
Overview
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- Gets amazing ability that boosts its best moves by 50% - Mega Launcher
- Hefty base 120 SpA and decent typing
- But so does Mega Blastoise who has superior stats across the board and access to Rapid Spin
- However Clawitzer doesn't take away a Mega slot and can hold items other a Mega Stone
- On the slow side and predictable. Even with a Scarf it can't outspeed key pokemon
Life Orb
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name: Life Orb
move 1: Water Pulse
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Aura Sphere
move 4: Ice Beam / Dragon Pulse
ability: Mega Launcher
item: Life Orb
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Moves
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- Water Pulse - STAB
- Dark Pulse - Ghosts and Psychics
- Aura Sphere - Great coverage with Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam - hits Dragon-types such as Garchomp, Dragonite, and Salamence harder than Dragon Pulse and has better overall super effective coverage
- Dragon Pulse - nails Dragon-types such as Latios, Latias, Kingdra, and Dragalge harder than Ice Beam and has better overall neutral coverage
Set Details
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- Modest + Life Orb + 252 SpA - Max Power
- 252 HP - Leftover EVs, won't be outspeeding much unboosted anyway
Usage Tips
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- Battering ram meant to open up holes so other members can sweep such as Lucario and Dragonite
Team Options
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- USE A MEGA
- Mega Lucario is a good partner because Clawitzer kills many of Lucario's checks such as Gliscor
- Weakens the opposing team for late-game sweepers or Scarfers
- Rapid Spin or Defog is nice so it will last as long as possible
Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Water Pulse
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Aura Sphere
move 4: Ice Beam / U-Turn
ability: Mega Launcher
item: Choice Scarf
nature: Timid / Hasty
evs: 16 HP / 252 SpA / 240 Spe
Moves
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- Water Pulse - STAB boosted by Mega Launcher
- Dark Pulse - Nails Ghosts and Psychics plus great coverage with Aura Sphere
- Aura Sphere - Great coverage with Dark Pulse, wounds Ferrothorn, Tyranitar, and Diggersby, among others
- Ice Beam - takes out Dragons
- U-Turn - scouts
Set Details
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- 240 Spe + Timid / Hasty - Outspeeds Scarf Tyranitar and everything below. Max speed isn't necessary because it doesn't outspeed anything notable that 240 can't. Loses to max base 120s no matter what
- 252 SpA - Max power
- 16 HP or 16 Atk if U-Turn - Leftover EVs
- Choice Scarf - patches up subpar speed
Usage Tips
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- Revenge killer
- Surprise kills
- Much weaker than Life Orb
- Outspeeds pokemon it (and M-Blastoise) couldn't normally
Team Options
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- MEGA EVOLUTION
- Pokemon that can weaken the opposing team effectively
- Rapid Spin or Defog because it will be switching a lot
Other Options
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- Flash Cannon / Sludge Wave - kills fairies but not much else
- Hidden Power - weak compared to other moves, esp with BP nerf
- Nothing else really
- Quiet nature for Trick Room?
Checks & Counters
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- Blissey - walls
- Chansey - walls
- Ferrothorn - although it doesn't like taking multiple LO Aura Spheres, it can wall and KO with Power Whip
- Can be outsped and KO'd by numerous offensive pokemon such as Genesect, Thundurus, and Breloom
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