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1v1 Hydreigon [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

pazza

Banned deucer.
name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Fire Blast
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest
evs: 208 HP / 24 Def / 64 SpA / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Nasty Plot makes Hydreigon one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its already strong STAB combination of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and opposing non-Haban Berry Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Chandelure and non-Dazzling Gleam Celebi. Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its Special Attack, letting it break through bulkier Pokemon such as Type: Null, Aegislash, Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier Pokemon that rely on setting up, namely stall Snorlax and Gastrodon, whereas Fire Blast is coverage for Steel-types such as Bisharp, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn. Focus Blast can be run in order to OHKO Choice Band Diggersby, alongside most of the Steel-types mentioned, but is generally less reliable. Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult and Outrage from both Choice Scarf Dracovish and Dracozolt. The EVs are for tanking Draco Meteor from Choice Specs Dragapult and Low Kick from Adamant Dracozolt. 212 Speed EVs allow Hydreigon to outspeed Braviary. If you are running Fire Blast, you have to use the EV spread of 72 HP / 12 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe so you can outspeed and OHKO Adamant Galarian Darmanitan with Fire Blast. Alternatively, you can run 80 HP / 104 Def / 72 SpA / 252 Spe with a Timid nature, which lets Hydreigon live Low Kick from Dracozolt. Another EV set of 88 HP / 96 SpA / 72 SpD / 252 Spe could be used with a Timid nature, which lets you tank Modest Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor if you run Fire Blast. All of these spreads outspeed Choice Band Haxorus, non-Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, and Modest Choice Specs Gengar.

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Aromatisse, and Gardevoir. Because of this, Steel- and Poison-types such as Ferrothorn, Durant, and Silvally-Poison work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon, in return, is able to take out stall Pokemon such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz and offensive Pokemon like Excadrill and Adamant Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan. Hydreigon is also troubled by physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve Choice Band, or Haban Berry Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon, as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses, while Hydreigon can take on Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these Pokemon by setting upon them and OHKOing or inflicting them with Taunt to prevent them from setting up.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pazza, 418753]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [dogknees, 317056]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
 
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not official qc but probably some stuff in here that will be picked up on anyway, add / remove whatever you wish
[SET]
name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Focus Blast / Fire Blast
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 184 HP / 60 SpA / 12 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation, Hydreigon is one of the premiere special attackers of the tier, with its great STAB of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse, it makes itself a great wall breaker. <-- (I would rephrase this; "Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse.") Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Aegislash, Dragapult, Galarian Corsola, and Celebi. Nasty Plot helps Hydreigon boost its Special Attack so it can break through stall Pokemon such as Mandibuzz, Galarian Corsola, and Corviknight. <-- (Would rephrase; "Nasty plot allows for Hydreiogon to boost its special attack, letting it to break through bulkier pokemon such as... etc.) Focus Blast and Fire Blast are coverage for Steel-, Dark-, and Grass-types, such as Corviknight, Bisharp, Excadrill, Obstagoon, Incineroar, Rotom-C and Ferrothorn. <-- (Would remove corviknight and rotom-c, not like fire blast wins you these matchups over dark pulse / draco) Taunt allows Hydreigon to stop stall Pokemon from setting-up and Taunting such as Mandibuzz, Galarian Corsola, and Rotom-W. <-- (This just seems muddy to me, consider this instead; "Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier pokemon that would otherwise taunt you back and setup, such as Mandibuzz, Galarion Corsola, and Toxapex." I don't like Rotom-W as a mention here considering that you would only be taunting eerie impulse sets, which aren't all that prevalent in this meta) Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult and Outrage from non-Unnerve Haxorus. <-- (The prevalence of mold breaker haxorus can definitely be questioned in this meta; perhaps scarf dracovish and goodra are better mentions here.) The EV's for tanking <-- (Rephrase; "the EVs are for tanking Haxorus' Close Combat... etc)a Haxorus Close Combat and Modest Choice Specs Draco Meteor from Dragapult. Max Speed to tie with opposing Hydreigons and non-Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan. Rest goes into Special Attack. <-- (I think this needs more detail, perhaps something like this; "Max speed with a timid ensures Hydreigon is fast enough to taunt any bulky threats, as well as outspeeding common Choice Band Pokemon such as Haxorus, Dracovish and Diggersby.)

