UU Kingdra [GP 1/1]

[Hilomilo]

[OVERVIEW]

Kingdra is a threatening sweeper on rain teams thanks to its decent Speed and ability Swift Swim, which allow it to outrun the entire unboosted metagame in rain. This can help it against opposing rain teams, outrunning archetype staples like Keldeo and Salamence. In addition to a powerful rain-boosted Hydro Pump, Kingdra has Draco Meteor, allowing it to heavily damage Water-resistant Pokemon like Salamence and Rotom-W. It can additionally threaten Grass-types like Amoonguss and Assault Vest Tangrowth, which some Pokemon on rain builds struggle with, thanks to Hurricane. Kingdra's damage output can be rather middling at times, however, due to its merely decent Special Attack. Alongside its slightly lacking coverage, this can prevent it from reliably beating popular Pokemon like Chansey and Primarina. It faces intense competition from Barraskewda, another Pokemon with Swift Swim but better immediate power, higher Speed, and easier pivoting capabilities for generating momentum against checks. Kingdra additionally faces competition as a Water-type special attacker on rain teams, with Keldeo offering more immediate power and a way to beat special walls with Secret Sword, and as a Dragon-type, with Salamence also offering Hydro Pump and Hurricane but with far better defensive utility and longevity. Lastly, Kingdra's Speed and damage output can be rather middling outside of rain, causing it to be overreliant on Pelipper's Drizzle.

[SET]
name: Rain Sweeper
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Surf
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Hydro Pump is a very powerful STAB move under rain, threatening to 2HKO Water-resistant Pokemon like Rotom-W and offensive Primarina after minimal chip damage. Draco Meteor hits various Water-resistant Pokemon quite hard, including Salamence, Kommo-o, Tentacruel, and Starmie. Hurricane has perfect accuracy in rain and can nab 2HKOs on Grass-types like Zarude, Amoonguss, and Assault Vest Tangrowth. Surf is a perfectly accurate Water-type move that Kingdra can use against foes that it does not require the power of Hydro Pump to reliably power through, such as Moltres, Krookodile, and Rotom-H. A Modest nature allows Kingdra to always 2HKO uninvested Primarina with Hydro Pump in rain after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature increases Kingdra's Speed even further, allowing it to outrun and threaten opposing Modest Kingdra and Speed tie Trace Gardevoir, although this is realistically the only situation where the additional Speed would matter.

Kingdra only fits on offensive rain structures due to its tools as a sweeper being specific to the archetype. Pelipper sets rain, offers a slow pivot, and provides Defog to prevent Kingdra from being worn down. Wallbreakers like Azumarill, Thundurus-T, and Crawdaunt are solid fits on rain teams and can help punch holes in teams for Kingdra to clean late-game. They can be particularly helpful for overwhelming bulky Water-types like Mantine and Primarina as well as Chansey. Barraskewda offers a physical wallbreaking presence to more easily beat foes like Chansey and Primarina and can additionally clean up late-game if Kingdra can't. Keldeo can also combat Chansey, which is Kingdra's biggest hurdle, and importantly help overwhelm Primarina. In return, Kingdra can open up more opportunities for Keldeo by threatening one of its sturdiest checks in Assault Vest Tangrowth. Entry hazard support allows Kingdra to power through foes more easily. Seismitoad in particular is a Stealth Rock setter that can fit well on rain teams thanks to Swift Swim and its key Electric-type immunity. It can additionally utilize its solid coverage to wear down foes like Primarina and Azumarill with Sludge Wave.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs further amplifies Kingdra's damage output. However, it can be taken advantage of quite easily if locked into one of its attacks. Flip Turn allows Kingdra to pivot away from switch-ins it can't reliably damage, like Chansey and bulky Primarina. However, Kingdra doesn't enjoy taking Life Orb damage from pivoting and often makes better use of Surf, a highly spammable move. Dragon Pulse hits foes like Salamence without decreasing Kingdra's Special Attack, preventing it from becoming setup bait, although the move's low power against Pokemon like Rotom-W rarely makes it a worthy option.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey's amazing special bulk and reliable recovery allow it to consistently switch into Kingdra. It can wear Kingdra down with either Seismic Toss or Toxic, take advantage of it to pivot with Teleport, or restore its health with Soft-Boiled.

