The 510

SotD: Scolipede

SotD: Accelgor

Ability: Sticky Hold
Nature/Item: Timid @ Life Orb
EV Spread: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Moveset:

• Bug Buzz
• Focus Blast
• Giga Drain
• HP Rock

Accelgor’s defining trait is its Speed easily, sporting a base 145 Speed and a base 100 Sp. Atk makes it a REALLY potent revenge killer on just about every single non-scarfed/boosted Pokemon in the game. Bug Buzz is probably the best STAB move it could ever hope for, and with Focus Blast and HP Rock you get good coverage on the things that would otherwise resist in terms of Steels and Flyings respectively. It doesn’t hit TOO hard though, so you won’t be getting any OHKOs from full unless you’re firing off a Giga Drain on an Omastar/Rhydon or an HP Rock on a Moltres - there are a LOT of things in RU that fall to the coverage that Accelgor has and it’s for this reason that it has a solid place there. I don’t really feel the need to explain much more beyond this since it’s really just an all out attacking set so yeah

SotD: Octillery

Ability: Moody
Nature/Item: Modest @ Leftovers
EV Spread: 252 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Speed

Moveset:

• Substitute
• Protect
• Soak
• Energy Ball

Just note above all else that you should only use this in a VERY casual setting, seeing as anyone that knows the first thing about competitive knows that the ability Moody is the only thing in the Pokemon metagame to get banned COMPLETELY (yes, even from Ubers) because it’s that freaking OP. In case you don’t know how it works, Moody sharply boosts a random stat (Attack, Defense, Sp. Attack, Sp. Def, Speed, accuracy, or evasion) at the end of a turn and drops another - it’s like an auto-Acupressure with a drop attached for balancing purposes.
But once upon a time I saw a video that used this set and oh my god it’s freaking ridiculous: Sub and Protect to stall for some time while you get some good boosts - this set is such a crap shoot when it comes to it, so you’ll wanna set up on something slower to get a Sub safely then just Sub Protect as much as you can until Def/Sp.Def/Evasion kick in. The last two moves are your modus operandi: Soak changes any Pokemon typing to purely Water while Energy Ball ensures you will get a super effective hit on anything that chooses to stay in. If they switch out, great - free turn to get even more Moody with your stats. You just need a bit of time to generate what you need but after 8 or so turns it really does turn into something dangerous.

This is less of an actual set to use and more of a “why was Moody banned” talking point - Smeargle got it too so amidst the Sporing/Subbing/Shell Smashing, it would be getting even MORE boosts to pass out and Smogon just said NO to that because it’s ridiculous. Lol.

SotD: Blastoise

Ability: Torrent
Nature/Item: Modest @ Choice Specs
EV Spread: 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Speed

Moveset:

• Surf
• Water Spout
• Ice Beam
• HP Grass / Fire

How do you make a Pokemon with two gigantic cannons on its back hit even harder? Give it a Choice Specs. Start Water Spouting right out of the gate whenever you can then start firing off Surfs when you get below 2/3rds, those are gonna be the things that lay on the hurt the most. The fun part comes when people underestimate the damage they’ll take because Blastoise is more often than not a more bulkier set, so surprise that Registeel that comes in to absorb your Toxic with a couple of hard hitting Water attacks and see how much he enjoys it. Ice for coverage, and HP Grass is there PURELY for Gastrodon and Quagsire but you can put HP Fire to nail those Registeels for SE damage. However, you will lose coverage on Slowbro so just make sure you adapt it to the rest of your team.

SotD: Umbreon

Ability: Synchronize
Nature/Item: Bold @ Leftovers
EV Spread: 252 HP / 148 Def / 104 Sp. Def

Moveset:

• Wish
• Protect
• Toxic
• Heal Bell

The mark between a competitive player and a casual is the thought process when it comes to using Umbreon: I cannot tell you how often I’ve run into someone with an offensive set (without Curse) and it kills me to see it. Umbreon’s stats were tailored to be a full on defender and it does its job alarmingly well. Anon asked for a mixed wall Umbreon, so here you go; with the EVs provided, its Def and Sp. Def are even at 322 for each which is not Skarm/Bliss tier but being able to peak 300 in both AND have almost 400 HP - you’d best believe that’s something to write home about. The Umbreon I used in yesterday’s battle on the livestream was designed to be full on team support in terms of passing Wishes and using Heal Bell to get rid of rogue statuses on the entire team (had a para on Haxorus yesterday, could’ve healed it off if I played it a little more carefully) and doing a bit of Toxistalling with Wish/Protecting if you need to. Victini makes an excellent partner to it mainly because Poison and Steels will wanna come in on it to shut it down so you can go out to it and have appropriate STAB to deal with either. Umbreon’s role is much like its coloring and design - shadowing its teammates and otherwise being very hard to get rid of. There are many other sets you can run on it including sets with Payback to get some reliable damage and it’s recommended so you’re not Taunt bait, but just play smart and know your Taunting threats (or scout first, doesn’t hurt to Protect if you’re not sure) and it makes a very efficient pivot switch that can stay in as long as it needs to in order to play doctor.

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I think we’re good for the next few weeks or so on requests <3