Due to Hydreigon being a Dark / Dragon-type it is very weak to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Hatterene, and Gardevoir. <-- (Would rephrase; "Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as... etc. should also add Aromatisse to this list; it's far too important to ignore here) Because of this Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Copperjah, and Aegislash work really well with Hydreigon. <-- (Copperajah is a strange mention, would reconsider.) Hydreigon is able to take out stall Pokemon that give the Steel-types I mentioned earlier trouble such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, and Unnerve Haxorus <-- (Avalugg is an important mention.). Fairy-Pokemon such as Primarina, Slyveon, and Aromatisse are able to beat those Physical attackers. Although, they are weak to Poison-types such as Toxtricity, Gengar, and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting up and them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up. <-- (To me this is stretched out way more than it needs to be. Something along these lines would work better; "Fairy-type pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreiogn as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toctricity and Silvally-Poison." Don't mention Gengar here because it beats Hydreigon with either dazzling gleam or focus blast.)
 
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pazza said:
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Focus Blast / Fire Blast
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pazza said:
Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier pokemon that would otherwise Taunt you back and set up, such as Mandibuzz, Galarian Corsola, and Toxapex.
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personally I'd put Fire Blast / Taunt / Focus Blast, since the examples you put for taunt lose to hydreigon anyway, just nasty plot and then draco mandi since it can only snarl and the same with toxapex as they don't run haze. Taunt beats corsola-g since 252 SpA Hydreigon Dark Pulse vs. 248 HP / 184 SpD Eviolite Corsola-Galar: 144-170 (44.5 - 52.6%) -- 18.8% chance to 2HKO with cursed body rng I guess. Fire Blast hits ferro as you mentioned, non occa whims (can miss on sub ig), and rilla and is overall a better option imo
 
amqc
[SET]
name: Haban
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Fire Blast / Taunt / Focus Blast fire blast hits literally everything focus would
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 184 HP / 60 SpA / 12 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation, Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs Aegislash, Dragapult you usually Draco it since Dark Pulse doesn't kill and if it's specs u die, Galarian Corsola, and Celebi it outspeeds and dgleams you. Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its special attack, letting it to break through bulkier pokemon such as Type:Null, Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Focus Blast and Fire Blast is coverage for Steel-, Dark-, and Grass-types, such as Bisharp, Excadrill, Obstagoon, Incineroar they can barely touch you so you can just nasty plot and draco, and Ferrothorn. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier pokemon that would otherwise Taunt you back and set up, such as Mandibuzz, Galarian Corsola, and Toxapex. Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult, Scarf Dracovish, and Goodra you lose anyways that thing is super fat on the special side, mention dracozolt if you want to. EV's is for tanking Mold Breaker with mimi ban Unnerve is getting more popular by the day so I suggest a different benchmark entirely, maybe 152 HP 72 SpA 32 SpD to tank 252+ Body Press from Kommo-o Haxorus Close Combat and Modest Choice Specs you tank dracos from any variation so w/e Draco Meteor from Dragapult. Max speed with a Timid Nature ensures Hydreigon is fast enough to Taunt any bulky threats, as well as outspeeding common Choice Band Pokemon such as Haxorus, Dracovish, and Diggersby you don't ohko diggersby, you can put DarmG if you end up putting Fire Blast as main 4th move. Rest goes into Special Attack for maximum damage output.

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Hatterene, and Gardevoir. Because of this Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Copperajah bruh this mon is C tier mention like Steelix or something, and Aegislash work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon is able to take out stall Pokemon that give the Steel-types I mentioned earlier trouble such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-type pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting up on them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up.
 
