[Pros]
<ul>
<li>It is the only Pokemon with Drizzle in OU</li>
<li>Drizzle allows a bunch of Pokemon to become a lot more threatening, even if its temporarily.</li>
<li>Politoed has a pretty good supporting and offensive movepool, and a Water-typing is always useful for both.</li>
</ul>
[Cons]
<ul>
<li>The nerf to Drizzle puts a lot of pressure for Politoed to stay alive, as it will run out eventually.</li>
<li>No reliable recovery doesn't help it stay alive.</li>
<li>Outside of Drizzle it is outclassed.</li>
</ul>
[Set Recommendations]
<p>Politoed @ Damp Rock / Leftovers<br />
Ability: Drizzle<br />
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD<br />
Bold Nature<br />
- Scald<br />
- Toxic<br />
- Rest / Encore<br />
- Sleep Talk / Perish Song / Protect</p>
<p>As Drizzle no longer activates Rain permanently, keeping Politoed alive is a top priority.
- Two different variants - those with RestTalk and those without.
- Scald is for that infuriating burn chace and STAB
- Toxic is for wearing down the foe
- RestTalk is Politoed's only recovery at all if you are using Damp Rock, and those 3 extra turns can come in handy. RestTalk also ensures Toxic won't wear down and destroy Politoed over time.
- With Leftovers this is less necessary (although still a good option), so if you don't want to rely on RestTalk Encore is very good to allow a sweeper to come in for free. Protect can allow Politoed to get a bit of extra recovery (although this wastes a turn) while Perish Song can put pressure on the opponent, making it more infuriating to deal with.
- Load up on a bunch of stuff that can take advantage of Rain like Kingdra, Kabutops, Toxicroak, you name it.
- If you can Wish support is helpful to put some pressure of Politoed surviving, so something like Blissey, Sylveon, or Chansey works. Heal Bell/Aromatherapy works too for RestTalk variants (Bliss/Chans again)
<p>Politoed @ Choice Specs<br />
Ability: Drizzle<br />
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD<br />
Modest Nature<br />
- Hydro Pump<br />
- Ice Beam<br />
- Focus Blast<br />
- Surf / Hidden Power Grass</p>
- Drizzle gives it even more of a boost to its power, alongside Specs.
- Specs Politoed threatens every weather starter in OU, making it easier on teammates to sweep.
- Hydro Pump in the Rain is one of the hardest hitting immediate moves in the game.
- Ice Beam for Dragons and Grass-types
- Focus Blast for Ferrothorn and Abomasnow
- Surf for people who don't like to miss, Politoed doesn't need much coverage anyway
- Hidden Power Grass is only useful for Water-immune Pokemon, which atm is pretty much Gastrodon
- Once again loading up on Pokemon that like Drizzle is a good idea.
- Gastrodon
- Abomasnow
- Goodra
- Ferrothorn
- Dragalge
- Toxicroak
- Trevenant
- Tentacruel
- Blissey
- Chansey
- Heliolisk
- Rotom-W
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