LOrd Fernado
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[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Water Spout / Origin Pulse
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Thunder
move 4: Calm Mind
item: Blue Orb
ability: Drizzle
nature: Modest
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Primal Kyogre is a great wallbreaker thanks to an amazing movepool, high Special Attack, and a good ability in Primordial Sea.
- Water Spout is recommended due to its preposterous damage output, especially at full health under rain as it is able to 2HKO foes that resist it like Ferrothorn, OHKO neutral targets like Necrozma-DM, and a small chance to OHKO +2 Xerneas.
- Origin Pulse is an alternative that can be used for more consistent damage, especially when Primal Kyogre is chipped, but it has worse accuracy and also doesn't deal as much damage as Water Spout, as it fails to meet most of the benchmarks above.
- Ice Beam deals reliable damage against Zygarde-C, Eternatus, Mega Salamence, Giratina-O, and Primal Groudon on the switch in, and also can be used as a backup option if Primal Kyogre is chipped.
- Thunder is recommended to deal with opposing Primal Kyogre and Arceus-Water, which Primal Kyogre would otherwise struggle against.
- Calm Mind allows Primal Kyogre to 2HKO on walls like Ferrothorn, Primal Groudon, and specially defensive Eternatus as well as avoid the 2HKO from Meteor Beam Eternatus and opposing Primal Kyogre's Thunder.
- Primal Kyogre should be used early-game to blow holes in an opponents' defensive cores and it can easily use Calm Mind on Pokemon like Ho-Oh and Zygarde.
- Primal Kyogre best fits on bulky and hyper offense teams that appreciate its great bulk and monstrous Special Attack.
- Primal Kyogre has a shaky matchup against Primal Groudon, due to the unique interaction between Desolate Land and Primordial Sea as well as not switching into Primal Groudon very well. Therefore, Pokemon that Primal Groudon struggles against, like Zygarde-C and Arceus-Ground, are appreciated as teammates.
- Primal Kyogre also has average physical bulk and is threatened by strong physical attackers like Marshadow and Zacian-C. Therefore, defensive checks like Yveltal, Zygarde-C, and Ho-Oh are also beneficial as teammates. Yveltal and Ho-Oh can also remove entry hazards, a big obstacle for Primal Kyogre.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lord-fernado.629794/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bobsican.434487/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ken.594478/
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