Gyarados @ Leftovers
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe
Nature: Intimidate
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Tail
+X Dragon Tail vs. 244/0 Toxicroak:
+0 - 20.1 - 23.91%
+1 - 30.43 - 35.86%
+2 - 40.21 - 47.55%
+3 - 50.54 - 59.51%
X vs. 248/252 Gyarados:
Focus Punch: 27.22 - 32.06%
Sucker Punch: 19.59 - 23.15%
Ice Punch: 18.32 - 21.37%
Gyarados is an extremely reliable counter to Toxicroak. With maximum invested HP and Defense, the best move Toxicroak can use against it -Focus Punch- isn't even able to 3HKO. This gives Gyarados all the time it wants to set up with Dragon Dance. After the very first one, Gyarados already packs enough power to break Toxicroaks Substitute. With Sleep Talk ignoring the negative priority of Dragon Tail, Toxicroak is not able to even keep subbing on this set.