[OVERVIEW]
Vaporeon's typing and good defenses let it check common physical attackers like Paldean Tauros-W, Incineroar, and Flygon, and Water Absorb makes it a one of the best answers to opposing Water-types like Inteleon and Basculegion. Compared to other physically bulky Water-types like Swampert and Quagsire, Vaporeon excels due to its access to reliable recovery in Wish and its ability to pivot and potentially pass Wish to its teammates with Flip Turn. Vaporeon can also run Haze, which allows it to check bulky setup sweepers like Calm Mind Cresselia and Iron Defense Registeel. However, more powerful or more aggressively boosting foes, such as Swords Dance Mienshao and Nasty Plot Munkidori, can overwhelm Vaporeon. Additionally, while Vaporeon can be a great blanket check to certain physical and special attackers, it can be easily overwhelmed at times by either how many it has to check in a battle or their sheer power. Grass- and Electric-type attackers, such as Poison Heal Breloom, Brambleghast, and Kilowattrel, are quite common as well and easily force Vaporeon out.
[SET]
name: Wish Passer
move 1: Scald
move 2: Wish
move 3: Protect
move 4: Flip Turn / Haze
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
tera type: Poison / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Flip Turn allows Vaporeon to pivot in teammates for free and more easily pass Wish. Alternatively, Haze gives Vaporeon an option to prevent opposing setup sweepers like Calm Mind Cresselia and Iron Defense Registeel from boosting out of control. Leftovers gives Vaporeon additional healing, particularly in combination with Protect to gain free turns to heal. However, Heavy-Duty Boots allows Vaporeon to pivot more frequently without concern for entry hazard chip damage. Tera Poison gives Vaporeon a resistance to Fighting- and Grass-type attacks from common physical attackers such as Mienshao, Breloom, and Brambleghast, as well as an immunity to being poisoned by Umbreon's Toxic. Tera Dark, on the other hand, allows Vaporeon to temporarily check Stored Power sweepers like Bronzong and Cresselia if it doesn't have Haze, as well as Choice Band Tera Blast Ghost Basculegion, which would 2HKO it otherwise.
Vaporeon benefits from teammates that can take powerful special attacks from foes like Chandelure, Porygon-Z, and Munkidori, so special walls like Incineroar, Bronzong, and Assault Vest Alolan Muk support it well. These teammates also benefit from Wish being passed to them, as they lack reliable recovery. A backup physical wall such as Sylveon or Vileplume is useful to ensure Vaporeon isn't overwhelmed by Ground- and Fighting-types like Flygon and Mienshao. On non-Heavy-Duty Boots sets, entry hazard removal from Pokemon such as Talonflame, Tsareena, and Brambleghast is vital to ensure Vaporeon doesn't become excessively passive by being forced to heal each time it comes out. Powerful wallbreakers such as Mienshao, Flygon, and Chandelure benefit from Wish and Flip Turn support from Vaporeon, allowing them to repeatedly switch in and break opposing walls.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
As an alternative to Haze, Vaporeon can utilize Roar to phaze opposing setup sweepers. Calm Mind can be used on Vaporeon to let it take advantage of forced switches and passive Pokemon, usually alongside Ice Beam to make progress against Toxicroak and Grass-types like Vileplume. However, this set is still walled by opposing Water-types. Tera Fairy can be used to resist Fighting- and Dragon-type attacks, and Tera Ghost can be used to completely wall Paldean Tauros-W.
Checks and Counters
====
**Grass-types**: Vaporeon is weak to common Grass-type attackers such as Brambleghast, Technician Breloom, and Tsareena. However, all of these hate switching into a Scald burn. Grass-type coverage, like Chandelure's Energy Ball and Tera Grass Paldean Tauros-F's Trailblaze, can also be threatening.
**Electric-types**: Electric-type attackers like Kilowattrel and Iron Thorns force Vaporeon out, and they can take advantage of this by gaining momentum or setting up.
**Special Attackers**: Strong special attackers, such as Porygon-Z, Chandelure, and Dragalge, scare out Vaporeon, and the first two have Trick to cripple it.
