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[SET]
name: Substitute + Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Earth Power / Flash Cannon / Draco Meteor
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
tera type: Steel / Poison
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
With Nasty Plot, well-rounded stats, great coverage, and rather decent Speed, Hydreigon makes for a great wallbreaker. Substitute allows it to set up Nasty Plot safely, avoid would-be detrimental threats such as Garganacl's Salt Cure and status from Toxapex, Clodsire, and Rotom-W, and take advantage of the switches it forces. For its fourth move, Hydreigon can utilize Earth Power to dent Pokemon that can comfortably take a Dark Pulse such as Kingambit, Toxapex, and Garganacl. Alternatively, Flash Cannon provides coverage against Fairy-types, being able to OHKO Iron Valiant and Hatterene after a Nasty Plot, as well as having a good chance to 2HKO Tera Fairy Garganacl and Skeledirge unboosted if running Life Orb. Draco Meteor can also be used as a strong neutral coverage option to straight up OHKO Great Tusk and dent Rotom-W, Dondozo, and Amoonguss. With Tera Steel, Hydreigon acquires a better defensive typing, turning its weaknesses into resistances, improving its matchups against would-be threats like Dragonite, Dragapult, Walking Wake, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur. Tera Steel also boosts its Flash Cannon, able to OHKO Hatterene unboosted with Life Orb. Tera Poison can also be used to grant Hydreigon a Fighting resistance and more importantly, resisting both of Iron Valiant's STAB moves. Both Tera types also give Hydreigon the ability to switch into Toxapex and Clodsire safely due to their immunity to poison, and they both work well with Levitate, which provides an immunity against an otherwise super effective attack.

Hydreigon best fits on various offense and balance teams. Rotom-W is a good teammate, since it can spread paralysis against faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Dragapult and bring Hydreigon in safely on walls like Amoonguss and Toxapex via Volt Switch. Other defensive Pokemon like Toxapex and Skeledirge make for good teammates since they can switch into Iron Valiant, Breloom, and Volcarona. Faster offensive Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant and Choice Specs Dragapult match up well against offensive teams that can overwhelm Hydreigon easily by KOing Pokemon like opposing Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark, respectively. In return, Hydreigon can overwhelm Pokemon that they typically struggle with such as Skeledirge and Kingambit. Entry hazards from the likes of Garganacl, Clodsire, and Glimmora are appreciated to wear down foes into Hydreigon's KO range; the former two Pokemon can also check Volcarona and Choice Specs Dragapult defensively, which would otherwise revenge kill Hydreigon easily—even if it's behind a Substitute—thanks to Bug Buzz and Infiltrator. If Hydreigon isn't running Earth Power, teammates that can deal with Kingambit such as Breloom and Great Tusk are appreciated; Great Tusk can also remove Stealth Rock so that Hydreigon isn't worn down easily, especially if running Life Orb. The two of them can also handle Ting-Lu, which can otherwise wall Hydreigon and phaze it with Whirlwind. Setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Iron Valiant, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite appreciate Hydreigon threatening Toxapex, Skeledirge, and Dondozo so that they can sweep easier.

