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- [Overview]
- Awesome offensive Pokemon in NU
- Good mixed attacking stats, bulk, and lack of weaknesses make it great
- Awesome coverage
- Slow, but can use that to its advantage through slow U-turn or Volt Switch
- Bulk and lack of weaknesses are less impressive with few resistances
- [SET]
- name: Ebeltross
- move 1: Thunderbolt
- move 2: Superpower
- move 3: Flamethrower
- move 4: Giga Drain
- item: Expert Belt
- ability: Levitate
- nature: Rash
- evs: 140 Atk / 244 SAtk / 124 Spe
- [SET COMMENTS]
- One of its most successful sets
- Takes advantage of awesome mixed attacking stats to break through almost every wall and tank in the tier
- Effective lure; if you need a particular special wall gone, spam special attacks until they switch in their special wall, vice-versa for physical walls
- Thunderbolt for best STAB and to beat bulky Waters (mola, mantine, etc)
- Superpower nails almost every special wall/tank in the tier and v strong
- Flamethrower to hit Grass-types like Tangela and Vileplume
- Giga Drain to hit Ground-types such as Seimitoad and Piloswine
- [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Speed outspeeds Alomomola, max SpA, and enough Atk to 2HKO common special walls, such as Regice, Lickilicky, Audino, and Zweilous, w/ Superpower
- Bulkier spread of 112 HP / 140 Atk / 248 SAtk / 8 Spd is an option to take hits a bit better if you don't care about outspeeding Alomomola and co.
- Always Ebelt because LO only helps secure 2HKO against Altaria w/ Thunderbolt without Rocks up, otherwise pretty much useless
- Anything that hates walls (especially special walls) loves this set being around; Ludicolo, Carracosta, Jynx, etc
- Spikes support needed to 2HKO Piloswine and Roselia and OHKO specially defensive Seismitoad; Scolipede and Roselia make good partners for this, with Eelektross taking Flying-type attacks aimed at them
- Stealth Rock helps get the OHKO on Articuno, Lapras, and Regice; Golem and Seismitoad are both good offensive setters that can keep up momentum for your team while getting up hazards
- This set still struggles to bring down the occasional Dragon-type, such as Altaria or Shelgon; Jynx can KO them pretty easily and outspeed after a Dragon Dance from offensive variants
- [SET]
- name: Special Attacker
- move 1: Volt Switch
- move 2: Giga Drain
- move 3: Flamethrower
- move 4: Thunderbolt
- item: Choice Specs / Leftovers
- ability: Levitate
- nature: Modest
- evs: 172 HP / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
- [SET COMMENTS]
- This set uses Eel's awesome special movepool and above average SpA to its advantage
- Plays as a hard-hitting attacker/slow scout
- Volt Switch gives good offensive momentum and can bring in offensive Pokemon safely without having to bring them in on a revenge or predicted double switch
- Giga Drain lets Eelektross take down the Ground-types that want to stop it from Volt Switch-ing
- Flamethrower takes down Grass-types that resist its STAB
- Thunderbolt for a more reliable STAB to spam
- [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Given spread allows Eelektross to outspeed 0 Spe Tangela and avoid a Sleep Powder, though you can use a spread of 132 HP / 252 SpA / 124 Spe to outspeed 0 Spe Alomomola
- Choice Specs can be used for a much greater boost power, but Leftovers help it live longer and give it a way of beating Ground-types that switch into Volt Switch without prediction
- Expert Belt
- HP Ice
- Acid Spray to give special walls a really hard time
- Swellow, Zangoose, and Ursaring appreciate Eel's slow Volt Switch so they can come in safely to activate their status orbs
- Other VoltTurn users are also nice to help keep up momentum; Primeape, Swellow, Probopass, etc can all do this well
- Struggles to muscle past common special walls (Lickilicky and Audino, Bastiodon and Probopass), so strong Fighting-types such as Gurdurr or Sawk can beat them
- [SET]
- name: Physical Attacker
- move 1: U-turn
- move 2: Thunderpunch
- move 3: Superpower / Drain Punch
- move 4: Aqua Tail
- item: Choice Band / Expert Belt
- ability: Levitate
- nature: Adamant
- evs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
- [SET COMMENTS]
- Uses awesome physical atk to its advantage
- Coverage options aren't AS good, but still v good
- U-turn can't be stopped by Ground-types, so even better at getting momentum
- Thunderpunch for STAB and good BP without recoil
- Superpower for POWER but Drain Punch works for recovery and if you don't want any stat drops forcing you to switch
- Aqua Tail hits Ground-types that keep it from spamming its STAB
- [ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- EVs outspeed 0 Speed Alomomola with the rest thrown in bulk and Atk
- Choice Band for extra power, since it can't rely on super-effective coverage as well as other sets can
- Expert Belt can still be used to lure in Ground-types and beat them with Aqua Tail
- Crunch>Aqua Tail for better coverage against Grass-types—notable Exeggutor—and overall better neutral coverage, though beating Ground-types is pretty important
- Wild Charge>Thunderpunch for more power, but then you kill yourself vs Alomomola
- Even with Aqua Tail, Ground-types are still a problem, especially Seismitoad and Torterra, making Pokemon such as Serperior or Jynx good partners to take care of them
- Once again Eel serves as a good slow scout, so Swellow, Ursaring, and Zangoose appreciate getting their status orbs activated through a slow U-turn
- Certain physical walls—Tangela, Seismitoad, etc—can still wall this set fairly well, meaning strong special attackers, such as Charizard and Exeggutor, can help defeat these Pokemon
- [Other Options]
- Not a whole lot; has awesome coverage but that’s been covered
- Coil, though it usually prefers the immediate power of the other sets
- Zap Cannon + Coil is bad
- Acrobatics to beat Grass-types, but it prefers a more beneficial item
- Rock Slide, does little for coverage
- Knock Off
- Thunder Wave/Toxic
- [Checks and Counters]
- Hard to directly counter, since it’s strong and a bit unpredictable
- Easiest way to beat it is to outspeed/revenge kill it, but mostly just to keep up offensive momentum so as never to give it a free switch
- Choice Specs/Band users (Sawk, Charizard, etc) can hit it super hard
- Dragonair and Shelgon are the closest things to an all-around counter
- Camerupt, Ampharos, and Zweilous can wall the special set well
- Lickilicky and Audino can come in on any move from the special set and stay in and wall non-Choice Specs variants and pivot out into those that are
- Fraxure can set up on special set
- Torterra, Tangela, Seismitoad can all wall physical set pretty well, but all but Tangela dislike the passive damage from U-turn
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