Monotype Dragapult (Ghost) [(QC:2/2)(GP:1/1)]

[Bka Onon]

[SET]
Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Ghost)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 100 Atk / 184 SpA / 224 Spe
Naive Nature
- Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave
- Hex
- Dragon Darts
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult carries a plethora of utility options in its movepool to hinder the opposition. It leverages its high Speed to outspeed and threaten Zamazenta, Flutter Mane, and Chien-Pao with status for its teammates. Heavy-Duty Boots also enables Dragapult to switch in much more often. Will-O-Wisp weakens physical attackers that pose a threat to Ghost teams, such as Great Tusk, Urshifu-R, and Kingambit, while Thunder Wave disrupts faster opposition such as Choice Scarf Hisuian Samurott, Ogerpon-H, and Zamazenta. Hex is also a great choice for beating Gliscor and other Pokemon affected by Dragapult spreading Status. U-turn is another great form of support as it lets Dragapult scout switches and bring in its teammates safely. Dragapult's ability, Infiltrator, also grants it the capability to hinder the likes of Substitute Zamazenta and Enamorus, and ignore dual screens set up by Klefki in the Fairy matchup. The given EV spread allows Dragapult to guarantee a 2HKO against Hatterene after recovery from Leftovers and always outspeed Zamazenta.

Flutter Mane is the biggest beneficiary of Dragapult's services, as it can outspeed Choice Scarf users crippled by Thunder Wave or live a few physical attacks from foes burned by Will-O-Wisp such as Earthquake from Landorus-T and Dire Claw from Sneasler. Flutter Mane repays Dragapult by blasting through Dark-types that give Ghost teams trouble such as Greninja, Choice Scarf Darkrai, and Chien-Pao. Spectrier is another great teammate for taking advantage of the status spread by Dragapult by threatening to win games with Hex. Dragapult's status also allows Spectrier to freely run Substitute and Nasty Plot together without needing to run Will-O-Wisp. Dragapult also safely pivots both Flutter Mane and Spectrier in, which is useful as both are quite frail. Gholdengo is an excellent choice, as with a Hex set, it is able to use the status spread by Dragapult to great effect and enhance its power, while with a Choice Scarf, it can threaten Chien-Pao, poses a threat to Dragapult with its priority moves. Skeledirge is a good choice as well, as it can withstand hits and reply back with a boosting Torch Song while also posing a threat to Heatran with Earth Power. Skeledirge also threatens Ice-types such as Alolan Ninetales and Frosmoth. Hisuian Zoroark is a much appreciated Ghost immunity that can deceive opponents into thinking it may be Dragapult or its vulnerable teammates then take advantage of that to unleash powerful attacks against opposing Spectrier and Ceruledge or cripple walls such as Toxapex and Empoleon with Knock Off. Substitute Sinistcha is another choice to take care of one of Ghost's biggest problems in Ursaluna-B. Dragapult's spreading of status also allows for Mimikyu and Ceruledge to set up much more easily to threaten Fighting-types like Iron Hands and Steel-types like Corviknight, respectively. Mimikyu is also a one-time check to Chien-Pao and Kingambit with Disguise, both of which greatly threaten Ghost teams. Brambleghast can set up Spikes, which can wear down the opposition quickly in conjunction with burns from Dragapult's Will-O-Wisp, while Gengar can set up Toxic Spikes, letting Dragapult and Spectrier use Hex much more often.

