veti
Supreme Overlord
[SET]
Focus Sash (Dragapult) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost / Dragon / Fairy
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty / Timid Nature
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Thunder Wave
[SET COMMENTS]
Focus Sash Dragapult is an excellent status spreader and emergency check to various threats
due to its incredible Speed, outspeeding every unboosted Pokemon except Deoxys-S, and Hex, which rewards status spreading further and hits status absorbers like Gliscor, Gholdengo, and Hatterene hard. Dragon Darts makes Dragapult a potent mixed wallbreaker, letting it slice through special walls like Clodsire and Blissey as well as Special Defense-boosting Pokemon like Raging Bolt. Draco Meteor is an alternative option to OHKO offensive Gouging Fire and Walking Wake as well as bulky Gouging Fire and Raging Bolt after Stealth Rock. However, its imperfect accuracy, Special Attack drops, and inability to hit most special walls for good damage compromises Dragapult's offensive capabilities. Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave combine to allow Dragapult to cripple nearly the entire metagame with the exceptions of Gholdengo and Garganacl as well as Blissey if it is running Draco Meteor over Dragon Darts. Will-O-Wisp is primarily good against physical attackers and Ground-types like Kingambit, Ogerpon-W, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, while Thunder Wave is used against special attackers, fast Pokemon, and burn-immune targets like Iron Valiant, Deoxys-S, Gouging Fire, and Tera Fire Zamazenta. Dragapult should run a Hasty nature when using Dragon Darts to hit hard physically and specially, but with Draco Meteor, it can run a Timid nature. Infiltrator allows Dragapult to status and revenge kill Substitute users like Zamazenta, Serperior, and Iron Moth. Tera Ghost gives Dragapult enough power to nearly always OHKO Skeledirge with a status-boosted Hex and 2HKO specially defensive Gliscor after Protect. Tera Dragon boosts Dragon Darts and Draco Meteor, allowing Dragon Darts to 2HKO Galarian Slowking and Blissey and Draco Meteor to OHKO Pokemon like Meowscarada, Raging Bolt without entry hazard chip, and Hisuian Samurott. Tera Fairy gives Dragapult a Dragon immunity and Dark resistance, which can allow it to survive hits from Pokemon like opposing Dragapult, Kingambit, and Choice Scarf Darkrai, especially if its Focus Sash is no longer intact.
Dragapult fits on offensive teams that appreciate its emergency checking of many of the tier's scariest threats with its ability to paralyze and burn foes while still being offensively threatening. Dragapult's ability to cripple offensive threats is beneficial to many wallbreakers and sweepers like Ogerpon-W, Kyurem, Raging Bolt, and Kingambit by giving them setup opportunities on burned physical attackers and paralyzed Pokemon. Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Choice Specs Kyurem appreciate Dragapult paralyzing faster Pokemon to gain the jump on them, while Dragapult appreciates their ability to come in on Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Terastallized Clodsire that wall it to force them out and wallbreak. Zamazenta and Kingambit appreciate Dragapult burning opposing Zamazenta, while Kingambit additionally appreciates opposing Kingambit being burned to win the mirror matchup. Raging Bolt has a much easier time breaking through burned Ting-Lu after Leftovers is neutralized while being able to take an Earthquake easier. Additionally, the aforementioned special attackers highly appreciate the Dragon Darts variant of Dragapult to wear down shared walls like Clodsire, Blissey, specially defensive Gliscor, and Ting-Lu. Dragapult's Focus Sash is broken by entry hazards, so Pokemon that can keep them off the field like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Taunt Deoxys-S, and Taunt Landorus-T are excellent partners. Dragapult struggles to make meaningful progress against Pokemon like Garganacl, which can be alleviated with Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Encore Iron Valiant, and Rillaboom. Rillaboom's Grassy Terrain can additionally heal chip damage Dragapult takes to potentially restore its Focus Sash. Dragapult is not foolproof, as entry hazards can often be hard to keep off the field long enough and it only has one one activation of Focus Sash. Because of this, it often needs teammates that can serve as secondary checks to the sweepers Dragapult tries to cripple. Zamazenta can check Pokemon like Booster Energy Great Tusk, Weavile, and Kingambit and doubles up on speed control. Gholdengo can help overwhelm Dark-types and even lure them with Dazzling Gleam and Focus Blast while also checking Iron Valiant and Enamorus. Priority users like Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and especially Dragonite and Rillaboom due to their more consistent priority moves can revenge kill Pokemon that Dragapult fails to status, most notably Kyurem, as it bypasses Focus Sash with Icicle Spear and Scale Shot, and Choice Scarf Meowscarada, which can OHKO it with Triple Axel. Faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant, +1 Roaring Moon, and Deoxys-S can also be problematic if Dragapult's Focus Sash is not maintained.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/marnie.493260/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/techno.527276/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Focus Sash (Dragapult) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Ghost / Dragon / Fairy
