In-battle formes
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Evolutions
- Panpour
- Simipour
Strategies
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Overview
Simipour is one of the strongest special wallbreakers in ZU, with high Special Attack, a great Speed tier, and access to Nasty Plot. Backing this up is a good movepool, with an incredibly strong STAB move in Hydro Pump and great coverage moves like Ice Beam and Focus Blast. However, Simipour's power is offset by poor bulk, leaving it easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf users like Sawsbuck and Electivire. In addition, Simipour is generally outclassed as a Water-type wallbreaker by Floatzel; despite the fact that Simipour does have a higher Special Attack stat and access to Nasty Plot, Floatzel has higher Speed and can run Taunt more reliably compared to how unreliably Simipour can set up Substitute. Simipour also struggles with bulky Water-types, namely Silvally-Water and Mareanie, because it doesn't have the tools to deal heavy damage to them, even with Nasty Plot.
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Moves
Ice Beam is the set's main coverage move, hitting Grass-types such as Gourgeist-XL and Dragon-types like Silvally-Dragon and Altaria. Substitute, when used on a forced switch, can allow Simipour to safely set up or start breaking if it already is set up, preventing it from taking damage the next turn. Alternatively, Focus Blast can be run for added coverage, allowing Simipour to hit Normal- and Ice-types like Lickilicky, Komala, and Regice super-effectively.
Set Details
Waterium Z combined with Hydro Pump is incredibly strong, giving Simipour a one-time nuke; at +2, it can OHKO foes like Mareanie, Bronzor, specially defensive Komala, and Lickilicky, (the latter only after Stealth Rock), though you do need to win the mind game of Protect with Komala and Lickilicky. Using Substitute until Simipour is at Torrent range also gives Hydro Pump some additional power. +2 Torrent-boosted Hydro Pump can OHKO Pokemon like Lickilicky, Mareanie, and Komala after Stealth Rock, as well as 2HKO Pyukumuku.
Usage Tips
It's best to bring in Simipour through either pivots or double switches, to make sure that it takes as little damage as possible so it can set up safely. Setting up should be done on a predicted switch or when Substitute is up so it can wallbreak safely. However, unless there's a clean sweeping path ahead, it's best to wait to set up so you don't have to switch out, and lose the boost from Nasty Plot. Also, using Substitute to get into Torrent range to get some extra power out of Hydro Pump to break more effectively isn't a bad idea. In addition, thanks to Simipour's high Speed stat, it can be used to revenge kill Pokemon without setting up Nasty Plot. Finally, be careful of Protect when using Hydro Vortex. Some notable users of Protect include Komala and Lickilicky. Substitute can be used to scout for Protect, though.
Team Options
Since Simipour wants to avoid chip damage for safer setup and wallbreaking, a hazard remover like Rotom-F or Silvally-Dragon is highly appreciated. Similarly, hazard setters like Metang or Gabite are good partners for getting chip damage, allowing Simipour to KO foes more easily. Something that can switch into or beat its checks is also greatly appreciated. For example, Golem, Gourgeist-XL, and Silvally-Ground can switch into Electivire. Other great partners for Simipour are Pokemon that appreciate its wallbreaking abilities. Examples include Choice Scarf Chatot (for breaking Bronzor) and Monferno (for breaking Swanna). Finally, a slow pivot, such as Komala or Toucannon, that can get Simipour in more safely is appreciated.
Other Options
A Life Orb set running Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Knock Off, and Superpower with a 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe spread and a Naive nature can be used for a power boost without having to waste a turn, and the physical coverage makes Simipour's matchup against things like Lickilicky and Misdreavus better, thanks to having physical coverage; however, the Nasty Plot set is generally preferred because it doesn't put Simipour on a timer and Nasty Plot gives a bigger boost than Life Orb. In addition, Life Orb's recoil makes Simipour easier to revenge kill, and mixed variants still suffer competition from Floatzel. Grass Knot can be run for alternative coverage, hitting foes like Silvally-Water, but this comes with the cost of either being walled by threats like Regice or having a harder time setting up. Taunt can be used to improve Simipour's matchup against stall, rendering answers like Bronzor and Pyukumuku worthless, but this hinders Simipour's matchup against offensive teams. If you choose to run Focus Blast, Fightinium Z can be run to OHKO Lickilicky without Stealth Rock, but Hydro Vortex provides more valuable OHKOes, and Hydro Vortex already OHKOs Lickilicky after Stealth Rock anyway. Hyper Beam with Normalium Z can be run to break bulky Water-types like Silvally-Water, but it's missing out on valuable OHKOs that Hydro Vortex provides, in addition to that, a +2 Hydro Vortex followed by Hydro Pump KOes most of the foes you would use Hyper Beam for, like Silvally-Water and Mareanie. Scald can be used over Hydro Pump for added accuracy and a shot at a burn, but it's much weaker, hindering Simipour's wallbreaking abilities. Salac Berry and Gluttony can be run with Substitute to make Simipour harder to revenge kill, but Simipour misses the one-time nuke that Waterium Z provides.
Checks and Counters
Faster Offensive Pokemon: Pokemon like Choice Scarf Chatot, Choice Scarf Electivire, and Simisage can easily KO Simipour thanks to their power and Simipour's lack of bulk.
Grass-types: Grass-types like Bellossom and Servine can tank an unboosted Ice Beam and threaten to KO back, or they can pivot into Hydro Pump, although none of them can safely switch into +2 Simipour because a boosted coverage move deals with all of them.
Bulky Water-types: Pyukumuku can stall Hydro Pump's PP by repeatedly switching in, but it's shut down by Substitute if Simipour decides to run it. Mareanie and Silvally-Water, while they are 2HKOed by +2 Hydro Pump, can easily threaten Simipour back with Haze and Thunderbolt, respectively. Finally, Lapras walls non-Focus Blast variants of Simipour and can fire back with either Freeze Dry or Perish Song and Whirlpool.
