OU Hippowdon

[Rabia]

[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Whirlwind
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Sand Stream
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 8 Atk / 248 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Hippowdon's immense physical bulk and access to Slack Off let it consistently switch into threatening wallbreakers such as Excadrill, Choice Band Aegislash, Terrakion, and Bisharp. As a result, Hippowdon gets several opportunities in games to set Stealth Rock, fire off a reasonably strong Earthquake, or regain lost health with Slack Off so it can continue to check the opposition. Whirlwind rounds out Hippowdon's moveset and lets it prevent setup sweepers like Hawlucha, Snorlax, and Air Balloon Aegislash that Earthquake cannot deal with from taking advantage of it. Toxic is an alternative to Whirlwind to cripple possible switch-ins like Rotom-H, Mandibuzz, and Kommo-o. 8 Attack EVs ensure Hippowdon OHKOes bulkless Excadrill with Earthquake. Rocky Helmet is the preferred item so Hippowdon can punish Rapid Spin attempts from Excadrill, although Leftovers is a fine alternative that potentially helps delay Hippowdon's usage of Slack Off and prevents Hippowdon from being 2HKOed by Choice Band Terrakion's Close Combat and Conkeldurr's Facade into Close Combat.

Hippowdon is one of the defining components of sand balance teams and offers them a lot between supplying Stealth Rock and checking foes like Zeraora and Choice Band Aegislash. Sand Rush Excadrill is a great teammate that is enabled by Hippowdon's sand support to sweep late-game after a Swords Dance. Bulk Up Corviknight is a great Pokemon on these teams too, benefiting from Excadrill supplying entry hazard control so it can forgo Defog and providing a check to foes like Choice Specs Aegislash and Kyurem. Water-types like Dracovish, Primarina, and Seismitoad can give Hippowdon issues, so teammates like Ferrothorn, Zeraora, and Gastrodon, the latter of which can also deal with Rotom-H, are helpful. Hippowdon and other common sand team members struggle with Rotom-H; Terrakion and Dragapult help compensate for this, with Terrakion being able to pivot into it better thanks to the Special Defense boost from sand.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ruft, 295110], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]

 

[Rabia]

ok this is finally ready

 

[Ruft]

[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Whirlwind
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Sand Stream
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 8 Atk / 248 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Hippowdon's immense physical bulk and access to Slack Off let it consistently switch into threatening wallbreakers such as Excadrill, Choice Band Aegislash, and Bisharp. As a result, Hippowdon gets several opportunities in games to set Stealth Rock, fire off a reasonably strong Earthquake, or regain lost health with Slack Off so it can continue to check the opposition. Whirlwind rounds out Hippowdon's moveset and lets it prevent Ground-immune setup sweepers like Hawlucha and Air Balloon Aegislash from taking advantage of it. I wouldn't say it's limited to Ground-immune setup sweepers; the likes of Curse Snorlax and Bulk Up Obstagoon are also Whirlwind targets, as Earthquake doesn't do much to them. 8 Attack EVs ensure Hippowdon OHKOes bulkless Excadrill with Earthquake. Rocky Helmet is the preferred item so Hippowdon can punish Rapid Spin attempts from Excadrill, although Leftovers is a fine alternative that potentially helps delay Hippowdon's usage of Slack Off. I think an important aspect of Leftovers is that it helps in avoiding certain 2HKOs like Close Combat from CB Terrakion and Facade into Close Combat from Conkeldurr, so perhaps this could be rephrased a little to reflect that? Not the most important change though.

Hippowdon is one of the defining components of sand balance teams and offers them a lot between supplying Stealth Rock and checking foes like Zeraora and Choice Band Aegislash. Sand Rush Excadrill is an essential teammate that is enabled by Hippowdon's sand support to sweep late-game after a Swords Dance. Bulk Up Corviknight is a great Pokemon on these teams too, benefiting from Excadrill supply entry hazard control so it can forgo Defog. Water-types like Dracovish, Primarina, and Seismitoad can give Hippowdon issues, so teammates like Ferrothorn and Zeraora are helpful. Since Hippowdon and all of the mentioned partners (Excadrill, Corviknight, Ferrothorn, Zeraora) have trouble with Rotom-H, it's worth mentioning a check to it like Terrakion, which gets a SpD boost in sand.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Good job, 1/2.

