VGC 2017 Araquanid

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[OVERVIEW]
Araquanid is one of the most effective Trick Room attackers in the metagame thanks to its good bulk and natural offensive prowess with Water Bubble. Notably, its strong Hydro Vortex allows it to hit typically defensive Pokemon for great damage, hitting Snorlax and Porygon2 for 75% of their health and wiping out just about any other neutral hit. Araquanid's Water Bubble also allows it to ignore burns from the likes of Mimikyu and Arcanine, helping it keep up its physical prowess long into the game. Araquanid does have its shortcomings, however; its desire to use Water-type moves means that Gastrodon completely shuts it down, and it matches up poorly against the likes of Tapu Fini and Kartana, making it less effective against balance teams with good defensive synergy. Equally, after it has used its Z-Move, it is less effective at tackling the likes of Snorlax and Porygon2. Its typing also makes it vulnerable to some of the most common Z-Move users, notably Tapu Koko and Gigalith.

[SET]
name: Waterium Z
move 1: Liquidation
move 2: Bug Bite
move 3: Wide Guard
move 4: Protect
item: Waterium Z
ability: Water Bubble
nature: Brave
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Liquidation is Araquanid's best physical Water-type STAB move, which gets even stronger with Water Bubble, allowing Araquanid to break through Pokemon such as Arcanine, Nihilego, and Alolan Marowak. It also provides an immensely strong Hydro Vortex, allowing Araquanid to break through bulky foes such as Gigalith and specially defensive Celesteela. Bug Bite is primarily used to steal opposing 50% recovery Berries from common users such as Snorlax, Alolan Muk, and Tapu Fini. Wide Guard allows Araquanid to block some of the common spread moves in the format such as Gigalith's Rock Slide, Tapu Lele's Dazzling Gleam, and Garchomp's Earthquake. Araquanid's naturally low Speed, a Brave nature, (AC) and 0 Speed IVs allow it to underspeed Alolan Marowak, protecting its common partners in Kartana and Metagross from being taken down in Trick Room.

Araquanid's power lies within Water Bubble, so more often than not, it relies on Liquidation to do the majority of its damage. Bug Bite is best used when trying to take a Figy Berry or any of the other 50% recovery Berries off a common user such as Snorlax or Tapu Fini. Wide Guard effectively nullifies Garchomp, which tends to run Rock Slide and Earthquake, and blocks Gigalith's Rock Slide as well. Araquanid really appreciates Porygon2 as a partner, as it can set Trick Room for it and form a decent offensive pairing. Araquanid also loves Kartana as a partner due to its ability to break through Gigalith and Tapu Fini, as well as pairing nicely with Arcanine and Salamence that can take down opposing Kartana, which Araquanid hates facing.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Raineko, 294287]]
- Quality checked by: [[zeefable, 501951], [Giokio, 517038]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
 
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[OVERVIEW]

Araquanid is one of the most effective Trick Room attackers in the metagame thanks to its good bulk and natural offensive prowess thanks to Water Bubble. Araquanid is capable of matching up positively into some of the biggest defensive walls in the game, namely Gigalith this is just blatantly untrue sadly. Spider dies to a -1 Continental Crush from Gigalith, and since it thrives in TR it usually gets beat to the punch. Araquanid's Water Bubble also allows it to ignore burns from the likes of Mimikyu and Arcanine, allowing it to keep up its physical prowess long into the game. What this section is missing is the hype that Araquanid's neutral Hydro Vortex is just insanely strong, capable of doing 3/4 damage to Snorlax and P2 and pretty much wiping any other unresisted hit at neutral. This absolutely must be emphazied.

The other thing this is missing is section on its shortcomings. Araquanid pretty much only likes using Water moves so it is absolutely INVALIDATED by Gastrodon, which wasn't exactly uncommon. It struggles to beat Pokemon like Snorlax and Porygon2 if its Z Move has been blown or it gets Intimidated. It's walled by two of the three AFK core Pokemon, which means it struggles to deal significant damage to balance teams with good defensive synergy.


