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Project SV RU: The Next Best Thing (Week 23: Cyclizar) (Votings Open)
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WEEK 5
SAMUROTT
Samurott is up next for this fifth week ! Arrived on the June drops, it already became a solid presence in RU primarily thanks to its water type. It also enjoys a decent bulk and good attack stats. Samurott is very versatile as it can run physical or special attacks and has access to knock off, encore, and taunt. Being that flexible means there is no "best sets" which stand out yet, so our mission this week will be to find these sets. The sky is the limit this week so I'm hoping to get many submissions and because of this I advise you to post the set you have in mind quickly or to make a reservation for it. Depending on the number of submissions, there may be more than one winner ! Indeed this week voters will have to rank their three favorite submissions, the first will get 3 points, the second will get 2 and the third will get 1. Meaning your are submitting for this week in hope to get on the podium (again depending on the number of submissions). This would give an opportunity for more creative sets to shine during votes therefore staying true to the purpose of the thread.SAMUROTT
Reminder: Two sets were pretty similar next week as their "twists" were the same (tera ice). Please check the previous submissions before posting yours and if you see someone already posted something similar you should either try something else or explain why your version is better, why this item or this move strengthen the set further. If two sets are too similar, the first one posted should always be prioritized in voter's minds.
Submission deadline: Sets should be submitted by 11:59 pm GMT on Friday, June 16th,
Voting deadline: votes will go until 11:59 pm GMT on Sunday, June 18th.
Taunt Samurott
Samurott @ Leftovers / Expert Belt
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 SpAtk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
- Taunt
First we have Stab Surf, which hits like a truck due to Samurott's respectable Special Attack and the poor water resists we have in the tier that also resist Ice Beam. Ice Beam is great coverage that hits the dragons and grasses which think they can easily switch into
and Grass Knot does solid damage to Samurott's biggest check in 
. The last move is the star of the show: Taunt. Taunt is great, it prevents recovery on mons like and preventing 
shenanigans. Taunt also has the ability to completely ruin 
and stop 
and 
. Leftovers is the preferred item of choice but can be switched with Expert Belt for extra damage on mons like 
, 
, 
. You get it.
I hope you enjoy the set.
Samurott @ Leftovers / Expert Belt
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 252 SpAtk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
- Taunt
First we have Stab Surf, which hits like a truck due to Samurott's respectable Special Attack and the poor water resists we have in the tier that also resist Ice Beam. Ice Beam is great coverage that hits the dragons and grasses which think they can easily switch into
and Grass Knot does solid damage to Samurott's biggest check in . The last move is the star of the show: Taunt. Taunt is great, it prevents recovery on mons like and preventing shenanigans. Taunt also has the ability to completely ruin and stop and . Leftovers is the preferred item of choice but can be switched with Expert Belt for extra damage on mons like , , . You get it.I hope you enjoy the set.
Specs Samurott, Cool Glasses!
SEA-SLASHER (Samurott) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Torrent / Shell armour
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Tera Blast
Let's give some love to a pokemon that will eventually drop, shall we?
There is nothing special about this pokemon, it has decent bulk and a somewhat good defensive typing, but its too slow to taunt anything, it might work with scarf, but 70 base speed makes it lose to other more common scarfers, and takes too much damage when its trying to set up. Looking at you SD users. This pokemon desperately needs team support, keep that in mind.
BUT, a 108 SPATK isnt that bad, despite the fact it cant really boost itself. I introduce you to specs, not the most creative set, but its Viable, thats for sure.
With a modest nature, It can pick up some nasty 2-Hit-KOs, and easy OHKOS, especially on super-effective hits. The decent bulk (MIGHT) ensure it survives a hit, its picking up atleast one KO in every match you bring it in (If you play it right). Tera ground to give it more coverage and the obvious immunity. Both abilities are good, Torrent for more surf damage, shell armour to be immune to crits. (Bold to assume you're tanking regular damage in the first place)
TLDR; aye, look at this pokemon will cool glasses, it likes to 2-hitko and ohko things.
SEA-SLASHER (Samurott) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Torrent / Shell armour
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground / Grass
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Tera Blast
Let's give some love to a pokemon that will eventually drop, shall we?