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CaptainDaimyo said:
[SET]
name: Substitute + Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Earth Power / Flash Cannon / Draco Meteor
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
tera type: Steel / Poison (Do consider how important these are to slash. For example your current reasoning for Tera Poison isnt particularly good for a mention, let alone a slash)
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
With well-rounded stats, great coverage, and rather decent Speed, Hydreigon makes for a great sweeper (its more of a wallbreaker). Substitute allows it to be able to set up one Nasty Plot safely, while being able to avoid would-be detrimental threats to its sweeping such as Garganacl's Salt Cure and status from Toxapex, Clodsire, (This is by far the most important one) and Rotom-W. For its fourth move, Hydreigon can utilitze Earth Power in order to dent Pokemon that can comfortably take a hit from Dark Pulse such as Kingambit, Toxapex, and Garganacl. Alternatively, Flash Cannon can be used to provide coverage against Fairy-types, being able to OHKO Hatterene after one Nasty Plot, as well as having a good chance to 2HKO Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Fairy Skeledirge unboosted (This is untrue for the Leftovers set. These Pokemon are still worth mentioning here, as well as Iron Valiant). Draco Meteor can also be used at the fourth slot to straight up OHKO Great Tusk, as well as being able to dent Rotom-W, Dondozo, and Amoonguss. With Tera Steel, Hydreigon becomes way better defensively, (unclear what you are trying to say) turning its weaknesses to Dragon- and Fairy-types (also Ice and Bug, most importantly Ice) into a resistance, improving its matchups against would-be threats like Dragonite and Baxcalibur (many Pokemon to list here. Dragapult, Walking Wake, Roaring Moon). Tera Steel also grants Hydreigon resistances against priority moves like Bullet Punch, Ice Shard, and Extreme Speed. (Both the Extreme Speed and Ice Shard part seem rather redundant given your last sentence. Instead mention that Tera Steel powers up Flash Cannon) Tera Poison can also be used in order to grant Hydreigon a useful immunity to getting poisoned (Tera Steel also does this), while granting it a resistance against priority Mach Punch. (The most important thing Tera Poison does is granting it a Fighting-type resistance in general, as well as a Fairy one, particularly improving its match up against Iron Valiant)

Explain what Life Orb does regardless if you decide to slash it or not. It for example scores the 2HKOs you mentioned earlier against Fairy Skeledirge and Garganacl.

Hydreigon best fits on offensive teams (It fits rather nicely in balance too), and it likes teammates that can remove its checks for it to sweep easier (unclear) and ones that can weaken opposing sweepers and wallbreakers (Why only sweepers and wallbreakers?) with status (why with status in particular?). Rotom-W is a good teammate, since it can spread paralysis against faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Dragapult so that Hydreigon can outspeed and threaten them. Revenge killers such as Choice Band Baxcalibur and Scizor can remove boosted sweepers that can pose threats to Hydreigon's sweeping. Baxcalibur can remove Dragapult, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite, while Scizor can remove opposing Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant. (I think this part is a bit all over the place, since you are focusing too much on it being a sweeper which while it can be, it often isnt. You keep mentioning Dragonite but it isnt particularly threatening since you have Tera Steel, Substitute and are faster) Entry hazard support from the likes of Garganacl and Glimmora can provide entry hazard support (This reads really weirdly. You are just saying entry hazard support provides, well, entry hazard support) for Hydreigon while being able to check Volcarona. When it isn't running Earth Power, teammates that can check Kingambit such as Breloom and Great Tusk are appreciated by Hydreigon. Great Tusk can also remove hazards so that Hydreigon doesn't get worn down throughout a match. Walls such as Ting-Lu and Toxapex (it doesnt. It cant touch you and you just boost in front of it. If they are spamming haze you can also spam Dark Pulse / EP) can pose problems for Hydreigon, since Ting-Lu's ability lowers Special Attack while Toxapex can use Haze to remove Hydreigon's Nasty Plot boosts. Hence, Pokemon that can threaten them such as physical Iron Valiant and Choice Specs Dragapult make for good teammates. (Lets work on this once we remove Pex. The Ting-Lu part is fair though)

Mention what Hydreigon provides for its teammates. Gets plenty of chances to set up against Clodsire, Garganacl, Rotom-W, and Slowking. Mention defensive partners it appreciates. Toxapex and Skeledirge are great ones since they resist Fairy-, Ice-, Bug-, Fighting-type attacks all of which Hydra is weak to.

