Ubers Floatzel [QC: 3/3] [GP: 1/1]

[Fc]

[SET]
name: Rain Wallbreaker
move 1: Wave Crash
move 2: Ice Spinner
move 3: Liquidation
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Water

[SET COMMENTS]

• Floatzel is the best Swift Swim user in SV Ubers due to its high Speed and powerful Wave Crash. Being able to outspeed and hit Miraidon harder is its main draw over one of a rain team's other great forms of revenge killing in Palafin's Jet Punch.
• Wave Crash being the main source of damage, as well as Koraidon being very common, does make Floatzel somewhat hard to use, however, so its positioning must be perfect to clean a team.
• Ice Spinner is the main way of damaging Koraidon, which can ruin rain teams, as well as Water Absorb Clodsire, making it the most valuable coverage option to pair with three Water-type moves.
• Tera Water is the only viable Tera type, allowing Wave Crash to 2HKO even the bulkiest Water-resistant Pokemon like Toxapex, Alomomola after entry hazard damage, and Double Dance Miraidon.
• Floatzel is incredibly frail by Ubers standards and requires something it can threaten with an OHKO to safely start throwing off attacks, so strong pivots are necessary support.
• Pelipper is mandatory, providing not only rain but also a slow U-turn to get Floatzel in for free.
• Great Tusk and Iron Treads are solid teammates as well, providing crucial Rapid Spin support to maintain Floatzel's health while also providing either a resistance to Sucker Punch from Kingambit and Chien-Pao or a Miraidon answer that can pivot with Volt Switch, respectively.
• Miraidon threatens out a lot of Pokemon that can beat Floatzel one-on-one like Toxapex and can use U-turn on incoming checks like Ting-Lu, Blissey, and Iron Treads, which Floatzel can threaten heavily.
• Iron Bundle is also a fantastic Pokemon on rain teams, having access to Flip Turn to get Floatzel in while also enjoying the rain boost.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[corvere, 306317], [Lasen, 273339], [Manaphy, 50695]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Aurora, 109385]]

 

[katerina]

i would also add tusk as a possible teammate, works as a countermeasure to sun teams while providing rocks and knock off for floatzel. it also helps vs sucker punch priority from gambit and pao

not much else to add, this is good
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[Lasen]

this is being oversold for how often you're in at full with rain up. I'd like the overview to not make it sound like you're coasting by most match-ups.

I also think Iron Treads is worth mentioning as a teammate; deals with any most Miraidon sets when rain is up and can even pivot into Floatzel with Volt Switch or Rapid Spin to make sure Floatzel stays as healthy as possible.

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[Manaphy]

Overall is pretty good, just have some nitpicky points:

Floatzel is the best Swift Swim user in SV Ubers, with its high speed and powerful Wave Crash it can take down almost anything with good positioning.

I think this overhypes it a bit. I would like you to contrast it with Palafin by saying how this thing's big advantage is Swift Swim.

Palafin and Iron Bundle are also fantastic Pokemon on rain teams

Bundle seems fine but Palafin..? It seems a bit redundant to me and would make your team weak to getting swept by something like Scarf Mirai a lot easier than it has to.

Add the Iron Treads mention that Lasen suggested, good for Mirai and it can pivot Floatzel in with Volt Switch.

2/2

 

[Fc]

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[SET]
name: Rain Wallbreaker
move 1: Wave Crash
move 2: Ice Spinner
move 3: Liquidation
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Band
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Water

[SET COMMENTS]

• Floatzel is the best Swift Swim user in SV Ubers with due to its high speed Speed and powerful Wave Crash. Being able to outspeed and hit Miraidon harder is its main draw over one of a rain teams's other best great forms of speed control, revenge killing in Palafin's Jet Punch.
• Wave Crash being the main source of damage, (add comma) as well as Koraidon being very common, (add comma) does make it Floatzel somewhat hard to use, however, as so its positioning must be perfect to clean a team.
• Ice Spinner is the main way of damaging Koraidon, (add comma) which can ruin weather rain teams, (add comma) as well as Water Absorb Clodsire, making it the most valuable coverage option possible (I feel this is a bit redundant if you've said "most valuable" already, but up to you) to pair with three Water-type moves.
• Tera Water is the only viable Tera type, allowing Wave Crash to 2HKO even the bulkiest resists Water-resistant Pokemon like Toxapex, Alomomola after entry hazard damage, and Double Dance Miraidon.
• Floatzel is incredibly frail for by Ubers standards and requires something it can threaten with an OHKO to safely start throwing off attacks, so strong pivots are necessary support.
• Pelipper is mandatory, providing not only rain but also a slow U-turn to get Floatzel in for free with its slow pivot.
• Great Tusk and Iron Treads are solid teammates as well, providing crucial Rapid Spin support since to maintain Floatzel's health is crucial while but also being providing either a resistance to Sucker Punch from Kingambit and Chien-Pao or a Miraidon answer with that can pivot with Volt Switch to pivot, (add comma) respectively.
• Miraidon threatens out a lot of Pokemon that can live a hit from Floatzel in the 1v1 like Toxapex (otherwise maybe something like "that can beat Floatzel one-on-one like Toxapex"?) and can use U-turn on incoming checks like Ting-Lu, Blissey, and Iron Treads, (add comma) which Floatzel can threaten heavily.
• Iron Bundle is also a fantastic Pokemon on rain teams, having access to Flip Turn to get Floatzel in while also enjoying the rain boost.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[corvere, 306317], [Lasen, 273339], [Manaphy, 50695]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Aurora, 109385]]

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