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Doubles ADV Raikou

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Hidden Power Grass / Calm Mind / Thunder Wave
move 4: Protect
item: Lum Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Raikou's blistering Speed makes it one of the most fearsome revenge killers in ADV Doubles, as it is only outsped by Sceptile and the rare Aerodactyl, though it does tie with Starmie.
  • Thunderbolt is strong enough to secure 2HKOs on a large portion of the tier's neutral targets, including Tauros and Zapdos.
  • Crunch hits Latias, Gengar, and the rare Exeggutor. Crunch will OHKO Gengar after a Calm Mind boost.
  • Hidden Power Grass is primarily for hitting Swampert, though it's also Raikou's strongest option to hit Steelix. A Calm Mind boost doesn't hit specific offensive benchmarks, but it does make it easier to pick up KOs against the likes of Metagross and Arcanine while bolstering its Special Defense to improve its matchups against attackers like Latias and Suicune. Thunder Wave can be used to slow down fast threats, though it will likely be burning through its foes' omnipresent Lum Berry first.
  • Raikou runs Lum Berry so that its offensive pressure can be kept up even after being paralyzed once.
  • Steelix is Raikou's absolute worst matchup, so pairing Raikou with a Water-type that can OHKO it with Hydro Pump—like Swampert, Starmie, or Suicune—is highly recommended. Its special attacks will bounce right off of Snorlax, which can threaten back with Earthquake, so be sure to have multiple strong physical attackers like Metagross, Tauros, and Heracross. Dual screens support from Latias can give it more room to set up Calm Mind. Raikou's Thunderbolt fails to 2HKO Tyranitar, which makes it easy Dragon Dance bait if not paired with bulky Earthquake users like Steelix and Swampert, which can threaten Tyranitar back.

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zee said:
[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Hidden Power Grass / Calm Mind / Thunder Wave
move 4: Protect
item: Lum Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Raikou's blistering Speed makes it one of the most fearsome revenge killers in ADV Doubles, as it is only outsped by Sceptile and the rare Aerodactyl, though it does tie with Starmie.
  • Raikou's Thunderbolt is strong enough to secure 2HKOs on a large portion of the tier's neutral targets, including Tauros and Zapdos.
  • Crunch hits Latias, Gengar, and the rare Exeggutor. If Raikou has a Calm Mind boost, Crunch will OHKO Gengar after a Calm Mind boost.
  • Hidden Power Grass is primarily for hitting 2HKOing Swampert, though ("and" better? 'though' feels invalidating) it is also Raikou's strongest option to hit Steelix. Calm Mind doesn't turn many of Raikou's 2HKOs into OHKOs, but it does lower the amount of chip damage needed to pick up Pokemon like Metagross and Arcanine whilst improving its matchup against special attackers like Latias and Suicune with the Special Defense boosts (i feel there could be a more legible way to say this like "A Calm Mind boost doesn't hit specific offensive benchmarks, but it does make it easier to pick up KOs against the likes of Metagross and Arcanine while bolstering its Special Defenses to improve its matchups against attackers like Latias and Suicune"). Thunder Wave can be used to slow down fast threats, though it will likely be burning through the its opponents omnipresent Lum Berry first.
  • Raikou runs Lum Berry so that its offensive pressure can be kept up even after being paralyzed once.
  • Steelix is Raikou's absolute worst matchup, so pairing it with a Water-type that can OHKO it (i'd prefer the sentence to be rewritten so that this 'it' more clearly refers to Steelix as the previous it refers to Raikou) with Hydro Pump like Swampert, Starmie, or Suicune is highly recommended. Its Raikou's special attacks will bounce right off of Snorlax which can threaten back with Earthquake, so be sure to have multiple strong physical attackers like Metagross, Tauros, and Heracross. Screens support from Latias can give it more room to set up Calm Minds. it might be worth mentioning that raikou fails to 3hko uninvested tyranitar which can subsequently DD or threaten an earthquake on it; this could tie into the steelix point

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1/2. straightforward ass pokemon
 
zee said:
Tyranitar's Thunderbolt fails to 2HKO Tyranitar
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Raikou's, fix and this is ready to go for 2/2.
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1/1 GP Team done
same colors as the rest :)
[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Hidden Power Grass / Calm Mind / Thunder Wave
move 4: Protect
item: Lum Berry
ability: Pressure
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Raikou's blistering Speed makes it one of the most fearsome revenge killers in ADV Doubles, as it is only outsped by Sceptile and the rare Aerodactyl, though it does tie with Starmie.
  • Thunderbolt is strong enough to secure 2HKOs on a large portion of the tier's neutral targets, including Tauros and Zapdos.
  • Crunch hits Latias, Gengar, and the rare Exeggutor. Crunch will OHKO Gengar after a Calm Mind boost.
  • Hidden Power Grass is primarily for hitting Swampert, though it's also Raikou's strongest option to hit Steelix. A Calm Mind boost doesn't hit specific offensive benchmarks, but it does make it easier to pick up KOs against the likes of Metagross and Arcanine while bolstering its Special Defenses to improve its matchups against attackers like Latias and Suicune. Thunder Wave can be used to slow down fast threats, though it will likely be burning through its foes' omnipresent Lum Berry first.
  • Raikou runs Lum Berry so that its offensive pressure can be kept up even after being paralyzed once.
  • Steelix is Raikou's absolute worst matchup, so pairing Raikou with a Water-type that can OHKO it with Hydro Pump—like Swampert, Starmie, or Suicune—is highly recommended. Its special attacks will bounce right off of Snorlax, (ac) which can threaten back with Earthquake, so be sure to have multiple strong physical attackers like Metagross, Tauros, and Heracross. Screens Dual screens support from Latias can give it more room to set up Calm Minds. Raikou's Thunderbolt fails to 2HKO Tyranitar, which makes it easy Dragon Dance bait if not paired with bulky Earthquake users like Steelix and Swampert, (ac) which can to threaten Tyranitar back.

[CREDITS]
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