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CaptainDaimyo said:
[SET]
name: Substitute + Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Earth Power / Flash Cannon / Draco Meteor
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
tera type: Steel
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
With well-rounded stats, great coverage, and rather decent Speed, Hydreigon makes for a great wallbreaker. Substitute allows it to be able to set up one Nasty Plot safely, while being able to avoid would-be detrimental threats to its sweeping such as Garganacl's Salt Cure and status from Toxapex, Clodsire, and Rotom-W. For its fourth move, Hydreigon can utilitze Earth Power in order to dent Pokemon that can comfortably take a hit from Dark Pulse such as Kingambit, Toxapex, and Garganacl. Alternatively, Flash Cannon can be used to provide coverage against Fairy-types, being able to OHKO Iron Valiant unboosted, OHKO Hatterene after one Nasty Plot, as well as having a good chance to 2HKO Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Fairy Skeledirge unboosted when running Life Orb as the item. Draco Meteor can also be used at the fourth slot to straight up OHKO Great Tusk, as well as being able to dent Rotom-W, Dondozo, and Amoonguss. With Tera Steel, Hydreigon acquires a better defensive typing, turning its weaknesses to Ice-, Bug-, Dragon-, and Fairy-types into a resistance (might be worth saying "most of its weaknesses" instead, this is just type chart), improving its matchups against would-be threats like Dragonite, Dragapult, Walking Wake, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur. Tera Steel also grants Hydreigon a STAB boost to its Flash Cannon, now being able to OHKO Hatterene unboosted. Tera Poison can also be used in order to grant Hydreigon a resistance against priority Mach Punch. (Again this is okay but not the main reason. The most important part is Valiant stabs) Life Orb grants Hydreigon to net some of the OHKOs or 2HKOs mentioned above, such as unboosted Flash Cannon 2HKOing Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Steel-boosted Flash Cannon OHKOing Hatterene unboosted. (You mentioned this above)

Hydreigon best fits on various offense and balance teams, and it likes teammates that can remove its checks for it to break easier and ones that can weaken opposing Pokemon with their own moves or status (I am not sure what you are trying to say here. All Pokemon aim to do that). Rotom-W is a good teammate, since it can spread paralysis against faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Dragapult so that Hydreigon can outspeed and threaten them. Other defensive Pokemon like Toxapex and Skeledirge make for good teammates since they can switch into Fairy-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fighting-types (Try to mention examples of such attacks, right now its just type chart). Revenge killers such as Choice Band Baxcalibur and Scizor can remove boosted sweepers that can pose threats to Hydreigon's wallbreaking. Baxcalibur can remove Dragapult and Roaring Moon while Scizor can remove opposing Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant. Entry hazard support from the likes of Garganacl and Glimmora are appreciated for Hydreigon to wear down incoming Pokemon into Hydreigon's OHKO range. Both aforementioned Pokemon can also check Volcarona, which can be difficult for Hydreigon to handle. When it isn't running Earth Power, teammates that can check Kingambit such as Breloom and Great Tusk are appreciated by Hydreigon. Great Tusk can also remove hazards so that Hydreigon doesn't get worn down throughout a match. Hydreigon dislikes Ting-Lu due to the latter's ability lowering Hydreigon's Special Attack (Could be worth mentioning Ting-Lu's ability to Whirlwind it). Hence, teammates that can threaten it like physical Iron Valiant and Choice Band Great Tusk pair well with Hydreigon. Physical Iron Valiant in particular really appreciates Hydreigon being able to threaten Toxapex and Dondozo.

