[SET]
Standard Offensive (Kyogre) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs / Life Orb
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature / Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Thunder
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Muddy Water / Surf / Protect
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
* Kyogre is the most defining Pokemon in the format. It boasts extremely high Special Attack, very respectable bulk, and Drizzle to power up its already monstrous Water-type STAB attacks. Kyogre is as unpredictable as it is powerful; it can vary its moves and item choice to suit nearly any team's needs.
* Water Spout is Kyogre's strongest move; at full health, a rain-boosted, single-target, Choice Specs-boosted Water Spout is capable of OHKOing Calm Cresselia. Thunder hits Water-type foes such as Kyogre, Palkia, and Ludicolo. Thunder's chance to inflict paralysis is a very powerful bonus that can further cripple the aforementioned threats.
* Blizzard hits common foes such as Abomasnow, Giratina, and Groudon. It is often used with Abomasnow on the team, but can even take advantage of enemy Abomasnow's hail to be perfectly accurate. Ice Beam is an alternative, more consistent move but lacks the explosive spread damage power of Blizzard.
* Muddy Water is used on Choice item Kyogre as an alternative Water-type attack at low health. Surf is a more accurate option that can be used alongside Dry Skin users like Toxicroak or Water-resistant Pokemon like Ludicolo, Palkia, or Abomasnow. Life Orb Kyogre should run Protect instead, but that does not preclude Kyogre from having a Choice item swapped onto it.
* Choice Scarf transforms Kyogre into an oppressive sweeper capable of outspeeding most unboosted threats and dealing tremendous damage with Water Spout, allowing it to act before foes and thus use Water Spout at full power. With Choice Specs or Life Orb, Kyogre relies more on team support to control the speed order in the battle, but in return, it can break through even the bulkiest enemies such as Tyranitar, Dialga, and Cresselia.
* Modest nature maximizes the damage output that Kyogre offers, while maximum Speed is required to outpace Smeargle. Timid nature improves Kyogre's matchup against common threats like opposing Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, and Giratina. Timid nature is mostly used on Life Orb or Choice Specs sets.
Teambuilding
=========
* The Dragon-type restricted Pokemon Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, along with Ludicolo, are the best checks to Kyogre. With their excellent bulk and resistance to Water, they shrug off Kyogre's Water-type attacks and can return fire with strong moves. Ludicolo stands out, as it can outspeed even Choice Scarf Kyogre with its Swift Swim ability and KO it with Life Orb-boosted Grass Knot. Toxicroak is immune to Water-type attacks thanks to its Dry Skin ability, but it has to fear Thunder.
* Opposing weather from Groudon or Tyranitar can weaken Kyogre, enable their teammates to endure Kyogre's attacks, and potentially disrupt Kyogre's teammates that rely on rain. Abomasnow, in addition to overwriting Kyogre's weather, can resist Water Spout and in return deal substantial damage with Grass Knot.
* Kyogre relies on moving first to deal maximum damage with Water Spout. Accordingly, faster threats like Infernape, Weavile, opposing Choice Scarf Kyogre, or Palkia can pose significant challenges to Kyogre, as can Trick Room teams.
* Ludicolo benefits tremendously from Kyogre's Drizzle ability and, in turn, can support Kyogre with Fake Out while also being a powerful sweeper unto itself with Grass Knot or rain-boosted Hydro Pump.
* Fake Out support from Toxicroak or Hitmontop gives Kyogre crucial turns with which to deal damage, and their Fighting-type attacks can help Kyogre against common threats such as Dialga, Tyranitar, and Abomasnow.
* Togekiss offers Follow Me for redirection, speed control with Thunder Wave, and Helping Hand support while also having a very good matchup against Ludicolo. Life Orb Kyogre particularly benefits from the speed control of Thunder Wave, while Choice Specs Kyogre can make use of Helping Hand to deal even greater damage. Choice Scarf Kyogre can appreciate Encore to punish Trick Room and Extreme Speed to break the Focus Sash of threats like Smeargle, Infernape, and Weavile.
* Giratina is a unique partner to Kyogre, offering Tailwind support on more offensive Explosion-based strategies. Giratina can also check enemy Ludicolo and Cresselia very effectively.
[SET CREDITS]
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[SET]
Trick Room Sweeper (Kyogre) @ Macho Brace
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Water Spout
- Thunder
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Protect
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
* Kyogre is a premier attacker on Trick Room teams, as its extremely powerful Water Spout makes the most of Trick Room's limited turns. Furthermore, as Kyogre does not need to invest in Speed, it can instead bolster its already excellent bulk and become even more difficult to remove. Kyogre can eliminate key threats to Trick Room such as Metagross and Tyranitar due to its positive type matchup.
