Breloom[QC 0/3]

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Mushroom PUNCH


Overview
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  • Still A Very Strong Sweeper
  • Priority In Mach Punch With Power On Par With Scizors Famous Bullet Punch
  • Resistance To Stealth Rocks
  • Weak To Some New Common Threats
  • Relatively Poor Bulk


Physically Offensive
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Name: Physically Offensive
Move 1: Mach Punch
Move 2: Force Palm / Drain Punch
Move 3: Bullet Seed
Move 4: Stone Edge / Rock Tomb
Ability: Technician
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band / Choice Scarf
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Nature: Adamant


Moves
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  • Mach Punch Is A Must On Any Set For Priority
  • Force Palm Is Stronger And May Paralyze
  • On The Other Hand, Drain Punch Will Heal
  • Bullet Seed Is Great Grass STAB For Breloom
  • Stone Edge Is For Coverage Against Threats Like Charizard
  • Rock Tomb Is More Reliable But Slightly Weaker


Set Details
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  • The Full Out Offensive Set For Breloom
  • Life Orb Is To Boost Power Without Being Locked
  • Choice Band Is A Great Boost But You Are Locked Into One Move
  • Choice Scarf Outspeeds Threats Like Mega Charizard Y But You Are Once Again Locked Into One Move
  • General EV Spread For A Physical Attacker
  • Technician To Boost Mach Punch, Force Palm, Rock Tomb, And Bullet Seed


Usage Tips
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  • Great Revenge Killer With Choice Band
  • High Damage Output With Any Item
  • Good Coverage


Team Options
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  • If You Do Not Carry Drain Punch, Rapid Spin Helps Because Breloom Has No Sustain
  • Hazard Setters To Make It Easier For It To Sweep
  • Rotom-W Can Take Care Of Most Threats


Swords Dance
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Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Spore
Move 3: Mach Punch
Move 4: Bullet Seed
Ability: Technician
Item: Life Orb
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Nature: Adamant


Moves
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  • Swords Dance Is The Setup Move For This Set And Is Therefore The First Slot
  • Spore Is For Utility And To Help Force Switches
  • Mach Punch To Revenge Kill And Have Priority Damage
  • Bullet Seed For A Strong Grass STAB Move


Set Details
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  • Adamant To Maximize Damage Output
  • Life Orb For Extra Damage And It Works Well With This Set
  • General Spread For A Physical Sweeper
  • Technician Is The Chosen Ability To Boost Bullet Seed And Mach Punch


Usage Tips
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  • Setup Physical Sweeper With Tons Of Damage After Swords Dance
  • Can Also Revenge Kill With Mach Punch Without Set Up


Team Options
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  • Rotom-W Or Greninja As They Synergizes With Breloom
  • Hazard Setters Mainly Stealth Rocks


Sub-Power Up Punch
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Name: Sub-Power Up Punch
Move 1: Substitute
Move 2: Power-Up Punch
Move 3: Mach Punch
Move 4: Bullet Seed
Ability: Technician
Item: Leftovers
EVs: 12 HP / 252 Atk / 244 Spd
Nature: Adamant


Moves
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  • Substitute Will Help Breloom Safely Set Up
  • Power-Up Punch Is Great As It Is Boosted By Technician And Raises Attack
  • Mach Punch Is Still Here For Technician Boosted STAB Priority
  • Bullet Seed Is The Grass-type STAB That Is Also Boosted By Technician


Set Details
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  • This Set Is Mixed With Set Up And Some Tankiness
  • Leftovers Will Help Prolong The Time Breloom Is On The Field
  • EVs Are There To Make HP Divisible By 16 For Leftovers Healing
  • Nature Is Once Again To Maximize Damage Output


Usage Tips
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  • More Of An Earlier Game Set As Opposed To The Others
  • Set Up Hazards And Get Rid Of Threats Before Bringing It In
  • Can Sweep Weakened Opponents Late Game


Team Options
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  • Pokemon To Cover The Weaknesses(I.E. Greninja)
  • Greninja Can Also Set Spikes Or Toxic Spikes
  • Forms A Nice Fire-Water-Grass Core With Heatran And Gyarados


Other Options
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  • Could Run A Substitute Set With Poison Heal And Leech Seed(Does This Deserve Its Own Set?)
Could Use Assistance With This Section


Checks & Counters
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  • Talonflame: Gale Wings Brave Bird Is A Guaranteed OHKO
  • Mega Charizard Y: Two STABs That Are SE Against Breloom
  • Aegislash: Completely Walls Any Of The Sets(Immune To Fighting, Resists Rock And Grass)

ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS THIS IS MY FIRST OU ANALYSIS

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NEEDS TO BE DONE


Swords Dance
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Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Spore
Move 3: Mach Punch
Move 4: Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
Ability: Technician
Item: Life Orb
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Nature: Adamant


Moves
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This is the main setup set you would want to use for Breloom. It already has a great Attack stat and it will only be further boosted with Swords Dance. Spore is used for utility and will help guarantee a Swords Dance will come off. Even though Grass-types are no longer affected by Spore, there are not common Grass-type leads except occasionally Ferrothorn and is therefore still worth using. Mach Punch is a strong priority move that will help take out weakened opponents. Bullet Seed is the STAB move of choice as with Technician it is stronger than Seed Bomb when hit three or more times.


Set Details
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The EV spread listed is normal for a physical sweeper as you want to hit as hard as possible before fainting. Life Orb helps with this by only making its offensive power only more powerful. Downside to this is the health after each attack. Adamant nature makes sure that Breloom hits as strong as possible. Jolly is an option but does not really grant the benefits that would make it the preferred nature.


Usage Tips
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Breloom faces more competition than last generation but still functions as a great revenge killer having Mach Punch on par with Scizor and Bullet Punch. In addition to being a revenge killer, Breloom is also a great physical sweeper and after a Swords Dance or two can break through powerful walls. Another upside to this set is that Breloom can ohko the common sets for threats like Mega Lucario and Excadrill.


Team Options
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Considering this set is Swords Dance, once you have set up you will not be switching much. Therefore, you want pokemon that can take out the counters before. Rotom-W is a great fit to really any team and in this case, it synergizes well with Breloom and can take out its threats. Also, pokemon that can set hazards like Stealth Rocks and Spikes are beneficial. They will help cripple pokemon that think they can switch in to Breloom. Also, if Breloom has already had a Swords Dance, it may be able to ko them with Mach Punch after hazard damage.


Other Options
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NEEDS TO BE DONE


Checks & Counters
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  • Mega Charizard Y Destroys Breloom
  • So Does Talonflame
  • Fairy-Type Resists Drain / Mach / Power Up Punch
 
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This has to be in bullet points or QC won't check it :(

Also, Seed Bomb shouldn't be an option at all over Bullet Seed with Technician. Technician Bullet Seed does 37.5 per hit, so the minimum damage you'll be doing is 75 with two hits (just a tad bit less than Seed Bomb). Whenever you get anything more than 2 hits, Bullet Seed will far outdamage Seed Bomb, so don't even include it. Keep in mind this is just for the Technician sets, since with Poison Heal, Seed Bomb will usually do more damage.
 
CyclicCompound said:
This has to be in bullet points or QC won't check it :(

Also, Seed Bomb shouldn't be an option at all over Bullet Seed with Technician. Technician Bullet Seed does 37.5 per hit, so the minimum damage you'll be doing is 75 with two hits (just a tad bit less than Seed Bomb). Whenever you get anything more than 2 hits, Bullet Seed will far outdamage Seed Bomb, so don't even include it. Keep in mind this is just for the Technician sets, since with Poison Heal, Seed Bomb will usually do more damage.
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Ok thanks. Wait? The entire thing needs to be in bullet points. Team options and everything?
 
I don't think Choice Scarf warrants a slash on the main set. There are plenty of better scarfers right now, and with so many common pokemon resisting Breloom's STABs it is just too weak. I also think that, despite the nerf, Spore should get a slash, probably with Force Palm. It's still very useful as a 100% accurate sleep move. Focus Sash definitely needs to be in there
I think the first set should look like this:

Physically Offensive
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Name: Physically Offensive
Move 1: Mach Punch
Move 2: Spore / Force Palm
Move 3: Bullet Seed
Move 4: Stone Edge / Rock Tomb
Ability: Technician
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Nature: Adamant / Jolly

Choice Scarf and Choice Band are probably better in OO, imo.

In the checks and counters you really need to add grass-types immune to Spore and resist Fighting, eg Celebi, Mega Venu etc.

Also i doubt the effectiveness of the Sub PuP set, but QC can comment on that in more detail
 
I'm sorry, and I don't mean to be blunt, but this is clearly not going anywhere good. I understand that this is your first analysis, but I would suggest that you familiarize yourself more with the OU metagame, our process, and our grammatical standards before you attempt another analysis.

This analysis is being returned to the unreserved pool.
 
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