OU Drednaw

[Rabia]

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Liquidation
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Swords Dance / Stealth Rock
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Drednaw's niche comes mostly from its ability to both pose a threat under rain with Swift Swim and strong, Life Orb-boosted attacks and set Stealth Rock by threatening out foes with its sheer power and good coverage. While Swords Dance is preferred to make Drednaw a better wallbreaker, Stealth Rock is an option to let it support its team better. After setting Stealth Rock, make use of Drednaw's boosted Speed under rain and solid offensive presence by firing off its strong STAB Liquidation and hitting predicted switch-ins with its coverage moves. Superpower is crucial so Drednaw isn't walled by Ferrothorn, although Earthquake is an option to hit Toxapex harder. Drednaw could compress both of these options by Gigantamaxing, but then it can't summon rain on its own with Max Geyser. Drednaw's EV spread, nature, and item are designed to make it as fast and strong as possible under rain.

Pelipper is mandatory alongside Drednaw for its Drizzle ability, which enables Drednaw's Swift Swim. Ferrothorn also pairs great with Drednaw, as it appreciates not having to run Stealth Rock, switches into Grass-type attacks aimed at Drednaw, and can support Drednaw by setting Spikes. Pokemon like Barraskewda, Dracovish, and Gyarados pair well with Drednaw, since they break down each other's checks, making it easier to clean late-game.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[talah, 248449], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]

 

[Rabia]

 

[talah]

move 4: Stealth Rock / Swords Dance

slash SD first, rain generally prefers this to just break when it uses it, talk a bit about how it really likes boosting in order to not have to take multiple rounds of LO recoil to break stuff. change the set comments to reflect the slash change as well.

[SET COMMENTS]

make a mention here about drednaw's G-Max(it doesn't prefer it bcuz then it loses to the ability to summon rain on its own but it could be usable etc)

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Pokemon like Gyarados appreciate Drednaw's wallbreaking capabilities making it easier for them to clean teams late-game.

add Barraskewda and Dracovish, in that order(final order should be "Barraskewda, Dracovish, and Gyarados"), say how they complement each other nicely because they break down each other's checks.

great job, 1/2

 

[Rabia]

slash SD first, rain generally prefers this to just break when it uses it, talk a bit about how it really likes boosting in order to not have to take multiple rounds of LO recoil to break stuff. change the set comments to reflect the slash change as well.


make a mention here about drednaw's G-Max(it doesn't prefer it bcuz then it loses to the ability to summon rain on its own but it could be usable etc)

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add Barraskewda and Dracovish, in that order(final order should be "Barraskewda, Dracovish, and Gyarados"), say how they complement each other nicely because they break down each other's checks.

great job, 1/2

did, don't love the wording I have currently in some of these parts, so if next qc has any suggestions please leave them

 

[Jordy]

This is great as is, 2/2.

 

[Lumari]

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[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Liquidation
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Swords Dance / Stealth Rock
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Drednaw's niche comes mostly from its ability to both pose a threat under rain with Swift Swim and strong, Life Orb-boosted attacks and set Stealth Rock by threatening out foes with its sheer power and good coverage. Afterward After setting Stealth Rock, make use of Drednaw's boosted Speed under rain and solid offensive presence by firing off its strong STAB Liquidation and hitting predicted switch-ins with its coverage moves. Superpower is crucial so Drednaw isn't walled by Ferrothorn, although Earthquake is an option to hit Toxapex harder. While Swords Dance is preferred to make Drednaw a better wallbreaker, Stealth Rock is an option to let it support its team better. (this is probably better moved before the prior SR mention because it reads really weird this way) Drednaw could compress both of these options by Gigantamaxing, but then it can't summon rain on its own with Max Geyser. Drednaw's EV spread, nature, and item are designed to make it as fast and strong as possible under rain.

Pelipper is mandatory alongside Drednaw for its Drizzle ability, which enables Drednaw's Swift Swim. Ferrothorn also pairs great with Drednaw, as it appreciates not having to run Stealth Rock, switches into Grass-type attacks aimed at Drednaw, and can support Drednaw by setting Spikes. Pokemon like Barraskewda, Dracovish, and Gyarados pair well with Drednaw, since they break down each other's checks, making it easier to clean late-game.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[talah, 248449], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

 

[Rabia]

remove add / fix (comments); (AC=add comma; RC=remove comma; SC=semicolon)
GP 1/1

check

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Liquidation
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Superpower
move 4: Swords Dance / Stealth Rock
item: Life Orb
ability: Swift Swim
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Drednaw's niche comes mostly from its ability to both pose a threat under rain with Swift Swim and strong, Life Orb-boosted attacks and set Stealth Rock by threatening out foes with its sheer power and good coverage. Afterward After setting Stealth Rock, make use of Drednaw's boosted Speed under rain and solid offensive presence by firing off its strong STAB Liquidation and hitting predicted switch-ins with its coverage moves. Superpower is crucial so Drednaw isn't walled by Ferrothorn, although Earthquake is an option to hit Toxapex harder. While Swords Dance is preferred to make Drednaw a better wallbreaker, Stealth Rock is an option to let it support its team better. (this is probably better moved before the prior SR mention because it reads really weird this way) Drednaw could compress both of these options by Gigantamaxing, but then it can't summon rain on its own with Max Geyser. Drednaw's EV spread, nature, and item are designed to make it as fast and strong as possible under rain.

Pelipper is mandatory alongside Drednaw for its Drizzle ability, which enables Drednaw's Swift Swim. Ferrothorn also pairs great with Drednaw, as it appreciates not having to run Stealth Rock, switches into Grass-type attacks aimed at Drednaw, and can support Drednaw by setting Spikes. Pokemon like Barraskewda, Dracovish, and Gyarados pair well with Drednaw, since they break down each other's checks, making it easier to clean late-game.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[talah, 248449], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

yay