Breloom (Bulk Up)

[Tokyo Tom]

GP [2/2] - Weebl / Antemortem

[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Spore
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Seed Bomb
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful
EVs: 236 HP / 212 SpD / 60 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Bulk Up Breloom finds itself in the spotlight in an OU metagame where strong Fire- and Flying-type attacks are scarce. Taking advantage of its good typing and great ability in Poison Heal, Breloom can serve as a low-maintenance switch-in to bulky Water- and Ground-types such as Rotom-W, Gliscor, and Hippowdon and give its user a boosting win condition for the late-game. Usual switch-ins to Breloom, such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Amoonguss lacking Clear Smog, find themselves being set up on and beaten. Spore helps Breloom set up or temporarily take one of its counters out of play. Finally, Drain Punch offers recovery and has good coverage alongside Seed Bomb, which allows Breloom to threaten bulky Water-types such as Jellicent and Gastrodon, Pokemon it usually switches into.</p>


[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The HP EVs allow for a Poison Heal number, while the Speed EVs allow Breloom to outspeed specially defensive Heatran. The rest of the EVs are put into Special Defense, and when combined with a Careful nature, increase Breloom's special bulk, as it already has means to increase its Defense by virtue of Bulk Up. This Breloom appreciates Pursuit support to remove dangerous Psychic-types such as Latios, Latias, Celebi, and Reuniclus and clear the way for its sweep. Tyranitar is a good partner, as it can cancel out opposing weather (Breloom does not mind sand damage since Poison Heal recovers more than sand deals each turn), and Breloom can check bulky Water- and Ground-type Pokemon that Tyranitar has a hard time handling. In a similar vein, powerful Bug- and Dark-types such as Life Orb Hydreigon and Choice Scarf Scizor can put heavy pressure on Psychic-types. In particular, Scizor can confer Breloom momentum through U-Turn, giving it more chances to use Spore to set up. This Breloom also appreciates Stealth Rock, which limits the number of times Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, such as Victini and Thundurus-T, can switch in. Hippowdon and Garchomp are good partners, as they can also check threats to Breloom such as Toxicroak, and the former can eliminate rain, which can allow offensive Water-types to power their way through Breloom.</p>

<p>As a side note, if your team has adequate means of handling Ghost-types, Protect is an option over Seed Bomb to give Breloom a guaranteed means of Toxic Orb activation, greater longevity, the ability to scout the moves of Choice-locked foes, and also lets it set up against Bounce Gyarados.</p>

 

[Jirachee]

I think you shouldn't have Protect slashed. If you want to keep it, I'd put it in Additional Comments. Protect sounds nice and all on paper but one of that set's main advantages is completely fucking over bulky Water types, most notably Jellicent. Being walled by Jellicent really fucking sucks because Breloom just gets PP stalled in that kind of match up and ends up not doing much at all. Pairing it with a Pursuiter is nice and all and pretty reliable when it comes to removing Gengar or the random Froslass but Jellicent is very hard to Pursuit reliably thanks to its bulk. The only thing that can trap it semi reliably is Choice Band Tyranitar but even that has to be careful when switching in. Also Seed Bomb is a great move in general for OHKOing things like offensive Gastrodon that could otherwise just stay in and OHKO you with Ice Beam (and defensive Starmie, etc etc.)

I think this set loves being paired with Choice Scarf Scizor because it can remove Lati twins, Gengar, and other random fast Psychic types, while also putting heavy pressure on all Celebi sets. Something that sets up Stealth Rock reliably is nice too because a lot of its checks are Fire or Flying types (SR weak), so things like Garchomp work well. Taunt + Roost Hydreigon also fucks with teams based around slow Psychic types that loomer hates.

The rest looks nice though!

Tokyo Tom spamming your highlights n_n

 

[Reymedy]

Not a QC pro but, I think that you need to explain why the builder should choose this set over the other Breloom sets right ?

Bulk Up is a boosting win condition (not like Leech/FP) that can stick around really easily (not like technician version).
The main selling point for me has always been beating stuff like Landorus-T/Gliscor (and most Amoonguss) and setting-up on them (what other Breloom sets can't do).
You can also mention how the BW OU metagame lacks strong Flying/Fire/Psychic physical attackers, which means that Breloom's typing + boosting defense can create a surprisingly annoying physical wall to break for teams that aren't packing a lot of punch.

I hope it helped.

 

[Tokyo Tom]

Alrite thanks for the feedback! Implemented all of the changes, I'm gonna move this on to the GP stage.