There is nothing special about this pokemon, it has decent bulk and a somewhat good defensive typing, but its too slow to taunt anything, it might work with scarf, but 70 base speed makes it lose to other more common scarfers, and takes too much damage when its trying to set up. Looking at you SD users. This pokemon desperately needs team support, keep that in mind.
BUT, a 108 SPATK isnt that bad, despite the fact it cant really boost itself. I introduce you to specs, not the most creative set, but its Viable, thats for sure.
With a modest nature, It can pick up some nasty 2-Hit-KOs, and easy OHKOS, especially on super-effective hits. The decent bulk (MIGHT) ensure it survives a hit, its picking up atleast one KO in every match you bring it in (If you play it right). Tera ground to give it more coverage and the obvious immunity. Both abilities are good, Torrent for more surf damage, shell armour to be immune to crits. (Bold to assume you're tanking regular damage in the first place)
TLDR; aye, look at this pokemon will cool glasses, it likes to 2-hitko and ohko things.
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Swords Dance Samurott
Samurott @ Lum Berry
Ability: Shell Armor
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Ground
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Liquidation
- Knock Off
- Tera Blast
Here we have a set-up sweeper in the form of SD Samurott that can dish out boosted Liquidation/Knock Off. Tera Blast Ground is filler, but still hits hard.
Lum Berry is here to neuter a detrimental status effect once, so we can set-up more easily.
Shell Armor is generally better than Torrent because it gives you the security to stay in if the opponent can't KO Samurott without relying on a crit.
252+ Spe EVs are enough to reach 262 Spe points in order to speed tie with max EVs and Spe+ nature Cloyster and Veluza.
Samurott @ Lum Berry
Ability: Shell Armor
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Ground
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Liquidation
- Knock Off
- Tera Blast
Here we have a set-up sweeper in the form of SD Samurott that can dish out boosted Liquidation/Knock Off. Tera Blast Ground is filler, but still hits hard.
Lum Berry is here to neuter a detrimental status effect once, so we can set-up more easily.
Shell Armor is generally better than Torrent because it gives you the security to stay in if the opponent can't KO Samurott without relying on a crit.
252+ Spe EVs are enough to reach 262 Spe points in order to speed tie with max EVs and Spe+ nature Cloyster and Veluza.
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Defence increases? Never heard of her!
Samurott @ Leftovers
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Focus Energy
- Aqua Cutter
- Drill Run
- Avalanche
Never have trouble again fighting against any mon with a defence-raising move, because Samurott is here! After a Focus Energy, both Aqua Cutter and Drill Run have a 100% chance to crit, which allows you to fire off lots of damage with Samurott's base 100 attack, as well as ignoring the defence increases of any pokemon the opponent has. Avalanche is also there incase you encounter any pokemon that could wall both drill run and aqua cutter, such as Arboliva. Samurott also has the bulk to take a few hits, which is complimented by Shell Armor, which is always great to have and very useful to let you get Focus Energy set up.
Samurott @ Leftovers
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Focus Energy
- Aqua Cutter
- Drill Run
- Avalanche
Never have trouble again fighting against any mon with a defence-raising move, because Samurott is here! After a Focus Energy, both Aqua Cutter and Drill Run have a 100% chance to crit, which allows you to fire off lots of damage with Samurott's base 100 attack, as well as ignoring the defence increases of any pokemon the opponent has. Avalanche is also there incase you encounter any pokemon that could wall both drill run and aqua cutter, such as Arboliva. Samurott also has the bulk to take a few hits, which is complimented by Shell Armor, which is always great to have and very useful to let you get Focus Energy set up.