[SET]
name: Waterium Z
move 1: Liquidation
move 2: Bug Bite
move 3: Wide Guard
move 4: Protect
item: Waterium Z
ability: Water Bubble
nature: Brave
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
ivs: 0 Spe this underspeeds Marowak by a few points which is why it's important

[SET COMMENTS]

Liquidation is Araquanid's best physical Water-type STAB move which gets even stronger when paired with Water Bubble, allowing Araquanid to break through Pokemon such as Arcanine, Nihilego and Alolan Marowak. It provides the base for an immensely strong Hydro Vortex, allowing Araquanid to break through even the most defensive walls Gigalith isn't really a wall, it's a Trick Room attacker, and Celesteela is generally regarded as a wincondition in the same way something like a CurseLax is, would really really like a different word choice here. such as Gigalith and specially defensive Celesteela. Bug Bite is a Bug-type STAB move that is primarily used to steal opposing 50% recovery berries from common users such as Snorlax, Alolan Muk and Tapu Fini. Wide Guard allows Araquanid to block some of the common spread moves in the format such as Gigalith's Rock Slide, Tapu Lele's Dazzling Gleam and Garchomp's Earthquake.

Araquanid's power lies within its Water Bubble, so more often than not you're exclusively clicking Liquidation to do the bulk of your damage. Bug Bite is best used when trying to take a Figy Berry or any of the other 50% recovery berries off a common user such as Snorlax or Tapu Fini. Wide Guard essentially nullifies a Pokemon's presence for the turn, and also wreaking havoc against a Choiced Tapu Lele. The biggest attacks you're stopping w/ Wide Guard are Garchomp's Earthquake, especially if it's choiced locked, and and Gigalith's Rock Slide

Definitely mention partners in this section too. Porygon2 and Araquanid is a pretty iconic 17 duo, as the two have really strong cleaning ability late game. Kartana and Metagross deal with Gigalith, the former also dealing with Tapu Fini, and Arcanine and Salamence deal with Kartana, which are three Pokemon Araquanid really hates facing down.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Raineko, 294287]]
- Quality checked by: [[name, id], [name, id]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]

lmk when this is implemented
 
[OVERVIEW]

Araquanid is one of the most effective Trick Room attackers in the metagame thanks to its good bulk and natural offensive prowess thanks to Water Bubble. Notably, Araquanid's ultra strong Hydro Vortex allows it to hit typically defensive Pokemon for great damage, hitting Snorlax and Porygon2 for 75% of their health and wiping out just about any other neutral hit. Araquanid's Water Bubble also allows it to ignore burns from the likes of Mimikyu and Arcanine, allowing it to keep up its physical prowess long into the game. Araquanid does have its shortcomings however; its desire to click Water-type moves mean that Gastrodon completely shuts it down, and it matches up poorly into the likes of Tapu Fini and Kartana making it less effective against balance teams with good defensive synergy. Equally, after it has used its Z-move, it is less effective at tackling the likes of Snorlax and Porygon2. Its typing also makes it vulnerable to some of the most common Z-Move users biggest threats in the game, notably Tapu Koko and Gigalith.

[SET]
name: Waterium Z
move 1: Liquidation
move 2: Bug Bite
move 3: Wide Guard
move 4: Protect
item: Waterium Z
ability: Water Bubble
nature: Brave
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Liquidation is Araquanid's best physical Water-type STAB move which gets even stronger when paired with Water Bubble, allowing Araquanid to break through Pokemon such as Arcanine, Nihilego and Alolan Marowak. It provides the base for an immensely strong Hydro Vortex, allowing Araquanid to break through bulky foes even the most defensive wall such as Gigalith and specially defensive Celesteela. Bug Bite is a Bug-type STAB move that is primarily used to steal opposing 50% recovery berries from common users such as Snorlax, Alolan Muk and Tapu Fini. Wide Guard allows Araquanid to block some of the common spread moves in the format such as Gigalith's Rock Slide, Tapu Lele's Dazzling Gleam and Garchomp's Earthquake. Its naturally low Speed, Brave nature and 0 Spe IVs allow it to underspeed Alolan Marowak.