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[SET]
name: Substitute + Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Earth Power / Flash Cannon / Draco Meteor
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
tera type: Steel
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
With Nasty Plot, well-rounded stats, great coverage, and rather decent Speed, Hydreigon makes for a great wallbreaker. Substitute allows it to be able to set up one Nasty Plot safely, while being able to avoid would-be detrimental threats to its sweeping such as Garganacl's Salt Cure and status from Toxapex, Clodsire, and Rotom-W. (mention how sub is also good to take advantage of forced switches, especially cause the opponent will often switch around early game to scout for what coverage moves hydrei is running) For its fourth move, Hydreigon can utilize Earth Power in order to dent Pokemon that can comfortably take a hit from Dark Pulse such as Kingambit, Toxapex, and Garganacl. Alternatively, Flash Cannon can be used to provide coverage against Fairy-types, being able to OHKO Iron Valiant unboosted, OHKO Hatterene after one Nasty Plot, as well as having a good chance to 2HKO Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Fairy Skeledirge unboosted when running Life Orb as the item. Draco Meteor can also be used at the fourth slot (mention how it's overall a strong neutral coverage here and then mention the benchmarks/targets like you mentioned afterwards) to straight up OHKO Great Tusk, as well as being able to dent Rotom-W, Dondozo, and Amoonguss. With Tera Steel, Hydreigon acquires a better defensive typing, turning its weaknesses into resistances, improving its matchups against would-be threats like Dragonite, Dragapult, Walking Wake, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur. Tera Steel also grants Hydreigon a STAB boost to its Flash Cannon, now being able to OHKO Hatterene unboosted with Life Orb. Tera Poison can also be used in order to grant Hydreigon a resistance against priority Mach Punch, (i'd rather replace this to just fighting types in general, plus theres like only 1 mach user xd) but more importantly being able to resist both of Iron Valiant's STAB moves, improving Hydreigon's matchup against it. (mention how tera steel & poison lets u switch into pex and clod more easily cause toxic immunity and prevents ur sub from getting broken by amoong's sludge bomb, and how both tera choices work very well with levitate, as it gives u immunity to an otherwise super effective attack.)

Hydreigon best fits on various offense and balance teams, and it likes teammates that can remove its checks for it to break easier. Rotom-W is a good teammate, since it can spread paralysis against faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Dragapult so that Hydreigon can outspeed and threaten them. (also brings u in on amoong and pex) Other defensive Pokemon like Toxapex and Skeledirge make for good teammates since they can switch into Fairy-, Ice-, Bug-, and Fighting-type moves like Moonblast, Ice Shard, Bug Buzz, and Mach Punch (instead of listing the type chart, just be specific and mention the relevant mons: "switch into valiant etcetc"). Revenge killers such as Choice Band Baxcalibur and Scizor can remove boosted sweepers that can pose threats to Hydreigon's wallbreaking. Baxcalibur can remove Dragapult and Roaring Moon while Scizor can remove opposing Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant. (most sweepers cant really set up freely in front of hydrei, especially if u're behind a sub, have accumulated nasty plot boosts, and running the necessary coverage. if anything, defensive backbones are more important to switch into them in the first place, which u covered with the previous pex and dirge mention. instead, make this section to focus more on teammates that helps deal with offense cause hydrei is adept in dismantling bulkier builds) Entry hazard support from the likes of Garganacl, Clodsire, and Glimmora are appreciated for Hydreigon to wear down incoming Pokemon (such as?) into Hydreigon's OHKO range. Both aforementioned The former two Pokemon can also check Volcarona and Dragapult, which can be difficult for Hydreigon to handle. (they techincally get chunked by your attacks, just emphasize how garg & clod defensively answer specs pult & volc cause they would otherwise outspeed you and with infiltrator and bugbuzz ignores ur sub as well) When it isn't running Earth Power, teammates that can check deal with Kingambit such as Breloom and Great Tusk are appreciated by Hydreigon. Great Tusk can also remove hazards so that Hydreigon doesn't get worn down throughout a match. (instead of focusing too much on ting-lu later on, just segue from the breloom & great tusk mention in here to say they also threaten tinglu that would otherwise wall hydrei and phaze it with ww etc.) Hydreigon dislikes Ting-Lu due to the latter's ability lowering Hydreigon's Special Attack and being able to phaze out Hydreigon with Whirlwind. Hence, teammates that can threaten it like physical Iron Valiant and Choice Band Great Tusk pair well with Hydreigon. (see previous point) Physical Iron Valiant in particular really appreciates Hydreigon being able to threaten Toxapex and Dondozo. (expand more on this point to mention other setup sweepers as well that love hydrei's ability to deal or overwhelm their checks so they can sweep easily)

