[OVERVIEW]
Despite having a good offensive movepool and a powerful Scrappy Boomburst, Exploud is outclassed by Swellow. Swellow has a fantastic speed that outspeeds Salazzle and Virizion notably, immunity to Ground moves, and U-turn to provide its team with momentum. Exploud is very slow, has no defensive utility whatsoever, and more is vulnerable to being revenge killed. Unlike Swellow, Exploud is heavily prediction reliant on teams with solid Normal-resistant Pokemon like Registeel and Tyrantrum.
[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Boomburst
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Fire Blast
move 4: Surf
item: Choice Specs
ability: Scrappy
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This set attempts to wallbreak as best as it can with Boomburst while using its great coverage to hit Pokemon that resist to Boomburst. However, Exploud is outclassed by Swellow, which possesses the same Scrappy Boomburst that Exploud has, because Swellow is faster, can pivot on bad matchups, and can revenge kill. Other special attackers like Gardevoir and Raikou also outclass Exploud due to higher Speed, way better defensive utility, and, importantly, a way better typing.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[wmartinez101, 273646]]
- Quality checked by: [[zizalith, 410251], [roman, 396169]]
- Grammar checked by: [[frostration, 447027]]
Despite having a good offensive movepool and a powerful Scrappy Boomburst, Exploud is outclassed by Swellow. Swellow has a fantastic speed that outspeeds Salazzle and Virizion notably, immunity to Ground moves, and U-turn to provide its team with momentum. Exploud is very slow, has no defensive utility whatsoever, and more is vulnerable to being revenge killed. Unlike Swellow, Exploud is heavily prediction reliant on teams with solid Normal-resistant Pokemon like Registeel and Tyrantrum.
[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Boomburst
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Fire Blast
move 4: Surf
item: Choice Specs
ability: Scrappy
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This set attempts to wallbreak as best as it can with Boomburst while using its great coverage to hit Pokemon that resist to Boomburst. However, Exploud is outclassed by Swellow, which possesses the same Scrappy Boomburst that Exploud has, because Swellow is faster, can pivot on bad matchups, and can revenge kill. Other special attackers like Gardevoir and Raikou also outclass Exploud due to higher Speed, way better defensive utility, and, importantly, a way better typing.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[wmartinez101, 273646]]
- Quality checked by: [[zizalith, 410251], [roman, 396169]]
- Grammar checked by: [[frostration, 447027]]
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