



http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/breloom
I love Breloom and its analysis is pretty tl;dr and has some akward sentencing. Its also the best of pkmns and destroyer of teams. First attempt @ C&C, be gentle.

Philio0786 and the Kurnel said i can do this
list of changes (mostly for my own reference):
Changes name of Spore Puncher to SubPunch
Removed Honchkrow as being listed as a counter
Changed Facade set name to All-out Attacker
Fixed first set to list Gliscor as a situational counter (assuming no seed bomb)
Slashed Adamant and Impish on SubSeed set
Added Dual Status set + comments
Slashed jolly with adamant in SubPunch set.
slashed bulk-up/sd with superpower on the all out attacker set. (I don't agree with this though, since its basically the same as the SD set but if anyone else can make a suggestion as to why it should(n't) be there post)
added stuff according to CiM's post.
included in just the first set what stuff is outsped with jolly nature and 224 Spe EVs as opposed to adamant and 244 - thanks to stylish interval for pming me this stuff. :)
[SET]
name: SubPunch
move1: Spore
move2: Focus Punch
move3: Seed Bomb / Stone Edge
move4: Substitute
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 12 HP / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
-100% accurate status move
-sleep + focus punch is a good combo
-STAB base 150 power move, ability heals better than leftovers, heals in sandstorm/hail
-swell coverage and plenty of opportunities to come in
-spore is signature move, only shared with smeargle and parasect
-stone edge hits gyara and mence while substitute eases prediction
additional comments:
-max attack and adamant nature give highest potential damage output
-12 hp is the magic toxic orb number and 244 spe EVs reach 237 Speed, which will allow you to outpace Defensive Suicune, Rotom-A and BaitTar
-alternate ev spread is 36 hp / 252 atk / 224 spe with a jolly nature to catch stuff like Defensive Celebi who beat Adamant Breloom off-guard
-jolly with 224 Spe will outspeed: Defensive Celebi, MixNite, Defensive Zapdos, Modest Max Speed Heatran, Empoleon (all sets), bulk up heracross, defensive suicune and defensive rotom-a and other breloom
teammates and counters
-any special sweeper really helps as it can lure out pokemon like blissey who breloom can set up on
-pursuit weak pokemon are good too as they can lure out scarftar/scizor and it can set up to them locked into pursuit
-if substitute is the last move, salamence counters this set due to intimidate + resistances
-gliscor can counter if it has taunt, assuming breloom isn't running seed bomb, but can only fight back with Aerial Ace
-without substitute starmie can switch in on focus punch and OHKO with ice beam
[SET]
name: SubSeed
move1: Spore
move2: Substitute
move3: Leech Seed
move4: Focus Punch
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Impish / Adamant (Slashed because I have had better success with Adamant than Impish)
evs: 236 HP / 248 Def / 24 Spe
-100% accurate sleep move makes seeding much easier
-focus punch prevents some taunters from forcing it out
-gains poison heal recovery and leech seed health, allowing recreating subs easier
-focus punch is still a very powerful move with no investment and can 2HKO standard metagross and many other pokemon that neutral to it
additional comments
-236 HP evs allow for maximum recovery from poison heal, 248 is for minimizing damage taken, 24 spe outpace most skarmory sets
-alternate ev spread of 44 HP / 252 Atk / 212 Spe and an Adamant nature are for a more offensive approach.
-44 hp evs give max poison heal recovery, 252 atk maxes damage output, 212 spe outpace adamant tyranitar
-the choice of Impish or Adamant is about damage output v. damage taken Impish only takes ~50% from CB Scizor Bullet Punch and Adamant takes ~54% but will do slightly more damage
counters and teammates
-celebi is a 100% counter, resists focus punch and is immune to leech seed, can hurt it with HP fire
-tentacruel can counter it as it resists focus punch and hurts breloom with luquid ooze and can hurt with sludge bomb
-rotom-a, specifically rotom-h, dusknior and other ghost types can work well to stop it, but still need to look out for leech seed
-salamence and gliscor can beat this set, with fire blast and taunt respectively
-scarftar is a good teammate as it can get rid of ghost-types, hit salamence with stone edge, and eq tentacruel
-starmie is also a good teammate as it can clear out enemy grass-types
[SET]
name: All-out Attacker
move1: Spore
move2: Seed bomb
move3: Facade
move4: Superpower / Bulk Up / Swords Dance
item: Toxic orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
-toxic orb is easily abused with breloom and facade takes advantage of this
-seed bomb is a powerful stab move with decent coverage
-superpower is a powerful base 120 STAB move, but should be used sparingly as it lowers attack by 1 stage each use
additional comments
-252 atk gains as much damage output as possible
-mach punch is an option for outspeeding faster pokemon such as lucario and choice scarf tyranitar as well has weakened pokemon who may try to switch in and revenge kill it
-bulk up and swords dance let it not get crippled by intimidators and let it use its free turn to set up for more damage output
counters and teammates
-skarmory can reliably counter this set as it resists all its attacks and Superpower will fail to 2HKO any variant.