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"Do it again"
Samurott @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 8 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Encore
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump/Surf
The focal point of this set is, obviously, encore, one of my favorite moves. Encore allows Samurott to turn Pokémon that rely on one or more status moves into fodder for whatever it wants to do or for its teammate to set up freely. Something like Cloyster or Oricorio-Sensu gets locked into Shell Smash or Quiver Dance, if they dare to set up against it, and even though Samurott may have trouble KOing these mons, Encore allows it to switch into a teammate who can and stop sweeps easily. Any passive mon who tries to use status moves such as stealth rock or a recovery move will be rendered useless, forcing a switch or be forced to take 2 free attack from Samurott, allow a free substitute, or waste their recovery PP. Substitute allows Samurott to ruin slower Pokémon that try to status it and let it get some free turns against them and also eases the burden of prediction. It also allows it to relatively safely into torrent range. Hydro pump/surf and Ice Beam hit a decent amount the metagame for at least neutral, especially with Modest and 252 special attack EVs, and pure water or water/ice types that resist both, such as Vaporeon or Cloyster cannot afford to use status moves against it, as they will be locked into it, giving you free turns to work with. Tera grass covers Samurott's weaknesses, and an immunity to leech seed and spore as a bonus.
244 speed allows Samurott to outrun non invested base 100s and underspeed things like max speed Cloyster to lock it into Shell Smash or other moves in a 1v1.
Samurott @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 8 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Encore
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump/Surf
The focal point of this set is, obviously, encore, one of my favorite moves. Encore allows Samurott to turn Pokémon that rely on one or more status moves into fodder for whatever it wants to do or for its teammate to set up freely. Something like Cloyster or Oricorio-Sensu gets locked into Shell Smash or Quiver Dance, if they dare to set up against it, and even though Samurott may have trouble KOing these mons, Encore allows it to switch into a teammate who can and stop sweeps easily. Any passive mon who tries to use status moves such as stealth rock or a recovery move will be rendered useless, forcing a switch or be forced to take 2 free attack from Samurott, allow a free substitute, or waste their recovery PP. Substitute allows Samurott to ruin slower Pokémon that try to status it and let it get some free turns against them and also eases the burden of prediction. It also allows it to relatively safely into torrent range. Hydro pump/surf and Ice Beam hit a decent amount the metagame for at least neutral, especially with Modest and 252 special attack EVs, and pure water or water/ice types that resist both, such as Vaporeon or Cloyster cannot afford to use status moves against it, as they will be locked into it, giving you free turns to work with. Tera grass covers Samurott's weaknesses, and an immunity to leech seed and spore as a bonus.
244 speed allows Samurott to outrun non invested base 100s and underspeed things like max speed Cloyster to lock it into Shell Smash or other moves in a 1v1.
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Samurott @ Focus Sash
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Encore
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Rain Dance
Lead Samurrot, this set utilize focus sash so samurrot can get into range of torrent safely. Encore can stop the opponent set up sweeper from setting up, or locked the opponent to a move you wanted. Samurrot can choose to rain dance up if there is a free turn like if the enemy is encored or you are faster than the opponnent so next turn you can have a faster surf in rain against them.
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Encore
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Rain Dance
Lead Samurrot, this set utilize focus sash so samurrot can get into range of torrent safely. Encore can stop the opponent set up sweeper from setting up, or locked the opponent to a move you wanted. Samurrot can choose to rain dance up if there is a free turn like if the enemy is encored or you are faster than the opponnent so next turn you can have a faster surf in rain against them.
Sub 3 attacks
Samurott @ Splash Plate
Ability: Torrent
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 88 HP / 244 SpA / 176 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
- Substitute
Samurott benefits a lot from substitute since it is slow and easy for fast attackers to kill, but it hits hard and has the coverage to threaten everything. The speed EVs are to outspeed max speed adamant abomasnow, which is the highest threshold you can cross that might matter besides the speed tie but you could probably drop to 140 speed evs (outspeeds brute bonnet) because I have no idea how common high speed abomasnow is.
Splash plate maximizes damage with your main attack and guarantees the 2hko on some pokemon like copperajah and bellibolt. Leftovers is also an option for stalling with substitute.
Shiny is very important because the dark blue looks cooler.
Samurott @ Splash Plate
Ability: Torrent
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 88 HP / 244 SpA / 176 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
- Substitute
Samurott benefits a lot from substitute since it is slow and easy for fast attackers to kill, but it hits hard and has the coverage to threaten everything. The speed EVs are to outspeed max speed adamant abomasnow, which is the highest threshold you can cross that might matter besides the speed tie but you could probably drop to 140 speed evs (outspeeds brute bonnet) because I have no idea how common high speed abomasnow is.
