Copyediting Hydrapple [QC 2/2] [GP 0/1]

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[SET]
Hydrapple @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 208 HP / 160 Def / 140 Spe
Bold Nature
- Draco Meteor / Fickle Beam
- Earth Power / Giga Drain
- Substitute / Recover
- Nasty Plot

[SET COMMENTS]
Hydrapple provides a crucial neutrality to Fire for Grass teams, making use of its amazing bulk, coverage, and Regenerator ability to take on threats to its teammates like Heatran and Ogerpon-H. Draco Meteor is the tried-and-true STAB option for Hydrapple, but Fickle Beam can tickle your gambling addiction if you're feeling lucky, with the added benefit of not reducing Special Attack. Earth Power makes for excellent coverage into the face of Fire-types like Gouging Fire and Cinderace and Steel-types like Heatran and non-Air Ballon Gholdengo, while Giga Drain grants a nice secondary STAB to keep Hydrapple healthy, especially if it forgoes Recover for Substitute. Substitute takes advantage of passive foes like Toxapex and Quagsire to accrue Nasty Plot boots. The given speed evs let Hydrapple outpace uninvested Tyranitar, Azumarill, and Kingambit.

Hydrapple appreciates its pairing with Meowscarada and Ogerpon-C for their coverage for Dragon- and Flying-types, the latter of which also threatening Fire- and Ice-types as well. Ogerpon-H is a perfect answer to Steel-types like Scizor and Heatran, while also outputting a general offensive pressure that can even threaten Flying-types. Amoonguss provides a neutrality to Poison and Bug, taking on physical Bug-types like Scizor with Foul Play while dissuading other Bug-types like Volcarona and Frosmoth from switching in with the threat of Toxic. Spore has the added benefit of incapacitating shared threats between Amoonguss and Hydrapple like Mamoswine and Galarian Zapdos. Heatproof Sinistcha alleviates some pressure from Hydrapple as a sole Fire neutrality, while also being neutral to Bug much like Amoonguss. Breloom is a powerful Focus Sash lead, trading with Dark-type threats like Chien-Pao and Roaring Moon, and even Flying-types with both Spore and Rock Tomb. Rotom-C is a solid Flying neutrality, threatening Flying-types with Electric STAB, offering disruption with Trick and Will-O-Wisp. Iron Leaves and Hisuian Lilligant are both potent setup sweepers, making use of their great speed and coverage if given a single setup opportunity, augmented further by Spore support. Rillaboom is a great partner for Grass teams, offering passive healing with Grassy Surge and picking off weakened foes with priority Grassy Glide. Brambleghast is great hazard control compression, setting up Spikes and using Rapid Spin to support Hydrapple should it have its Heavy-Duty Boots removed.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Additional coverage moves like Hydro Pump and Body Press fill gaps on Assault Vest sets, which allow Hydrapple more effectively pivot into Special Attacks while making use of Regenerator.

[CREDITS]
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[Stories]

think this is ready for QC

 

[roxie]

- add fire/steel types for example
- no sticky hold
- add amoonguss & heatproof sinischta
- mention ogerpon-hf + emphasize its role in beating very hard hydrapple 1v1s: steel/flyings zor & dismantling tran etc

1/2 great work

 

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Ready for #2

 

[CaptainDaimyo]

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hydrapple

Hydrapple provides a crucial neutrality to Fire for Grass teams, making use of its amazing bulk, coverage, and Regenerator ability to take on threats to its teammates like Heatran and Ogerpon-H. Draco Meteor is the tried-and-true STAB option for Hydrapple, but Fickle Beam can tickle your gambling addiction if you're feeling lucky. Earth Power makes for excellent coverage into the face of Fire-types like Gouging Fire and Cinderace and Steel-types like Heatran and Tinkaton, while Giga Drain grants a nice secondary STAB to keep Hydrapple healthy, especially if it forgoes Recover for Substitute. Substitute takes advantage of passive foes like Toxapex and Quagsire to accrue Nasty Plot boots. The given speed evs let Hydrapple outpace uninvested Tyranitar,as well as 50 base Speed threats like Azumarill, and Kingambit.

Hydrapple appreciates its pairing with Meowscarada and Ogerpon-C for their coverage for Dragon- and Flying types respectively, the latter of which also threatening Fire- and Ice-types as well. Ogerpon-H is a perfect answer to Steel-types like Scizor and Heatran, while also outputting a general offensive pressure that can even threaten Flying-types. Amoonguss provides a neutrality to Poison and Bug, taking on physical Bug-types like Scizor with Foul Play while dissuading other Bug-types like Volcarona and Frosmoth from switching in with the threat of Toxic. (I'd also mention spore support incapacitating a threat to hydrapple) Heatproof Sinistcha alleviates some pressure from Hydrapple as a sole Fire neutrality, while also being neutral to Bug much like Amoonguss. (would also add it can possibly status spread with matcha) Breloom is a powerful Focus Sash lead, trading with Dark-type threats like Chien-Pao and Roaring Moon, and even Flying-types with both Spore and Rock Tomb. Rotom-C is a solid Flying neutrality, threatening Flying-types with Electric STAB, offering disruption with Trick + Choice Scarf and Will-O-Wisp. Iron Leaves and Hisuian Lilligant are both potent setup sweepers, making use of their great speed and coverage if given a single setup opportunity, augmented further by Spore support mention what threats hydrapple can take out for them and Sticky Web from Leavanny (you don't mention Leavanny anywhere as a teammate) .

