Gen 3 [ADV] Substitute Delibird [DONE]

[Gangsta Spongebob]

[SET]
name: Substitute + 3 Attacks
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Aerial Ace
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fighting
item: Leftovers
ability: Hustle
nature: Naive / Hasty
evs: 188 Atk / 68 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Delibird's access to Hustle coupled with its respectable offensive stats cements it as a threatening and versatile attacker. Delibird uses its offensive presence to set up Substitute, which eases prediction and furthers its wallbreaking prowess. Aerial Ace is Delibird's primary STAB attack and notably ignores Hustle's accuracy-lowering effect while maintaining its power boost. Ice Beam targets Ground-types such as Rhyhorn and Cubone and deals more damage to certain physical walls such as Koffing. 68 Special Attack EVs are crucial to let Delibird 2HKO Lileep and Koffing after Leftovers recovery. Hidden Power Ground primarily targets Steel- and Electric-types, notably OHKOing Magnemite and significantly damaging Chinchou, which resist Delibird's STAB moves. Hidden Power Fighting could be used instead to target Normal-types at the cost of a worse matchup against Electric-types and one point of Speed.

Substitute Delibird best fits on offense and balance teams looking for a dangerous wallbreaker. Delibird struggles against Aipom and Taillow, since they can outspeed and OHKO it, so Rock- and Steel-types such as Rhyhorn, Lileep, and Magnemite are essential partners. Elekid and Staryu can also outspeed and OHKO Delibird, so special walls such as Dustox and Delcatty are appreciated. Delibird struggles to break through specially defensive Rock-types such as Lileep, Nosepass, and bulkier Rhyhorn variants before being KOed itself, so checks to them like Koffing are very useful. Special wallbreakers like Cyndaquil and Growlithe pair well with Delibird, as they can break past each other's respective walls. Chinchou deserves a special mention, as it both offensively and defensively checks many of Delibird's losing matchups such as specially defensive Rhyhorn and Elekid, respectively. Delibird, in return, handles very troublesome matchups for it such as Dustox and Grass-types like Bayleef and Exeggcute.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bp.272450/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/beatsblack.479897/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ken.594478/

 

[Gangsta Spongebob]

Split up sets, QC 1 here

 

[BeatsBlack]

add remove comment

QC

[SET]
name: Substitute + 3 Attacks
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Aerial Ace
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Hidden Power [Ground] / Hidden Power [Fighting]
item: Leftovers
ability: Hustle
nature: Naive / Hasty
evs: 188 Atk / 68 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Delibird's access to Hustle coupled with its respectable offensive stats cement it as a threatening and versatile attacker. Substitute uses Delibird's uses its offensive presence to set up and Substitute and to ease prediction and further its wallbreaking prowess. Aerial Ace is Delibird's primary STAB attack, and notably ignores Hustle's accuracy-lowering effect while maintaining its power boost. Ice Beam targets Ground-types such as Rhyhorn and Cubone, and deals more damage to certain physical walls such as Koffing. 68 Special Attack EVs are crucial to let Delibird 2HKO Lileep and Koffing after Leftovers recovery. Hidden Power Ground primarily targets Steel- and Electric-types, notably OHKOing Magnemite and significantly damaging Chinchou, who otherwise resist Delibird's STABs. Hidden Power Fighting could be used instead to target Normal-types at the cost of a worse matchup against Electric-types and one point of Speed.

Substitute Delibird best fits on offensive and balance teams looking for a dangerous wallbreaker. Delibird struggles the most against the Normal-type wallbreakers, Aipom and Taillow, since they can outspeed and OHKO it, so Rock- and Steel-types such as Rhyhorn, Lileep, and Magnemite are essential partners. Elekid and Staryu can also outspeed and OHKO Delibird, so special walls such as Dustox and Delcatty are appreciated. Delibird struggles to break through Specially Defensive Rock-types such as Lileep and bulkier Rhyhorn spreads, so checks to them like Koffing are good partners. Delibird only struggles if they're SpDef invested, otherwise Delibird's Ice Beam 2HKOs and OHKOs respectively as stated earlier. Special wallbreakers like Cyndaquil and Growlithe pair well with Delibird, as they can break past each other's respective walls. Chinchou is a notable partner, as it's very splashable and smashes through most of Delibird's checks, while Delibird in return easily breaks past the special walls that give it trouble. Provide examples of mons they both break for each other (ie Chinchou beating Water types / Delibird beating Dustox, Grimer or Delcatty depending on HP type)

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bp.272450/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/beatsblack.479897/

Grammar checked by:

santa's back, great job

QC [2/2] when implemented

 

[Gangsta Spongebob]

Implemented! GP Team

 

[ken]

1/1 GP Team done
add remove comment

delibird

[SET]
name: Substitute + 3 Attacks
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Aerial Ace
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Hidden Power [Ground] Ground / Hidden Power [Fighting] Fighting
item: Leftovers
ability: Hustle
nature: Naive / Hasty
evs: 188 Atk / 68 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Delibird's access to Hustle coupled with its respectable offensive stats cements it as a threatening and versatile attacker. Delibird uses its offensive presence to set up Substitute, which eases prediction and furthers its wallbreaking prowess. Aerial Ace is Delibird's primary STAB attack (rc) and notably ignores Hustle's accuracy-lowering effect while maintaining its power boost. Ice Beam targets Ground-types such as Rhyhorn and Cubone (rc) and deals more damage to certain physical walls such as Koffing. 68 Special Attack EVs are crucial to let Delibird 2HKO Lileep and Koffing after Leftovers recovery. Hidden Power Ground primarily targets Steel- and Electric-types, notably OHKOing Magnemite and significantly damaging Chinchou, which resists remove s Delibird's STAB moves. Hidden Power Fighting could be used instead to target Normal-types at the cost of a worse matchup against Electric-types and one point of Speed.

Substitute Delibird best fits on offense and balance teams looking for a dangerous wallbreaker. Delibird struggles against Aipom and Taillow, (ac) since they can outspeed and OHKO it, so Rock- and Steel-types such as Rhyhorn, Lileep, and Magnemite are essential partners. Elekid and Staryu can also outspeed and OHKO Delibird, so special walls such as Dustox and Delcatty are appreciated. Delibird struggles to break through specially defensive Rock-types such as Lileep, Nosepass, and bulkier Rhyhorn variants spreads before being KOed itself, so checks to them like Koffing are very useful. Special wallbreakers like Cyndaquil and Growlithe pair well with Delibird, as they can break past each other's respective walls. Chinchou deserves a special mention, as it both offensively and defensively checks many of Delibird's losing matchups (rc) such as specially defensive Rhyhorn and Elekid, respectively. Delibird, (ac) in return, (ac) handles very troublesome matchups for it (rc) such as Dustox and Grass-types like Bayleef and Exeggcute.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gangsta-spongebob.535530/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bp.272450/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/beatsblack.479897/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ken.594478/

 

[Gangsta Spongebob]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/rs/pokemon/delibird/zu/ up

ken major thanks for doing so many GP checks so quickly, we really appreciate the work you're doing here