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[SET]
Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Status Utility (Ghost)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 100 Atk / 184 SpA / 224 Spe
Naive Nature
- Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave
- Hex
- Dragon Darts
- U-turn
[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult's verstatility comes in many forms, this utility set aims to focus on its support capabilities. (filler) Dragapult carries a plethora in its support movepool to hinder the opposition. Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave are forms of disruption, the former being able to neutralize physical attackers that pose a threat to Ghost teams, such as Dragonite, Meowscarada, and Azumarill (in reality, neither Dragonite nor Meowscarada are coming in on Dragapult if Will-O-Wisp is revealed, you might want to reconsider the physical attackers it may neutralize, for example Great Tusk, Urshifu-R, and Kingambit. Wisp Pult being one of the ways to keep Gambit in check, as you coming into Gambit could mean you're clicking a fire move (specs), so clicking wisp and foiling Sucker Punch can mean a lot for Ghost teams. You must also consider the fact that Dragapult does not have any investment in bulk, so it's actually meant to status passive threats and then deal great damage with Hex, so foes like Corviknight, Quagsire (that are meant to check DD Dragapult), Galarian Slowking, Clodsire, Toxapex (that are meant to check Specs Dragapult) basically become bait for Hex owing to Dragapult's large variety of movesets. You can include the different advantages of Willo in different sentences as it can neutralize both physical threats and wallbreak by statusing passive threats.) while the latter and disrupt disrupts faster opposition aiming to outspeed Dragapult or its teammates such as Choice Scarf Samurott-Hisui Hisuian Samurott, Agility Moltres-Galar Galarian Moltres and Zamazenta-Hero Zamazenta (similar to the paragraph above, Samurott is never switching in on a potential Twave, it's gonna come in and KO but it's never gonna be a switchin. Goltres is also never clicking Agility in front of a Dragapult, nor is it going to come in on a potential Twave. Better alternatives here include Pokemon that are immune to Willo and can be threats to your teammates if they outspeed them, so for example: Ogerpon-H and Volcarona. Heatran is also a great victim for Dragapult's Twave). Dragapult also uses these statuses status effects to great effect for itself via the use of Hex, doubling in power if it successfully statuses the opponent, letting it do great damage. Hex is also a great choice for beating Gliscor, which relies on its item to inflict Toxic on itself. The given EV Spread also allows Dragapult to always guarantee a 2HKO against Hatterene after recovery from Leftovers (why do we need to EV for hatterene, when we have Gholdengo to cover for it instead? The reduced attack can be detrimental to DDart's effectiveness.). (Before writing about U-turn, mention why Dragon Darts is the STAB move of choice and why are only 224 Spe EVs being invested into Dragapult, to outspeed Zama I assume) U-Turn U-turn is another great form of support as it lets Dragapult scout the opponents' moves and bring in its teammates safely. Dragapult's ability, Infiltrator, also grants it the capability to hinder the likes of Substitute Zamazenta and Enamorus, and ignore screens set up by Klefki in the Fairy matchup. Dragapult also has naturally amazing speed, making it the fastest unboosted Pokemon in the metagame. It Dragapult leverages its high speed to outspeed and threaten Zamazenta, Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao with Thunder Wave (you'd rather want Burn on Chien-Pao), letting its teammates outspeed them.

The utility provided by Dragapult is repayed by its teammates in the form of immense offensive pressure. Flutter Mane is the biggest beneficiary of Dragapult's services as it can speed past outspeed Choice Scarf users (Assuming this sentence probably exists because you tried to mention Scarf H.Sam back in the first paragraph, you can probably edit this, since as mentioned before, Scarf Hamu is never switching into Pult's potential Twave) crippled by Thunder Wave and live a few physical attacks (try naming the physical attacks in question, like Earthquake from Lando-T and Dire Claw/Night Slash from Sneasler) from Landorus-Therian Landorus-T and Sneasler crippled by Will-O-Wisp. It Flutter Mane repays Dragapult's favour by blasting through Dark-types that give Ghost teams trouble such as Greninja, Darkrai and Chien-Pao. Spectrier is also another great teammate for taking advantage of the status spread by Dragapult by threatening to outright win games with its dangerous Hex (it also lets Spectrier forgo Wisping entirely and use the Sub NP set since burnt Clods and Quags cant break its sub anymore). Dragapult also safely pivots both Flutter Mane and Spectrier in easily (using U-turn, maybe mention that, also move this sentence in the paragraph above where you're talking about U-turn) as both are quite frail. Gholdengo is an excellent choice as with a Hex set it is able to use the statuses status effects to great effect enhancing its power, or with a Choice Scarf set (Choice Scarf Gholdengo is relatively rare nowadays, and Gholdengo appreciates both stati, as it lets it beat Alolan Muk more comfortably (Burn) or outspeed threats if Pult managed to twave something.) being able to threaten Chien-Pao that can pose a threat to Dragapult with its priority. Skeledirge is a good choice as it can withstand hits and reply back with an ever increasing in power (very wordy, if you want to use an adjective make it simpler, like self-boosting maybe) Torch Song, while also posing a threat to Heatran that may live other Special hits (like? mention a few Special hits that it can tank from your teammates like Shadow Ball from Scarf Flutter Mane. this also ties in nicely with Twaving Heatran that was mentioned earlier since then Dirge can outspeed it and avoid damage from Heatran's own Earth Power) but succumbs to Skeledirge's Earth Power. Zoroark-Hisui Hisuian Zoroark is a much appreciated Ghost immunity being able to fool deceive (this is my personal nitpick as deceive sounds more professional but you can keep "fool" if you like) any opponents into thinking it may be Dragapult (or any one of it's Ghost vulnerable teammates considering the matchup) and taking advantage of that to unleash powerful attacks (This is very vague. It would probably be better to elaborate or reword this, maybe provide some examples). Basculegion-F and Sinistcha are more choices to take care of one of Ghost's biggest problems in Ursaluna-Bloodmoon. (Mention how Dragapult supports Ceruledge and Mimikyu. you can mention how twave + w-o-w helps ceruledge and mimikyu set up easier. Also add other options (Substitute), as that completes the set (w/ lefties), dealing with the aforementioned Clod/Quag/Pex more readily.)