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- Quality checked by: [[SetsuSetsuna, 548068], [username2, userid2]]
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[SET]
name: Substitute + Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Earth Power / Flash Cannon / Draco Meteor
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
tera type: Steel / Poison
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
With Nasty Plot, well-rounded stats, great coverage, and rather decent Speed, Hydreigon makes for a great wallbreaker. Substitute allows it to be able to set up one Nasty Plot safely, while being able to avoid would-be detrimental threats to its sweeping such as Garganacl's Salt Cure and status from Toxapex, Clodsire, and Rotom-W. Substitute also allows Hydreigon to take advantages of switches it forces to lay it down and set up Nasty Plot once. For its fourth move, Hydreigon can utilize Earth Power in order to dent Pokemon that can comfortably take a hit from Dark Pulse such as Kingambit, Toxapex, and Garganacl. Alternatively, Flash Cannon can be used to provide coverage against Fairy-types, being able to OHKO Iron Valiant unboosted, OHKO Hatterene after one Nasty Plot, as well as having a good chance to 2HKO Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Fairy Skeledirge unboosted when running Life Orb as the item. Draco Meteor can also be used at the fourth slot as a strong neutral coverage option to straight up OHKO Great Tusk, as well as being able to dent Rotom-W, Dondozo, and Amoonguss. With Tera Steel, Hydreigon acquires a better defensive typing, turning its weaknesses into resistances, improving its matchups against would-be threats like Dragonite, Dragapult, Walking Wake, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur. Tera Steel also grants Hydreigon a STAB boost to its Flash Cannon, now being able to OHKO Hatterene unboosted with Life Orb. Tera Poison can also be used in order to grant Hydreigon a resistance against Fighting-type moves, but more importantly being able to resist both of Iron Valiant's STAB moves, improving Hydreigon's matchup against it. Both Tera types also give Hydreigon the ability to switch into Toxapex and Clodsire due to both Tera types granting it an immunity to poison, and they both work well with Levitate since Hydreigon will be immune to an otherwise super effective attack.

Hydreigon best fits on various offense and balance teams, and it likes teammates that can remove its checks for it to break easier. Rotom-W is a good teammate, since it can spread paralysis against faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Dragapult so that Hydreigon can outspeed and threaten them. Rotom-W can also bring Hydreigon in safely on walls like Amoonguss and Toxapex. Other defensive Pokemon like Toxapex and Skeledirge make for good teammates since they can switch into Iron Valiant, Breloom, and Volcarona. Faster offensive Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant and Choice Specs Dragapult are good teammates for Hydreigon since they match up well against offensive teams that can overwhelm Hydreigon easily, such as KOing Pokemon like opposing Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark, respectively. can outspeed and knock out faster offensive Pokemon than Hydreigon such as opposing Dragapult for the former and Hisuian Zoroark for the latter. In return, Hydreigon can overwhelm Pokemon that both of them typically struggle with such as Skeledirge and Kingambit. Entry hazard support from the likes of Garganacl, Clodsire, and Glimmora are appreciated for Hydreigon to wear down incoming Pokemon into Hydreigon's OHKO range. The former two Pokemon can also check Volcarona and Choice Specs Dragapult defensively, which can revenge kill Hydreigon easily—even if it's behind a Substitute—thanks to Bug Buzz and Infiltrator be difficult for Hydreigon to handle. When it isn't running Earth Power, teammates that can deal with Kingambit such as Breloom and Great Tusk are appreciated by Hydreigon. Great Tusk can also remove hazards so that Hydreigon doesn't get worn down throughout a match. The two of them can also handle Ting-Lu, which can otherwise wall Hydreigon and phaze it out with Whirlwind. Setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Iron Valiant, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite really appreciate Hydreigon being able to threaten Toxapex, Skeledirge, and Dondozo so that they can sweep easier.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Quality checked by: [[SetsuSetsuna, 548068], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
Same colors as usual, good job! QC 2/2
Feel free to ping me once implemented and I'll GP it right away
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[SET]
name: Substitute + Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Earth Power / Flash Cannon / Draco Meteor
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
tera type: Steel / Poison
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
With Nasty Plot, well-rounded stats, great coverage, and rather decent Speed, Hydreigon makes for a great wallbreaker. Substitute allows it to be able to set up one Nasty Plot safely, while being able to avoid would-be detrimental threats to its sweeping such as Garganacl's Salt Cure and status from Toxapex, Clodsire, and Rotom-W, (period -> comma) Substitute also allows Hydreigon to and take advantages of the switches it forces to lay it down and set up Nasty Plot once. For its fourth move, Hydreigon can utilize Earth Power in order to dent Pokemon that can comfortably take a hit from Dark Pulse such as Kingambit, Toxapex, and Garganacl. Alternatively, Flash Cannon can be used to provides coverage against Fairy-types, being able to OHKO Iron Valiant unboosted, OHKO and Hatterene after a one Nasty Plot, as well as having a good chance to 2HKO Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Fairy Skeledirge unboosted when if running Life Orb as the item. Draco Meteor can also be used at the fourth slot as a strong neutral coverage option to straight up OHKO Great Tusk, (rc) as well as being able to and dent Rotom-W, Dondozo, and Amoonguss. With Tera Steel, Hydreigon acquires a better defensive typing, turning its weaknesses into resistances, improving its matchups against would-be threats like Dragonite, Dragapult, Walking Wake, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur. Tera Steel also grants Hydreigon a STAB boosts to its Flash Cannon, now being able to OHKO Hatterene unboosted with Life Orb. Tera Poison can also be used in order to grant Hydreigon a Fighting resistance against Fighting-type moves, but and more importantly, (ac) being able to resisting both of Iron Valiant's STAB moves, (rc) improving Hydreigon's matchup against it. Both Tera types also give Hydreigon the ability to switch into Toxapex and Clodsire safely due to both Tera types granting it an their immunity to poison, and they both work well with Levitate, (ac) which provides an immunity against since Hydreigon will be immune to an otherwise super effective attack.