**Bulky Water-types**: Kingdra struggles to power through many bulky Water-types due to its lack of a move that can KO them. Mantine's superb special bulk allows it to stomach Draco Meteor, while its Water-type immunity and Roost let it switch in on Kingdra. Jellicent and Gastrodon both take a fair amount of damage from Draco Meteor, but they can heal the damage with Recover and are also immune to Kingdra's Water-type moves. Bulky Primarina sets can utilize their resistance and immunity to Kingdra's STAB combination to switch in and threaten it with STAB Moonblast.

**Various Revenge Killers**: Timid Trace Gardevoir and Barraskewda can outspeed Kingdra in rain and threaten it. If Kingdra runs out of rain turns, it is also vulnerable to faster Pokemon that can smack it with powerful STAB moves, including Keldeo, Lycanroc-D, and Salamence.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Hilomilo, 313384]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Twilight, 344575], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990]]

 

[Monky25]

Drop this mf next VR update lmao

- Kingdra is a threatening sweeper on rain teams thanks to its decent Speed and Swift Swim ability, which allow it to outrun the entire unboosted metagame in rain.
- In addition to a powerful rain-boosted Hydro Pump, Kingdra has access to a great secondary STAB move in Draco Meteor, allowing it to heavily damage Water-resistant Pokemon like Salamence and Rotom-W.
- It can additionally threaten Grass-types like Amoonguss and Assault Vest Tangrowth, which some Pokemon on rain builds can struggle with, thanks to its access to Hurricane.
- Kingdra's damage output can be rather middling at times, however, due to its merely decent Special Attack. Alongside its slightly lacking coverage, this can prevent it from being able to reliably beat popular Pokemon like Chansey and Primarina.
- Kingdra also suffers heavy competition as a Water-type special attacker on rain teams, with Keldeo offering more immediate power and a way to bypass special walls with Secret Sword despite lacking access to Swift Swim. I also want to see a comparison to salamence as well, since its found its way on a lot of rain teams. the main pros to mence are better defensive utility and longevity over power
- Lastly, Kingdra's Speed and damage output can be rather middling outside of rain, causing it to rely more on Pelipper's Drizzle support than nearly any other Pokemon featured on rain teams, including Keldeo, Azumarill, and even Barraskewda, another Swift Swim user with better Speed and immediate power.

talk about its decent matchup against opposing rain somewhere in here, with it being able to outspeed keldeo and whatnot

[SET]
name: Rain Sweeper
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Surf
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
- Hydro Pump is a very powerful STAB move under rain, threatening to 2HKO Water-resistant Pokemon like Rotom-W and offensive Primarina after minimal chip damage.
- Draco Meteor hits various Water-resistant Pokemon quite hard, including Salamence, Kommo-o, Tentacruel, and Starmie.
- Hurricane has perfect accuracy in rain and can nab 2HKOs on Grass-types like Zarude, Amoonguss, and Assault Vest Tangrowth.
- Surf is a perfectly accurate Water-type move that Kingdra can use against foes that it does not require the power of Hydro Pump to reliably power through, such as Moltres, Krookodile, and Rotom-H.
- Life Orb is the best option for an item thanks to the power it supplies Kingdra's attacks with while still allowing it to switch moves.
- Choice Specs is another option for an item that further amplifies Kingdra's damage output. However, it can be taken advantage of quite easily if locked into one of its attacks.
- A Modest nature is preferred for putting as much power behind Kingdra's attacks as possible. This notably allows it to always 2HKO uninvested Primarina with Hydro Pump in rain after Stealth Rock.
- A Timid nature increases Kingdra's Speed even further, allowing it to outrun and threaten opposing Modest Kingdra and tie Trace Gardevoir, though this is realistically the only situation where the additional Speed would matter.

