Choice Band Azumarill [QC 0/2] [GP 0/1]

[bern]

[SET]
Choice Band (Azumarill) @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 216 HP / 204 Atk / 88 Def
Impish Nature
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Liquidation
- Knock Off / Ice Spinner

[SET COMMENTS]
* Azumarill's ability Huge Power grants it immense attacking potential with its Water / Fairy STAB combo, pairing it with a Choice Band ensures it gets OHKOs and 2HKOs on a large part of the metagame, like Kyurem, Landorus-T, and Entei.
* Play Rough can get rid of the many Dark-type Pokemon in the tier, like Galarian Moltres, Roaring Moon, and Ting-Lu.
* Liquidation OHKOes Volcarona, Heatran, and can get rid of Entei despite Sacred Fire burns.
* Aqua Jet picks off weaker targets that are weak to Water, like Iron Moth and Hisuian Arcanine.
* Knock Off gets you the upper hand against Spectrier, while Ice Spinner can OHKO Landorus-T.
* The EVs allow Azumarill to tank a Choice Band Giga Impact from Chien-Pao, as well as a Choice Specs Thunderbolt from Timid Iron Valiant.
* Azumarill tends to struggle against Electric- and Poison-type Pokemon, such as Raging Bolt and Sneasler, so Ground-type Pokemon like Landorus and Donphan and can do well as teammates.

[SET CREDITS]
Set(s) by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/glitched.579035/

Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bern.563650/

Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/itchy.518399/

Grammar checked by:
[insert user link]

 

[Itchy]

Copyedit

[SET]
Choice Band (Azumarill) @ Choice Band
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 216 HP / 204 Atk / 88 Def
Impish Nature
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Liquidation
- Knock Off / Ice Spinner

[SET COMMENTS]
* Azumarill's ability Huge Power grants it immense attacking potential with its Water / Fairy STAB combo, pairing it with a Choice Band ensures it gets OHKOs on a large part of the metagame, like both Urshifu formes, Iron Moth, and Volcarona. are there KOes that make this set uniquely viable? why would I use this over say AV or a resist berry like kebia or even a belly drum set, especially since you are now losing to the move disable? you already defeat these pokemon with other sets is my main point - what makes this set unique? if it's nothing then we can just remove the set
* Play Rough can get rid of the many Dark-type Pokemon in the tier, like Galarian Moltres, Roaring Moon, and Ting-Lu.
* Liquidation OHKOes Volcarona, Heatran, and can get rid of Entei despite Sacred Fire burns.
* Aqua Jet picks off weaker targets that are weak to Water, like Iron Moth and Hisuian Arcanine.
* Knock Off gets you the upper hand against Spectrier, while Ice Spinner can OHKO Landorus-T.
* The EVs allow Azumarill to tank a Choice Band Giga Impact from Chien-Pao, as well as a Choice Specs Thunderbolt from Timid Iron Valiant.
* Azumarill tends to struggle against Grass- and Poison-type Pokemon, such as Ogerpon-W and Pecharunt, so Steel-type Pokemon like Corviknight can do well as teammates. I'd like to see a bit of elaboration here as well, a couple more teammates (ideally that do not stack an electric weakness) would be nice

[SET CREDITS]
Set(s) by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/glitched.579035/

Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bern.563650/

Quality checked by:
[insert user link]

Grammar checked by:
[insert user link]

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[bern]

ended up agreeing with itchy not there being much of a point to this set, will be archiving.