Hydreigon best fits on various offense and balance teams, (rc) and it likes teammates that can remove its checks for it to break easier. Rotom-W is a good teammate, since it can spread paralysis against faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Dragapult so that Hydreigon can outspeed and threaten them. Rotom-W can also and bring Hydreigon in safely on walls like Amoonguss and Toxapex via Volt Switch. Other defensive Pokemon like Toxapex and Skeledirge make for good teammates since they can switch into Iron Valiant, Breloom, and Volcarona. Faster offensive Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant and Choice Specs Dragapult are good teammates for Hydreigon since they match up well against offensive teams that can overwhelm Hydreigon easily, (rc) such as by KOing Pokemon like opposing Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark, respectively. In return, Hydreigon can overwhelm Pokemon that both of them they typically struggle with such as Skeledirge and Kingambit. Entry hazard support from the likes of Garganacl, Clodsire, and Glimmora are appreciated for Hydreigon to wear down foes incoming Pokemon into Hydreigon's OHKO range; (period -> semicolon) The the former two Pokemon can also check Volcarona and Choice Specs Dragapult defensively, which can would otherwise revenge kill Hydreigon easily—even if it's behind a Substitute—thanks to Bug Buzz and Infiltrator. When If Hydreigon it isn't running Earth Power, teammates that can deal with Kingambit such as Breloom and Great Tusk are appreciated; (sc) by Hydreigon. Great Tusk can also remove Stealth Rock hazards (immune to spikes and tspikes so being specific is better here) so that Hydreigon doesn't get isn't worn down easily, especially if running Life Orb throughout a match. The two of them can also handle Ting-Lu, which can otherwise wall Hydreigon and phaze it out with Whirlwind. Setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Iron Valiant, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite really appreciate Hydreigon being able to threatening Toxapex, Skeledirge, and Dondozo so that they can sweep easier.

