National Dex Dragapult [QC 2/2][GP 1/1]

[Jho]

[SET]
name: Electrium Z
move 1: Thunder
move 2: Hex
move 3: Will-O-Wisp
move 4: U-turn
item: Electrium Z
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult's main niche is to act as a lure for Toxapex and Tapu Fini, which it can heavily dent with Gigavolt Havoc. Gigavolt Havoc also gives Dragapult a way to deal considerable damage to Heatran, which will often look to come in on it in order to absorb its Will-O-Wisps. The ability to lure in and remove the aforementioned bulky Water-types makes Dragapult an excellent partner for Pokemon such as Ash Greninja and Galarian Darmanitan that greatly appreciate their most common checks being worn down or outright KOed. Dragapult's great Speed tier also make it a fantastic revenge killer, as it is able to outpace and threaten some of the fastest Pokemon in the metagame such as Mega Lopunny and Ash Greninja. Will-O-Wisp, when used alongside Hex, allows Dragapult to heavily pressure Pokemon such as Clefable, Hippowdon, and Ferrothorn while also enabling Dragapult to threaten problematic Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Mega Metagross, and Garchomp with burns. Thunder Wave can also be used to enable Hex against Pokemon such as Heatran, as well as preventing Dragapult from being a set-up opportunity for Volcarona. Despite this, Will-O-Wisp is generally preferred due to its ability to wear down Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Toxapex over time, as well as its ability to annoy common Ground-types such as Garchomp and Hippowdon. U-turn is also extremely beneficial, as it allows Dragapult to keep momentum up for its team by forcing in Pokemon such as the aforementioned Heatran and Volcarona and safely pivoting out into a teammate that can punish them.

If predicting a switch to Mega Tyranitar, Dragapult should generally try to pivot out with U-turn to avoid being Pursuit trapped. While Will-O-Wisp and U-turn allow Dragapult to annoy Mega Tyranitar, still cannot do any significant damage to it and can easily be trapped in return. As a result of this, it is important to use Pokemon can take on Mega Tyranitar when using Dragapult. Pokemon that can check Mega Tyranitar like Hippowdon, physically defensive Tangrowth, and Corviknight are great teammates because of this. On the other hand, strong wallbreakers such as Kartana and Mega Metagross that can take advantage of Mega Tyranitar also greatly appreciate Dragapult as a teammate as they can easily come in on it after Dragapult has used U-turn. Pokemon that appreciate Mega Tyranitar being burned are also fantastic partners for Dragapult. As a result of this, Pokemon like Heatran and Reuniclus often make for good teammates. The previously mentioned Ash Greninja and Galarian Darmanitan also greatly appreciate Dragapult's ability to lure in and pivot out of Pokemon that they can take advantage of, such as Heatran. Having checks to Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and Hydreigon is also important, as they are some of the most common ways of revenge killing Dragapult. Pokemon such as Tapu Fini and Toxapex make great partners because of this. Toxapex can also provide Dragapult with Toxic Spikes support, allowing it to more easily activate Hex's damage boost.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Jho, 208105]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [Guardsweeper, 360582]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]

 

[Ginger Princess]

Jho pls get this out of WIP in the next 24 hours

 

[Jordy]

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[SET]
name: Electrium Z
move 1: Hex
move 2: Thunder
move 3: Will-O-Wisp
move 4: U-turn
item: Electrium Z
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult's main niche is to act as a lure for common Pokemon such as Toxapex and Tapu Fini, which it can heavily dent with its Gigavolt Havoc. It also gives Dragapult a way to deal considerable damage to Heatran, which will often look to come in on it in order to absorb its Will-O-Wisps. The ability to lure in and remove the aforementioned bulky Water-types makes Dragapult an excellent partner for Pokemon such as Ash Greninja and Galarian Darmanitan, which greatly appreciate their most common checks being worn down or outright KO'd. Dragapul'ts great Speed tier also make it a fantastic form of natural speed control, as it is able to outpace and threaten some of the fastest Pokemon in the metagame such as Mega Lopunny and Ash Greninja. Will-O-Wisp, when used alongside Hex, allows Dragapult to heavily pressure Pokemon such as Clefable, Hippowdon, and Tornadus-T whilst also enabling Dragapult to threaten problematic Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Mega Metagross, and Garchomp with burns. It could be worth it to mention why Will-O-Wisp is prefered to Thunder Wave.

