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protected by a silver spoon
Weak to: Ice, Dragon
Resists: Fire, Water, Grass, Electric
46 HP / 87 Atk / 60 Def / 30 SpA / 40 SpD / 57 Spe
Cool stuff bolded, iffy stuff underlined, banned stuff whited.
Lv1: Scratch
Lv4: Leer
Lv7: Assurance
Lv10: Dragon Rage
Lv13: [M530]
Lv16: Scary Face
Lv20: Slash
Lv24: False Swipe
Lv28: Dragon Claw
Lv32: Dragon Dance
Lv36: Taunt
Lv41: Dragon Pulse
Lv46: Swords Dance
Lv51: Guillotine
Lv56: Outrage
Lv61: Giga Impact
Lv4: Leer
Lv7: Assurance
Lv10: Dragon Rage
Lv13: [M530]
Lv16: Scary Face
Lv20: Slash
Lv24: False Swipe
Lv28: Dragon Claw
Lv32: Dragon Dance
Lv36: Taunt
Lv41: Dragon Pulse
Lv46: Swords Dance
Lv51: Guillotine
Lv56: Outrage
Lv61: Giga Impact
TM01 - Claw Sharpen
TM02 - Dragon Claw
TM05 - Roar
TM06 - Toxic
TM10 - Hidden Power
TM11 - Sunny Day
TM12 - Taunt
TM17 - Protect
TM18 - Rain Dance
TM21 - Frustration
TM27 - Return
TM28 - Dig
TM32 - Double Team
TM39 - Rock Tomb
TM40 - Aerial Ace
TM42 - Facade
TM44 - Rest
TM45 - Attract
TM48 - Troll
TM54 - False Swipe
TM56 - Fling
TM59 - Complete Burn
TM66 - Payback
TM68 - Giga Impact
TM75 - Swords Dance
TM81 - X-Scissor
TM84 - Poison Jab
TM87 - Swagger
TM90 - Substitute (lol)
TM94 - Rock Smash
HM01 - Cut
HM04 - Strength
TM02 - Dragon Claw
TM05 - Roar
TM06 - Toxic
TM10 - Hidden Power
TM11 - Sunny Day
TM12 - Taunt
TM17 - Protect
TM18 - Rain Dance
TM21 - Frustration
TM27 - Return
TM28 - Dig
TM32 - Double Team
TM39 - Rock Tomb
TM40 - Aerial Ace
TM42 - Facade
TM44 - Rest
TM45 - Attract
TM48 - Troll
TM54 - False Swipe
TM56 - Fling
TM59 - Complete Burn
TM66 - Payback
TM68 - Giga Impact
TM75 - Swords Dance
TM81 - X-Scissor
TM84 - Poison Jab
TM87 - Swagger
TM90 - Substitute (lol)
TM94 - Rock Smash
HM01 - Cut
HM04 - Strength
Counter
Focus Energy
Reversal
Endure
Razor Wind
Night Slash
Endeavor
Iron Tail
Dragon Pulse
Harden
Focus Energy
Reversal
Endure
Razor Wind
Night Slash
Endeavor
Iron Tail
Dragon Pulse
Harden
As anyone who has faced Dratini, Bagon or Gible in 4th Gen LC knows, Outrage is as a formidable weapon in Little Cup as anywhere. Kibago just happens to have 3 things in its favor that makes it theoretically viable. One, base 87 attack makes it, bar none, the strongest Outrage user in LC. Two, Dragon Dance immediately gives it an additional advantage over Gible and Swords Dance gives it an advantage over Dratini and Bagon. Three, Rivalry will often be giving Kibago a 25% boost to its moves.
Downsides? Kibago doesn't get much beyond Outrage and that new multi-hit Dragon move. Dig can hit Levitators if you opt for Mold Breaker, but still won't hit stuff like Drifloon and Gligar. But, I guess Outrage will. X-Scissor, Return and Poison Jab are really the only other viable moves that Kibago gets.
[M530] is a 40 BP Dragon-type move which hits twice and has 90% accuracy.
Note that it is never worth using Adamant over Jolly, because the damage output from 18 and 19 Attack is completely identical.
Here are some possible sets:
Kibago @ Oran Berry
Ability: Mold Breaker/Rivalry
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 220 Atk / 36 Def / 220 Spe
~Dragon Dance / Swords Dance
~[M530] / Dragon Claw
~Outrage
~Dig
This set's premise is pretty simple: DD up and sweep. Assuming that LC doesn't get Dream World abilities, this set should be pretty deadly. After a DD, Kibago gets up to 24 Speed and 27 Attack. From there, you can opt to Dig and hit their incoming Bronzor or drop an Outrage to 2HKO almost anything in the metagame. +1 Dig will 2HKO Bronzor, and +1 [M530] will always 2HKO Gligar, something that Dragon Claw cannot do. +1 Outrage will always OHKO 236 HP / 36 Def Munchlax after SR, and +1 [M530] will always 2HKO Max Def/ Max Def Munchlax.
If using SD, then kills become much easier to net, though you'd better beware of Gligar, who will always OHKO you. The SD set's best bet is probably to spam Outrage, after SDing, which will OHKO Gligar and Munchlax, and 2HKO Bronzor.
You could also run Scarf Kibago if you wanted, taking advantage of the immediate speed and employing a hit-and-run strategy with [M530] until the opposing team is in range for Outrage to finish off.
Kibago @ Oran Berry
Ability: Rivalry/Mold Breaker
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 220 Atk / 36 Def / 220 Spe
~Substitute / Taunt
~Dragon Dance / Swords Dance
~[M530] / Dragon Claw
~Outrage
Kibago with Sub or Taunt. With Taunt it can stop Wynaut in its tracks, while with Sub it can get a free DD or an insured hit thanks to Sub. Calcs stay generally the same, as Kibago doesn't really have much choice as to how it distributes its EVs. [M530] seems like it will be the move of choice for a set like this, as it has good damage output with its only drawback being 90 accuracy. I am not sure about this set at all, but I figured that Taunt might be worth some use and you really can't go wrong with Sub.
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Overall, Kibago definitely seems to have some potential!! Especially compared to most of the new Gen 5 Pokemon who, like the Gen 4s, overwhelmingly have mediocre stats and movepools. Kibago may not entirely phase out the other Dragons, all of which have their own merits, but it should be, at the very least, usable.