[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Fire Blast
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fire / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Hydreigon provides powerful speed control for an offensive pivot thanks to its high Special Attack and strong STAB combination, and it's an amazing revenge killer against fast offensive threats like Latios, Greninja, and Zarude. Fire Blast is Hydreigon's best coverage move against Steel-types like Cobalion and Tinkaton. U-turn helps Hydreigon keep up momentum and take advantage of switch-ins like Tornadus-T and Tyranitar. Tera Fire powers up Fire Blast, allowing Hydreigon to OHKO Zarude and Serperior, and gives a high chance to KO Tinkaton after Spikes. Tera Fire also provides a good defensive typing against priority users like Scizor and Lokix as well as Fairy-types like Tinkaton and Enamorus-T, but it does give Hydreigon a Stealth Rock weakness. Alternatively, Tera Dark makes Hydreigon's Dark Pulse even more spammable, and it removes Hydreigon's Ice weakness to help it tolerate Ice Shard from Weavile. A Timid nature lets Hydreigon outspeed +1 Jolly maximum Speed Excadrill, but this is the only matchup that it's useful for.
Pivots like Tornadus-T, Lokix, and Cobalion can join with Hydreigon to form deadly Voltturn cores on offensive team. Slower pivots like Slowking and Scizor can bring in Hydreigon more safely, enabling it to fire off its attacks against checks to them like Hydrapple, Greninja, and Heatran. Hydreigon is threatened by priority users like Conkeldurr, Slither Wing, and Lokix, so Flying- and Fairy-types like Skarmory, Salamence, Tinkaton, and Enamorus-T make good teammates. Entry hazard removal from Excadrill keeps Hydreigon healthier as it pivots on and off the field, and Excadrill appreciates Hydreigon's potency against threats like Sinistcha, Gyarados, and Zarude. Excadrill and other hazard setters like Heatran and Sandy Shocks helps chip down answers to Hydreigon like Assault Vest Tornadus-T. Spikes support from setters like Deoxys-S and Ogerpon helps wear down checks to Hydreigon like Cobalion and Tyranitar much more quickly. Hydreigon is unfortunately slower than Deoxys-S, Speed Booster Energy Iron Jugulis, and +1 Dragon Dance Salamence, so it relies on teammates like Scizor and Skeledirge to handle them.
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Fire Blast
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fire / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Hydreigon provides powerful speed control for an offensive pivot thanks to its high Special Attack and strong STAB combination, and it's an amazing revenge killer against fast offensive threats like Latios, Greninja, and Zarude. Fire Blast is Hydreigon's best coverage move against Steel-types like Cobalion and Tinkaton. U-turn helps Hydreigon keep up momentum and take advantage of switch-ins like Tornadus-T and Tyranitar. Tera Fire powers up Fire Blast, allowing Hydreigon to OHKO Zarude and Serperior, and gives a high chance to KO Tinkaton after Spikes. Tera Fire also provides a good defensive typing against priority users like Scizor and Lokix as well as Fairy-types like Tinkaton and Enamorus-T, but it does give Hydreigon a Stealth Rock weakness. Alternatively, Tera Dark makes Hydreigon's Dark Pulse even more spammable, and it removes Hydreigon's Ice weakness to help it tolerate Ice Shard from Weavile. A Timid nature lets Hydreigon outspeed +1 Jolly maximum Speed Excadrill, but this is the only matchup that it's useful for.
Pivots like Tornadus-T, Lokix, and Cobalion can join with Hydreigon to form deadly Voltturn cores on offensive team. Slower pivots like Slowking and Scizor can bring in Hydreigon more safely, enabling it to fire off its attacks against checks to them like Hydrapple, Greninja, and Heatran. Hydreigon is threatened by priority users like Conkeldurr, Slither Wing, and Lokix, so Flying- and Fairy-types like Skarmory, Salamence, Tinkaton, and Enamorus-T make good teammates. Entry hazard removal from Excadrill keeps Hydreigon healthier as it pivots on and off the field, and Excadrill appreciates Hydreigon's potency against threats like Sinistcha, Gyarados, and Zarude. Excadrill and other hazard setters like Heatran and Sandy Shocks helps chip down answers to Hydreigon like Assault Vest Tornadus-T. Spikes support from setters like Deoxys-S and Ogerpon helps wear down checks to Hydreigon like Cobalion and Tyranitar much more quickly. Hydreigon is unfortunately slower than Deoxys-S, Speed Booster Energy Iron Jugulis, and +1 Dragon Dance Salamence, so it relies on teammates like Scizor and Skeledirge to handle them.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/missangelic.452572/
Quality checked by:
Grammar checked by:
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