-salamence can counter this set as well, thanks to intimidate, as can gyarados
-ghost-types in general can also counter this set as they are immune to facade and superpower
-pursuit users work well to clear out enemy ghost types
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move1: Swords Dance
move2: Mach Punch
move3: Seed Bomb / Stone Edge
move4: Spore / Facade
item: Toxic Orb / Life Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Adamant
evs: 12 HP / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
-swords dance will boost breloom's attack to 1024, when holding a life orb
-+2 Mach punch will kill almost everything weak to fighting
-choice between spore or facade depends on if the item is life orb or toxic orb, respectively.
-stone edge or seed bomb is depending on what you want to hit more, +2 seed bomb will OHKO gyarados after intimidate
additional comments
-12 HP is magic poison heal number, 252 attack is for highest damage output, 244 speed is to outrun as much as possible
-Life Orb will secure more OHKO's, but Toxic Orb gives a bit more staying power
counters and teammates
-offensive Celebi can counter this set, but it should look out for Facade
-rotom-h can come in on mach punch and KO with overheat
-starmie can come in on mach punches and kill with ice beam
-tyranitar is good for taking out psychic and ghost-types, magnezone is good for taking out steel-types such as forry and scizor
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move1: Spore
move2: Superpower
move3: Seed Bomb
move4: Stone Edge
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
-choice scarf nulls breloom's low speed
-Superpower is a powerful STAB attack and great for revenge killing
-Seed Bomb takes out bulky waters, and Stone Edge hits Mence/Gyara and the like
-spore can take out a sweeper or wall, assuming it doesn't have natural cure
-can shut down leads with spore
additional comments
-jolly and 252 spe allows it to be as fast as possible, reaching 393 speed
-set is designed to take out a pokemon with spore, then come back later and revenge kill
-outspeeds DD gyara before a DD
counters and teammates
-celebi and starmie are decent counters due to natural cure and resistance to superpower
-same teammates work as mentioned in all the other sets, a set up sweeper works well with this set as it can set up on spored pokemon
[SET]
name: Dual Status
move1: Spore
move2: Stun Spore
move3: Focus Punch / Superpower / Sky Uppercut
move4: Seed Bomb / Stone Edge
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Adamant
evs: 12 HP / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
-works well to paralyze faster threats who may come in to revenge you
-same evs for magic poison heal max attack etc
-Focus Punch works well if you have good parahax luck/prediction, superpower is an option if you just want to damage something then switch, sky uppercut is its only really other decent option and is an okay STAB move
-seed bomb for dual stab/bulky waters, stone edge takes out mence and togekiss and stuff
additional comments:
-standard evs, an alternate ev spread of 236 HP, 248 Atk, 24 Spe can be used for a bulkier spread if you wish to play it more defensively
-jolly nature can be run if you wish to outspeed other breloom
teammates and counters:
-celebi is your safest bet, starmie can also counter it provided breloom doesn't have seed bomb
-lum salamence is also a fairly reliable counter, shrugging off status on the switch and hitting with fire blast
-pairs well with slower sweepers such as machamp or nasty plot togekiss
*sorry i havent updated, i assumed qc people would look at it and if it didnt get stamped it wasnt worthy, won't happen again I promise.*
Important: SevenDeadlySins has requested that this be locked after it gets stamped, because we are going to work on it together and he wants to go ahead and make the OP in the OU forum so he can edit what he wants and all that jazz.