National Dex UU Choice Scarf Hydreigon [QC 1/1] [GP 1/1]

[Pubo]

[SET]
Choice Scarf (Hydreigon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Earth Power / Fire Blast / Defog / Focus Blast
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
With Choice Scarf, Hydreigon becomes a solid revenge killer capable of beating important threats like Iron Moth, Alakazam, and Thundurus with its STAB moves while still providing utility and role compression for its team thanks to Defog and its good defensive profile against defining threats like Greninja, Rotom-W, and Aegislash. Earth Power is specifically used to revenge kill Speed Booster Energy Iron Moth and weakened Excadrill. Fire Blast allows Hydreigon to revenge kill Excadrill and hit targets like Celesteela and Assault Vest Tangrowth hard. Hydreigon can run Defog to act as an emergency entry hazard remover, but its matchups against hazard setters like Mega Tyranitar, Clefable, and Ting-Lu make it unreliable in this role. Focus Blast is coverage to hit Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, Excadrill, and Bisharp. U-turn allows it to keep momentum and bring in its teammates safely against switch-ins like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Celesteela. Choice Scarf Hydreigon fits best on offense and bulky offense teams that appreciate a solid revenge killer against important threats that still maintains some defensive utility thanks to its typing. Speed Booster Energy Iron Boulder, Enamorus, and Choice Scarf Galarian Zapdos are some of the few Pokemon that Hydreigon outright fails to outspeed or revenge kill, making partners like Aegislash, Celesteela, and Clefable good options; Celesteela in particular enjoys Hydreigon revenge killing Iron Moth or Mega Tyranitar with Earth Power or Focus Blast, respectively. Fairy-types like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Mega Altaria can easily deal with Hydreigon and use it as setup fodder, making Steel-types like Celesteela, Aegislash, and Excadrill good partners to deal with these Pokemon. Finally, wallbreakers like Choice Band Iron Hands, Choice Band Galarian Zapdos, and Choice Specs Keldeo appreciate the free entries that Hydreigon provides with U-turn by luring in Pokemon like Celesteela, Assault Vest Tangrowth, and Ting-Lu. These Fighting-types also enjoy Hydreigon revenge killing or forcing out faster Pokemon that may threaten them, such as Alakazam, Mega Latias, and Greninja.

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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Hydreigon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Earth Power / Fire Blast / Defog / Focus Blast
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
With Choice Scarf, Hydreigon becomes a solid revenge killer capable of beating importants threats like Greninja Scarf Drei does not guaranteed OHKO Gren with Draco. I feel like there are better examples here, Iron Moth for example, plus you mention Gren next sentence. Same goes for MAero, Drei doesn't even have a chance to OHKO it., Alakazam, and Mega Aerodactyl with its STAB moves while still providing utility and role compression for its team thanks to Defog and its good defensive profile against defining threats like Greninja, Rotom-W, and Aegislash. Earth Power is used to specifically revenge kill Booster Energy: Speed Iron Moth and weakened Excadrill. Fire Blast allows Hydreigon to revenge kill Excadrill and hit targets like Celesteela and Assault Vest Tangrowth hard. Hydreigon can run Defog to act as an emergency entry hazard remover, but its matchups against setters like Mega Tyranitar, Clefable, and Ting-Lu makes it unrealiable in this role. Focus Blast is coverage to hit Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, Excadrill, and Bisharp. U-turn allows it to keep momentum and bring its teammates safely against switch-ins like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Celesteela. Choice Scarf Hydreigon fits best on offense and bulky offense teams that appreciate a solid revenge killer against important threats that still maintains some defensive utility thanks to its typing. Booster Energy: Speed Iron Boulder, Enamorus, and Choice Scarf Galarian Zapdos are some of the few Pokemon that Hydreigon outright can't or struggles to fails to outspeed or revenge kill, making partners like Aegislash, Celesteela, considering you mention Aegi and Steela anyways in the next sentence, might be best to include different examples like Hippowdon/Ting Lu and MVenu and Clefable good options; Celesteela in particular enjoys Hydreigon revenge killing Iron Moth and or or here might make more sense, considering you can only run one? might just be a GP change tho Mega Tyranitar with Earth Power and or Focus Blast, respectively. Fairy-types like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Mega Altaria can easily deal with Hydreigon and use it as setup fodder, making Steel-types like Celesteela, Aegislash, and Excadrill good partners to deal with these Pokemon. Finally, wallbreakers like Choice Band Iron Hands, Choice Band Galarian Zapdos, and Choice Specs Keldeo appreciates the free entries that Hydreigon provides with U-turn by luring in Pokemon like Celesteela, Assault Vest Tangrowth, and Ting-Lu. Include sentence about how Hydreigon helps against faster mons that threaten them? Up to you if you think its worth including.

Great job as always, just a few comments with regards to examples. 1/1 after you implement.

 

[Pubo]

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[SET]
Choice Scarf (Hydreigon) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Earth Power / Fire Blast / Defog / Focus Blast
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
With Choice Scarf, Hydreigon becomes a solid revenge killer capable of beating importants threats like Iron Moth, Alakazam, and Thundurus with its STAB moves while still providing utility and role compression for its team thanks to Defog and its good defensive profile against defining threats like Greninja, Rotom-W, and Aegislash. Earth Power is specifically used to specifically revenge kill Booster Energy: Speed Speed Booster Energy Iron Moth and weakened Excadrill. Fire Blast allows Hydreigon to revenge kill Excadrill and hit targets like Celesteela and Assault Vest Tangrowth hard. Hydreigon can run Defog to act as an emergency entry hazard remover, but its matchups against hazard setters like Mega Tyranitar, Clefable, and Ting-Lu makes it unrealiable unreliable in this role. Focus Blast is coverage to hit Dragon Dance Mega Tyranitar, Excadrill, and Bisharp. U-turn allows it to keep momentum and bring in its teammates safely against switch-ins like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Celesteela. Choice Scarf Hydreigon fits best on offense and bulky offense teams that appreciate a solid revenge killer against important threats that still maintains some defensive utility thanks to its typing. Booster Energy: Speed Speed Booster Energy Iron Boulder, Enamorus, and Choice Scarf Galarian Zapdos are some of the few Pokemon that Hydreigon outright fails to outspeed or revenge kill, making partners like Aegislash, Celesteela, and Clefable good options; Celesteela in particular enjoys Hydreigon revenge killing Iron Moth or Mega Tyranitar with Earth Power or Focus Blast, respectively. Fairy-types like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Mega Altaria can easily deal with Hydreigon and use it as setup fodder, making Steel-types like Celesteela, Aegislash, and Excadrill good partners to deal with these Pokemon. Finally, wallbreakers like Choice Band Iron Hands, Choice Band Galarian Zapdos, and Choice Specs Keldeo appreciates the free entries that Hydreigon provides with U-turn by luring in Pokemon like Celesteela, Assault Vest Tangrowth, and Ting-Lu. These Fighting-types also enjoy Hydreigon revenge killing or forcing out faster Pokemon that may threaten them, such as Alakazam, Mega Latias, and Greninja.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/danbear02.589016/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/clouds.356215/

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