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[Overview]
[SET]
name: Swagger
move 1: Swagger
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Foul Play
move 4: Encore / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 80 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD / 168 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
[SET]
name: Encore
move 1: Sucker Punch
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Night Slash / Pursuit
move 4: Encore
item: Dread Plate
ability: Prankster
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
[SET COMMENTS]
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
[OTHER OPTIONS]
[CHECKS AND COUNTERS]
[Overview]
- Prankster allows for excellent support
- Very fast
- Extensive support movepool
- Decent attacking stats
- Extremely frail
- Outclassed in physical offense
- Utility Pokemon capable of revenge killing and helping your other Pokemon set up
[SET]
name: Swagger
move 1: Swagger
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Foul Play
move 4: Encore / Thunder Wave
item: Leftovers
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 80 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD / 168 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Prankster is crux of set
- Swagger powers up Foul Play
- Substitue and Encore punish status users
- Foul Play is powerful against physical sweepers before Swagger boost
- Thunder Wave is an option to cripple fast sweepers
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- EVs allow for five subs
- Potential partners include Gurdurr, Sawk, Golurk, Misdreavus
- Lickilicky is main counter through Own Tempo
- Weezing and Alomomola break sub, don't care about Swagger or paralysis
- CALCS: Foul Play vs. 172/0 Golurk: 69-81%: OHKO after SR and two layers of Spikes
vs. 0/0 Jynx: 56 - 66%: chance to OHKO after SR and Spikes
vs. 0/0 Zangoose: 52 - 61%: 2HKO
etc. etc.
[SET]
name: Encore
move 1: Sucker Punch
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Night Slash / Pursuit
move 4: Encore
item: Dread Plate
ability: Prankster
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP
[SET COMMENTS]
- Useful revenge killer through priority and decent power to easily pick off weakened foes
- Sucker Punch is to revenge kill
- Encore is for when the opponent uses Substitute or a setup move on the turn Liepard uses Sucker Punch so the opponent is essentially a sitting duck
- Night Slash is reliable STAB, but Pursuit can trap Pokemon attempting a switch, especially after they have been Encored
- Dread Plate is for maximum power on Sucker Punch without recoil (only lose out on a tiny bit of U-turn power)
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- EV's allow for maximum speed and power; no need for bulk as Liepard is too frail to make good use
- Skuntank is usually used in this role, but Liepard's advantage is stopping setup sweepers and sub users while Skuntank has to rely on prediction and isn't usually fast enough to use Taunt
- Dark Gem and Unburden could be used but they aren't as reliable and readily available as Prankster, and after one use of Sucker Punch Liepard loses a lot of power
- Appreciates hazard support and can't break through walls so Pokemon such as Garbodor, Scolipede, and Gigalith are good partners; it also has good synergy with Ghost-types like Haunter and Golurk
- Like all Liepard sets, walls such as Alomomola and Regice are good counters because Liepard doesn't have the sheer power to break them
[OTHER OPTIONS]
- Nasty Plot set with Encore/Taunt is usable but largely outclassed by Haunter, Jynx, and Misdreavus
- Has priority on Sunny Day and Rain Dance and therefore could make a good weather starter
- Choice items (worth a mention?)
- Unburden
- Hone Claws / Sucker Punch
- Support: Yawn, Knock Off (no Prankster), Fake Tears
[CHECKS AND COUNTERS]
- Armaldo is a great counter as it can easily take a Foul Play pre-Swagger, doesn't really fear Thunder Wave, and can break Substitute with Rock Blast. It can also threaten Liepard with X-Scissor
- Lickilicky with Own Tempo is clearly the best counter to the Swagger set as it is not afflicted with Confusion and receives free attack boosts
- Dedicated walls have little to fear from Liepard as Liepard does not hit hard enough to wallbreak and is so frail that even moves such as Weezing's Sludge Bomb and Lickilicky's Body Slam heavily dent Liepard
- Against Liepard without Taunt, Phazers such as Bastiodon and Munchlax can force Liepard out