National Dex Dracozolt [QC 2/2] [GP 0/1]

[Avery]

[SET]
name: Substitute Attacker
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Bolt Beak
move 3: Draco Meteor
move 4: Fire Blast
item: Life Orb
ability: Sand Rush
nature: Naughty
evs: 176 Atk / 148 SpA / 184 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dracozolt finds itself a niche on sand teams due to Sand Rush, which allows it to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame while sand is active, and its ability to threaten the many Pokemon that sand teams tend to struggle with, such as Corviknight, Tangrowth, and Skarmory. However, Dracozolt is very vulnerable to being worn down quickly through entry hazards, Substitute damage, and Life Orb recoil. Substitute allows Dracozolt to take advantage of the many switches it forces on Pokemon like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Tapu Fini. Most neutral targets do not want to take a highly powerful Bolt Beak, allowing Dracozolt to set up a Substitute on Blissey, Heatran, and Zapdos. Fire Blast hits the Grass-types that resist Bolt Beak, which includes Tangrowth, Ferrothorn, and Kartana. Draco Meteor hits Garchomp, Mega Latias, and Hydreigon, all of which can take Bolt Beak. The given EV spread coupled with a Naughty nature allow Dracozolt to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T while sand is active and OHKO Tangrowth with Fire Blast after Stealth Rock damage.

Due to Dracozolt's reliance on sand to pose a major threat, it requires sand support from Hippowdon or Tyranitar. Additonally, Dracozolt's ability to threaten Corviknight, Tangrowth, and Skarmory enables fellow Sand Rush sweeper Excadrill to wreak havoc. Dracozolt's susceptibilty to Ground-types such as Gliscor and Gastrodon mean that sturdy Ground-immune or -resistant partners are essential, which includes Corviknight, Mega Latias, and Tangrowth. Dracozolt is very susceptible to being chipped down by entry hazards on top of Substitute and Life Orb recoil. As such, entry hazard removal from teammates like Corviknight, Tapu Fini, and Excadrill are needed.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Earthquake may seem appealing over Substitute to immediately threaten Heatran and Mega Tyranitar; however, Bolt Beak hits both of these targets harder than Earthquake, notably scoring an OHKO on Heatran after Stealth Rock damage.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-types**: Gliscor, Gastrodon, and Hippowdon are immune to Bolt Beak and take minimal damage from all of Dracozolt's coverage moves. Garchomp and Landorus-T can also switch into Bolt Beak but lack recovery and are susceptible to being worn down. Garchomp especially has to fear Draco Meteor, and Landorus-T can be worn down by repeated Draco Meteors.

**Strong Priority**: Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham can wear down Dracozolt rather quickly due to its middling bulk. Sucker Punch from Mega Mawile and Bisharp can be played around with Substitute. Resisted priority attacks such as Rillaboom's Grassy Glide and Ash-Greninja's Water Shuriken can wear down Dracozolt in conjunction with Substitite and Life Orb, and they can revenge kill a weakened Dracozolt due to its low bulk.

**Opposing Weather**: Dracozolt outside of sand has a very average Speed tier and can be played around rather easily. Mega Charizard Y and Pelipper cannot switch into Dracozolt, but they are able to reset the weather and make it easier to play around Dracozolt.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Avery, 497633]]
- Quality checked by: [[Optify, 511832], [Zneon, 487629]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990]]

 

[Avery]

this is qc ready!

 

[Optify]

hello, trial qc here

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[SET]
name: Substitute Attacker
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Bolt Beak
move 3: Draco Meteor
move 4: Fire Blast
item: Life Orb
ability: Sand Rush
nature: Naughty
evs: 176 Atk / 148 SpA / 184 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dracozolt finds itself a niche on sand teams due to its ability Sand Rush, which allows it to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame while sand is active. Dracozolt is also capable of threatening the many Pokemon that sand teams tend to struggle with, such as Corviknight, Tangrowth, and Skarmory. However, Dracozolt is very prone to being worn down quickly through entry hazards, Substitute damage, and Life Orb recoil. Substitute allows Dracozolt to take advantage of the many switches it forces, like on Pokemon like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Tapu Fini. Even most neutral targets do not want to take a highly powerful Bolt Beak, allowing Dracozolt to get behind a Substitute on Clefable Blissey full physdef clefable doesn't take all too much from this, and in fact forces you out with moonblast, Heatran, and Zapdos. Fire Blast hits the Grass-type Pokemon that resist Bolt Beak, which includes Tangrowth, Ferrothorn, and Kartana. Draco Meteor hits Garchomp, Mega Latias, and Hydreigon, all of which can also take a Bolt Beak. The given spread coupled with a Naughty nature allow Dracozolt to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T while sand is active and OHKO Tangrowth with Fire Blast after Stealth Rock damage.

Due to Dracozolt's reliance on sand to pose a major threat, it requires sand support from Hippowdon or either Tyranitar form. Additonally, Dracozolt's ability to threaten Corviknight, Tangrowth, and Skarmory enable fellow Sand Rush sweeper Excadrill to wreak havoc. Dracozolt's susceptibilty to Ground-types such as Gliscor and Gastrodon mean that sturdy Ground resists are essential, which includes Corviknight, Mega Latias, and Tangrowth. However, Dracozolt is very susceptible to being chipped down by entry hazards on top of Substitute and Life Orb recoil. As such, entry hazard removal from the likes of Corviknight, Tapu Fini, and Excadrill are needed great partners.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Earthquake may seem appealing over Substitute to immediately threaten Heatran and Mega Tyranitar, however, Bolt Beak hits both of these targets harder than Earthquake, notably scoring an OHKO on Heatran after Stealth Rock damage.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-types**: Gliscor, Gastrodon, and Hippowdon all are immune to Bolt Beak and take minimal damage from all of Dracozolt's coverage moves. Garchomp and Landorus-T can also switch into Bolt Beak, but lack recovery and are susceptible to being worn down. Garchomp especially has to fear Draco Meteor also mention landorus being chipped by draco.