thanks onon, please credit both Neko and I after it's implemented.

Approving this as QC1 btw Bka Onon
-Neko

 

[Bka Onon]

Done qc1
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[SET]
Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Status Utility Hex (Ghost)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 100 Atk / 184 SpA / 224 Spe
Naive Nature
- Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave
- Hex
- Dragon Darts
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult carries a plethora (of what? Utility options?) in its support movepool to hinder the opposition. Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave are forms of disruption, the former being able to neutralize physical attackers that pose a threat to Ghost teams, such as Great Tusk, Urshifu-R and Kingambit (break into two sentences) while the latter disrupts faster opposition aiming to outspeed Dragapult or its teammates such as Choice Scarf Hisuian Samurott, Ogerpon-H and Zamazenta. Dragapult also uses these status effects to great effect for itself via the use of Hex, doubling in power if it successfully statuses the opponent. (filler sentence + dex info. Just say the aforementioned status moves combine well with Hex in next sentence or something to that effect) Hex is also a great choice for beating Gliscor, which relies on its item to inflict Toxic on itself. (filler) The given EV Spread also allows Dragapult to always guarantee a 2HKO against Hatterene after recovery from Leftovers and is able to always outspeed Zamazenta. (EV spread details should come after moves/ability) U-turn is another great form of support as it lets Dragapult scout switches the opponents' moves (not really moves because Dragapult is so fast that only Scarfers/boosted mons will outspeed it) and bring in its teammates safely. Dragapult's ability, Infiltrator, also grants it the capability to hinder the likes of Substitute Zamazenta and Enamorus, and ignore screens set up by Klefki in the Fairy matchup. Dragapult also has naturally amazing speed, making it the fastest unboosted Pokemon in the metagame. Dragapult leverages its high speed to outspeed and threaten Zamazenta, Flutter Mane and Chien-Pao with Thunder Wave, letting its teammates outspeed them (should be at top of paragraph). (probably briefly mention HDBs are to avoid entry hazard chip, allowing Pult to pivot in and out safely)

The utility provided by Dragapult is repayed by its teammates in the form of immense offensive pressure. (filler) Flutter Mane is the biggest beneficiary of Dragapult's services as it can outspeed Choice Scarf users crippled by Thunder Wave and live a few physical attacks such as Earthquake from Landorus-T and Dire Claw from Sneasler crippled by Will-O-Wisp. Flutter Mane repays Dragapult's favour by blasting through Dark-types that give Ghost teams trouble such as Greninja, Darkrai and, if using a Choice Scarf, Chien-Pao. Spectrier is also another great teammate for taking advantage of the status spread by Dragapult by threatening to win games with Hex and (two sentences) allows Spectrier to freely run Substitute and Nasty Plot together (because Pult burns things in its stead?). Dragapult also safely pivots both Flutter Mane and Spectrier in easily which is useful as both are quite frail. Gholdengo is an excellent choice as with a Hex set it is able to use the status effects Dragapult's status spreading to great effect enhancing its power, or with a Choice Scarf set being able to threaten Chien-Pao that which can pose a threat to Dragapult with its priority. Skeledirge is a good choice as it can withstand hits and reply back with a boosting Torch Song, while also posing a threat to Heatran (also a threat to Ice-types like Alolan Ninetales and Frosmoth) that may live other Special hits from Flutter Mane and Spectrier but succumbs to Skeledirge's Earth Power. Hisuian Zoroark is a much appreciated Ghost immunity being able to deceive any opponents into thinking it may be Dragapult or its other vulnerable teammates and taking advantage of that to unleash powerful attacks against opposing Spectrier and Ceruledge or cripple walls such as Toxapex and Empoleon with Knock Off. Basculegion-F and (D rank) Substitute Sinistcha are more choices is a choice to take care of one of Ghost's biggest problems in Ursaluna-Bloodmoon. Dragapult's spreading of status effect also allows for Mimikyu and Cerludge to set up much more easily to threaten Fighting-type like Iron Hands and Steel-types like Corviknight respectively. (Mimikyu one time answer to Chien-Pao/Gambit using Disguise + coverage) (Brambleghast can set Spikes to compound with Dragapult's chip and more easily wear down teams) (Gengar can set T Spikes for Pult to abuse)