not official qc but probably some stuff in here that will be picked up on anyway, add / remove whatever you wish
[SET]
name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Focus Blast / Fire Blast
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 184 HP / 60 SpA / 12 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation, Hydreigon is one of the premiere special attackers of the tier, with its great STAB of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse, it makes itself a great wall breaker. <-- (I would rephrase this; "Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse.") Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Aegislash, Dragapult, Galarian Corsola, and Celebi. Nasty Plot helps Hydreigon boost its Special Attack so it can break through stall Pokemon such as Mandibuzz, Galarian Corsola, and Corviknight. <-- (Would rephrase; "Nasty plot allows for Hydreiogon to boost its special attack, letting it to break through bulkier pokemon such as... etc.) Focus Blast and Fire Blast are coverage for Steel-, Dark-, and Grass-types, such as Corviknight, Bisharp, Excadrill, Obstagoon, Incineroar, Rotom-C and Ferrothorn. <-- (Would remove corviknight and rotom-c, not like fire blast wins you these matchups over dark pulse / draco) Taunt allows Hydreigon to stop stall Pokemon from setting-up and Taunting such as Mandibuzz, Galarian Corsola, and Rotom-W. <-- (This just seems muddy to me, consider this instead; "Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier pokemon that would otherwise taunt you back and setup, such as Mandibuzz, Galarion Corsola, and Toxapex." I don't like Rotom-W as a mention here considering that you would only be taunting eerie impulse sets, which aren't all that prevalent in this meta) Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult I would have specified specs and Outrage from non-Unnerve Haxorus. <-- (The prevalence of mold breaker haxorus can definitely be questioned in this meta; perhaps scarf dracovish and goodra are better mentions here.) The EV's for tanking <-- (Rephrase; "the EVs are for tanking Haxorus' Close Combat... etc)a Haxorus Close Combat and Modest Choice Specs Draco Meteor from Dragapult. Max Speed to tie with opposing Hydreigons and non-Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan. Rest goes into Special Attack. <-- (I think this needs more detail, perhaps something like this; "Max speed with a timid ensures Hydreigon is fast enough to taunt any bulky threats, as well as outspeeding common Choice Band Pokemon such as Haxorus, Dracovish and Diggersby.)

Mentioned this in pms but 'rephrasing' is not as important as talking about factually wrong stuff. Good otherwise

Due to Hydreigon being a Dark / Dragon-type it is very weak to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Hatterene, and Gardevoir. <-- (Would rephrase; "Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as... etc. should also add Aromatisse to this list; it's far too important to ignore here) Because of this Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Copperjah, and Aegislash work really well with Hydreigon. <-- (Copperajah is a strange mention, would reconsider.) Hydreigon is able to take out stall Pokemon that give the Steel-types I mentioned earlier trouble such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, and Unnerve Haxorus <-- (Avalugg is an important mention.). Fairy-Pokemon such as Primarina, Slyveon, and Aromatisse are able to beat those Physical attackers. Although, they are weak to Poison-types such as Toxtricity, Gengar, and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting up and them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up. <-- (To me this is stretched out way more than it needs to be. Something along these lines would work better; "Fairy-type pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreiogn as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toctricity and Silvally-Poison." Don't mention Gengar here because it beats Hydreigon with either dazzling gleam or focus blast.)

This is a fine amqc but it doesn't rlly say anything.

amqc
TDA comments in red+bold
[SET]
name: Haban
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Fire Blast / Taunt / Focus Blast fire blast hits literally everything focus would this is confusing to what you actually mean, which is that mons that Focus Blast hit are covered by Fire Blast, Dark Pulse, or Draco Meteor, after a nasty plot boost.
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 184 HP / 60 SpA / 12 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation, Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Choice Specs you shouldn't specify this, WP loses to nasty plot + dark pulse. Maybe specify Specially offensive, bc CC sometimes is a thing? Aegislash, Dragapult you usually Draco it since Dark Pulse doesn't kill and if it's specs u die, Galarian Corsola, and Celebi it outspeeds and dgleams you. Dazzling Gleam 13.756% you should just specify non-Dazzling Gleam Celebi, its not nearly common enough to consistently beat Hydreigon, and thus not be used as an example Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its special attack, letting it to break through bulkier pokemon such as Type:Null, Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Focus Blast and Fire Blast you remove Focus Blast up in moves but then don't comment about its appearance down here, just generally inconsistent is coverage for Steel-, Dark-, and Grass-types, such as Bisharp, Excadrill, Obstagoon, Incineroar they can barely touch you so you can just nasty plot and draco, and Ferrothorn. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier pokemon that would otherwise Taunt you back and set up, such as Mandibuzz, Galarian Corsola, and Toxapex. Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult, Scarf Dracovish, and Goodra you lose anyways that thing is super fat on the special side, mention dracozolt if you want to. EV's is for tanking Mold Breaker with mimi ban Unnerve is getting more popular by the day so I suggest a different benchmark entirely, maybe 152 HP 72 SpA 32 SpD to tank 252+ Body Press from Kommo-o even tho this spread isn't being used, you should specify every purpose of the evs if you're recommending new evs (like what the spdef does). They're for Dragapult, but you shouldn't assume the author would know this. Also, that spread is not optimal, should be 156 hp and 28 spdef Haxorus Close Combat and Modest Choice Specs you tank dracos from any variation so w/e Draco Meteor from Dragapult. Max speed with a Timid Nature ensures Hydreigon is fast enough to Taunt any bulky threats, as well as outspeeding common Choice Band Pokemon such as Haxorus, Dracovish, and Diggersby you don't ohko diggersby, you can put DarmG if you end up putting Fire Blast as main 4th move. Rest goes into Special Attack for maximum damage output.

