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Hydrapple @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 208 HP / 160 Def / 140 Spe
Bold Nature
- Draco Meteor / Fickle Beam
- Earth Power / Giga Drain
- Substitute / Recover
- Nasty Plot
[SET COMMENTS]
Hydrapple provides a crucial neutrality to Fire for Grass teams, making use of its amazing bulk, coverage, and Regenerator ability to take on threats to its teammates like Heatran and Ogerpon-H. Draco Meteor is the tried-and-true STAB option for Hydrapple, but Fickle Beam can tickle your gambling addiction if you're feeling lucky, with the added benefit of not reducing Special Attack. Earth Power makes for excellent coverage into the face of Fire-types like Gouging Fire and Cinderace and Steel-types like Heatran and non-Air Ballon Gholdengo, while Giga Drain grants a nice secondary STAB to keep Hydrapple healthy, especially if it forgoes Recover for Substitute. Substitute takes advantage of passive foes like Toxapex and Quagsire to accrue Nasty Plot boots. The given speed evs let Hydrapple outpace uninvested Tyranitar, Azumarill, and Kingambit.
Hydrapple appreciates its pairing with Meowscarada and Ogerpon-C for their coverage for Dragon- and Flying-types, the latter of which also threatening Fire- and Ice-types as well. Ogerpon-H is a perfect answer to Steel-types like Scizor and Heatran, while also outputting a general offensive pressure that can even threaten Flying-types. Amoonguss provides a neutrality to Poison and Bug, taking on physical Bug-types like Scizor with Foul Play while dissuading other Bug-types like Volcarona and Frosmoth from switching in with the threat of Toxic. Spore has the added benefit of incapacitating shared threats between Amoonguss and Hydrapple like Mamoswine and Galarian Zapdos. Heatproof Sinistcha alleviates some pressure from Hydrapple as a sole Fire neutrality, while also being neutral to Bug much like Amoonguss. Breloom is a powerful Focus Sash lead, trading with Dark-type threats like Chien-Pao and Roaring Moon, and even Flying-types with both Spore and Rock Tomb. Rotom-C is a solid Flying neutrality, threatening Flying-types with Electric STAB, offering disruption with Trick and Will-O-Wisp. Iron Leaves and Hisuian Lilligant are both potent setup sweepers, making use of their great speed and coverage if given a single setup opportunity, augmented further by Spore support. Rillaboom is a great partner for Grass teams, offering passive healing with Grassy Surge and picking off weakened foes with priority Grassy Glide. Brambleghast is great hazard control compression, setting up Spikes and using Rapid Spin to support Hydrapple should it have its Heavy-Duty Boots removed.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Additional coverage moves like Hydro Pump and Body Press fill gaps on Assault Vest sets, which allow Hydrapple more effectively pivot into Special Attacks while making use of Regenerator.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/stories.400664/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/roxie.481576/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/captaindaimyo.602431/
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Hydrapple @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 208 HP / 160 Def / 140 Spe
Bold Nature
- Draco Meteor / Fickle Beam
- Earth Power / Giga Drain
- Substitute / Recover
- Nasty Plot
[SET COMMENTS]
Hydrapple provides a crucial neutrality to Fire for Grass teams, making use of its amazing bulk, coverage, and Regenerator ability to take on threats to its teammates like Heatran and Ogerpon-H. Draco Meteor is the tried-and-true STAB option for Hydrapple, but Fickle Beam can tickle your gambling addiction if you're feeling lucky, with the added benefit of not reducing Special Attack. Earth Power makes for excellent coverage into the face of Fire-types like Gouging Fire and Cinderace and Steel-types like Heatran and non-Air Ballon Gholdengo, while Giga Drain grants a nice secondary STAB to keep Hydrapple healthy, especially if it forgoes Recover for Substitute. Substitute takes advantage of passive foes like Toxapex and Quagsire to accrue Nasty Plot boots. The given speed evs let Hydrapple outpace uninvested Tyranitar, Azumarill, and Kingambit.
Hydrapple appreciates its pairing with Meowscarada and Ogerpon-C for their coverage for Dragon- and Flying-types, the latter of which also threatening Fire- and Ice-types as well. Ogerpon-H is a perfect answer to Steel-types like Scizor and Heatran, while also outputting a general offensive pressure that can even threaten Flying-types. Amoonguss provides a neutrality to Poison and Bug, taking on physical Bug-types like Scizor with Foul Play while dissuading other Bug-types like Volcarona and Frosmoth from switching in with the threat of Toxic. Spore has the added benefit of incapacitating shared threats between Amoonguss and Hydrapple like Mamoswine and Galarian Zapdos. Heatproof Sinistcha alleviates some pressure from Hydrapple as a sole Fire neutrality, while also being neutral to Bug much like Amoonguss. Breloom is a powerful Focus Sash lead, trading with Dark-type threats like Chien-Pao and Roaring Moon, and even Flying-types with both Spore and Rock Tomb. Rotom-C is a solid Flying neutrality, threatening Flying-types with Electric STAB, offering disruption with Trick and Will-O-Wisp. Iron Leaves and Hisuian Lilligant are both potent setup sweepers, making use of their great speed and coverage if given a single setup opportunity, augmented further by Spore support. Rillaboom is a great partner for Grass teams, offering passive healing with Grassy Surge and picking off weakened foes with priority Grassy Glide. Brambleghast is great hazard control compression, setting up Spikes and using Rapid Spin to support Hydrapple should it have its Heavy-Duty Boots removed.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Additional coverage moves like Hydro Pump and Body Press fill gaps on Assault Vest sets, which allow Hydrapple more effectively pivot into Special Attacks while making use of Regenerator.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/stories.400664/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/roxie.481576/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/captaindaimyo.602431/
Grammar checked by:
GP1 URL
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