DP Drifblim

samtheman

DP Drifblim (UU)

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http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/drifblim

[SET]
name: UU Lead
move 1: Hypnosis
move 2: Explosion / Destiny Bond
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Fighting
item: Focus Sash
ability: Unburden
nature: Mild
evs: 168 Atk / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
ivs: 2 HP / 30 Atk / 2 Def / 30 SpA / 2 SpD / 30 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This set is meant to be used as a lead to scout the opponent's team, because it forces a lot of switches, and can potentially KO two of the opponent's Pokemon (provided Hypnosis hits). The strategy behind this set is to sleep something while surviving a normally fatal hit. Losing Focus Sash activates Unburden and lets Drifblim reach a Speed stat of 434, outspeeding Base 95 Choice Scarf users like Jynx and Primeape. At this point you can attack freely, Exploding or using Destiny Bond when you're in danger of fainting.</p>

<p>This set has a surprise factor on its side, as most people expect Drifblim to create bulky Substitutes and Baton Pass them. The EVs are tailored for UU, as Drifblim has a lot of trouble pulling this set off in OU, where Tyranitar and Hippowdon ruin its Focus Sash and Gengar somewhat outclasses it. The Speed EVs allow Drifblim to outspeed almost all of the UU Pokemon, and the Attack EVs let it OHKO many common special walls such as Grumpig, Hypno, and Mantine with Explosion.</p>

<p>The IVs are set to provide Drifblim to have the lowest amount of HP and Defense possible while allowing it to have a maximum power Hidden Power Fighting.</p>
 
Aside from the unburden speed boosts this seems very, very similar to what Gengar can do. The speed boost is useful but only works after the Focus Sash has been activated and the high prevalence of Sandstream will essentially eliminate the chance for this to sweep, furthermore at least Gengar could make T-Tar fearful to come in because of Focus Blast whereas HP Fighting will not OHKO T-Tar. Plus, most Scarfed Gengar's are Timid now simply because everyone is running max speed on Deoxys-s. Furthermore the speed boost isn't permanent if you had to switch out against something so I think this set just may be entirely outclassed by Gengar in OU. However, this set may have a lot more potential in UU as a lead. I'd recommend rewriting this analysis so it is more directed as a UU lead because outside of UU I see no reason to use this.
 
samtheman said:
[SET]
name: Scout
move 1: Hypnosis
move 2: Explosion / Destiny Bond
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Fighting
item: Focus Sash
ability: Unburden
nature: Mild
evs: 78 Atk / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
ivs: 2 HP / 30 Atk / 2 Def / 30 SpA / 2 SpD / 30 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This set is meant to be used as a lead, because it causes a lot of switches and can potentially take out two of the opponent's Pokemon if used correctly (Provided Hypnosis hits). The gist of this set is simple: sleep something while surviving a hit from a Pokemon that would normally OHKO it. Losing Focus Sash activates Unburden and lets Drifblim reach a Speed stat of 480, outspeeding Modest Choice Scarf Gengar. At this point, you're free to fire away your attacks, Exploding or using Destiny Bond when you're in danger of fainting.</p>

<p>This set has the Surprise Factor on it’s side, as most people expect Drifblim to create huge Substitutes and Baton Pass it. However, once Drifblim outspeeds the opponent’s team, it may be too late.</p>

<p>The IVs are to have the lowest amount of Defense possible while having a max powered Hidden Power Fighting.</p>
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Fixed some grammar etc. Tyranitar leads have been more common though, so I don't know if this set would work.
 
Made some grammar changes, and emphasized its use in UU rather than OU.
Also altered EV spread to outspeed UU threats and OHKO UU special walls with Explosion.
 
I have to ask why is this set better then Sub Petaya? You may only get 1 kill with it and might possibly get 1 pokemon asleep. With sub/petaya and CM, you at least have a very high chance to sweep.
 
samtheman said:
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This set is meant to be used as a lead, because it forces a lot of switches, and can potentially KO two of the opponent's Pokemon (provided Hypnosis hits). The strategy behind this set is simple: sleep something while surviving a normally fatal hit. Losing Focus Sash activates Unburden and lets Drifblim reach a Speed stat of 434, outspeeding Base 95 Choice Scarf users like Jynx and Primeape. At this point you can attack freely, Exploding or using Destiny Bond when you're in danger of fainting.</p>

<p>This set has a surprise factor on its side, as most people expect Drifblim to create huge Substitutes and Baton Pass them. However, once Unburden takes effect, it may be too late to counter. The EVs are tailored for UU, as Drifblim has a lot of trouble pulling this set off in OU, where Tyranitar and Hippowdon ruin its Focus Sash and Gengar somewhat outclasses it. The Speed EVs allow Drifblim to outspeed almost all of UU, and the Attack EVs let it OHKO many common special walls such as Grumpig, Hypno, and Mantine with Explosion.</p>

<p>The IVs given allow for the lowest Defense and HP possible while still having a max powered Hidden Power Fighting.</p>
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I found some grammar mistakes and tried to help the sentences flow more fluently. Also, if you're intent on reducing defense as much as possible, wouldn't it make sense to also put a 2 in SpD?
 
samtheman said:
http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/drifblim

[SET]
name: UU Lead
move 1: Hypnosis
move 2: Explosion / Destiny Bond
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Fighting
item: Focus Sash
ability: Unburden
nature: Mild
evs: 168 Atk / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
ivs: 2 HP / 30 Atk / 2 Def / 30 SpA / 2 SpD / 30 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This set is meant to be used as a lead (comma isn't needed) because it causes a lot of switches and can potentially take out two of the opponent's Pokemon if used correctly (provided Hypnosis hits). The gist of this set is simply to sleep something while surviving a hit from a Pokemon that would normally OHKO it. Losing Focus Sash activates Unburden and lets Drifblim reach a Speed stat of 434, outspeeding Base 95 Choice Scarf users like Jynx and Primeape. At this point, you're free to fire away your attacks, Exploding or using Destiny Bond when you're in danger of fainting.</p>
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<p>This set has a surprise factor on its side, as most people expect Drifblim to create bulky Substitutes and Baton Pass it. The EV's are tailored for UU, as this Drifblim has a lot of trouble pulling this off in OU, where Tyranitar and Hippowdon ruin its Focus Sash and Gengar somewhat outclasses it. The Speed EVs allow Drifblim to outspeed almost all of the UU Pokemon, and the Attack EVs let it OHKO many common special walls such as Grumpig, Hypno, and Mantine with Explosion.</p>
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Removed 'However, once Drifblim outspeeds the opponent’s team, it may be too late.'. However' is used when there is a contradictory between those sentences but this sentence and the one leading to it does not relate at all.

Replced 'this thing' with 'this Drifblim' as you have no reintroduced what the paragraph was about, so mentioning Drifblim would sound better.

<p>The IVsare set to provide Drifblim to have the lowest amount of HP and Defense possible while allowing it to have a max power Hidden Power Fighting.</p>
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@ KinglerDude24 - As mentioned in the analysis, the purpose of the set is not to sweep but rather to scout out the opponent's team and possibly sleeping/KO'ing some Pokemon.

@ Cooper and Junior - Thanks for the many edits.
 
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