Mega Sharpedo (Water)

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[OVERVIEW]

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[SET]
name: Speed Boost Sweeper
move 1: Protect
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Liquidation
move 4: Psychic Fangs
item: Sharpedonite
ability: Speed Boost
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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* Protect allows Sharpedo to gain speed boosts against offensive teams more easily
* Crunch is Mega Sharpedo's strongest STAB attack that comes with a nifty chance to drop the foe's defense stat.
* Mega Sharpedo's secondary STAB, Liquidation, retains Crunch's secondary effect but has a slightly lower damage output due to not being boosted by Strong Jaw.
* Psychic Fangs allows Mega Sharpedo to beat Poison-types, mainly Toxapex, that would otherwise beat it. It also has the niche of being able to take out threatening Poison-types such as Mega Venusaur after considerable chip damage. Psychic Fangs also lets Mega Sharpedo beat Fighting-types such as Keldeo. It also has the secondary effect of breaking screens, effectively preventing Pokemon such as Klefki from fulfilling their niche.

Set Details
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* Sharpedonite allows regular Sharpedo to Mega Evolve.
* 252 speed EVs allows Mega Sharpedo to be as fast as possible. A Jolly nature lets
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Team Options
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* z ground greninja
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Water
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* Hydro Pump allows Mega Sharpedo to more easily pressure Skarmory + Zapdos cores without having to rely on getting defense drops against Skarmory. It also lets Mega Sharpedo reliably 2HKO physically defensive Hippowdon. If you decide to utilize this option, make sure to dump the last 4 EVs into special attack and change the nature to Naive.
* Ice Fang is most notably applicable in the dragon matchup, as it allows Mega Sharpedo to more easily pressure Dragon-types such as Garchomp and Hydreigon.
* Substitute gives Mega Sharpedo an edge against Psychic-type teams, as Substitute gives Mega Sharpedo a reliable way of beating Sash Counter Alakazam as well as making it extremely hard to revenge KO after a couple of speed boosts. It also improves Mega Sharpedo's matchup against offense, as if you can position it in order to freely get a Substitute up, it becomes very hard to beat.
* Adamant Nature


Checks and Counters
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**Insert Threat Here**: Describe why the Pokemon is a threat.

**Priority**: Priority attacks from Pokemon such as Breloom and Dragonite easily pick off Mega Sharpedo after slight chip damage.
 
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