Hydreigon
Stats:
Counters and Checks
Stats:
Notable Moves:92 HP
105 Atk
90 Def
125 SAtk
90 SDef
98 Spe
Overview:Dark Pulse
Draco Meteor
Superpower
Focus Blast
Charge Beam
Fire Blast
Surf
Substitute
Roost
Earthquake
U-Turn
Head Smash
Dragon Pulse
Acrobatics
Substitute
Stone Edge
Dragon Pulse
Earth Power
MovesetsGenesect has finally been banned from OU and the decision of making Hydreigon BL have stopped and he can now destroy OU again. Breloom might be a problem but with every standard team having it checked, Hydreigon is a deadly threat again. Hydreigon has that amazing 105 / 125 / 98 attacking stats and a crazy large movepool. Most of it standard movesets hit 11/17 types super-effectively, even better when electric and poison types are almost never used. STAB Dark Pulse has made it even better letting it being able to counter Psychics with out being heavily dented because of its immunity. Levitate grants it a awesome immunity to entry hazards and omnipresent move earthquake. Not only that, but no wall can wall Hydreigon because of the amazing coverage.
Hydreigon does have its flaws. While having great movepool and good stats to abuse it, it has that bad speed, letting it be outsped by a majority of threats. No speed boosting moves makes this even worse and has those bad boosting moves like Work Up and the unreliable Charge Beam. Hydreigon has also lost a lot of its power through its sad dark typing which gives it a weakness to fighting type moves. However, most of these flaws can be overcome with great team support, its better as a wall breaker. I'd say it would get a A- on its test....
Well, lets talk about its moves it can use. Earthquake / Earth Power is amazing giving a way to kill its counter, same with Fire Blast. Superpower / Focus Blast lets it also muscle its way past steels too. Next we have its two STAB moves. Draco Meteor demolishes everything while Dark Pulse can dent all. Hydreigon has a 4 moveslot so its best not to waste a slot for one of its crappy boosting moves, if you want it to sweep, stick with Baton Pass. Also, it has access to some crazy powerful moves such as Head Smash which will be like hell if it tries to hold a shell bell. However STAB Draco Meteor is more prefered same with Dark Pulse.
Special Attacker
Hydreigon @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Nature: Modest
- Earth Power / Focus Blast / Fire Blast
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Earth Power / Focus Blast / Fire Blast
Mixed Attacker
Hydreigon @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Naive
- Superpower
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Roost / Earthquake
Choice Scarf
Hydreigon @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SDef / 252 Spe
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- U-Turn
- Dark Pulse
- Superpower / Dragon Pulse
Choice Band
Hydreigon @ Choice Band
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Rash / Naive
- Outrage / Draco Meteor
- U-Turn
- Head Smash / Earthquake
- Superpower / Crunch
Choice Specs
Hydreigon @ Choice Specs
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Nature: Modest
- Focus Blast
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast / Earthpower / Surf
- Dark Pulse
Battery Charger
Hydreigon @ Salac Berry
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SDef / 252 Spe
Nature: Timid
- Substitute
- Charge Beam
- Dragon Pulse
- Dark Pulse
PureSub
Hydreigon @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Trait: Rash
- Superpower
- Dragon Pulse / Draco Meteor
- Substitute
- Eath Power / Focus Blast / Fire Blast
Counters and Checks
Breloom - Mach Punch kills all
Tornadus-T - Hurricane can be a problem
Terrakion / Keldeo - Demolishes him
Paralysis - Stops this thing in its tracks
Mamoswine - OHKOs this thing easily
Scizor - Needs to be caution against bulky variants
Chansey - Laughs at everything except Superpower
Salamence - OHKOs it other than scarf
Haxorus, Garchomp, Kyurem-B - ^^^^
Politoed - With scarf or vs. Bulky variant
Note: Scarf Hydreigon can be a problem so priority is mostly likely the best weapon