- High Atk and good movepool lets it damage most things
- This + Swift Swim makes it powerful rain abuser.
- Swift Swim abuse for sweeps.
- Rain is extremely powerful, but very match-up dependent.
- High speed tier -> Jolly Scarf outspeeds any non-boosted non-scarfs except Ninjask and Electrode.
- Scarf for revenge-killing.
- Scarf is quite splashable and can fit on a bunch of teams.
move 1: Waterfall
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Superpower/Aqua Jet
item: Rockium Z/Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk/252 Spe
Moves
- Waterfall is main STAB in rain.
- Stone Edge is powerful secondary STAB.
- Superpower for coverage.
- Aqua Jet for priority- deal with other priority moves, or the rare case Kabutops is outsped.
- Swords Dance for when forcing a switch.
Set Details
- Adamant for max power.
- Max Atk & Speed to damage as much as possible.
- Swift Swim to abuse rain.
- Rockium Z to allow 1 time nuke.
- Life Orb to allow general power if Rockium Z not desirable.
Usage Tips
- Set up rain then sweep with STABs and Superpower.
- SD if facing a wall or predicting a switch.
Team Options
- Rain setters- Liepard, Volbeat, Mesprit, Swanna.
- Rain abusers- Ludicolo, Poliwrath, Gorebyss, Huntail, Floatzel.
Choice Scarf
move 1: Stone Edge
move 2: Waterfall
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Aqua Jet
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk/252 Spe
Moves
- Stone Edge is main STAB.
- Waterfall is reliable secondary STAB
- Superpower for coverage.
- Aqua Jet for priority- deal with other priority moves, or the rare case Kabutops is outsped.
Set Details
- Jolly for adequate speed- too slow to function well as a scarf if Adamant.
- Max Atk & Speed to damage as much as possible.
- Choice Scarf to boost speed.
- Swift Swim in case opposing team has rain
Usage Tips
- Useful revenge killer
- Deals with fast, unboosted mon.
Team Options
- Stuff to take Will-O-Wisps- Gurdurr is good.
- Checks to grass-types- Magmortar and Oricorio-Sensu especially.
- Special attackers.
- Anything that likes having fire-types removed, e.g. Lilligant.
Other Options
- Rock Slide as more accurate Stone Edge- not usually worth it for less power.
- X-Scissor for Shiftry, Cacturne, and Exeggutor.
- Z-Dig to hit Lanturn.
- Z-Aerial Ace to hit Poliwrath.
- Knock Off for Eviolite users and to hit Gourgeist a little harder.
- Can drop Swords Dance for Rain Dance so it can set weather- damp rock is sensible here.
- Could use Facade, but better just to switch into something which doesn't mind the relevant status.
- Can set Stealth Rocks, but outclassed here by Carracosta and Lycanroc-Day.
- High Def and respectable HP and SpD make an assault vest set seem possible, but the lack of recovery attacks and being outclassed here by Carracosta make this a bad idea.
Checks and Counters
- Rain stopping- Abomasnow, sun or sand setters.
- Faster pokemon- Electrode, Z-Dig Ninjask, Lilligant at +1.
- Faster Scarfs- Primeape, Haunter, Lilligant, Rotom-F, Shiftry, Monferno, Leafeon.
- Physical walls- Ferroseed, Gourgeist-XL, Weezing, Mesprit, Sableye, Cradilly, Granbull, Qwilfish.
- Status- Burn and Paralysis most annoying.
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