Gluttony
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Simipour's good Speed and satisfactory Special Attack stats make boosting with Nasty Plot its most reliable way to sweep. After a Nasty Plot boost, he will be able to OHKO many prominent Pokemon in UU including Milotic, Zapdos, Shaymin, and Suicune. His attacking moves give him great coverage in UU, most importantly hitting bulky-Water switch-ins with Grass Knot. Life Orb is probably your best bet as an item because Simipour's slightly lacking Special Attack stat needs the boost. A Timid nature is definitely needed over Modest because Simipour's main selling point as an attacker is his good Speed stat.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>This set has trouble with Specially Defensive Pokemon like Chansey, Empoleon, and Umbreon. As it turns out, these three specifically are easily taken out by physical Fighting-types who make good partners to this set. Since Simipour's main trouble is switching in, pairing this set with teammates who attract Water- or Ice-type moves is beneficial. Some examples are Celebi and Donphan. Generally you'll want Simipour to set up once its main counters are weakened enough to be OHKOed; Toxic Spikes is a great asset in this vein as it weakens most of the bulky counters to this set. The other threats to this set are faster Pokemon who can hit hard because they will most likely KO Simipour after he has taken a bit of Life Orb and entry hazard damage. The only way to avoid this fate is to defeat these Pokemon early in the game so Simipour doesn't have to deal with them when he's sweeping.</p>
[Other Options]
<p>Looking at Simipour's stats, you'd think he'd make an equally good physical attacker. Here's the truth: Hone Claws and Work up (its two physical boosting moves) are only half as effective as Nasty Plot and there are way better physical Water-types available(Feraligatr, Azumarill, Sharpedo, etc). For these reasons, stick with a Special Attacking set or use a different Pokemon. If you still want to run a physical set, Waterfall and Return alongside Low Kick for Empoleon provide great coverage. Likewise, a mixed set with Work Up is technically an option, but Simipour prefers investing all its EVs into one stat so he can hit as hard as possible. Focus Blast on the Nasty Plot set hits Chansey and Empoleon (among others) a bit harder, but is unreliable and probably not worth the lost coverage. Taunt is a good move, but is similarly hard to fit on a set. Choice Specs and Choice Scarf work on Simipour, but it's more realistic for Simipour to run sets that don't force it to switch in and out constantly because its weakness is finding moves to switch in on.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>If Simipour manages to boost with Nasty Plot, a surprisingly few amount of Pokemon will want to be taking hits from him. Empoleon is a fool-proof counter no matter how many times Simipour has used Nasty Plot. Chansey and Umbreon can take his boosted attacks and stall him out with Toxic and Payback or Seismic Toss. Kingdra and Abomasnow can survive a +2 Ice Beam and KO back. The easiest way to beat Simipour is to revenge kill him with the long list of Pokemon who are faster and have a moderately powerful STAB move. Most attacks will wear down Simipour pretty quickly, so if you're fast enough to land an attack on him you're in good shape. Finally, entry hazards and Life Orb slowly wear down Simipour very severely, so if you can land a damage dealing status move on him he'll wither away pretty quickly.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Simipour's Dream World ability Torrent would be preferred over Gluttony in most cases considering Simipour finds itself with low HP quite often and the boost is totally necessary. What's interesting, however, is that when the stat-boosting berries become available they will work quite well on Simipour; Gluttony allows him to consume the berries at 50% health, meaning you probably don't need to drop an attacking move for Substitute if you give him a Salac Berry. With a +1 Speed boost only Pokemon with Speed boosts of their own will outspeed Simipour. Still, Life Orb's boost is missed in that he loses the ability to OHKO such Pokemon as Milotic and Suicune.</p>
