[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Hyperspace Fury
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Gunk Shot
move 4: Fire Punch
item: Choice Band
ability: Magician
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
========
Hoopa-U is a very potent wallbreaker who can punch massive holes in opposing defensive cores for the rest of its teammates to take advantage of. However, its middling speed and low physical bulk alongside a very unfortunate 4x weakness to U-turn mean that it is usually outclassed by other wallbreakers who have more use against more offensive teams, such as Mega Medicham or Swords Dance Garchomp. Drain Punch allows Hoopa to threaten Tyranitar as well as giving it another option to hit Chansey while simultaneously keeping Hoopa healthy. Gunk Shot is nigh mandatory on the Choice Band set, as without it, you lack any ways to seriously immediately pressure fairies such as Clefable and Tapu Fini. The fourth slot should usually go to Fire Punch, as it allows Hoopa-U to immediately threaten Magearna and Mega Mawile, as well as giving it a way to OHKO Ferrothorn. Zen Headbutt is another option here that you can use over Fire Punch in order to gain a weapon that severely threatens Toxapex and Kommo-o. 252 Speed EVs along with a Jolly nature are preferred, as it allows you to outrun a variety of threats who can otherwise beat you if you are running Adamant, most notably Timid Heatran.
This set should mainly be used as a wallbreaker that can immediately threaten many common defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro, Toxapex, or Chansey, although one must be careful to avoid the status they can dish out, as a potential burn from a Slowbro or Toxapex Scald could ruin your damage output, and a Thunder Wave from Slowbro or Chansey can seriously cripple your pressure exerted. This set benefits from pivoting teammates that can get the defensive targets Hoopa-U eliminates on to the field, such as Mega Lopunny and Cinderace, and can remove the defensive checks for many Pokemon when you do successfully lure in these Pokemon. The Choice Band set notably has ways to immediately pressure most defensive Fairy-type and Steel-type Pokemon with Gunk Shot and Fire Punch, and therefore can also be paired with Pokemon such as Greninja-Ash and Dragapult, who need these defensive Fairy-types removed before they can start accomplishing their ultimate goals. This set and most other Hoopa-U sets also pair well with Pokemon that can punish U-turn from the opponent looking to revenge Hoopa, such as Garchomp and many defensive Rocky Helmet users including Skarmory and Landorus-Therian. Finally, this set appreciates Spikes support from Ferrothorn, Greninja, or Skarmory in order to get walls into range for a OHKO or 2HKO.
[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Dark Pulse
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
ability: Magician
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
The Choice Specs set aims to destroy any and all attempts at walling Hoopa-U and, unlike physical variants, can switch into Scald from most defensive Water-types with relative freedom. Psyshock is required for this set to be effective, as it gives you a much more reliable option than Focus Blast to hit Chansey and Blissey extremely hard, while still reaching a guaranteed 2HKO on physically defensive Clefable. Focus Blast is imperative on the Choice Specs set to hit Tyranitar, who can take any of Hoopa’s other moves and potentially remove it entirely by Pursuit trapping it, due to Hoopa’s relative physical frailty. Trick allows you to give a pair of Choice Specs to a defensive Pokemon, such as Ferrothorn, Clefable, Chansey, and Blissey, in order to severely limit what they can do. 252 Speed EVs along with a Timid nature are preferred to outspeed as much as possible, although you can also use Modest in order to significantly improve your chances of 2HKOing standard Chansey with Psyshock or Focus Blast and still maintain the outspeed on Modest Heatran, standard Gliscor, and defensive Zapdos sets.
The Choice Specs set can also benefit from pivoting teammates, however it can usually pivot directly into defensive Pokemon without fearing much of what they can dish out, increasing the flexibility in how you can target defensive Pokemon. As a result of this set being able to safely pivot in to more Pokemon in more situations when compared to physical sets, this set can be paired with many Pokemon who enjoy their defensive checks being removed or severely weakened, without necessarily needing to pivot out with U-turn or Volt Switch when their defensive checks switch in, most notably Greninja-Ash, Rillaboom, Dragapult, and Hawlucha.