Edit: Finished GP, this is done - I left a few things in

"Protect is an option over Seed Bomb" - Although it's technically an other option, I consider Drain Punch + Protect to be somewhat viable whereas Seed Bomb + Protect isn't

"In particular, Scizor can confer Breloom momentum through U-Turn" - All Scarf Scizor carry U-Turn, so I didn't want to cause any confusion

 

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[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Spore
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Seed Bomb
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful
EVs: 236 HP / 212 SpD / 60 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Bulk Up Breloom finds its way to the spotlight in an OU metagame where strong Fire- and Flying-type attacks are scarce. Taking advantage of its good typing and great ability in Poison Heal, Breloom can serve as a low-maintenance switch-(add hyphen)in to bulky Water- and Ground-types such as Rotom-W, Gliscor, and Hippowdon, (RC) and give while also giving its user a boosting win condition for the late-(add hyphen)game. Usual switch-(add hyphen)ins to Breloom, such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Clear Smog-lacking Amoonguss (not including Clear Smog), find themselves being set up on and beaten. Spore is easily one of the best moves in the game and helps Breloom set up or temporarily take one of its counters out of play. Finally, Breloom's STABs STAB moves round out the set. Drain Punch offers recovery and has good coverage alongside Seed Bomb, which allows Breloom to threaten bulky Water-types Pokemon such as Jellicent and Gastrodon, Pokemon which it usually switches into.</p>


[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The HP EVs allow for a Poison Heal number, while the Speed EVs allow Breloom to outspeed specially defensive Heatran. The rest of the EVs are put into Special Defense, (AC) and when combined with a Careful nature, (AC) increase Breloom's special bulk, as it already has means to increase its Defense. This Breloom appreciates Pursuit support to remove dangerous Psychic-types such as Latios, Latias, Celebi, and Reuniclus and clear the way for its sweep. Tyranitar is a good partner, (AC) as it can cancel out opposing weather (Breloom does not mind sand damage since Poison Heal recovers more than sand deals each turn), (AC) and Breloom can check bulky Water- and Ground-type Pokemon that Tyranitar has a hard time handling. In a similar vein, powerful Bug- and Dark-types such as Life Orb Hydreigon and or Choice Scarf Scizor can put heavy pressure on Psychic-types. In particular, (AC) the Scizor's latter's case, it can provide Breloom with momentum through U-turn, giving it more chances to use Spore or set up. This Breloom also appreciates Stealth Rock, (AC) which limits the number of times Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, (AC) such as Victini and Thundurus-T, (A)C can switch into it, such as Victini or Thundurus-T. Hippowdon and Garchomp are good partners, as they can also check dangerous Pokemon to Breloom Pokemon Breloom is threatened by such as Toxicroak, and the former can eliminate rain, (AC) which can allow offensive Water-types to power their way through Breloom.</p>

<p>As a side note, if your team has have adequate means of handling Ghost types, Protect is an option over Seed Bomb to give Breloom a guaranteed Toxic Orb activation, greater longevity, the ability to scout the moves of Choiced Choice-locked foes, and also lets it set up against alongside Pokemon such as Bounce Gyarados.</p>

GP 1/2

 

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[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Spore
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Seed Bomb
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful
EVs: 236 HP / 212 SpD / 60 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Bulk Up Breloom finds its way to itself in the spotlight in an OU metagame where strong Fire- and Flying-type attacks are scarce. Taking advantage of its good typing and great ability in Poison Heal, Breloom can serve as a low-maintenance switch-in to bulky Water- and Ground-types such as Rotom-W, Gliscor, and Hippowdon and give its user a boosting win condition for the late-game. Usual switch-ins to Breloom, such as Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Clear Smog-lacking Amoonguss lacking Clear Smog, find themselves being set up on and beaten. Spore is easily one of the best moves in the game and (fluff) helps Breloom set up or temporarily take one of its counters out of play. Finally, Breloom's STAB moves round out the set. (fluff) Drain Punch offers recovery and has good coverage alongside Seed Bomb, which allows Breloom to threaten bulky Water-types such as Jellicent and Gastrodon, Pokemon it usually switches into.</p>


[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The HP EVs allow for a Poison Heal number, while the Speed EVs allow Breloom to outspeed specially defensive Heatran. The rest of the EVs are put into Special Defense, and when combined with a Careful nature, increase Breloom's special bulk, as it already has means to increase its Defense by virtue of Bulk Up. This Breloom appreciates Pursuit support to remove dangerous Psychic-types such as Latios, Latias, Celebi, and Reuniclus and clear the way for its sweep. Tyranitar is a good partner, as it can cancel out opposing weather (Breloom does not mind sand damage since Poison Heal recovers more than sand deals each turn), and Breloom can check bulky Water- and Ground-type Pokemon that Tyranitar has a hard time handling. In a similar vein, powerful Bug- and Dark-types such as Life Orb Hydreigon and Choice Scarf Scizor can put heavy pressure on Psychic-types. In particular, U-Turn Scizor's can provide confer Breloom with momentum through U-turn, giving it more chances to use Spore or set up. This Breloom also appreciates Stealth Rock, which limits the number of times Fire- and Flying-type Pokemon, such as Victini and Thundurus-T, can switch in. Hippowdon and Garchomp are good partners, as they can also check Pokemon Breloom is threatened by threats to Breloom such as Toxicroak, and the former can eliminate rain, which can allow offensive Water-types to power their way through Breloom.</p>

<p>As a side note, if your team has adequate means of handling Ghost-(hyphen)types, Protect is an option over Seed Bomb to gives Breloom a guaranteed means of Toxic Orb activation, greater longevity, the ability to scout the moves of Choice-locked foes, and also lets it set up against Bounce Gyarados.</p>

GP 2/2

 

[Jukain]

uploading this, nice work bud :]