A special counter-breaker Infernape:
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Blaze Ape
@ Petaya Berry
Mild - Blaze
4 Atk, 252 SpA, 252 Spe
<ivs - 30,31,31,31,31,31>
- Substitute
- Fire Blast
- Grass Knot /
HP Grass
- Close Combat
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This Infernape is designed to use its Blaze ability, along with a Petaya boost and a +SpA nature, to attempt to break past some of its usual counters and do sweep with an extremely powerful Fire Blast.
The premise of the set is simple. Simply Substitute down to 25% health to activate both your Blaze ability and Petaya Berry, effectively increasing the power of Infernape's Fire Blast by over double. With the sheer might of a Blaze Petaya Fire Blast, a specific Hidden Power is not required, as Infernape can beat past things like Salamence and Gyarados with Fire Blast alone.
Fire Blast is necessary as with Petaya and Blaze, its power is incredible (damage calcs at end). Grass Knot with the petaya boost allows Infernape to easily 2HKO any bulky waters that try and oppose it. Close Combat gives Ape a great way of dealing with Heatran, Blissey and Snorlax, who might mistake it for a fully special set after the seeing the Petaya Boost, only to be slaughtered by your STAB Fighting attack.
A Mild nature is necessary for its power boost, allowing Infernape to net some of those crucial O/2HKOs. The 30 HP IV is necessary for Infernape to have a HP score divisible by 4, giving it its Petaya boost after the 3rd Substitute.
EDIT: Thanks to MetaNite for suggesting
HP Grass as an option over Grass Knot. Against Vaporeon, Grass Knot has a power of 60 (just missing out on the 2HKO), whereas HP Grass hits with a solid 70. It doesn't affect any other O/2HKOs all that much, and so is a viable option over Grass Knot. I've added some more calculations for HP Grass in the section below.
Damage calcs:
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(all calculations with Infernape after Petaya and Blaze boost)
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Fire Blast vs 252/0 Zapdos - [b]117.4 - 138.5%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- OHKO.[/COLOR]
Fire Blast vs 252/40 Hippowdon - [b]122.1 - 143.8%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- OHKO.[/COLOR]
Fire Blast vs 252/0 Machamp - [b]123.4 - 145.3%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- OHKO.[/COLOR]
Fire Blast vs 252/56 Calm Cresselia - [b]64.4 - 75.9%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- Comfortable 2HKO (MixApe Flamethrower does 31% max)[/COLOR]
Fire Blast vs 4/0 Salamence - [b]75.0 - 88.3%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- OHKO with Stealth Rock.[/COLOR]
Fire Blast vs 4/0 Gyarados - [b]62.3 - 73.2%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- 2HKO.[/COLOR]
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Grass Knot vs 188/0 Vaporeon - [b]42.8 - 51.0%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- Shaky, but a 2HKO on average with SR (whereas Mixape struggles to 3HKO)[/COLOR]
Grass Knot vs 252/0 Suicune - [b]67.3 - 79.7%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- Easy 2HKO.[/COLOR]
Grass Knot vs 132/0 Starmie - [b]95.9 - 112.9%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- OHKO with SR.[/COLOR]
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HP Grass vs 188/0 Vaporeon - [b]50.4 - 59.4%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- Comfortable 2HKO.[/COLOR]
HP Grass vs 252/0 Suicune - [b]47.5 - 55.9%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- 2HKO with SR.[/COLOR]
HP Grass vs 132/0 Starmie - [b]84.4 - 99.3%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- 75% chance to OHKO with SR.[/COLOR]
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Close Combat vs 80/252 Blissey - [b]79.0 - 93.3%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- 44% to OHKO with SR, easy 2HKO.[/COLOR]
Close Combat vs 0/0 Heatran - [b]78.6 - 93.5%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- 38% chance to OHKO with SR.[/COLOR]
Close Combat vs 168/120 Snorlax - [b]62.5 - 74.0%[/b]
[COLOR="Red"]- 2HKO.[/COLOR]
I was originally going to have HP Rock in the second slot, and Grass Knot as another option in the fourth slot, but then I did some base power estimations:
- Resisted Petaya Blaze Fire Blast - 120 x 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 / 2 = 202
- Super effective HP Rock - 70 x 1.5 x 2 = 210
With Fire Blast's monstrous power, the need for a Hidden Power is greatly reduced, allowing Infernape to hit almost every opposing pokemon very very hard with just 3 moves.
Comments and criticisms please =).
LR.