Splash plate maximizes damage with your main attack and guarantees the 2hko on some pokemon like copperajah and bellibolt. Leftovers is also an option for stalling with substitute.
Shiny is very important because the dark blue looks cooler.
Scarf samurott
Samurott @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Knock Off
- Surf / Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
(The skys the limit you say? Well here's the least inspired scarf set you've ever seen) While samurott is fairly slow for a scarfer, being outran by most other common scarfers, its got fairly high special attack, spammable water stab in a tier with relatively few water resists and near perfect coverage. Its also still fast enough to outspeed the entire unboosted tier with the exception of barraskewda and jolteon. Surf/Ice beam/Grass knot is probably gonna be standard on every special samurott for good reason, its near perfect coverage. Knock off might not hit very hard off an uninvested timid samurott, but the utility of removing an item makes it a good neutral option to click if you're unsure of what they're gonna bring in to force progress. Its not like you have anything you'd rather run in the last slot anyway.
Samurott @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Knock Off
- Surf / Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
(The skys the limit you say? Well here's the least inspired scarf set you've ever seen) While samurott is fairly slow for a scarfer, being outran by most other common scarfers, its got fairly high special attack, spammable water stab in a tier with relatively few water resists and near perfect coverage. Its also still fast enough to outspeed the entire unboosted tier with the exception of barraskewda and jolteon. Surf/Ice beam/Grass knot is probably gonna be standard on every special samurott for good reason, its near perfect coverage. Knock off might not hit very hard off an uninvested timid samurott, but the utility of removing an item makes it a good neutral option to click if you're unsure of what they're gonna bring in to force progress. Its not like you have anything you'd rather run in the last slot anyway.
Sub Salac Samurott
Samurott @ Salac Berry
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 84 HP / 248 Atk / 176 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Liquidation
- Knock Off
The main idea of this set is to come on a mon that fear Samurott. Then, u use Subsitute when the opponent switches and you can Sword Dance / Substitute again, to active Salac Berry and Torrent. Finally, u just have to spam your Water Attacks. Knock Off is used for his good coverage, but other attacks like Megahorn, Taunt or Sacred Sword can be use instead.
176 Speed allows to outspeed 100 base Speed Pokemon at +1. 4 EVs in attacks goes to HP to activate Salac Berry with only 3 Substitute.
Hope you'll like it !
Samurott @ Salac Berry
Ability: Torrent
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 84 HP / 248 Atk / 176 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Liquidation
- Knock Off
The main idea of this set is to come on a mon that fear Samurott. Then, u use Subsitute when the opponent switches and you can Sword Dance / Substitute again, to active Salac Berry and Torrent. Finally, u just have to spam your Water Attacks. Knock Off is used for his good coverage, but other attacks like Megahorn, Taunt or Sacred Sword can be use instead.
176 Speed allows to outspeed 100 base Speed Pokemon at +1. 4 EVs in attacks goes to HP to activate Salac Berry with only 3 Substitute.
+2 248 Atk Torrent Tera Water Samurott Liquidation vs. 252 HP / 200+ Def Altaria: 187-220 (52.8 - 62.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 248 Atk Torrent Tera Water Samurott Liquidation vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Brute Bonnet: 232-273 (63.9 - 75.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 248 Atk Torrent Tera Water Samurott Liquidation vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Bellibolt: 352-416 (83.4 - 98.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 248 Atk Torrent Tera Water Samurott Liquidation vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Brute Bonnet: 232-273 (63.9 - 75.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 248 Atk Torrent Tera Water Samurott Liquidation vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Bellibolt: 352-416 (83.4 - 98.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
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Assault Vest Samurai
Samurott @ Assault Vest
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Water / Fighting
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam
- Sacred Sword
- Aqua Tail
The idea with this set is pretty simple. Switch in and do damage. Because this set has so much coverage, 9 times out of 10 it's gonna have a favorable matchup against something on the other team: Krookidiles, Gardevoirs, Arcanines. You name it, and this set can hit em hard. And, for those with bulkier teams, since this set naturally has some bulk to it, it makes Samurott a pretty viable Wish recipient, especially if you send it in to tank a special attack. And heres something you may have not known: It does pretty well against our physical walls as well. Naclstack gets knocked off, and Aqua Tail'd, Altaria has to fear the Ice Beam; and if it tera steels then not only can you hit them with sacred sword, but they have lost the element of surprise with their tera; and even better, this thing does well against both krookidile and Tauros-Fire. Additional threats that this set can hit include Salazzle, the aforementioned Krookidile, and the newly introduced Typhlosion. And once again, since this set coverage against about 95% of RU, it can pretty much hit whatever you throw at it. You got a Toedscruel in front of you? Ice Beam em; Is that a Gardevoir? Aqua Tail. Nice Brute Bonnet; Sacred Sword. Sure it might not live too much longer (most calcs against this set being either 3HKOS or 2HKOS), but this thing still has some respectable defenses and health. One big problem is the speed issue, however. But thanks to the item choice of Assault Vest, this thing is gonna at least take some good hits. Check it out;
And as for damage?