Paragraph 2
- Kingdra only fits on offensive rain structures due to its tools as a sweeper being specific to the archetype. This makes Pelipper a mandatory partner, though it can additionally offer slow pivoting support to help safely bring Kingdra into play. Its access to Defog is also quite nice, preventing Kingdra from taking entry hazard damage in addition to the Life Orb recoil it sustains.
- Wallbreakers like Azumarill and Thundurus-T are solid fits on rain teams and can help punch holes in teams for Kingdra to clean up in the late-game. could further describe how they beat bulky water-types for kingdra
- Barraskewda is also a decent partner, also possessing Swift Swim to fit on rain teams. It offers a physical wallbreaking presence to more easily bypass foes like Chansey and Primarina and can additionally clean up late-game if Kingdra can't.
- Pokemon like Crawdaunt and Keldeo can also combat Chansey, which is Kingdra's biggest hurdle.
- Entry hazard support can be very helpful for allowing Kingdra to power through foes more easily. Seismitoad in particular is a Stealth Rock setter that can fit well on rain teams thanks to its access to Swift Swim. It can additionally utilize its solid coverage to wear down foes like Primarina and Azumarill down with Sludge Wave.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

- Flip Turn is an option for allowing Kingdra to pivot out of switch-ins it can't reliably damage, like Chansey and bulky Primarina sets. However, Kingdra doesn't enjoy taking Life Orb damage from pivoting out and makes better use of Surf in most scenarios.
- Scald is an option for a Water-type attack that can potentially cripple switch-ins with burns. However, Kingdra's main goal is to stay in and power through its foes on its own, which almost always makes Surf the better option for a secondary Water-type move. (idt this is even worth being an OO)

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey's amazing special bulk and reliable recovery allow it to consistently switch into Kingdra. It can threaten to wear Kingdra down with either Seismic Toss or Toxic, take advantage of it to pivot out with Teleport, or restore its health with Soft-boiled.

**Bulky Water-types**: Kingdra struggles to power through many bulky Water-types due to its lack of a move that can KO them. Mantine's superb special bulk allows it to stomach a Draco Meteor, while its Water-type immunity and access to Roost are also very helpful in letting it pivot in on Kingdra. Jellicent and Gastrodon both take a fair amount of damage from Draco Meteor, but can recover it off and are also immune to Kingdra's Water-type moves. Bulky Primarina sets can utilize their resistance to Kingdra's STAB combo to switch in, additionally threatening massive damage against it with STAB Moonblast.

**Various Revenge-Killers**: Gardevoir's Trace ability allows it to obtain Swift Swim, outspeeding Modest Kingdra if it's running a Timid nature and KOing it with Moonblast. Barraskewda has Swift Swim and a higher natural Speed stat, allowing it to outrun Kingdra in rain and threaten massive damage with Close Combat. you can also add how outside of rain it can get revenged by threats like zarude, lycanroc-D, and Salamence.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Hilomilo, 313384]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [username2, userid2], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

good job 1/3
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[Twilight]

looks fine to me 2/3

 

[Estarossa]

Hilomilo, post: 8925176, member: 313384

[OVERVIEW]

Kingdra is a threatening sweeper on rain teams thanks to its decent Speed and Swift Swim ability, which allow it to outrun the entire unboosted metagame in rain. This can help it match up against opposing rain teams well, outrunning archetype staples like Keldeo and Salamence. In addition to a powerful rain-boosted Hydro Pump, Kingdra has access to a great secondary STAB move in Draco Meteor, allowing it to heavily damage Water-resistant Pokemon like Salamence and Rotom-W. It can additionally threaten Grass-types like Amoonguss and Assault Vest Tangrowth, which some Pokemon on rain builds can struggle with, thanks to its access to Hurricane. Kingdra's damage output can be rather middling at times, however, due to its merely decent Special Attack. Alongside its slightly lacking coverage, this can prevent it from being able to reliably beat popular Pokemon like Chansey and Primarina. Kingdra also suffers heavy competition as a Water-type special attacker on rain teams, with Keldeo offering more immediate power and a way to bypass special walls with Secret Sword, i dont know if i really like this comparison? in my mind you are basically always running Keldeo alongside Kingdra, Kingdra in particular is something i prefer to skewda in this combo because like as u mention before its fantastic at putting a lot of pressure on the bulky regen grasses which are often forced into pivoting into Kingdra at times, making Keldeo much more able to spam its attacks, while like skewda + keldeo usually creates an extremely tangrowth weak combination. Skewda is definitely the main comparison here because you really are running only one of the two most of the time, and it does support like daunt builds etc a lot better. and as a Dragon-type, with Salamence also offering access to Hydro Pump and Hurricane with far better defensive utility and longevity. depending on how in detail you want to go in this section, its worth mentioning that mence has a huge downside in this comparison still however, in that its big aegi fodder, with subtox aegi generally being one of the biggest threats to rain to begin with mence tends to force u to spend more in terms of dealing with subtox aegi in the teambuilder. It also faces competition from Barraskewda, another Pokemon with Swift Swim but better immediate power and Speed. better immediate power is true in a vacuum but this only really comes down to its water STABs, kingdra having hurricane + draco makes it a lot more immediately threatening to some of rains worse mus like tang. definitely important to comment here imo on its pivoting too, this is one of the bigger differences because its not like a momentum sink into its counters like kingdra is with eg. chansey. Lastly, Kingdra's Speed and damage output can be rather middling outside of rain, causing it to rely more on Pelipper's Drizzle support than nearly any other Pokemon featured on rain teams, including Keldeo and Azumarill. mdo feel like daunt is the biggest example here of things that function extremely well without the rain still, keld can still be fairly reliant on it unless it pulled up a fantastic matchup to begin with, especially since ur typically stacking mons that share kelds checks.

