I've been thinking about a new moveset for a Pokémon, any Pokémon, and make it; effective, diverse, and popular. Much like a specs mence (although that’s not going to happen). Here is what I've come up with over last weekend...
Name: LadyZel
Floatzel @ Life Orb / Damp rock
Nature: Rash / Naughty
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 atk / 252 sp atk / 4 hp
-Waterfall / Surf
-Ice fang/ Ice Beam
-Crunch / Brick Break
-Rain Dance / Hidden power (Fire) or (Grass) / Taunt
After one Rain Dance you speed goes b00m and turns into 532 (or is it times 1.5? if it is then its 399, thus leading to a few speed EVs to hit more like... 430ish maybe?) . If rash natured you get 306 Atk and 295 Special Atk. If you’re putting EVs into speed take them out of attack to make the stats more even. He could also really benefits from someone else setting rain dance up so he can have a hidden power instead. What’s great about Floatzel is if I can make him popular with this and my follow-up research, he will be insanely better than he is now. You know why? People won’t know what to expect, he could be running any set, a BPasser, a Choice-Bander, a Choice-Specser, or this. If Floatzel becomes more commonly used then he will be better for the same reasons Garchomp is so great. You never know what set your up against and thus have no clear counter. Also note that you can't attempt status moves reliably on Floatzel, because you never know if he carries taunt.
CALCS ARE DONE WITH RASH NATURE
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Waterfall: Great STAB choice, will hit most things harder than Surf as his main STAB, although we will move onto Surfs uses later.
The specs: (rain dance active)
Base Power goes to: 160
NVE hit goes to: 80 :D
SE hit goes to: 320
4* SE hit goes to: 640
61.76% - 72.55% to max def/hp Blissey (yay) (still a 2HKO if Rash)
111.88% minimum on max HP no def Tyranitar (YAY) (still a OHKO if Rash)
69.29% - 81.43% on max def/hp impish Hippowdon
What other calcs should I run?
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Surf: another great STAB choice. I think it’s better than Waterfall in some cases
The specs: (rain dance active)
Base power goes to: 190
NVE hit goes to: 95
SE hit goes to: 380
4* SE hit goes to: 760
101.20% minimum on Weezing. OHKO
101.25% minimum on Skarmory. OHKO
135.9% minimum on Gliscor if it even has 252 hp / 252 sp def lol. OHKO
45.72% - 53.6% on (252 hp / 0 sp def ) Cresselia
What other calcs should I run?
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Ice Fang: Great type coverage move and dragon slayer
The specs:
Base power 65
Accuracy 95 (it can be heartstoppingly annoying sometimes that it isn't 100)
NVE hit 32
SE hit 130
4* SE hit 260
Calcs pending on salamence/garchomp (feel free to post calcs if you run them I’ll give credit at the bottom of my post.)
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Ice Beam: Same as Ice Fang
Base Power 95
NVE hit 47
SE hit 190
4* SE hit 380
Calcs pending
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Everything else will be finished later, no… soon.
What do you think? Thoughts, CONSTRUCTIVE critisisms, and contributions to the calculation sections are very appreciated
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EDITs
Changed the name of the set.
Got rid of the item leftovers
Name: LadyZel
Floatzel @ Life Orb / Damp rock
Nature: Rash / Naughty
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 atk / 252 sp atk / 4 hp
-Waterfall / Surf
-Ice fang/ Ice Beam
-Crunch / Brick Break
-Rain Dance / Hidden power (Fire) or (Grass) / Taunt
After one Rain Dance you speed goes b00m and turns into 532 (or is it times 1.5? if it is then its 399, thus leading to a few speed EVs to hit more like... 430ish maybe?) . If rash natured you get 306 Atk and 295 Special Atk. If you’re putting EVs into speed take them out of attack to make the stats more even. He could also really benefits from someone else setting rain dance up so he can have a hidden power instead. What’s great about Floatzel is if I can make him popular with this and my follow-up research, he will be insanely better than he is now. You know why? People won’t know what to expect, he could be running any set, a BPasser, a Choice-Bander, a Choice-Specser, or this. If Floatzel becomes more commonly used then he will be better for the same reasons Garchomp is so great. You never know what set your up against and thus have no clear counter. Also note that you can't attempt status moves reliably on Floatzel, because you never know if he carries taunt.
CALCS ARE DONE WITH RASH NATURE
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Waterfall: Great STAB choice, will hit most things harder than Surf as his main STAB, although we will move onto Surfs uses later.
The specs: (rain dance active)
Base Power goes to: 160
NVE hit goes to: 80 :D
SE hit goes to: 320
4* SE hit goes to: 640
61.76% - 72.55% to max def/hp Blissey (yay) (still a 2HKO if Rash)
111.88% minimum on max HP no def Tyranitar (YAY) (still a OHKO if Rash)
69.29% - 81.43% on max def/hp impish Hippowdon
What other calcs should I run?
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Surf: another great STAB choice. I think it’s better than Waterfall in some cases
The specs: (rain dance active)
Base power goes to: 190
NVE hit goes to: 95
SE hit goes to: 380
4* SE hit goes to: 760
101.20% minimum on Weezing. OHKO
101.25% minimum on Skarmory. OHKO
135.9% minimum on Gliscor if it even has 252 hp / 252 sp def lol. OHKO
45.72% - 53.6% on (252 hp / 0 sp def ) Cresselia
What other calcs should I run?
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Ice Fang: Great type coverage move and dragon slayer
The specs:
Base power 65
Accuracy 95 (it can be heartstoppingly annoying sometimes that it isn't 100)
NVE hit 32
SE hit 130
4* SE hit 260
Calcs pending on salamence/garchomp (feel free to post calcs if you run them I’ll give credit at the bottom of my post.)
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Ice Beam: Same as Ice Fang
Base Power 95
NVE hit 47
SE hit 190
4* SE hit 380
Calcs pending
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Everything else will be finished later, no… soon.
What do you think? Thoughts, CONSTRUCTIVE critisisms, and contributions to the calculation sections are very appreciated
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EDITs
Changed the name of the set.
Got rid of the item leftovers