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Hyperspace Fury
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Gunk Shot
move 4: Fire Punch
item: Choice Band
ability: Magician
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
========
Hoopa-U is a very potent wallbreaker who can punch massive holes in opposing defensive cores for the rest of its teammates to take advantage of. However, its middling speed and low physical bulk alongside a very unfortunate 4x weakness to U-turn mean that it is usually outclassed by other wallbreakers who have more use against more offensive teams, such as Mega Medicham or Swords Dance Garchomp. Drain Punch allows Hoopa to threaten Tyranitar as well as giving it another option to hit Chansey while simultaneously keeping Hoopa healthy. Gunk Shot is nigh mandatory on the Choice Band set, as without it, you lack any ways to seriously immediately pressure fairies such as Clefable and Tapu Fini. The fourth slot should usually go to Fire Punch, as it allows Hoopa-U to immediately threaten Magearna and Mega Mawile, as well as giving it a way to OHKO Ferrothorn. Zen Headbutt is another option here that you can use over Fire Punch in order to gain a weapon that severely threatens Toxapex and Kommo-o. 252 Speed EVs along with a Jolly nature are preferred, as it allows you to outrun a variety of threats who can otherwise beat you if you are running Adamant, most notably Timid Heatran.
This set should mainly be used as a wallbreaker that can immediately threaten many common defensive Pokemon such as Slowbro, Toxapex, or Chansey, although one must be careful to avoid the status they can dish out, as a potential burn from a Slowbro or Toxapex Scald could ruin your damage output, and a Thunder Wave from Slowbro or Chansey can seriously cripple your pressure exerted. This set benefits from pivoting teammates that can get the defensive targets Hoopa-U eliminates on to the field, such as Mega Lopunny and Cinderace, and can remove the defensive checks for many Pokemon when you do successfully lure in these Pokemon. The Choice Band set notably has ways to immediately pressure most defensive Fairy-type and Steel-type Pokemon with Gunk Shot and Fire Punch, and therefore can also be paired with Pokemon such as Greninja-Ash and Dragapult, who need these defensive Fairy-types removed before they can start accomplishing their ultimate goals. This set and most other Hoopa-U sets also pair well with Pokemon that can punish U-turn from the opponent looking to revenge Hoopa, such as Garchomp and many defensive Rocky Helmet users including Skarmory and Landorus-Therian. Finally, this set appreciates Spikes support from Ferrothorn, Greninja, or Skarmory in order to get walls into range for a OHKO or 2HKO.
[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Dark Pulse
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Specs
ability: Magician
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
The Choice Specs set aims to destroy any and all attempts at walling Hoopa-U and, unlike physical variants, can switch into Scald from most defensive Water-types with relative freedom. Psyshock is required for this set to be effective, as it gives you a much more reliable option than Focus Blast to hit Chansey and Blissey extremely hard, while still reaching a guaranteed 2HKO on physically defensive Clefable. Focus Blast is imperative on the Choice Specs set to hit Tyranitar, who can take any of Hoopa’s other moves and potentially remove it entirely by Pursuit trapping it, due to Hoopa’s relative physical frailty. Trick allows you to give a pair of Choice Specs to a defensive Pokemon, such as Ferrothorn, Clefable, Chansey, and Blissey, in order to severely limit what they can do. 252 Speed EVs along with a Timid nature are preferred to outspeed as much as possible, although you can also use Modest in order to significantly improve your chances of 2HKOing standard Chansey with Psyshock or Focus Blast and still maintain the outspeed on Modest Heatran, standard Gliscor, and defensive Zapdos sets.
The Choice Specs set can also benefit from pivoting teammates, however it can usually pivot directly into defensive Pokemon without fearing much of what they can dish out, increasing the flexibility in how you can target defensive Pokemon. As a result of this set being able to safely pivot in to more Pokemon in more situations when compared to physical sets, this set can be paired with many Pokemon who enjoy their defensive checks being removed or severely weakened, without necessarily needing to pivot out with U-turn or Volt Switch when their defensive checks switch in, most notably Greninja-Ash, Rillaboom, Dragapult, and Hawlucha.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Super Suit, 505884]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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