**Strong Priority**: Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham can wear down Dracozolt rather quickly due to its middling bulk. Sucker Punch from Mega Mawile and Bisharp can be played around with Substitute.

**Removing Sand**: Dracozolt outside of sand has a very average speed tier, and as such can be played around rather easily. Mega Charizard Y and Pelipper cannot switch into Dracozolt, but they are able to reset the weather, thus allowing the opponent to be able to play around Dracozolt.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sevelon, 497633]]
- Quality checked by: [[Optify, 511832]], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2 ( approved by Solaros & Lunaris )

 

[Avery]

implemented tyvm

 

[Zneon]

Dracozolt finds itself a niche on sand teams due to its ability Sand Rush, which allows it to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame while sand is active. Dracozolt is also capable of threatening the many Pokemon that sand teams tend to struggle with, such as Corviknight, Tangrowth, and Skarmory.

i think it's worth merging these two sentences together because Dracozolt's ability to beat those Pokemon is exactly the reason why it has a strong niche on sand teams.

**Strong Priority**: Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham can wear down Dracozolt rather quickly due to its middling bulk. Sucker Punch from Mega Mawile and Bisharp can be played around with Substitute.

even resisted priority like Grassy Glide and Water Shuriken can add onto the constant recoil and residual damage that Dracozolt will get due to its mediocre bulk, or just straight up revenge kill it when it's low enough, which combined with Life Orb recoil and Substitute is very likely, so I'd mention resisted priority here as well.

not much else to say here, very well written analysis! QC 2/2

 

[Avery]

done and off to gp, tysm

 

[DC]

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Bolt Beaker

[SET]
name: Substitute Attacker
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Bolt Beak
move 3: Draco Meteor
move 4: Fire Blast
item: Life Orb
ability: Sand Rush
nature: Naughty
evs: 176 Atk / 148 SpA / 184 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dracozolt finds itself a niche on sand teams due to its ability Sand Rush, which allows it to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame while sand is active, and it is also capable of threatening the ability to threaten many Pokemon that sand teams tend to struggle with, such as Corviknight, Tangrowth, and Skarmory. However, Dracozolt is very prone vulnerable to being worn down quickly through entry hazards, Substitute damage, and Life Orb recoil. Substitute allows Dracozolt to take advantage of the many switches it forces on Pokemon like Corviknight, Toxapex, and Tapu Fini. Even Most(capitalize) neutral targets do not want to take a highly powerful Bolt Beak, allowing Dracozolt to get behind set up a Substitute on Blissey, Heatran, and Zapdos. Fire Blast hits the Grass-types Pokemon that resist Bolt Beak, which includes Tangrowth, Ferrothorn, and Kartana. Draco Meteor hits Garchomp, Mega Latias, and Hydreigon, all of which can also take a Bolt Beak. The given EV spread coupled with a Naughty nature allows Dracozolt to outspeed Choice Scarf Landorus-T while sand is active and OHKO Tangrowth with Fire Blast after Stealth Rock damage.

Due to Dracozolt's reliance on sand to pose a major threat, it requires sand support from Hippowdon or either Tyranitar form. Additonally, Dracozolt's ability to threaten Corviknight, Tangrowth, and Skarmory enables fellow Sand Rush sweeper Excadrill to wreak havoc. Dracozolt's susceptibilty to Ground-types such as Gliscor and Gastrodon mean that sturdy Ground resists Ground-immune or -resistant partners are essential, which includes Corviknight, Mega Latias, and Tangrowth. However,(RC) Dracozolt is very susceptible to being chipped down by entry hazards on top of Substitute and Life Orb recoil. As such, entry hazard removal from the likes of teammates like Corviknight, Tapu Fini, and Excadrill are needed.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Earthquake may seem appealing over Substitute to immediately threaten Heatran and Mega Tyranitar;(comma to semicolon) however, Bolt Beak hits both of these targets harder than Earthquake, notably scoring an OHKO on Heatran after Stealth Rock damage.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-types**: Gliscor, Gastrodon, and Hippowdon all are immune to Bolt Beak and take minimal damage from all of Dracozolt's coverage moves. Garchomp and Landorus-T can also switch into Bolt Beak,(RC) but lack recovery and are susceptible to being worn down. Garchomp especially has to fear Draco Meteor, and Landorus-T can be worn down by repeated Draco Meteors.

**Strong Priority**: Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham can wear down Dracozolt rather quickly due to its middling bulk. Sucker Punch from Mega Mawile and Bisharp can be played around with Substitute. Resisted priority attacks such as Rillaboom's Grassy Glide and Ash-Greninja's Water Shuriken can add onto the constant recoil Dracozolt is taking through Substitite and Life Orb wear down Dracozolt in conjunction with Substitute and Life Orb, or and they can revenge kill a weakened Dracozolt due to its low bulk.

**Removing Sand(Something like "Opposing Weather" would be more appropriate.)**: Dracozolt outside of sand has a very average Speed(capitalize) tier,(RC) and as such can be played around rather easily. Mega Charizard Y and Pelipper cannot switch into Dracozolt, but they are able to reset the weather,(RC) thus allowing the opponent to be able to play around Dracozolt and make it easier to play around Dracozolt.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Avery, 497633]]
- Quality checked by: [[Optify, 511832], [Zneon, 487629]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

GP 1/1. [DC, 449990]