[SET]
name: Swift Swim
move 1: Weather Ball
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Modest
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Ludicolo finds itself a unique niche on rain teams, able to take care of common bulky Water-types that rain teams usually struggle with. Giga Drain OHKOes Seismitoad and Gastrodon and can potentially 2HKO Rotom-W, Vaporeon, and Milotic, paving the way for most rain sweepers. Ice Beam targets Dragon-types like Dragapult and Kommo-o, and Focus Blast helps against Ferrothorn and Kyurem. However, even with Life Orb alongside rain and a Modest nature, Ludicolo struggles in OHKOing Pokemon it's meant to target and can easily be OHKOed by them in return. For example, Ice Beam has a low chance at OHKOing Dragapult, and Focus Blast only 2HKOes Kyurem. Additionally, Ludicolo needs to be careful against certain defensive threats, such as Ferrothorn and Toxapex. The former can take at least one Focus Blast and make Ludicolo a lot less threatening with Knock Off, while the latter can Recover off all of Ludicolo's attacks and poison it, wearing it down alongside Life Orb recoil.
Since Ludicolo only finds use on rain teams, Pelipper is an essential teammate that activates its Swift Swim and can potentially provide it with a slow pivot, since Ludicolo is rather frail and can't afford to switch in on powerful attacks. Various other rain sweepers, such as Barraskewda and Drednaw, appreciate Ludicolo's ability to take care of bulky Water-types, especially those that are immune to Water-type moves, such as Seismitoad and Gastrodon. Although Ludicolo can't OHKO most of its targets, entry hazards usually put those foes in range for Ludicolo to finish off. Therefore, hazard setters such as Seimsitoad and Ferrothorn provide very useful chip damage for Ludicolo and the team in general.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
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