 

[Jordy]

comments in purple things to remove in red

[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Whirlwind
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Sand Stream
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 8 Atk / 248 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Hippowdon's immense physical bulk and access to Slack Off let it consistently switch into threatening wallbreakers such as Excadrill, Choice Band Aegislash, and Bisharp. Terrakion is definitely worth mentioning here; it's a big part of why Hippowdon started surging in usage initially, and why it still sees such significant usage. As a result, Hippowdon gets several opportunities in games to set Stealth Rock, fire off a reasonably strong Earthquake, or regain lost health with Slack Off so it can continue to check the opposition. Whirlwind rounds out Hippowdon's moveset and lets it prevent setup sweepers like Hawlucha, Snorlax, and Air Balloon Aegislash that Earthquake cannot deal with from taking advantage of it. Toxic is definitely atleast worth mentioning. 8 Attack EVs ensure Hippowdon OHKOes bulkless Excadrill with Earthquake. Rocky Helmet is the preferred item so Hippowdon can punish Rapid Spin attempts from Excadrill, although Leftovers is a fine alternative that potentially helps delay Hippowdon's usage of Slack Off and prevents Hippowdon from being 2HKOed by Choice Band Terrakion's Close Combat and Conkeldurr's Facade into Close Combat.

Hippowdon is one of the defining components of sand balance teams and offers them a lot between supplying Stealth Rock and checking foes like Zeraora and Choice Band Aegislash. Sand Rush Excadrill is an essential teammate that is enabled by Hippowdon's sand support to sweep late-game after a Swords Dance. Excadrill is not essential on Hippowdon teams. It's pretty much always a good addition, but not truly mandatory and you overstate that greatly. Bulk Up Corviknight is a great Pokemon on these teams too, benefiting from Excadrill supply entry hazard control so it can forgo Defog. I don't think this is a sufficient explanation. Is it really good on sand teams just because Excadrill can be used as entry hazard control instead? Water-types like Dracovish, Primarina, and Seismitoad can give Hippowdon issues, so teammates like Ferrothorn and Zeraora are helpful. I'd definitely like to see a mention of Gastrodon here. The fact that it reliably deals with Rotom-H is a great boon too. Hippowdon and other common sand team members struggle with Rotom-H; Terrakion and Dragapult help compensate for this, with Terrakion being able to pivot into it better thanks to the Special Defense boost from sand.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ruft, 295110], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Good job, 2/2.

 

[Astra]

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[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Slack Off
move 4: Whirlwind
item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
ability: Sand Stream
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 8 Atk / 248 Def

[SET COMMENTS]
Hippowdon's immense physical bulk and access to Slack Off let it consistently switch into threatening wallbreakers such as Excadrill, Choice Band Aegislash, Terrakion, and Bisharp. As a result, Hippowdon gets several opportunities in games to set Stealth Rock, fire off a reasonably strong Earthquake, or regain lost health with Slack Off so it can continue to check the opposition. Whirlwind rounds out Hippowdon's moveset and lets it prevent setup sweepers like Hawlucha, Snorlax, and Air Balloon Aegislash that Earthquake cannot deal with from taking advantage of it. Toxic is an alternative to Whirlwind to cripple possible switch-ins like Rotom-H, Mandibuzz, and Kommo-o. 8 Attack EVs ensure Hippowdon OHKOes bulkless Excadrill with Earthquake. Rocky Helmet is the preferred item so Hippowdon can punish Rapid Spin attempts from Excadrill, although Leftovers is a fine alternative that potentially help delay Hippowdon's usage of Slack Off and prevents Hippowdon from being 2HKOed by Choice Band Terrakion's Close Combat and Conkeldurr's Facade into Close Combat.

Hippowdon is one of the defining components of sand balance teams and offers them a lot between supplying Stealth Rock and checking foes like Zeraora and Choice Band Aegislash. Sand Rush Excadrill is a great teammate that is enabled by Hippowdon's sand support to sweep late-game after a Swords Dance. Bulk Up Corviknight is a great Pokemon on these teams too, benefiting from Excadrill supplying entry hazard control so it can forgo Defog and providing a check to foes like Choice Specs Aegislash and Kyurem. Water-types like Dracovish, Primarina, and Seismitoad can give Hippowdon issues, so teammates like Ferrothorn, Zeraora, and Gastrodon, the latter of which can also deal with Rotom-H, are helpful. Hippowdon and other common sand team members struggle with Rotom-H; Terrakion and Dragapult help compensate for this, with Terrakion being able to pivot into it better thanks to the Special Defense boost from sand.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[Ruft, 295110], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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