[SET]
name: Kristy...
move 1: Baton Pass
move 2: Bulk Up
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Waterfall
item: Leftovers
nature: Jolly
evs: 40hp/252def/216spd
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>When you combine 115 Base Speed with three of the most game-breaking moves the game has to offer in Taunt, Bulk Up and Baton Pass, it's as if the rest of the numbers and metagame considerations don't even matter. Floatzel's fantastic speed allow it to get a Bulk Up in and then decide to either Taunt an indirect attempt to cripple it or Baton Pass away from a direct one. Waterfall is almost a filler attack much in the same way Advance EspyJump's Psychic was, since your initial mentality with this set shouldn't be to sweep. That's being a little modest however given Floatzel's 105 Base Attack and its ability, with the aforementioned speed, to take advantage of the 20% flinch rate of a STABbed, respectable 80 Base Power attack.</p>
<p>Floatzel is rather frail though, so its 55 Base Defense is maxed to enable it to better weather physical blows. As with EspyJump, we're actually going to leave the very respectable attacking stat untouched. While this may come as somewhat of a surprise, we should remind ourselves that this Floatzel is a team player, as the well-developed flotation sac it uses to aid drowning people would suggest. 216 Speed EVs allow it to outspeed all non-Choice Scarf Gengar, which is probably more important than tying with its popular 115 Speed brethren in Starmie, Raikou and Azelf, all of whom can OHKO Floatzel easily and is why we're not bothering with SpD EVs in Floatzel's 50 Base Special Defense. That poor SpD stat is also the reason we aren't bothering with many HP EVs, since Floatzel should be Baton Passing out of Special threats it can't OHKO (or switching out of faster ones) and maximizing its Defense is mathematically better for Floatzel.</p>
<p>After a Bulk Up, Floatzel will have 369 Attack and 313 Defense to go with its 321 HP and 352 Speed. With Taunt and Baton Pass in its arsenal, it is capable of doing almost anything you could ever ask of a physical threat. As with a Bulky Gyarados spread, you shouldn't be too worried if Skarmory switches in, since, while the standard we suggest features a Skarmory with enough attack to 3HKO once-Bulked Up Floatzel, the old standard 176 Attack Drill Peck will do a mere 15-18% to the same Floatzel that will Taunt anything else Skarmory tries to do. The uncertainty regarding what metagame for which Floatzel will be ultimately best suited (and therefore what pokemon it's likely to be contending with) should be looked at optimistically and not pessimistically, because, as I explained in my opening statement, it almost doesn't matter when you realize what Floatzel is capable of.</p>