Whilst Will-O-Wisp allows Dragapult to annoy Mega Tyranitar, it still cannot do any significant damage to it and can easily be trapped in return. As a result of this, it is important to use Pokemon which can take on Mega Tyranitar when using Dragapult. Pokemon like Physically Defensive Tangrowth and Hippowdon, which can check Mega Tyranitar, are great teammates because of this, however, strong wallbreakers such as Kartana and Mega Metagross which can abuse Mega Tyranitar also greatly appreciate Dragapult as a teammate. Rather than just talking about checks to Mega Tyranitar, you could also speak of some teammates that can take advantage of it once burned, like Reuniclus for example. Make sure to mention Galarian Darmanitan and Ash-Greninja here too.

Good job, 1/2. Make sure to nuke all the British grammar.

 

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[SET]
name: Electrium Z
move 1: Hex
move 2: Thunder -relocate to 1st slot-
move 3: Will-O-Wisp
move 4: U-turn
item: Electrium Z
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult's main niche is to act as a lure for common Pokemon such as Toxapex and Tapu Fini, which it can heavily dent with its Gigavolt Havoc. It also gives Dragapult a way to deal considerable damage to Heatran, which will often look to come in on it in order to absorb its Will-O-Wisps. The ability to lure in and remove the aforementioned bulky Water-types makes Dragapult an excellent partner for Pokemon such as Ash Greninja and Galarian Darmanitan, which greatly appreciate their most common checks being worn down or outright KO'd. Dragapult’s great Speed tier also makes it a fantastic form of natural speed control, as it is able to outpace and threaten some of the fastest Pokemon in the metagame such as Mega Lopunny and Ash Greninja. Will-O-Wisp, when used alongside Hex, allows Dragapult to heavily pressure Pokemon such as Clefable, Hippowdon, and Tornadus-T -Tornadus-T isn't something that would switch/pivot into Dragapult if it could avoid it and it's threatened harder by Thunder anyway; consider mentioning Ferrothorn instead- while also enabling Dragapult to threaten problematic Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Mega Metagross, and Garchomp with burns. Thunder Wave can also be used to enable Hex against Pokemon such as Heatran -it's also a good emergency for a boosted Volcarona, which otherwise turns it into further setup bait-, but Will-O-Wisp is generally preferred due to its ability to wear down Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Toxapex over time, as well as its ability to annoy common Ground-types such as Garchomp and Hippowdon.
-adding a sentence for U-turn should be considered since the fact that it allows Dragapult to escape Mega Tyranitar is a significant enough notion (you could of course mention the momentum preservation against Heatran/Volcarona as well) + it might otherwise leave readers wondering why an additional coverage move/dragon STAB isn't used instead-

While Will-O-Wisp and U-turn allows Dragapult to annoy Mega Tyranitar, it still cannot do any significant damage to it and can easily be trapped in return. As a result of this, it is important to use Pokemon which can take on Mega Tyranitar when using Dragapult. Pokemon like Physically Defensive Tangrowth and Hippowdon -Corviknight in particular also thwarts Mega Tyranitar's attempt at setting up Stealth Rock and regains momentum with U-turn, so it's another good mention-, which can check Mega Tyranitar, are great teammates because of this, however, strong wallbreakers such as Kartana and Mega Metagross which can abuse Mega Tyranitar also greatly appreciate benefit Dragapult as a teammate -it is unmentioned why these Pokemon appreciate Dragapult as a teammate; either mention why or reword it-. Pokemon which appreciate Mega Tyranitar being burned are also fantastic partners for Dragapult. As a result of this, Pokemon like Heatran and Reuniclus -Rotom-H would be another fitting mention- often make for good teammates. The previously mentioned Ash Greninja and Galarian Darmanitan also greatly appreciate Dragapult's ability to lure in and U-turn on Pokemon which they can abuse, such as Heatran.