[SET]
name: Rain Sweeper
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Surf
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
Hydro Pump is a very powerful STAB move under rain, threatening to 2HKO Water-resistant Pokemon like Rotom-W and offensive Primarina after minimal chip damage. Draco Meteor hits various Water-resistant Pokemon quite hard, including Salamence, Kommo-o, Tentacruel, and Starmie. Hurricane has perfect accuracy in rain and can nab 2HKOs on Grass-types like Zarude, Amoonguss, and Assault Vest Tangrowth. Surf is a perfectly accurate Water-type move that Kingdra can use against foes that it does not require the power of Hydro Pump to reliably power through, such as Moltres, Krookodile, and Rotom-H. Life Orb is the best option for an item thanks to the power it supplies Kingdra's attacks with while still allowing it to switch moves. A Modest nature is preferred for putting as much power behind Kingdra's attacks as possible. This notably allows it to always 2HKO uninvested Primarina with Hydro Pump in rain after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature increases Kingdra's Speed even further, allowing it to outrun and threaten opposing Modest Kingdra and tie Trace Gardevoir, though this is realistically the only situation where the additional Speed would matter.

Paragraph 2
Kingdra only fits on offensive rain structures due to its tools as a sweeper being specific to the archetype. This makes Pelipper a mandatory partner, though it can additionally offer slow pivoting support to help safely bring Kingdra into play. Its access to Defog is also quite nice, preventing Kingdra from taking entry hazard damage in addition to the Life Orb recoil it sustains. Wallbreakers like Azumarill and Thundurus-T are solid fits on rain teams and can help punch holes in teams for Kingdra to clean up in the late-game. really don't rate running Thundy-T over Thundy-I personally on rain, playstyle has dodgy enough Keldeo mus as it is on these more offensive rain structures that don't run switch-ins and stack other Keld weak mons like Crawdaunt without giving it extra entry points of entry. Also feel like the daunt mention below basically applies to most of this too, with the overwhelming prim and taking advantage of chansey stuff, so might make more sense to merge daunt into this point and keep the keld point separate. They can be particularly helpful for overwhelming bulky Water-types like Mantine and Primarina. Barraskewda is also a decent partner, also possessing Swift Swim to fit on rain teams. It offers a physical wallbreaking presence to more easily bypass foes like Chansey and Primarina and can additionally clean up late-game if Kingdra can't. Pokemon like Crawdaunt and Keldeo can also combat Chansey, which is Kingdra's biggest hurdle. Keldeo is like a mandatory partner honestly and a big part of why you'd consider using kingdra in first place for me honestly? i'd definitely make sure to comment on how kingdra typically forces stuff like av tang to get overwhelmed between the two, letting keldeo spam surf a lot more freely, while keldeo can like overwhelm prim in return fofr kindra . Entry hazard support can be very helpful for allowing Kingdra to power through foes more easily. Seismitoad in particular is a Stealth Rock setter that can fit well on rain teams thanks to its access to Swift Swim. and its electric immunity is absolutely huge too tbh It can additionally utilize its solid coverage to wear down foes like Primarina and Azumarill down with Sludge Wave.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs is an option for an item that further amplifies Kingdra's damage output. However, it can be taken advantage of quite easily if locked into one of its attacks. Flip Turn is an option for allowing Kingdra to pivot out of switch-ins it can't reliably damage, like Chansey and bulky Primarina sets. However, Kingdra doesn't enjoy taking Life Orb damage from pivoting out and makes better use of Surf less a case of fmaking better use of it and more a case of not appreciating losing the spammable move imo, since surfs the one you want to click in 90% of scenarios. in most scenarios. Would probably mention dragon pulse somewhere in OO too for its ability to check stuff like DD mence without giving set up opportunities, but mention that the lost power isn't worth it on most builds vs stuff like Rotom-W.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey's amazing special bulk and reliable recovery allow it to consistently switch into Kingdra. It can threaten to wear Kingdra down with either Seismic Toss or Toxic, take advantage of it to pivot out with Teleport, or restore its health with Soft-boiled.