Add some rocks/ spikes support and you are golden. Just having rocks makes the non-intim Krookidile OHKO Guaranteed.
And to be perfectly frank, Tera Fighting is probably better purely for the naclstack match up. You do fine against Garde and such untera'd, so experiment with what tera you want to do. This set is probably versatile to allow for both defensive and offensive tera types, depending on what style of team you build this set with. Also, just as a side note, I guess you could run torrent, but that sucks, and you won't be able to take advantage of the boost, since you'll get outspeeded and killed when you try to click aqua tail. You would have to predict getting into the 1/4 health range, and click aqua tail then just to take advantage of it once. Shell Armor makes sure that you don't get critted into oblivion and have all your calcs messed up.
All in all, the name of the game with this set is Reliability. It'll for sure pick up a KO, or at least spread some very good damage around, and you can always be sure of whats going to go down when you send this Samurai out.
So it's pretty good, IMO.
Still dies to arboliva though.
Samurott @ Assault Vest
Ability: Shell Armor
Tera Type: Water / Fighting
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam
- Sacred Sword
- Aqua Tail
The idea with this set is pretty simple. Switch in and do damage. Because this set has so much coverage, 9 times out of 10 it's gonna have a favorable matchup against something on the other team: Krookidiles, Gardevoirs, Arcanines. You name it, and this set can hit em hard. And, for those with bulkier teams, since this set naturally has some bulk to it, it makes Samurott a pretty viable Wish recipient, especially if you send it in to tank a special attack. And heres something you may have not known: It does pretty well against our physical walls as well. Naclstack gets knocked off, and Aqua Tail'd, Altaria has to fear the Ice Beam; and if it tera steels then not only can you hit them with sacred sword, but they have lost the element of surprise with their tera; and even better, this thing does well against both krookidile and Tauros-Fire. Additional threats that this set can hit include Salazzle, the aforementioned Krookidile, and the newly introduced Typhlosion. And once again, since this set coverage against about 95% of RU, it can pretty much hit whatever you throw at it. You got a Toedscruel in front of you? Ice Beam em; Is that a Gardevoir? Aqua Tail. Nice Brute Bonnet; Sacred Sword. Sure it might not live too much longer (most calcs against this set being either 3HKOS or 2HKOS), but this thing still has some respectable defenses and health. One big problem is the speed issue, however. But thanks to the item choice of Assault Vest, this thing is gonna at least take some good hits. Check it out;
252 SpA Gardevoir Moonblast vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Samurott: 135-160 (34.2 - 40.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Typhlosion Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Samurott: 144-171 (36.5 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Krookodile Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Samurott: 174-205 (44.1 - 52%) -- 14.8% chance to 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Salazzle Overheat vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Samurott: 127-150 (32.2 - 38%) -- 96.7% chance to 3HKO
4 SpA Toedscruel Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Samurott: 122-146 (30.9 - 37%) -- 79.7% chance to 3HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Typhlosion Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Samurott: 144-171 (36.5 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Krookodile Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Samurott: 174-205 (44.1 - 52%) -- 14.8% chance to 2HKO
252 SpA Choice Specs Salazzle Overheat vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Samurott: 127-150 (32.2 - 38%) -- 96.7% chance to 3HKO
4 SpA Toedscruel Giga Drain vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Assault Vest Samurott: 122-146 (30.9 - 37%) -- 79.7% chance to 3HKO
And as for damage?