-Both Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and Scarf Hydreigon can easily force Dragapult out, so checks to these should be mentioned (Hydreigon in particular can directly pivot into anything but U-turn)-
-Toxic Spikes from Toxapex might be worth a mention as well, since it greatly increases Hex spammability, and Toxapex can pivot into Scarf Galarian Darmanitan as well-

Good job
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[SET]
name: Electrium Z
move 1: Thunder
move 2: Hex
move 3: Will-O-Wisp
move 4: U-turn
item: Electrium Z
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult's main niche is to act as a lure for common Pokemon such as Toxapex and Tapu Fini, which it can heavily dent with its Gigavolt Havoc. It Gigavolt Havoc also gives Dragapult a way to deal considerable damage to Heatran, which will often look to come in on it in order to absorb its Will-O-Wisps. The ability to lure in and remove the aforementioned bulky Water-types makes Dragapult an excellent partner for Pokemon such as Ash Greninja and Galarian Darmanitan, (RC) which that greatly appreciate their most common checks being worn down or outright KO'd KOed. Dragapult’s Dragapult's (don't write analyses in word/gdocs, that messes with apostrophe style) great Speed tier also make it a fantastic form of natural speed control (speed control is webs/tailwind/etc, not scarfers) revenge killer, as it is able to outpace and threaten some of the fastest Pokemon in the metagame such as Mega Lopunny and Ash Greninja. Will-O-Wisp, when used alongside Hex, allows Dragapult to heavily pressure Pokemon such as Clefable, Hippowdon, and Ferrothorn while also enabling Dragapult to threaten problematic Pokemon such as Mega Lopunny, Mega Metagross, and Garchomp with burns. Thunder Wave can also be used to enable Hex against Pokemon such as Heatran, as well as preventing Dragapult from being a set-up opportunity for Volcarona. Despite this, Will-O-Wisp is generally preferred due to its ability to wear down Pokemon such as Tangrowth and Toxapex over time, as well as its ability to annoy common Ground-types such as Garchomp and Hippowdon. U-turn is also extremely beneficial, (AC) as it allows Dragapult to keep momentum up for its team by forcing in Pokemon such as the aforementioned Heatran and Volcarona, (RC) and safely pivoting out into a teammate which that can punish them. U-turn also prevents Dragapult from being easily switched into by Mega Tyranitar, as it allows it to pivot out without being Pursuit trapped.

If predicting a switch to Mega Tyranitar, Dragapult should generally try to pivot out with U-turn to avoid being Pursuit trapped. While Will-O-Wisp and U-turn allow Dragapult to annoy Mega Tyranitar, it still cannot do any significant damage to it and can easily be trapped in return. As a result of this, it is important to use Pokemon which can take on Mega Tyranitar when using Dragapult. Pokemon that can check Mega Tyranitar like Physically Defensive Hippowdon, physically defensive Tangrowth, Hippowdon, and Corviknight, (RC) which can check Mega Tyranitar, (RC) are great teammates because of this. On the other hand, strong wallbreakers such as Kartana and Mega Metagross which that can abuse take advantage of Mega Tyranitar also greatly appreciate Dragapult as a teammate as they can easily come in on it after Dragapult has used U-turn. Pokemon which that appreciate Mega Tyranitar being burned are also fantastic partners for Dragapult. As a result of this, Pokemon like Heatran and Reuniclus often make for good teammates. The previously mentioned Ash Greninja and Galarian Darmanitan also greatly appreciate Dragapult's ability to lure in and U-turn on pivot out of (U-turn is not a verb) Pokemon which that they can abuse take advantage of, such as Heatran. Having checks to Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and Hydreigon is also important, as they are some of the most common ways of revenge killing Dragapult. Pokemon such as Tapu Fini and Toxapex make great partners because of this. Toxapex can also provide Dragapult with Toxic Spikes support, allowing it to more easily activate Hex's damage boost.

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