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Hatterene, and Gardevoir. Because of this Steel-types such as Ferrothorn, Copperajah bruh this mon is C tier mention like Steelix or something, and Aegislash work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon is able to take out stall Pokemon that give the Steel-types I mentioned earlier trouble such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-type pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting up on them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up.

Some right, some wrong. stableprince569 use usage stats w/ amqc checks, they are your best friend

Bolded is additions, strikethrough is stuff that should be removed, underline needs to be edited in some way, red is comments. All information I bring are based on 1630 Usage stats (considering anything at or above 6% as of April 2020 usage relevant) and Calcs.

[SET]
name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Fire Blast / Taunt taunt should be first slot, Bisharp/exca/ferro are kind of irrelevant compared to Snorlax + stall in general
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid Modest
evs: 72 HP / 12 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe 208 HP / 24 Def / 64 SpA / 212 Spe This spread w/ modest is a bit new but we realized that 1) eving to outspeed haxorus is kind of useless when either Haban or Scarf Unnerve will be used more often, 2) this lets us tank more threats, like Modest Dragapult and Low Kick Dracozolt, while having more special attack than before, and 3) you only need Timid speed when trying to outspeed CB Galarian Darm, which is only necessary with Fire Blast

The 212 Speed is for outspeeding max Speed Base 80s, primarily Braviary (yes its niche but theres no real reason to run more spa or bulk)

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation, Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and opposing non-Haban Berry Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Aegislash, Galarian Corsola, and non-Dazzling Gleam Celebi. Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its special attack, letting it break through bulkier Pokemon such as Type: Null, Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Fire Blast is coverage for Steel- and Grass-types, such as Bisharp, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier Pokemon that setup namely Snorlax and Gastrodon. switch taunt and fire blast Focus Blast can be run over Taunt or Fire Blast, in order to OHKO Choice Band Diggersby, alongside most of the Steel-types mentioned. move mention Focus Blast Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult, Outrage from both Scarf Dracovish and Dracozolt. The EV's are for tanking Draco Meteor from Choice Specs Dragapult and Outrage Low Kick from Adamant Dracozolt, the rest is dumped into Special Attack and Speed. The Speed allows Hydreigon to outspeed Braviary

This set will need a lot of alternative spreads. First, run the old 72 HP / 12 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe for when you use Fire Blast, so you can OHKO Galarian Darmanitan with Fire Blast. Recommend 80 HP / 104 Def / 72 SpA / 252 Spe with a Timid nature as an alternative spread, which lets Hydreigon live Low Kick from Dracozolt while you run Fire Blast, also 88 HP / 96 SpA / 72 SpD / 252 Spe which lets you bulk Modest Specs Dragapult if you run Fire Blast. All of these spreads outspeed Choice Band Haxorus.

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Hatterene Aromatisse, more relevant and Gardevoir. Because of this Steel- and Poison types such as Ferrothorn, Durant, and Aegislash Silvally-Poison work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon, in return, is able to take out stall Pokemon that give the Steel-types I mentioned earlier trouble such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz, and offensive Pokemon like Excadrill and Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve non-Choice Band Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting upon them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Pazza, 418753]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

hi. Eving for Haban Hydreigon was a struggle, and will involve multiple different spreads and alternative spreads. pazza tag me when this is implemented
 
[SET]
name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Fire Blast
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest
evs: 208 HP / 24 Def / 64 SpA / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation, Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and opposing non-Haban Berry Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Aegislash not inaccurate but you would nasty plot first, Galarian Corsola, same as aegi Chandelure and non-Dazzling Gleam Celebi. Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its special attack, letting it break through bulkier Pokemon such as Type: Null, Aegislash Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier Pokemon that setup namely Snorlax and Gastrodon. Fire Blast is coverage for Steel- and Grass-types, such as Bisharp, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn. Focus Blast can be run over Taunt or Fire Blast, in order to OHKO Choice Band Diggersby, alongside most of the Steel-types mentioned, but is generally less reliable. Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult, Outrage from both Scarf Dracovish and Dracozolt. The EV's are for tanking Draco Meteor from Choice Specs Dragapult and Low Kick from Adamant Dracozolt. The Speed allows Hydreigon to outspeed Braviary. Although i If you are running Fire Blast it is recommended you have to use the EV spread of; 72 HP / 12 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe, so you can OHKO Galarian Darmanitan with Fire Blast. Alternatively, you can run; 80 HP / 104 Def / 72 SpA / 252 Spe with a Timid nature, which lets Hydreigon live Low Kick from Dracozolt. Another EV set could be; 88 HP / 96 SpA / 72 SpD / 252 Spe which lets you tank Modest Specs Dragapult if you run Fire Blast. All of these spreads outspeed Choice Band Haxorus remove the semicolons here

