Hydreigon [QC 1/2]

[ShootingStarmie]

[SET]

name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Flash Cannon / Flamethrower
move 4: Roost / Flamethrower
item: Life Orb
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Thanks to a combination of its great typing, stellar base 125 Special Attack, and access to Nasty Plot, Hydreigon is one the the premier wallbreakers within the tier. With a unique typing and an immunity to Ground-type attacks thanks to Levitate, backed up by rather decent bulk, Hydreigon can find ample opportunities to switch in and wreck havoc. Nasty Plot is used to boost Hydreigon's Special Attack to tremendously high levels, allowing Hyrdeigon to muscle through a lot of sturdy Pokemon. Draco Meteor is a very powerful Dragon STAB attack, and has great general coverage across the tier. Draco Meteor has a 37% chance to OHKO Physically Defensive Hippowdon after Stealth Rock damage, just to give an idea of its power. Flash Cannon provides much needed coverage against the ever prominent Fairy-types that can threaten Hydreigon. Flash Cannon is able to 2HKO both Clefable and Togekiss, and is also capable of doing decent damage to Azumarill. Roost increases Hydreigon's longevity, allowing it to continuously act as a terror for the opponent through out the match, and can often be used on passive Pokemon such as Toxapex, Hippowdon, and Rotom-H. Flamethower however is also a great option, as it gives Hydreigon a way to damage Steel-types that resist the combination of Draco Meteor and Flash Cannon. Aegislash, Ferrothorn, and Scizor can not stand up to Hydreigon with Flamethrower. Life Orb is the item of choice of this set, as the extra damage is always welcome, and the recoil from Life Orb can be somewhat negated with Roost.

Hydreigon fits on a wide variety of teams, but is most commonly seen on bulky offense and balance teams. Hydreigon's biggest fear are Fairy-types such as Clefable, Azumarill and Primarina. Because of this, Steel and Poison-types that can check these Pokemon are good team mates for Hydreigon. Scizor, Amoonguss, and Aegislash all make for good partners. While Hydreigon does have Roost to keep itself healthy, status in the form of Toxic or Paralysis can often spell doom for it. Because of this, a cleric such as Togekiss or Clefable could work nicely. The previously aforementioned Pokemon can also sponge Fighting, Bug, and Dragon-type attacks aimed at Hydreigon, meaning they have good type synergy. Hydreigon can sometimes struggle with sturdy special walls such as Blissey and Tyranitar, so Fighting-types such as Urshifu and Kommo-o can make for good partners. After a Special Attack drop from using Draco Meteor, Hydreigon can sometimes find itself set up bait for Primarina and Volcarona. As such, an answer to these Pokemon, such as Blissey or Sand Rush Excadrill (in sand) is recommended. Lastly, set up sweepers such as Dragapult can often share similar checks to Hydreigon, meaning they can often break down each others checks enabling the other to sweep.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ShootingStarmie, 105816]]
- Quality checked by: [[Finchinator, 114198], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Finchinator]

Draco Meteor is a very powerful Dragon STAB attack, and has great general coverage across the tier. Draco Meteor has a 37% chance to OHKO Hippowdon after Stealth Rock damage, just to give an idea of its power.

Specify physically defensive Hippowdon because specially defensive is picking up right now for special Zeraora, TWave Dragapult, and Volcarona checking.

Roost increases Hydreigon's longevity, allowing it to continuously act as a terror for the opponent through out the match.

This is probably worth providing some examples for. Probably mention that it lets you heal up on non-Toxic Blissey, Toxapex, Hippowdon, and/or Rotom-Heat. Roost is super helpful in these match-ups and I think it is best to give specific examples for moves that are likely to be used. It helps provide metagame context to the reader.

Flamethower however is also a great option, as it gives Hydreigon a way to damage Steel-types that resist the combination of Draco Meteor and Flash Cannon. Aegislash, Ferrothorn, and Scizor can not stand up to Hydreigon with Flamethrower.

See, here you do a great job outlining what Flamethrower hits in the second sentence. I think including examples for the previous sentence would help tie this together nicely.

Hydreigon fits on a wide variety of teams, but is most commonly seen on bulky offense and balance teams. Hydreigon's biggest fear are Fairy-types such as Clefable and Azumarill

Bit more nitpicky, but I'd include Primarina. It is rising in usage during OLT and it does even better against Hydreigon than these two.

I know you mention it later, but I feel like it fits in here, too, and that is in an entirely separate context.

looks great 1/2

 

[ShootingStarmie]

thanks finch, all of these changes have been made