**Bulky Water-types**: Kingdra struggles to power through many bulky Water-types due to its lack of a move that can KO them. Mantine's superb special bulk allows it to stomach a Draco Meteor, while its Water-type immunity and access to Roost are also very helpful in letting it pivot in on Kingdra. Jellicent and Gastrodon both take a fair amount of damage from Draco Meteor, but can recover it off and are also immune to Kingdra's Water-type moves. Bulky Primarina sets can utilize their resistance to Kingdra's STAB combo to switch in, additionally threatening massive damage against it with STAB Moonblast.

**Various Revenge-Killers**: Gardevoir's Trace ability allows it to obtain Swift Swim, outspeeding Modest Kingdra if it's running a Timid nature and KOing it with Moonblast. Barraskewda has Swift Swim and a higher natural Speed stat, allowing it to outrun Kingdra in rain and threaten massive damage with Close Combat. If Kingdra runs out of rain turns, it is also vulnerable to faster Pokemon that can smack it with powerful STAB moves, including Keldeo, Lycanroc-D, and Salamence.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Hilomilo, 313384]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Twilight, 344575], [username3, userid3]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

qc 3/3 looks good.

 

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[OVERVIEW]

Kingdra is a threatening sweeper on rain teams thanks to its decent Speed and Swift Swim ability Swift Swim, which allow it to outrun the entire unboosted metagame in rain. This can help it match up against opposing rain teams well, outrunning archetype staples like Keldeo and Salamence. In addition to a powerful rain-boosted Hydro Pump, Kingdra has access to a great secondary STAB move in Draco Meteor, allowing it to heavily damage Water-resistant Pokemon like Salamence and Rotom-W. It can additionally threaten Grass-types like Amoonguss and Assault Vest Tangrowth, which some Pokemon on rain builds can struggle with, thanks to its access to Hurricane. Kingdra's damage output can be rather middling at times, however, due to its merely decent Special Attack. Alongside its slightly lacking coverage, this can prevent it from being able to reliably beating popular Pokemon like Chansey and Primarina. It faces intense competition from Barraskewda, another Pokemon with Swift Swim but better immediate power, pivoting higher Speed, and easier pivoting capabilities for generating momentum against checks. Kingdra additionally faces competition as a Water-type special attacker on rain teams, with Keldeo offering more immediate power and a way to bypass beat special walls with Secret Sword, and as a Dragon-type, with Salamence also offering access to Hydro Pump and Hurricane but with far better defensive utility and longevity. Lastly, Kingdra's Speed and damage output can be rather middling outside of rain, causing it to rely more on Pelipper's Drizzle support than nearly any other Pokemon featured on rain teams,(RC) including Keldeo, Crawdaunt, and Azumarill be overreliant on Pelipper's Drizzle.

[SET]
name: Rain Sweeper
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Draco Meteor
move 3: Hurricane
move 4: Surf
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Paragraph 1
Hydro Pump is a very powerful STAB move under rain, threatening to 2HKO Water-resistant Pokemon like Rotom-W and offensive Primarina after minimal chip damage. Draco Meteor hits various Water-resistant Pokemon quite hard, including Salamence, Kommo-o, Tentacruel, and Starmie. Hurricane has perfect accuracy in rain and can nab 2HKOs on Grass-types like Zarude, Amoonguss, and Assault Vest Tangrowth. Surf is a perfectly accurate Water-type move that Kingdra can use against foes that it does not require the power of Hydro Pump to reliably power through, such as Moltres, Krookodile, and Rotom-H. Life Orb is the best option for an item thanks to the power it supplies Kingdra's attacks with while still allowing it to switch moves.(fluff) A Modest nature is preferred for putting as much power behind Kingdra's attacks as possible. This notably allows it Kingdra to always 2HKO uninvested Primarina with Hydro Pump in rain after Stealth Rock. A Timid nature increases Kingdra's Speed even further, allowing it to outrun and threaten opposing Modest Kingdra and Speed tie Trace Gardevoir, although this is realistically the only situation where the additional Speed would matter.