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty / Timid Nature
- Dragon Darts / Draco Meteor
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Thunder Wave
[SET COMMENTS]
Focus Sash Dragapult is an excellent status spreader and emergency check to various threats
due to its incredible Speed, outspeeding every unboosted Pokemon except Deoxys-S, and Hex, which rewards status spreading further and hits status absorbers like Gliscor, Gholdengo, and Hatterene hard. Dragon Darts makes Dragapult a potent mixed wallbreaker, letting it slice through special walls like Clodsire and Blissey as well as Special Defense-boosting Pokemon like Raging Bolt. Draco Meteor is an alternative option to OHKO offensive Gouging Fire and Walking Wake as well as bulky Gouging Fire and Raging Bolt after Stealth Rock. However, its imperfect accuracy, Special Attack drops, and inability to hit most special walls for good damage compromises Dragapult's offensive capabilities. Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave combine to allow Dragapult to cripple nearly the entire metagame with the exceptions of Gholdengo and Garganacl as well as Blissey if it is running Draco Meteor over Dragon Darts. Will-O-Wisp is primarily good against physical attackers and Ground-types like Kingambit, Ogerpon-W, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, while Thunder Wave is used against special attackers, fast Pokemon, and burn-immune targets like Iron Valiant, Deoxys-S, Gouging Fire, and Tera Fire Zamazenta. Dragapult should run a Hasty nature when using Dragon Darts to hit hard physically and specially, but with Draco Meteor, it can run a Timid nature. Infiltrator allows Dragapult to status and revenge kill Substitute users like Zamazenta, Serperior, and Iron Moth. Tera Ghost gives Dragapult enough power to nearly always OHKO Skeledirge with a status-boosted Hex and 2HKO specially defensive Gliscor after Protect. Tera Dragon boosts Dragon Darts and Draco Meteor, allowing Dragon Darts to 2HKO Galarian Slowking and Blissey and Draco Meteor to OHKO Pokemon like Meowscarada, Raging Bolt without entry hazard chip, and Hisuian Samurott. Tera Fairy gives Dragapult a Dragon immunity and Dark resistance, which can allow it to survive hits from Pokemon like opposing Dragapult, Kingambit, and Choice Scarf Darkrai, especially if its Focus Sash is no longer intact.
Dragapult fits on offensive teams that appreciate its emergency checking of many of the tier's scariest threats with its ability to paralyze and burn foes while still being offensively threatening. Dragapult's ability to cripple offensive threats is beneficial to many wallbreakers and sweepers like Ogerpon-W, Kyurem, Raging Bolt, and Kingambit by giving them setup opportunities on burned physical attackers and paralyzed Pokemon. Ogerpon-W, Kingambit, and Choice Specs Kyurem appreciate Dragapult paralyzing faster Pokemon to gain the jump on them, while Dragapult appreciates their ability to come in on Pokemon such as Ting-Lu and Terastallized Clodsire that wall it to force them out and wallbreak. Zamazenta and Kingambit appreciate Dragapult burning opposing Zamazenta, while Kingambit additionally appreciates opposing Kingambit being burned to win the mirror matchup. Raging Bolt has a much easier time breaking through burned Ting-Lu after Leftovers is neutralized while being able to take an Earthquake easier. Additionally, the aforementioned special attackers highly appreciate the Dragon Darts variant of Dragapult to wear down shared walls like Clodsire, Blissey, specially defensive Gliscor, and Ting-Lu. Dragapult's Focus Sash is broken by entry hazards, so Pokemon that can keep them off the field like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Taunt Deoxys-S, and Taunt Landorus-T are excellent partners. Dragapult struggles to make meaningful progress against Pokemon like Garganacl, which can be alleviated with Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Encore Iron Valiant, and Rillaboom. Rillaboom's Grassy Terrain can additionally heal chip damage Dragapult takes to potentially restore its Focus Sash. Dragapult is not foolproof, as entry hazards can often be hard to keep off the field long enough and it only has one one activation of Focus Sash. Because of this, it often needs teammates that can serve as secondary checks to the sweepers Dragapult tries to cripple. Zamazenta can check Pokemon like Booster Energy Great Tusk, Weavile, and Kingambit and doubles up on speed control. Gholdengo can help overwhelm Dark-types and even lure them with Dazzling Gleam and Focus Blast while also checking Iron Valiant and Enamorus. Priority users like Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and especially Dragonite and Rillaboom due to their more consistent priority moves can revenge kill Pokemon that Dragapult fails to status, most notably Kyurem, as it bypasses Focus Sash with Icicle Spear and Scale Shot, and Choice Scarf Meowscarada, which can OHKO it with Triple Axel. Faster Pokemon like Iron Valiant, +1 Roaring Moon, and Deoxys-S can also be problematic if Dragapult's Focus Sash is not maintained.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/marnie.493260/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/techno.527276/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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