252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Krookodile: 324-384 (97.8 - 116%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO
(pre knock-off) 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Naclstack: 132-156 (40.8 - 48.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
(post knock-off) 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Naclstack: 194-230 (60 - 71.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Samurott Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 124 Def Bronzong: 154-182 (45.5 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
4 SpA Samurott Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Altaria: 248-296 (70 - 83.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Samurott Sacred Sword vs. 252 HP / 180+ Def Tera Steel Altaria: 148-176 (41.8 - 49.7%) -- 97.7% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tauros-Paldea-Blaze: 188-224 (53.1 - 63.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tauros-Paldea-Blaze: 126-150 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
(post intimidate)-1 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Krookodile: 218-258 (65.8 - 77.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
(pre knock-off) 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Naclstack: 132-156 (40.8 - 48.2%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
(post knock-off) 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Naclstack: 194-230 (60 - 71.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Samurott Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 124 Def Bronzong: 154-182 (45.5 - 53.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
4 SpA Samurott Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Altaria: 248-296 (70 - 83.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Samurott Sacred Sword vs. 252 HP / 180+ Def Tera Steel Altaria: 148-176 (41.8 - 49.7%) -- 97.7% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tauros-Paldea-Blaze: 188-224 (53.1 - 63.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
-1 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tauros-Paldea-Blaze: 126-150 (35.5 - 42.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
(post intimidate)-1 252+ Atk Samurott Aqua Tail vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Krookodile: 218-258 (65.8 - 77.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Add some rocks/ spikes support and you are golden. Just having rocks makes the non-intim Krookidile OHKO Guaranteed.
And to be perfectly frank, Tera Fighting is probably better purely for the naclstack match up. You do fine against Garde and such untera'd, so experiment with what tera you want to do. This set is probably versatile to allow for both defensive and offensive tera types, depending on what style of team you build this set with. Also, just as a side note, I guess you could run torrent, but that sucks, and you won't be able to take advantage of the boost, since you'll get outspeeded and killed when you try to click aqua tail. You would have to predict getting into the 1/4 health range, and click aqua tail then just to take advantage of it once. Shell Armor makes sure that you don't get critted into oblivion and have all your calcs messed up.
All in all, the name of the game with this set is Reliability. It'll for sure pick up a KO, or at least spread some very good damage around, and you can always be sure of whats going to go down when you send this Samurai out.
So it's pretty good, IMO.
Still dies to arboliva though.
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Lots of submissions this week, great job guys ! Let's vote now !
The entrants are (you can click on the sprites to see the sets):
1/ Taunt 3 attacks by Forest Guardian
2/ Choice Specs by Xin Nevrakis
3/ SD Lum Berry by nameless90
4/ Focus Energy by Axolotl Man
5/ Sub Encore by StoredPowerTrip
6/ Lead by Fero Guava
7/Sub 3 attacks by Sneakyplanner
8/ Scarf by Morge
9/ Sub Salac Berry by Hyper bol
10/ Assault Vest by Elec-ant1234
Reminder: you're voting for your top 3 this week so the format is vote 1 > vote 2 > vote 3. The first earning 3 points, the second earning 2 and the third earning 1.
My vote will serve as an example, I'm going 7 > 8 > 1 (honorable mention to 5, 9 and 10, I really like your sets too)
The entrants are (you can click on the sprites to see the sets):
1/
Taunt 3 attacks by Forest Guardian2/
Choice Specs by Xin Nevrakis3/
SD Lum Berry by nameless904/
Focus Energy by Axolotl Man5/
Sub Encore by StoredPowerTrip6/
Lead by Fero Guava7/
Sub 3 attacks by Sneakyplanner8/
Scarf by Morge9/
Sub Salac Berry by Hyper bol10/
Assault Vest by Elec-ant1234Reminder: you're voting for your top 3 this week so the format is vote 1 > vote 2 > vote 3. The first earning 3 points, the second earning 2 and the third earning 1.
My vote will serve as an example, I'm going 7 > 8 > 1 (honorable mention to 5, 9 and 10, I really like your sets too)
2>3>5
2 > 6 > 8
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