Kingdra has access to an incredibly frustrating move to deal with that can phase or sleep an opponent; Yawn. Yawn is only really mentioned in one of the analysis that Kingdra currently has. I'm not entirely sure if this merits its own set, but as Kingdra has only one weakness, Kingdra's Yawn can surely rack up quite a bit of residual damage in Tandem with Stealth Rock/Spikes on the field.
http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/kingdra
Name: Yawn + Dragon Dance
move 1: Yawn
move 2: Dragon Dance
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Outrage
item: Leftovers
Nature: Impish
evs: 100 HP / 52 Atk / 200 Def / 156 Spe
Ability: Swift Swim
Why this Set Deserves to be on site:
- Can rack up residual damage quicker than any of the other sets via Yawn while still being able to effectively sweep when needed.
- Yawn is a great phazing move and there is only mention of it in an Ubers set, and even then it's just slashed in.
- Unlike other sweepers, this set can phaze as well as sweep
- Can simply phaze out threats to the set until they die from residual damage (so long as they keep switching from Yawn).
Counters and Teammates:
- Bulky waters (especially Vaporeon because of Water Absorb) can be an annoyance to this set. If sleep clause is already in effect, then you can't phaze them out with Yawn. Skarmory also poses a problem to this set, as it can Whirlwind away Kingdra and wall it all day long. As such, Magnezone makes an excellent partner for Kingdra, as does Rotom-C. Magnezone can trap and KO Skarmory with Thunderbolt, and if running HP Grass can wreck Swampert.
- Scarf Flygon can pose a problem to this set as well, as Outrage rips chunks out of your health (though you can survive one Outrage from scarfed Flygon and OHKO back with your own Outrage, assuming x2 Leftovers recovery upon entering and a switch to Flygon and Stealth Rock damage). Again, Magnezone can come in on choiced Outrage and can deal with Flygon to an extent (aka Explosion). Mixed Attacker variants of Jirachi and Scarf Jirachi make decent partners to this set. Jirachi can come in on an Outrage, then KO with Ice Punch. Mixed Jirachi deserves special mention because it packs Grass Knot which can deal efficiently with Swampert, Vaporeon, and Suicune to an extent, Thunderbolt can deal with Skarmory, and Ice Punch can take out Flygon.
- Spikes support is very useful when paired with this set as it can force a lot of switches. As such, Forretress or Roserade make great partners to this set (esp. Roserade who can deal with Bulky Waters and HP Fire Skarmory's ass to hell).
Additional Comments:
- Can survive Scarfed Flygon's Outrage and Scarfed Heatran's Dragon Pulse while OHKO'ing Flygon back with Outrage and OHKO'ing Heatran back with a +1 Waterfall.
- 156 Speed EVs allows you to outspeed all +1 speed base 100's after two Dragon Dances, positive-natured base 115's after one Dragon Dance, and all neutral speed natured base 70's (Metagross, Breloom, Skarmory).
http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/kingdra
Name: Yawn + Dragon Dance
move 1: Yawn
move 2: Dragon Dance
move 3: Waterfall
move 4: Outrage
item: Leftovers
Nature: Impish
evs: 100 HP / 52 Atk / 200 Def / 156 Spe
Ability: Swift Swim
Why this Set Deserves to be on site:
- Can rack up residual damage quicker than any of the other sets via Yawn while still being able to effectively sweep when needed.
- Yawn is a great phazing move and there is only mention of it in an Ubers set, and even then it's just slashed in.
- Unlike other sweepers, this set can phaze as well as sweep
- Can simply phaze out threats to the set until they die from residual damage (so long as they keep switching from Yawn).
Counters and Teammates:
- Bulky waters (especially Vaporeon because of Water Absorb) can be an annoyance to this set. If sleep clause is already in effect, then you can't phaze them out with Yawn. Skarmory also poses a problem to this set, as it can Whirlwind away Kingdra and wall it all day long. As such, Magnezone makes an excellent partner for Kingdra, as does Rotom-C. Magnezone can trap and KO Skarmory with Thunderbolt, and if running HP Grass can wreck Swampert.
- Scarf Flygon can pose a problem to this set as well, as Outrage rips chunks out of your health (though you can survive one Outrage from scarfed Flygon and OHKO back with your own Outrage, assuming x2 Leftovers recovery upon entering and a switch to Flygon and Stealth Rock damage). Again, Magnezone can come in on choiced Outrage and can deal with Flygon to an extent (aka Explosion). Mixed Attacker variants of Jirachi and Scarf Jirachi make decent partners to this set. Jirachi can come in on an Outrage, then KO with Ice Punch. Mixed Jirachi deserves special mention because it packs Grass Knot which can deal efficiently with Swampert, Vaporeon, and Suicune to an extent, Thunderbolt can deal with Skarmory, and Ice Punch can take out Flygon.
- Spikes support is very useful when paired with this set as it can force a lot of switches. As such, Forretress or Roserade make great partners to this set (esp. Roserade who can deal with Bulky Waters and HP Fire Skarmory's ass to hell).
Additional Comments:
- Can survive Scarfed Flygon's Outrage and Scarfed Heatran's Dragon Pulse while OHKO'ing Flygon back with Outrage and OHKO'ing Heatran back with a +1 Waterfall.
- 156 Speed EVs allows you to outspeed all +1 speed base 100's after two Dragon Dances, positive-natured base 115's after one Dragon Dance, and all neutral speed natured base 70's (Metagross, Breloom, Skarmory).
