VGC 21 Support Dragapult

[zee]

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Breaking Swipe
move 2: Surf
move 3: Light Screen
move 4: Ally Switch / Will-O-Wisp
item: Safety Goggles / Focus Sash / Colbur Berry
ability: Clear Body
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

* Supportive Dragapult is primarily used to activate Coalossal's Weakness Policy and Steam Engine with Surf. It can do this very effectively thanks to its high Speed, immunity to Fake Out, and excellent utility moves.

* Breaking Swipe lowers both foes Attack stats, keeping Dragapult's partner safer from strong physical attackers like Landorus-T and Garchomp.

* Surf is mandatory for being paired with Coalossal; specifically, it can circumvent redirection and is the weakest Water-type move Dragapult can use. It is important to keep in mind that Surf will do about 25% of Coalossal's health.

* Light Screen lets Coalossal survive powerful Max Moves moves like Tapu Fini's Max Geyser and Heatran's Max Quake.

* Ally Switch allows Dragapult to further support Coalossal by taking its place and stomaching hard-hitting Max Moves or potential double targets. Will-O-Wisp has the benefit of crippling physical attackers without triggering Defiant and Competitive users like Thundurus and Milotic.

* Safety Goggles allows Dragapult to negate Venusaur's Sleep Powder so that it can get its Surf off. Focus Sash is useful for surviving strong hits like Spectrier's Max Phantasm; however, Colbur Berry can be used to survive a double target from Urshifu-S and another priority user like Rillaboom.

* 252 Speed EVs and Jolly nature allow Dragapult to get its Surf off as fast as possible, notably outspeeding Spectrier. Additionally, a Jolly nature, combined with 0 Special Attack IVs, gives Dragapult the weakest possible Surf so that it does not significantly damage Coalossal.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zeefable, 50951]]
- Quality checked by: [[Raineko, 294287]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]

 

[yuki]

ADD REMOVE COMMENT HIGHLIGHT

QC

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Breaking Swipe
move 2: Surf
move 3: Light Screen
move 4: Ally Switch / Will-O-Wisp (I would personally put these the other way around, but I don't really have a problem with this)
item: Focus Sash / Colbur Berry / Safety Goggles (Maybe even move this up the pecking order, due to its popularity in S7)
ability: Clear Body
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

* Supportive Dragapult is primarily used to activate Coalossal's Weakness Policy and Steam Engine with Surf. It can do this very effectively thanks to its high Speed, immunity to Fake Out, and excellent utility moves.

* Breaking Swipe lowers both foes Attack stats, keeping Dragapult's partner safer from strong physical attackers like Landorus-T and Garchomp. It is important to keep in mind that Surf will do about 25% of Coalossal's health. (I would put this as a point with Surf, rather than here. I know why it's here, but it could potentially be a bit jarring reading about Surf in the Breaking Swipe point. Equally, you make a brief mention in the point about the spread, so it might be worth just stating the value there and cutting it here.)

* Surf is mandatory for being paired with Coalossal; specifically, it can circumvent redirection and is the weakest Water move Dragapult can use.

* Light Screen lets Coalossal survive powerful Water-type moves (Change this to something else, it reads like Max Quake now a Water move) like Tapu Fini's Max Geyser and Heatran's Max Quake.

* Ally Switch allows Dragapult to further support Coalossal by taking its place and stomaching hard-hitting Max Moves or potential double targets. Will-O-Wisp has the benefit of crippling physical attackers without triggering Defiant and Competitive users like Thundurus and Milotic. (As above, if changed then switch these)

* Focus Sash is useful for surviving any singular hit (Yes it is. I would maybe change the wording or skip towards the Phantasm point), such as Spectrier's Max Phantasm; however, Colbur Berry can be used to survive a double target from Urshifu-S and another priority user like Rillaboom. (As above, add the Goggles point to basically ignore Venusaur)

* 252 Speed EVs and Jolly nature allow Dragapult to get its Surf off as fast as possible, notably outspeeding Spectrier. Additionally, a Jolly nature, combined with 0 Special Attack IVs, gives Dragapult the weakest possible Surf so that it does not significantly damage Coalossal. Maximum HP investment simply allows it to perform its supportive role more reliably. (Not sure if I care about this bit. Max HP feels obvious in a sense)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zeefable, 501951]]
- Quality checked by: [[Raineko, 294287]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

You know where I am. Support Dragapult seems like a pain to write.

 

[yuki]

Yeah looks a lot better so QC 1/1!

 

[Astra]

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[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Breaking Swipe
move 2: Surf
move 3: Light Screen
move 4: Ally Switch / Will-O-Wisp
item: Safety Goggles / Focus Sash / Colbur Berry
ability: Clear Body
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

* Supportive Dragapult is primarily used to activate Coalossal's Weakness Policy and Steam Engine with Surf. It can do this very effectively thanks to its high Speed, immunity to Fake Out, and excellent utility moves.

* Breaking Swipe lowers both foes Attack stats, keeping Dragapult's partner safer from strong physical attackers like Landorus-T and Garchomp.

* Surf is mandatory for being paired with Coalossal; specifically, it can circumvent redirection and is the weakest Water-type move Dragapult can use. It is important to keep in mind that Surf will do about 25% of Coalossal's health.

* Light Screen lets Coalossal survive powerful Max Moves moves like Tapu Fini's Max Geyser and Heatran's Max Quake.

* Ally Switch allows Dragapult to further support Coalossal by taking its place and stomaching hard-hitting Max Moves or potential double targets. Will-O-Wisp has the benefit of crippling physical attackers without triggering Defiant and Competitive users like Thundurus and Milotic.

* Safety Goggles allows Dragapult to negate Venusaur's Sleep Powder so that it can get its Surf off. Focus Sash is useful for surviving strong hits like Spectrier's Max Phantasm; however, Colbur Berry can be used to survive a double target from Urshifu-S and another priority user like Rillaboom.

* 252 Speed EVs and Jolly nature allow Dragapult to get its Surf off as fast as possible, notably outspeeding Spectrier. Additionally, a Jolly nature, combined with 0 Special Attack IVs, gives Dragapult the weakest possible Surf so that it does not significantly damage Coalossal.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zeefable, 50951]]
- Quality checked by: [[Raineko, 294287]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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