* In Trick Room, Kyogre will almost always act first and can use a full-power Water Spout if it is at full health. Thunder and Blizzard are the best coverage options for dealing with enemies that Water Spout cannot hit effectively.
* Macho Brace ensures Kyogre is as slow as possible so it can act first during Trick Room. Kyogre runs minimum Speed IVs and can even be used at level 49 to ensure that it acts first in Trick Room against enemy Kyogre with Macho Brace or Groudon with Iron Ball. Macho Brace is preferred over Iron Ball to allow Trick Room support Pokemon such as Bronzong or Cresselia to use Skill Swap on Kyogre, resetting the weather and granting Kyogre the Levitate ability.
Teambuilding
=========
* Slower threats, such as Rhyperior, Parasect, Iron Ball Abomasnow, or Iron Ball Tyranitar, can pose significant issues for Kyogre, but if Kyogre can stall out the turns of its own Trick Room, then it will have the advantage in regular battle conditions.
* Thanks to their typings, Ludicolo and Palkia are very strong defensively against Kyogre and can deal substantial damage to it; however, due to their high Speed, they can suffer during Trick Room.
* As Kyogre is reliant on Trick Room to function, it will be far less effective if Trick Room is prevented by Taunt. Supportive Pokemon such as Togekiss or Smeargle are often crucial for helping teammates consistently set up Trick Room.
* Kyogre cannot set Trick Room for itself, so it needs support from Cresselia or Dialga to function. Cresselia has incredible bulk that makes it the most consistent Trick Room setter in the format. Dialga, on the other hand, can offer both Trick Room support and offensive synergy with Kyogre, as it can deal with threats like Ludicolo, Abomasnow, and Palkia, whereas Kyogre can deal with Groudon, Tyranitar, and Metagross. Bronzong is an alternative Trick Room setter, but it is less popular than Cresselia due to its lower bulk and lack of access to Helping Hand.
* Other Trick Room attackers like Metagross, Abomasnow, and Rhyperior can make the most of the Trick Room turns alongside Kyogre. Abomasnow, in particular, is a strong partner, as it can set hail, which both overwrites opposing sun that can neuter Kyogre's Water Spout and makes Blizzard perfectly accurate.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/oopsgtg.567986/
Quality checked by:
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Standard Offensive (Kyogre) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs / Life Orb
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature / Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Thunder
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Muddy Water / Surf / Protect
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
* Kyogre is the most defining Pokemon in the format. It boasts extremely high Special Attack, very respectable bulk, and Drizzle to power up its already monstrous Water-type STAB attacks. Kyogre is as unpredictable as it is powerful; it can vary its moves and item choice to suit nearly any team's needs.
* Water Spout is Kyogre's strongest move; at full health, a rain-boosted, single-target, Choice Specs-boosted Water Spout is capable of OHKOing Calm Cresselia. Thunder hits Water-type foes such as Kyogre, Palkia, and Ludicolo. Thunder's chance to inflict paralysis is a very powerful bonus that can further cripple the aforementioned threats.
* Blizzard hits common foes such as Abomasnow, Giratina, and Groudon. It is often used with Abomasnow on the team, but can even take advantage of enemy Abomasnow's hail to be perfectly accurate. Ice Beam is an alternative, more consistent move but lacks the explosive spread damage power of Blizzard.
* Muddy Water is used on Choice item Kyogre as an alternative Water-type attack at low health. Surf is a more accurate option that can be used alongside Dry Skin users like Toxicroak or Water-resistant Pokemon like Ludicolo, Palkia, or Abomasnow. Life Orb Kyogre should run Protect instead, but that does not preclude Kyogre from having a Choice item swapped onto it.
* Choice Scarf transforms Kyogre into an oppressive sweeper capable of outspeeding most unboosted threats and dealing tremendous damage with Water Spout, allowing it to act before foes and thus use Water Spout at full power. With Choice Specs or Life Orb, Kyogre relies more on team support to control the speed order in the battle, but in return, it can break through even the bulkiest enemies such as Tyranitar, Dialga, and Cresselia.
* Modest nature maximizes the damage output that Kyogre offers, while maximum Speed is required to outpace Smeargle. Timid nature improves Kyogre's matchup against common threats like opposing Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, and Giratina. Timid nature is mostly used on Life Orb or Choice Specs sets.
Teambuilding
=========
* The Dragon-type restricted Pokemon Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, along with Ludicolo, are the best checks to Kyogre. With their excellent bulk and resistance to Water, they shrug off Kyogre's Water-type attacks and can return fire with strong moves. Ludicolo stands out, as it can outspeed even Choice Scarf Kyogre with its Swift Swim ability and KO it with Life Orb-boosted Grass Knot. Toxicroak is immune to Water-type attacks thanks to its Dry Skin ability, but it has to fear Thunder.