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hydrapple

Hydrapple provides a crucial neutrality to Fire for Grass teams, making use of its amazing bulk, coverage, and Regenerator ability to take on threats to its teammates like Heatran and Ogerpon-H. Draco Meteor is the tried-and-true STAB option for Hydrapple, but Fickle Beam can tickle your gambling addiction if you're feeling lucky. Earth Power makes for excellent coverage into the face of Fire-types like Gouging Fire and Cinderace and Steel-types like Heatran and Tinkaton, while Giga Drain grants a nice secondary STAB to keep Hydrapple healthy, especially if it forgoes Recover for Substitute. Substitute takes advantage of passive foes like Toxapex and Quagsire to accrue Nasty Plot boots. The given speed evs let Hydrapple outpace uninvested Tyranitar,as well as 50 base Speed threats like Azumarill, and Kingambit.

Hydrapple appreciates its pairing with Meowscarada and Ogerpon-C for their coverage for Dragon- and Flying types respectively, the latter of which also threatening Fire- and Ice-types as well. Ogerpon-H is a perfect answer to Steel-types like Scizor and Heatran, while also outputting a general offensive pressure that can even threaten Flying-types. Amoonguss provides a neutrality to Poison and Bug, taking on physical Bug-types like Scizor with Foul Play while dissuading other Bug-types like Volcarona and Frosmoth from switching in with the threat of Toxic. (I'd also mention spore support incapacitating a threat to hydrapple) Heatproof Sinistcha alleviates some pressure from Hydrapple as a sole Fire neutrality, while also being neutral to Bug much like Amoonguss. (would also add it can possibly status spread with matcha) Breloom is a powerful Focus Sash lead, trading with Dark-type threats like Chien-Pao and Roaring Moon, and even Flying-types with both Spore and Rock Tomb. Rotom-C is a solid Flying neutrality, threatening Flying-types with Electric STAB, offering disruption with Trick + Choice Scarf and Will-O-Wisp. Iron Leaves and Hisuian Lilligant are both potent setup sweepers, making use of their great speed and coverage if given a single setup opportunity, augmented further by Spore support mention what threats hydrapple can take out for them and Sticky Web from Leavanny (you don't mention Leavanny anywhere as a teammate) .

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ps sorry if the formatting is weird I'm on mobile

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[CaptainDaimyo]

Happle

Hydrapple provides a crucial neutrality to Fire for Grass teams, making use of its amazing bulk, coverage, and Regenerator ability to take on threats to its teammates like Heatran and Ogerpon-H. Draco Meteor is the tried-and-true STAB option for Hydrapple, but Fickle Beam can tickle your gambling addiction if you're feeling lucky You can rephrase this to smthing like fickle beam despite lower power doesnt force a special attack drop and has a chance to double in power. Earth Power makes for excellent coverage into the face of Fire-types like Gouging Fire and Cinderace and Steel-types like Heatran and Tinkaton non-Air Balloon Gholdengo, while Giga Drain grants a nice secondary STAB to keep Hydrapple healthy, especially if it forgoes Recover for Substitute. Substitute takes advantage of passive foes like Toxapex and Quagsire to accrue Nasty Plot boots. The given speed evs let Hydrapple outpace uninvested Tyranitar, Azumarill, and Kingambit.

Hydrapple appreciates its pairing with Meowscarada and Ogerpon-C for their coverage for Dragon- and Flying-types, the latter of which also threatening Fire- and Ice-types as well. Ogerpon-H is a perfect answer to Steel-types like Scizor and Heatran, while also outputting a general offensive pressure that can even threaten Flying-types. Amoonguss provides a neutrality to Poison and Bug, taking on physical Bug-types like Scizor with Foul Play while dissuading other Bug-types like Volcarona and Frosmoth from switching in with the threat of Toxic. Spore has the added benefit of incapacitating shared threats between Amoonguss and Hydrapple mention examples. Heatproof Sinistcha alleviates some pressure from Hydrapple as a sole Fire neutrality, while also being neutral to Bug much like Amoonguss. Breloom is a powerful Focus Sash lead, trading with Dark-type threats like Chien-Pao and Roaring Moon, and even Flying-types with both Spore and Rock Tomb. Rotom-C is a solid Flying neutrality, threatening Flying-types with Electric STAB, offering disruption with Trick and Will-O-Wisp. Iron Leaves and Hisuian Lilligant are both potent setup sweepers, making use of their great speed and coverage if given a single setup opportunity, augmented further by Spore support.
- Add bramble as a teammate, it sets up spikes and can spin hazards when hydrapple's boots gets knocked off
- Add rilla, grassy terrain support if giga drain is run and can revenge kill faster threats with grassy glide

QC 2/2

 

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