Paragraph 2
Kingdra only fits on offensive rain structures due to its tools as a sweeper being specific to the archetype. This makes Pelipper a mandatory partner, though it can additionally offer slow pivoting support to help safely bring Kingdra into play. Its access to Defog is also quite nice, preventing Kingdra from taking entry hazard damage in addition to the Life Orb recoil it sustains. Pelipper sets rain, offers a slow pivot, and provides Defog to prevent Kingdra from being worn down. Wallbreakers like Azumarill, Thundurus, and Crawdaunt are solid fits on rain teams and can help punch holes in teams for Kingdra to clean up in the late-game. They can be particularly helpful for overwhelming bulky Water-types like Mantine and Primarina,(RC) as well as Chansey. Barraskewda is also a decent partner, also possessing Swift Swim to fit on rain teams. It offers a physical wallbreaking presence to more easily bypass beat foes like Chansey and Primarina and can additionally clean up late-game if Kingdra can't. Keldeo can also combat Chansey, which is Kingdra's biggest hurdle, and can importantly help overwhelm Primarina. In return, Kingdra can open up more opportunities for Keldeo by threatening one of its sturdiest checks in Assault Vest Tangrowth. Entry hazard support can be very helpful for allowing allows Kingdra to power through foes more easily. Seismitoad in particular is a Stealth Rock setter that can fit well on rain teams thanks to its access to Swift Swim and its key Ground-type immunity.(do you mean Electric immunity? cuz Seismitoad isn't immune to Ground) It can additionally utilize its solid coverage to wear down foes like Primarina and Azumarill with Sludge Wave.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Choice Specs is an option for an item that further amplifies Kingdra's damage output. However, it can be taken advantage of quite easily if locked into one of its attacks. Flip Turn is an option for allowing allows Kingdra to pivot out of away from switch-ins it can't reliably damage, like Chansey and bulky Primarina sets. However, Kingdra doesn't enjoy taking Life Orb damage from pivoting out and often makes better use of Surf, a highly spammable move. Dragon Pulse hits foes like Salamence without decreasing Kingdra's Special Attack, preventing it from becoming setup bait, although the move's low power against Pokemon like Rotom-W rarely makes it a worthy option.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Chansey**: Chansey's amazing special bulk and reliable recovery allow it to consistently switch into Kingdra. It can threaten to wear Kingdra down with either Seismic Toss or Toxic, take advantage of it to pivot out with Teleport, or restore its health with Soft-Boiled(Capitalize).

**Bulky Water-types**: Kingdra struggles to power through many bulky Water-types due to its lack of a move that can KO them. Mantine's superb special bulk allows it to stomach a Draco Meteor, while its Water-type immunity and access to Roost are also very helpful in letting let it pivot switch in on Kingdra. Jellicent and Gastrodon both take a fair amount of damage from Draco Meteor, but they can recover it off heal the damage with Recover and are also immune to Kingdra's Water-type moves. Bulky Primarina sets can utilize their resistance and immunity to Kingdra's STAB combo combination to switch in,(RC) additionally threatening massive damage against and threaten it with STAB Moonblast.

**Various Revenge-Killers Revenge Killers**: Gardevoir's Trace ability allows it to obtain Swift Swim, outspeeding Modest Kingdra if it's running a Timid nature and KOing it with Moonblast. Barraskewda has Swift Swim and a higher natural Speed stat, allowing it to outrun Kingdra in rain and threaten massive damage with Close Combat. Timid Trace Gardevoir and Barraskewda can outspeed Kingdra in rain and threaten it. If Kingdra runs out of rain turns, it is also vulnerable to faster Pokemon that can smack it with powerful STAB moves, including Keldeo, Lycanroc-D, and Salamence.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Hilomilo, 313384]]
- Quality checked by: [[Monky25, 515132], [Twilight, 344575], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]

I'll give this GP 1/1. [DC, 449990]