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Aromatisse, and Gardevoir. Because of this Steel- and Poison-types such as Ferrothorn, Durant, and Silvally-Poison work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon, in return, is able to take out stall Pokemon such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz, and offensive Pokemon like Excadrill and Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve non-Choice Band Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting upon them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Pazza, 418753]]
- Quality checked by: [[alakazam, 276708], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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[SET]
name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Fire Blast
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest
evs: 208 HP / 24 Def / 64 SpA / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and opposing non-Haban Berry Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Chandelure and non-Dazzling Gleam Celebi. Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its special attack, letting it break through bulkier Pokemon such as Type: Null, Aegislash Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier Pokemon that setup namely stall Snorlax (<-- can also run band so the specification of stall is needed) and Gastrodon. Fire Blast is coverage for Steel- and Grass-types, such as Bisharp, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn. (<-- Either remove the mention of Grass-types or find other relevant grass mons, since all of your mentions are steel. This is fine but if they're all going to be steel, you may as well just say Steel-types and ignore the mention of grass.) Focus Blast can be run over Taunt or Fire Blast, in order to OHKO Choice Band Diggersby, alongside most of the Steel-types mentioned, but is generally less reliable. Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult, Outrage from both Scarf Dracovish and Dracozolt. The EV's are for tanking Draco Meteor from Choice Specs Dragapult and Low Kick from Adamant Dracozolt. The Speed allows Hydreigon to outspeed Braviary. If you are running Fire Blast you have to use the EV spread of 72 HP / 12 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe, so you can outspeed and OHKO Adamant Galarian Darmanitan with Fire Blast. Alternatively, you can run 80 HP / 104 Def / 72 SpA / 252 Spe with a Timid nature, which lets Hydreigon live Low Kick from Dracozolt. Another EV set could be 88 HP / 96 SpA / 72 SpD / 252 Spe with a Timid nature, which lets you tank Modest Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor if you run Fire Blast. All of these spreads outspeed Choice Band Haxorus (<-- Include non-Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and Modest Choice Specs Gengar, but also that running either of these spreads hinders your matchup against galarian darm, since the OHKO is no longer guaranteed as the speed investment comes from less EVs in SpA.)

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Aromatisse, and Gardevoir. Because of this Steel- and Poison-types such as Ferrothorn, Durant, and Silvally-Poison work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon, in return, is able to take out stall Pokemon such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz, and offensive Pokemon like Excadrill and Adamant Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve non-Choice Band Choice Band / Haban Berry Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting upon them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up.
well done with this, especially considering how much it has changed and developed with all the checks and spread changes

QC 2/2
 
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dogknees said:
[SET]
name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Fire Blast
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest
evs: 208 HP / 24 Def / 64 SpA / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its strong STAB combo of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, non-Haban Berry Kommo-o, and opposing non-Haban Berry Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Chandelure and non-Dazzling Gleam Celebi. Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its special attack, letting it break through bulkier Pokemon such as Type: Null, Aegislash Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier Pokemon that setup namely stall Snorlax (<-- can also run band so the specification of stall is needed) and Gastrodon. Fire Blast is coverage for Steel- and Grass-types, such as Bisharp, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn. (<-- Either remove the mention of Grass-types or find other relevant grass mons, since all of your mentions are steel. This is fine but if they're all going to be steel, you may as well just say Steel-types and ignore the mention of grass.) Focus Blast can be run over Taunt or Fire Blast, in order to OHKO Choice Band Diggersby, alongside most of the Steel-types mentioned, but is generally less reliable. Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult, Outrage from both Scarf Dracovish and Dracozolt. The EV's are for tanking Draco Meteor from Choice Specs Dragapult and Low Kick from Adamant Dracozolt. The Speed allows Hydreigon to outspeed Braviary. If you are running Fire Blast you have to use the EV spread of 72 HP / 12 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe, so you can outspeed and OHKO Adamant Galarian Darmanitan with Fire Blast. Alternatively, you can run 80 HP / 104 Def / 72 SpA / 252 Spe with a Timid nature, which lets Hydreigon live Low Kick from Dracozolt. Another EV set could be 88 HP / 96 SpA / 72 SpD / 252 Spe with a Timid nature, which lets you tank Modest Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor if you run Fire Blast. All of these spreads outspeed Choice Band Haxorus (<-- Include Jolly Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan and Modest Gengar, but also that running either of these spreads hinders your matchup against galarian darm, since the OHKO is no longer guaranteed as the speed investment comes from less EVs in SpA.)