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[SET]
Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Hex (Ghost)
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 100 Atk / 184 SpA / 224 Spe
Naive Nature
- Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave
- Hex
- Dragon Darts
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]
Dragapult carries a plethora of utility options in its support movepool to hinder the opposition. It leverages its high Speed to outspeed and threaten Zamazenta, Flutter Mane, (+comma) and Chien-Pao with its statuses for its teammates. Heavy-Duty Boots also enables Dragapult to switch-in (-hyphen) much more often. Will-O-Wisp is able to neutralize weakens physical attackers that pose a threat to Ghost teams, such as Great Tusk, Urshifu-R, (+comma) and Kingambit, (+comma) while the Thunder Wave disrupts faster opposition such as Choice Scarf Hisuian Samurott, Ogerpon-H, (+comma) and Zamazenta. Hex is also a great choice for beating Gliscor and other Pokemon affected by Dragapult spreading status. U-turn is another great form of support, (+comma) as it lets Dragapult scout switches and bring in its teammates safely. Dragapult's ability, Infiltrator, also grants it the capability to hinder the likes of Substitute Zamazenta and Enamorus, and ignore dual screens set up by Klefki in the Fairy matchup. The given EV spread allows Dragapult to always guarantee a 2HKO against Hatterene after recovery from Leftovers and is able to always outspeed Zamazenta.

Flutter Mane is the biggest beneficiary of Dragapult's services, (+comma) as it can outspeed Choice Scarf users crippled by Thunder Wave and or (since both options aren't run together) live a few physical attacks from foes burned by Will-O-Wisp such as Earthquake from Landorus-T and Dire Claw from Sneasler crippled by Will-O-Wisp. Flutter Mane repays Dragapult's favour by blasting through Dark-types that give Ghost teams trouble such as Greninja, Choice Scarf Darkrai, if using a choice scarf, and Chien-Pao. Spectrier is also another great teammate for taking advantage of the status spread by Dragapult by threatening to win games with Hex. It Dragapult's status also allows Spectrier to freely run Substitute and Nasty Plot together without needing to run Will-O-Wisp. Dragapult also safely pivots both Flutter Mane and Spectrier in, (+comma) which is useful as both are quite frail. Gholdengo is an excellent choice, (+comma) as with a Hex set, (+comma) it is able to use the status effects spread by Dragapult to great effect enhancing and enhance its power, or while with a Choice Scarf set, (+comma) being able to it can threaten Chien-Pao, (+comma) which can pose poses a threat to Dragapult with its priority moves. Skeledirge is a good choice as well, (+comma) as it can withstand hits and reply back with a boosting Torch Song, (-comma) while also posing a threat to Heatran with Earth Power. Skeledirge also poses a great threat to threatens (eliminating repetition) Ice-types such as Alolan-Ninetales (-hyphen) and Frosmoth. Hisuian Zoroark is a much appreciated Ghost immunity being able to that can deceive any opponents into thinking it may be Dragapult or its other vulnerable teammates, (+comma) and taking then take advantage of that to unleash powerful attacks against opposing Spectrier and Ceruledge or cripple walls such as Toxapex and Empoleon with Knock Off. Substitute Sinistcha is another choice to take care of one of Ghost's biggest problems in Ursaluna-Bloodmoon. Dragapult's spreading of status effect also allows for Mimikyu and Cerludge Ceruledge to set up much more easily to threaten Fighting-types like Iron Hands and Steel-types like Corviknight, (+comma) respectively. (add space) Mimikyu is also a one-time check to Chien-Pao and Kingambit with Disguise, both of which greatly threaten Ghost teams. Brambleghast can set up Spikes, which can wear down the opposition quickly in conjunction with burns from Dragapult's burns Will-O-Wisp, while Gengar can set up Toxic Spikes, letting Dragapult or and Spectrier use Hex much more often.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Ghost analysis by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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