Doubles ADV Swampert

[zee]

[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Hydro Pump / Waterfall
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers / Mystic Water
ability: Torrent
nature: Quiet
evs: 252 HP / 84 Atk / 128 SpA / 44 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

• Swampert's excellent typing and natural bulk allow it to stand out as one of the best Water-types in ADV Doubles. Its Ground typing also renders it immune to the barrage of Thunder Waves thrown around in the tier. Additionally, it is virtually impossible to remove in one hit without a STAB Grass-type attack or Explosion, meaning it is efficient at trading positively with its high-power attacks and offensive coverage.
• Earthquake deals powerful spread damage if both foes are grounded and cleanly 2HKOes Metagross, Tyranitar, and Starmie. Ice Beam hits common Ground resistant Pokemon like Zapdos, Latias, and Sceptile.
• Hydro Pump is Swampert's strongest attack against Pokemon like Gengar, Steelix, and Arcanine, but Waterfall can be used to avoid risking misses at the cost of failing to achieve OHKOs on the latter two Pokemon.
• The given EV spread gives Swampert enough Attack investment to OHKO Raikou with Earthquake. The HP and Special Defense investment ensure Swampert always survives a Hidden Power Grass from Modest Zapdos, and the remainder is dumped into Special Attack. If using Mystic Water, Swampert can run an EV spread of 216 HP / 84 Atk / 208 SpA to guarantee it OHKOes Tyranitar with Hydro Pump. Quiet nature is used to not inhibit either attacking stat or its bulk, as the Speed tier below Swampert is relatively uncongested.
• Swampert's immunity to sand damage allows it to capitalize on the passive recovery provided by Leftovers.
• Swampert is one of the best answers to Tyranitar in the tier, making it a great partner for Pokemon like Raikou, Zapdos, and Latias, the latter two also providing an immunity to Earthquake for Swampert. Metagross and Arcanine pressure Grass-types like Sceptile and Exeggutor, keeping Swampert safe from being OHKOed. Physical attackers like Tauros and Tyranitar greatly appreciate Swampert's ability to eliminate physical walls like Steelix and Regirock with Hydro Pump.

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[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Hydro Pump / Waterfall
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers / Mystic Water
ability: Torrent
nature: Quiet
evs: 252 HP / 84 Atk / 172 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

• Swampert's excellent typing and natural bulk allow it to stand out as one of the best Water-types in ADV Doubles, though (this sounds like you're going to bring a counter-argument as to why it isn't one of the best waters. so i'd change this to 'and' or start a new sentence with 'additionally' its high-power attacks and offensive coverage also establish it as a potent attacker. It is virtually impossible to remove in one hit without a STAB Grass attack (HP Grass Zapdos OHKOes it) or Explosion, meaning it is very efficient at trading positively.

i brought this up on discord, but i'd rewrite it as such:
"Swampert's excellent typing and natural bulk allow it to stand out as one of the best Water-types in ADV Doubles. It is virtually impossible to remove in one hit without a Grass attack or Explosion, meaning it is efficient at trading positively with its high-power attacks and offensive coverage"

• Earthquake allows Swampert to deals powerful spread damage if both foes are grounded and cleanly 2HKOes Metagross, Tyranitar, and Starmie. Ice Beam hits common Ground resistant Pokemon like Zapdos, Latias, and Sceptile.
• Hydro Pump is Swampert's strongest attack against Pokemon like Gengar, Steelix, and Arcanine, but Waterfall can be used to avoid risking accuracy ("misses"?) at the cost of missing (if changing accuracy to misses, change this to "failing to") OHKOs on the latter two Pokemon.
• The given EV spread gives Swampert enough Attack investment to OHKO Raikou with Earthquake. After maximizing its HP to improve its bulk, the remainder is dumped into Special Attack. If using Mystic Water, Swampert can run 208 Special Attack EVs to guarantee it OHKOes Tyranitar with Hydro Pump. A Quiet nature is used to not inhibit either attacking stat or its bulk, as the speed tier below Swampert is relatively uncongested.
• Swampert makes great use of Leftovers as opposed to Lum Berry, as its immunities to Thunder Wave and Sandstorm make it a great Pokemon to capitalize on passive recovery. (Lum Berry seems a bit out of place; i understand it's a tier 1 item but you could drop it from this point and incorporate Swampert's paralysis immunity elsewhere? that'd change this to "Swampert makes greatuse of Leftovers as its immunity to Sandstorm allow it to capitalize on passive recovery better than others" or such)
• Swampert is one of the best answers to Tyranitar in the tier, making it a great partner for Pokemon like Raikou, Zapdos, and Latias, the latter two also providing an immunity to Earthquake for Swampert. Metagross and Arcanine pressure Grass-types like Sceptile and Exeggutor, keeping Swampert safe from being OHKOed. Physical attackers like Tauros and Tyranitar greatly appreciate Swampert's ability to blank ("eliminate"? as ESL this feels unfamiliar) physical walls like Steelix and Regirock with Hydro Pump. (can bring up Swampert's Thunder Wave immunity as a potential switch in to keep these physical attackers safe)

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[Smudge]

The first sentence is duplicated, so fix that please!

If using Mystic Water, Swampert can run 208 Special Attack EVs to guarantee it OHKOes Tyranitar with Hydro Pump.

May want to mention where the EVs should be removed from to reach this benchmark, as I don't think it's obvious.

Great work!

 

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[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Hydro Pump / Waterfall
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers / Mystic Water
ability: Torrent
nature: Quiet
evs: 252 HP / 84 Atk / 128 SpA / 44 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

• Swampert's excellent typing and natural bulk allow it to stand out as one of the best Water-types in ADV Doubles. Its Ground typing also renders it immune to the barrage of Thunder Waves thrown around in the tier. Additionally, It it is virtually impossible to remove in one hit without a STAB Grass-type attack or Explosion, meaning it is efficient at trading positively with its high-power attacks and offensive coverage.
• Earthquake deals powerful spread damage if both foes are grounded and cleanly 2HKOes Metagross, Tyranitar, and Starmie. Ice Beam hits common Ground resistant Pokemon like Zapdos, Latias, and Sceptile.
• Hydro Pump is Swampert's strongest attack against Pokemon like Gengar, Steelix, and Arcanine, but Waterfall can be used to avoid risking misses at the cost of failing to achieve OHKOs on the latter two Pokemon.
• The given EV spread gives Swampert enough Attack investment to OHKO Raikou with Earthquake. The HP and Special Defense investment ensure Zapdos Swampert always survives a Hidden Power Grass from Modest Zapdos, and the remainder is dumped into Special Attack. If using Mystic Water, Swampert can run an EV spread of 216 HP / 84 Atk / 208 SpA to guarantee it OHKOes Tyranitar with Hydro Pump. Quiet nature is used to not inhibit either attacking stat or its bulk, as the speed Speed tier below Swampert is relatively uncongested.
• Swampert's immunity to sandstorm damage allows it to capitalize on the passive recovery provided by Leftovers.
• Swampert is one of the best answers to Tyranitar in the tier, making it a great partner for Pokemon like Raikou, Zapdos, and Latias, the latter two also providing an immunity to Earthquake for Swampert. Metagross and Arcanine pressure Grass-types like Sceptile and Exeggutor, keeping Swampert safe from being OHKOed. Physical attackers like Tauros and Tyranitar greatly appreciate Swampert's ability to eliminate physical walls like Steelix and Regirock with Hydro Pump.

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