* Opposing weather from Groudon or Tyranitar can weaken Kyogre, enable their teammates to endure Kyogre's attacks, and potentially disrupt Kyogre's teammates that rely on rain. Abomasnow, in addition to overwriting Kyogre's weather, can resist Water Spout and in return deal substantial damage with Grass Knot.
* Kyogre relies on moving first to deal maximum damage with Water Spout. Accordingly, faster threats like Infernape, Weavile, opposing Choice Scarf Kyogre, or Palkia can pose significant challenges to Kyogre, as can Trick Room teams.
* Ludicolo benefits tremendously from Kyogre's Drizzle ability and, in turn, can support Kyogre with Fake Out while also being a powerful sweeper unto itself with Grass Knot or rain-boosted Hydro Pump.
* Fake Out support from Toxicroak or Hitmontop gives Kyogre crucial turns with which to deal damage, and their Fighting-type attacks can help Kyogre against common threats such as Dialga, Tyranitar, and Abomasnow.
* Togekiss offers Follow Me for redirection, speed control with Thunder Wave, and Helping Hand support while also having a very good matchup against Ludicolo. Life Orb Kyogre particularly benefits from the speed control of Thunder Wave, while Choice Specs Kyogre can make use of Helping Hand to deal even greater damage. Choice Scarf Kyogre can appreciate Encore to punish Trick Room and Extreme Speed to break the Focus Sash of threats like Smeargle, Infernape, and Weavile.
* Giratina is a unique partner to Kyogre, offering Tailwind support on more offensive Explosion-based strategies. Giratina can also check enemy Ludicolo and Cresselia very effectively.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/oopsgtg.567986/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/radio-free-c-side.619634/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/asux.716903/
Grammar checked by:
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[SET]
Trick Room Sweeper (Kyogre) @ Macho Brace
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Water Spout
- Thunder
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Protect
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
========
* Kyogre is a premier attacker on Trick Room teams, as its extremely powerful Water Spout makes the most of Trick Room's limited turns. Furthermore, as Kyogre does not need to invest in Speed, it can instead bolster its already excellent bulk and become even more difficult to remove. Kyogre can eliminate key threats to Trick Room such as Metagross and Tyranitar due to its positive type matchup.
* In Trick Room, Kyogre will almost always act first and can use a full-power Water Spout if it is at full health. Thunder and Blizzard are the best coverage options for dealing with enemies that Water Spout cannot hit effectively.
* Macho Brace ensures Kyogre is as slow as possible so it can act first during Trick Room. Kyogre runs minimum Speed IVs and can even be used at level 49 to ensure that it acts first in Trick Room against enemy Kyogre with Macho Brace or Groudon with Iron Ball. Macho Brace is preferred over Iron Ball to allow Trick Room support Pokemon such as Bronzong or Cresselia to use Skill Swap on Kyogre, resetting the weather and granting Kyogre the Levitate ability.
Teambuilding
=========
* Slower threats, such as Rhyperior, Parasect, Iron Ball Abomasnow, or Iron Ball Tyranitar, can pose significant issues for Kyogre, but if Kyogre can stall out the turns of its own Trick Room, then it will have the advantage in regular battle conditions.
* Thanks to their typings, Ludicolo and Palkia are very strong defensively against Kyogre and can deal substantial damage to it; however, due to their high Speed, they can suffer during Trick Room.
* As Kyogre is reliant on Trick Room to function, it will be far less effective if Trick Room is prevented by Taunt. Supportive Pokemon such as Togekiss or Smeargle are often crucial for helping teammates consistently set up Trick Room.
* Kyogre cannot set Trick Room for itself, so it needs support from Cresselia or Dialga to function. Cresselia has incredible bulk that makes it the most consistent Trick Room setter in the format. Dialga, on the other hand, can offer both Trick Room support and offensive synergy with Kyogre, as it can deal with threats like Ludicolo, Abomasnow, and Palkia, whereas Kyogre can deal with Groudon, Tyranitar, and Metagross. Bronzong is an alternative Trick Room setter, but it is less popular than Cresselia due to its lower bulk and lack of access to Helping Hand.
* Other Trick Room attackers like Metagross, Abomasnow, and Rhyperior can make the most of the Trick Room turns alongside Kyogre. Abomasnow, in particular, is a strong partner, as it can set hail, which both overwrites opposing sun that can neuter Kyogre's Water Spout and makes Blizzard perfectly accurate.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/oopsgtg.567986/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/radio-free-c-side.619634/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/asux.716903/
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