**Water-immune Pokemon**: As Vaporeon only runs Water-type attacks, it cannot actually damage opposing Water-immune Pokemon. Most prominently, Toxicroak can set up on Vaporeon or throw out powerful attacks, Gastrodon can set hazards, and opposing Vaporeon are untouchable.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Vaporeon's typing and good defenses let it check common physical attackers like Paldean Tauros-W, Incineroar, and Flygon, and Water Absorb makes it a one of the best answers to opposing Water-types like Inteleon and Basculegion. Compared to other physically bulky Water-types like Swampert and Quagsire, Vaporeon excels due to its access to reliable recovery in Wish and its ability to pivot and potentially pass Wish to its teammates with Flip Turn. Vaporeon can also run Haze, which allows it to check bulky setup sweepers like Calm Mind Cresselia and Iron Defense Registeel. However, more powerful or more aggressively boosting foes, such as Swords Dance Mienshao and Nasty Plot Munkidori, can overwhelm Vaporeon. Additionally, while Vaporeon can be a great blanket check to certain physical and special attackers, it can be easily overwhelmed at times by either how many it has to check in a battle or their sheer power. Grass- and Electric-type attackers, such as Poison Heal Breloom, Brambleghast, and Kilowattrel, are quite common as well and easily force Vaporeon out.
[SET]
name: Wish Passer
move 1: Scald
move 2: Wish
move 3: Protect
move 4: Flip Turn / Haze
item: Leftovers / Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
tera type: Poison / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Flip Turn allows Vaporeon to pivot in teammates for free and more easily pass Wish. Alternatively, Haze gives Vaporeon an option to prevent opposing setup sweepers like Calm Mind Cresselia and Iron Defense Registeel from boosting out of control. Leftovers gives Vaporeon additional healing, particularly in combination with Protect to gain free turns to heal. However, Heavy-Duty Boots allows Vaporeon to pivot more frequently without concern for entry hazard chip damage. Tera Poison gives Vaporeon a resistance to Fighting- and Grass-type attacks from common physical attackers such as Mienshao, Breloom, and Brambleghast, as well as an immunity to being poisoned by Umbreon's Toxic. Tera Dark, on the other hand, allows Vaporeon to temporarily check Stored Power sweepers like Bronzong and Cresselia if it doesn't have Haze, as well as Choice Band Tera Blast Ghost Basculegion, which would 2HKO it otherwise.
Vaporeon benefits from teammates that can take powerful special attacks from foes like Chandelure, Porygon-Z, and Munkidori, so special walls like Incineroar, Bronzong, and Assault Vest Alolan Muk support it well. These teammates also benefit from Wish being passed to them, as they lack reliable recovery. A backup physical wall such as Sylveon or Vileplume is useful to ensure Vaporeon isn't overwhelmed by Ground- and Fighting-types like Flygon and Mienshao. On non-Heavy-Duty Boots sets, entry hazard removal from Pokemon such as Talonflame, Tsareena, and Brambleghast is vital to ensure Vaporeon doesn't become excessively passive by being forced to heal each time it comes out. Powerful wallbreakers such as Mienshao, Flygon, and Chandelure benefit from Wish and Flip Turn support from Vaporeon, allowing them to repeatedly switch in and break opposing walls.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
As an alternative to Haze, Vaporeon can utilize Roar to phaze opposing setup sweepers. Calm Mind can be used on Vaporeon to let it take advantage of forced switches and passive Pokemon, usually alongside Ice Beam to make progress against Toxicroak and Grass-types like Vileplume. However, this set is still walled by opposing Water-types. Tera Fairy can be used to resist Fighting- and Dragon-type attacks, and Tera Ghost can be used to completely wall Paldean Tauros-W.
Checks and Counters
====
**Grass-types**: Vaporeon is weak to common Grass-type attackers such as Brambleghast, Technician Breloom, and Tsareena. However, all of these hate switching into a Scald burn. Grass-type coverage, like Chandelure's Energy Ball and Tera Grass Paldean Tauros-F's Trailblaze, can also be threatening.
**Electric-types**: Electric-type attackers like Kilowattrel and Iron Thorns force Vaporeon out, and they can take advantage of this by gaining momentum or setting up.
**Special Attackers**: Strong special attackers, such as Porygon-Z, Chandelure, and Dragalge, scare out Vaporeon, and the first two have Trick to cripple it.
**Water-immune Pokemon**: As Vaporeon only runs Water-type attacks, it cannot actually damage opposing Water-immune Pokemon. Most prominently, Toxicroak can set up on Vaporeon or throw out powerful attacks, Gastrodon can set hazards, and opposing Vaporeon are untouchable.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hammer798.641404/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/powerofmemes.583607/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rabia.336073/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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