Araquanid's power lies within its Water Bubble, so more often than not you're exclusively clicking Liquidation to do the bulk majority of your damage. Bug Bite is best used when trying to take a Figy Berry or any of the other 50% recovery berries off a common user such as Snorlax or Tapu Fini. Wide Guard effectively nullifies Garchomp, which tends to run Rock Slide and Earthquake, and blocks Gigalith's Rock Slide as well from dealing significant damage. Araquanid really appreciates Porygon2 as a partner, as it can set Trick Room for it and form a decent offensive pairing. Araquanid also loves Kartana as a partner due to its ability to break through Gigalith and Tapu Fini, as well as pairing nicely with Arcanine and Salamence that can take down opposing Kartana which Araquanid hates facing.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Raineko, 294287]]
- Quality checked by: [[zeefable, 501951], [name, id]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]

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Its naturally low Speed, Brave nature and 0 Spe IVs allow it to underspeed Alolan Marowak.
mention why it is important and what partners Araquanid can protect by Marowak in TR.

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[OVERVIEW]
Araquanid is one of the most effective Trick Room attackers in the metagame thanks to its good bulk and natural offensive prowess thanks to with Water Bubble. Notably, Araquanid's ultra its strong Hydro Vortex allows it to hit typically defensive Pokemon for great damage, hitting Snorlax and Porygon2 for 75% of their health and wiping out just about any other neutral hit. Araquanid's Water Bubble also allows it to ignore burns from the likes of Mimikyu and Arcanine, allowing it to helping it keep up its physical prowess long into the game. Araquanid does have its shortcomings, (AC) however; its desire to click use Water-type moves means that Gastrodon completely shuts it down, and it matches up poorly into against the likes of Tapu Fini and Kartana, (AC) making it less effective against balance teams with good defensive synergy. Equally, after it has used its Z-Move, it is less effective at tackling the likes of Snorlax and Porygon2. Its typing also makes it vulnerable to some of the most common Z-Move users, notably Tapu Koko and Gigalith.

[SET]
name: Waterium Z
move 1: Liquidation
move 2: Bug Bite
move 3: Wide Guard
move 4: Protect
item: Waterium Z
ability: Water Bubble
nature: Brave
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
ivs: 0 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Liquidation is Araquanid's best physical Water-type STAB move, (AC) which gets even stronger when paired with Water Bubble, allowing Araquanid to break through Pokemon such as Arcanine, Nihilego, (AC) and Alolan Marowak. It also provides the base for an immensely strong Hydro Vortex, allowing Araquanid to break through bulky foes such as Gigalith and specially defensive Celesteela. Bug Bite is a Bug-type STAB move that is primarily used to steal opposing 50% recovery Berries from common users such as Snorlax, Alolan Muk, (AC) and Tapu Fini. Wide Guard allows Araquanid to block some of the common spread moves in the format such as Gigalith's Rock Slide, Tapu Lele's Dazzling Gleam, (AC) and Garchomp's Earthquake. Araquanid's naturally low Speed, a Brave nature, (AC) and 0 Speeed IVs allow it to underspeed Alolan Marowak, protecting its common partners in Kartana and Metagross from being taken down in Trick Room.

Araquanid's power lies within its Water Bubble, so more often than not, (AC) it relies on Liquidation to do the majority of its damage. Bug Bite is best used when trying to take a Figy Berry or any of the other 50% recovery Berries off a common user such as Snorlax or Tapu Fini. Wide Guard effectively nullifies Garchomp, which tends to run Rock Slide and Earthquake, and blocks Gigalith's Rock Slide as well. Araquanid really appreciates Porygon2 as a partner, as it can set Trick Room for it and form a decent offensive pairing. Araquanid also loves Kartana as a partner due to its ability to break through Gigalith and Tapu Fini, as well as pairing nicely with Arcanine and Salamence that can take down opposing Kartana, (AC) which Araquanid hates facing.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Raineko, 294287]]
- Quality checked by: [[zeefable, 501951], [Giokio, 517038]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]
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