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Aromatisse, and Gardevoir. Because of this Steel- and Poison-types such as Ferrothorn, Durant, and Silvally-Poison work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon, in return, is able to take out stall Pokemon such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz, and offensive Pokemon like Excadrill and Adamant Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan. Hydreigon is also troubled by Physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve non-Choice Band Choice Band / Haban Berry Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-type Pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst Hydreigon covers their Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons by setting upon them and OHKO or taunting them to prevent them from setting up.
well done with this, especially considering how much it has changed and developed with all the checks and spread changes

QC 2/2
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You beat haban berry kommo-o with that spread

the spread also outspeeds all darm, not just adamant, since its timid hydreigon (tho that needs to be specified)
 
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name: Haban Berry
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Nasty Plot
move 4: Taunt / Fire Blast
item: Haban Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest
evs: 208 HP / 24 Def / 64 SpA / 212 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
After gaining Nasty Plot in the new generation Nasty Plot makes Hydreigon is one of the premiere special breakers in the tier, given its already strong STAB combo combination of Draco Meteor and Dark Pulse. Draco Meteor is for taking down Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Dracozolt, Kommo-o, and opposing non-Haban Berry Hydreigon. Dark Pulse is for hitting Ghost- and Psychic-types such as Chandelure and non-Dazzling Gleam Celebi. Nasty Plot allows for Hydreigon to boost its Special Attack, letting it break through bulkier Pokemon such as Type: Null, Aegislash, (AC) Galarian Corsola, and Silvally. Taunt allows for Hydreigon to break down bulkier Pokemon that rely on setting up, (AC) namely stall Snorlax and Gastrodon. (RP), (AC) whereas Fire Blast is coverage for Steel-types, (RC) such as Bisharp, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn. Focus Blast can be run over Taunt or Fire Blast, (RC) in order to OHKO Choice Band Diggersby, alongside most of the Steel-types mentioned, but is generally less reliable. Haban Berry is to tank other Dragon-type attacks such as Draco Meteor from Dragapult, (RC) and Outrage from both Choice Scarf Dracovish and Dracozolt. The EV's (remove apostrophe) are for tanking Draco Meteor from Choice Specs Dragapult and Low Kick from Adamant Dracozolt. The 212 Speed EVs allows Hydreigon to outspeed Braviary. If you are running Fire Blast, (AC) you have to use the EV spread of 72 HP / 12 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe, (RC) so you can outspeed and OHKO Adamant Galarian Darmanitan with Fire Blast. Alternatively, you can run 80 HP / 104 Def / 72 SpA / 252 Spe with a Timid nature, which lets Hydreigon live Low Kick from Dracozolt. Another EV set could be of 88 HP / 96 SpA / 72 SpD / 252 Spe could be used with a Timid nature, which lets you tank Modest Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor if you run Fire Blast. All of these spreads outspeed Choice Band Haxorus, non-Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, and Modest Choice Specs Gengar.

Hydreigon's Dark / Dragon-typing (RH) makes it susceptible to Fairy-types such as Primarina, Sylveon, Aromatisse, and Gardevoir. Because of this, (AC) Steel- and Poison-types such as Ferrothorn, Durant, and Silvally-Poison work really well with Hydreigon. Hydreigon, in return, is able to take out stall Pokemon such as Rotom-W and Mandibuzz, (RC) and offensive Pokemon like Excadrill and Adamant Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan. Hydreigon is also troubled by physical attackers such as Conkeldurr, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, Unnerve Choice Band / or Haban Berry Haxorus, and Avalugg. Fairy-types Pokemon such as Primarina, Sylveon, and Aromatisse all pair well with Hydreigon, (AC) as they are able to cover Hydreigon's physical weaknesses whilst, (AC) while Hydreigon covers their can take on Poison-type threats such as Toxtricity and Silvally-Poison. Hydreigon is able to deal with these mons Pokemon by setting up on (spacing) them and OHKOing or taunting inflicting them with Taunt to prevent them from setting up. well done with this, especially considering how much it has changed and developed with all the checks and spread changes (seems to be added accidentally from when you were implemented the second qc)

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