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- Written by: [[CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Quality checked by: [[SetsuSetsuna, 548068], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
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royalfluxh said:
[SET]
name: Substitute + Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Dark Pulse
move 4: Earth Power / Flash Cannon / Draco Meteor
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
tera type: Steel / Poison
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]
With Nasty Plot, well-rounded stats, great coverage, and rather decent Speed, Hydreigon makes for a great wallbreaker. Substitute allows it to be able to set up one Nasty Plot safely, while being able to avoid would-be detrimental threats to its sweeping such as Garganacl's Salt Cure and status from Toxapex, Clodsire, and Rotom-W, (period -> comma) Substitute also allows Hydreigon to and take advantages of the switches it forces to lay it down and set up Nasty Plot once. For its fourth move, Hydreigon can utilize Earth Power in order to dent Pokemon that can comfortably take a hit from Dark Pulse such as Kingambit, Toxapex, and Garganacl. Alternatively, Flash Cannon can be used to provides coverage against Fairy-types, being able to OHKO Iron Valiant unboosted, OHKO and Hatterene after a one Nasty Plot, as well as having a good chance to 2HKO Tera Fairy Garganacl and Tera Fairy Skeledirge unboosted when if running Life Orb as the item. Draco Meteor can also be used at the fourth slot as a strong neutral coverage option to straight up OHKO Great Tusk, (rc) as well as being able to and dent Rotom-W, Dondozo, and Amoonguss. With Tera Steel, Hydreigon acquires a better defensive typing, turning its weaknesses into resistances, improving its matchups against would-be threats like Dragonite, Dragapult, Walking Wake, Roaring Moon, and Baxcalibur. Tera Steel also grants Hydreigon a STAB boosts to its Flash Cannon, now being able to OHKO Hatterene unboosted with Life Orb. Tera Poison can also be used in order to grant Hydreigon a Fighting resistance against Fighting-type moves, but and more importantly, (ac) being able to resisting both of Iron Valiant's STAB moves, (rc) improving Hydreigon's matchup against it. Both Tera types also give Hydreigon the ability to switch into Toxapex and Clodsire safely due to both Tera types granting it an their immunity to poison, and they both work well with Levitate, (ac) which provides an immunity against since Hydreigon will be immune to an otherwise super effective attack.

Hydreigon best fits on various offense and balance teams, (rc) and it likes teammates that can remove its checks for it to break easier. Rotom-W is a good teammate, since it can spread paralysis against faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Dragapult so that Hydreigon can outspeed and threaten them. Rotom-W can also and bring Hydreigon in safely on walls like Amoonguss and Toxapex via Volt Switch. Other defensive Pokemon like Toxapex and Skeledirge make for good teammates since they can switch into Iron Valiant, Breloom, and Volcarona. Faster offensive Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Iron Valiant and Choice Specs Dragapult are good teammates for Hydreigon since they match up well against offensive teams that can overwhelm Hydreigon easily, (rc) such as by KOing Pokemon like opposing Dragapult and Hisuian Zoroark, respectively. In return, Hydreigon can overwhelm Pokemon that both of them they typically struggle with such as Skeledirge and Kingambit. Entry hazard support from the likes of Garganacl, Clodsire, and Glimmora are appreciated for Hydreigon to wear down foes incoming Pokemon into Hydreigon's OHKO range; (period -> semicolon) The the former two Pokemon can also check Volcarona and Choice Specs Dragapult defensively, which can would otherwise revenge kill Hydreigon easily—even if it's behind a Substitute—thanks to Bug Buzz and Infiltrator. When If Hydreigon it isn't running Earth Power, teammates that can deal with Kingambit such as Breloom and Great Tusk are appreciated; (sc) by Hydreigon. Great Tusk can also remove Stealth Rock hazards (immune to spikes and tspikes so being specific is better here) so that Hydreigon doesn't get isn't worn down easily, especially if running Life Orb throughout a match. The two of them can also handle Ting-Lu, which can otherwise wall Hydreigon and phaze it out with Whirlwind. Setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Iron Valiant, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite really appreciate Hydreigon being able to threatening Toxapex, Skeledirge, and Dondozo so that they can sweep easier.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[CaptainDaimyo, 602431]]
- Quality checked by: [[SetsuSetsuna, 548068], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Grammar checked by: [[royalfluxh, 493260]]
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