[SET]
name: Belly Drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Play Rough
move 3: Aqua Jet
move 4: Liquidation
item: Sitrus Berry
tera type: Water
ability: Huge Power
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
Azumarill provides a versatile defensive answer for its frailer teammates while maintaining a strong offensive presence that pulls its weight on hyper offense. Maximum HP with Sitrus Berry highlights Azumarill’s naturally exceptional defensive typing, allowing it to serve as a one time check to OU staples such as Baxcalibur, Dragapult, Hydreigon, Roaring Moon, and Walking Wake. Belly Drum is an incredibly threatening option that lets Azumarill take advantage of the switches it forces from Pokemon such as Hydreigon and Baxcalibur to get setup opportunities. It is also a threatening late-game sweeper, as it can outspeed and OHKO defensive walls such as Clodsire, Slowking, and Garganacl while KOing most neutral faster targets such as Gholdengo and Iron Valiant with a +6 Aqua Jet. The threat of Belly Drum also lets Azumarill force uncomfortable mind games against Pokemon it can force out like weakened Great Tusk. Encore can be run over Liquidation to lock foes into undesirable moves to create more setup opportunities; this should be run with maximum Speed investment. Tera Water lets Azumarill OHKO even resisted targets such as Greninja, Meowscarada, and Dragapult with +6 Aqua Jet, as well as OHKOing Amoonguss and KOing Toxapex after Stealth Rock.
Azumarill serves as a valuable late-game sweeper for offense teams. Strong special attackers such as Iron Valiant and Greninja can help pressure Water-resistant foes such as Toxapex and Amoonguss to allow Azumarill to sweep without needing to Terastallize while providing Azumarill with setup opportunities against their checks like Dragapult and Hydreigon. Other setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur complement Azumarill, appreciating Azumarill's ability to break Amoonguss and Toxapex and wearing down each other's checks like Dondozo and Skeledirge. Entry hazard support from Pokémon like Glimmora and Garchomp provides the necessary chip damage to turn near OHKOs into true OHKOs on resisted Pokémon such as Roaring Moon, Dragapult, and Meowscarada with Tera Water +6 Aqua Jet. Azumarill can pair well with teammates like Grimmsnarl and Orthworm that provide it with more setup opportunities. Pelipper is also a strong partner for Azumarill, as rain provides an extreme damage boost, giving it the ability to OHKO Baxcalibur after Spikes with +6 Aqua Jet and avoid needing to Terastallize versus Pokemon such as Toxapex, Dragapult, and Amoonguss.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uuts.626573/
Quality checked by:
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name: Belly Drum
move 1: Belly Drum
move 2: Play Rough
move 3: Aqua Jet
move 4: Liquidation
item: Sitrus Berry
tera type: Water
ability: Huge Power
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
[SET COMMENTS]
Azumarill provides a versatile defensive answer for its frailer teammates while maintaining a strong offensive presence that pulls its weight on hyper offense. Maximum HP with Sitrus Berry highlights Azumarill’s naturally exceptional defensive typing, allowing it to serve as a one time check to OU staples such as Baxcalibur, Dragapult, Hydreigon, Roaring Moon, and Walking Wake. Belly Drum is an incredibly threatening option that lets Azumarill take advantage of the switches it forces from Pokemon such as Hydreigon and Baxcalibur to get setup opportunities. It is also a threatening late-game sweeper, as it can outspeed and OHKO defensive walls such as Clodsire, Slowking, and Garganacl while KOing most neutral faster targets such as Gholdengo and Iron Valiant with a +6 Aqua Jet. The threat of Belly Drum also lets Azumarill force uncomfortable mind games against Pokemon it can force out like weakened Great Tusk. Encore can be run over Liquidation to lock foes into undesirable moves to create more setup opportunities; this should be run with maximum Speed investment. Tera Water lets Azumarill OHKO even resisted targets such as Greninja, Meowscarada, and Dragapult with +6 Aqua Jet, as well as OHKOing Amoonguss and KOing Toxapex after Stealth Rock.
Azumarill serves as a valuable late-game sweeper for offense teams. Strong special attackers such as Iron Valiant and Greninja can help pressure Water-resistant foes such as Toxapex and Amoonguss to allow Azumarill to sweep without needing to Terastallize while providing Azumarill with setup opportunities against their checks like Dragapult and Hydreigon. Other setup sweepers such as Dragonite, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur complement Azumarill, appreciating Azumarill's ability to break Amoonguss and Toxapex and wearing down each other's checks like Dondozo and Skeledirge. Entry hazard support from Pokémon like Glimmora and Garchomp provides the necessary chip damage to turn near OHKOs into true OHKOs on resisted Pokémon such as Roaring Moon, Dragapult, and Meowscarada with Tera Water +6 Aqua Jet. Azumarill can pair well with teammates like Grimmsnarl and Orthworm that provide it with more setup opportunities. Pelipper is also a strong partner for Azumarill, as rain provides an extreme damage boost, giving it the ability to OHKO Baxcalibur after Spikes with +6 Aqua Jet and avoid needing to Terastallize versus Pokemon such as Toxapex, Dragapult, and Amoonguss.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uuts.626573/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsusetsuna.548068/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/estarossa.461329/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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