OU Barraskewda

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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Barraskewda) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out against threatening Pokemon like Dragapult and bring in teammates that can better handle them or get valuable chip damage on foes it can't OHKO, while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed or potentially beat Kingambit with faster priority. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott, and hits Ogerpon-W. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, it and rain letting Barraskewda OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation and Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and offensive Landorus-T and offensive Gholdengo variants with Flip Turn.

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads are needed to switch into these Pokemon. Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Ogerpon-W, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire; it partners well with Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Ogerpon-W, which can remove them, though Barraskewda does beat Clodsire if it's running an Unaware set. Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads, the former allowing it to not get worn down through repeated pivots, as it lacks recovery, as well as helping keep Pelipper healthy for sustained rain setting, and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. Kingambit pairs well with Barraskewda, since it can easily revenge kill Pokemon that Barraskewda has already significantly weakened.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Grammar checked by:
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Barraskewda @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of threatening Pokemon like Rillaboom and Raging Bolt they can attack before you pivot out and flip turn is also useful for chip when you can't kill something and get ohkod back. and bring in teammates that can better handle them, while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed. Add that it gives you a chance to win the gambit vs barra 1v1 with correct prediction or pick off low gambits. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott. add that it allows barra to hit pon. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, letting it OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain. Include Flip Turn calcs

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom, Kingambit, and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads and Clodsire are needed to switch into these Pokemon. neither swap into kingambit. Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Primarina, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire, pon is more relevant than clod and prima, probably fine as just another option but could replace one. so it partners well with Raging Bolt and Rillaboom, which can remove them. could add on that if clod is unaware and beats bolt it can't beat barra. Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads, the former allowing it to come in safely change this to just not getting worn down when pivoting around. as it lacks recovery change to be lack of boots and wanting to pivot in and out a lot. Removal is also relevant for Pelipper to not take rocks to boost barra more and should be mentioned imo. and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. could add more mons that have usage on rain like pon, torn, kingdra, gambit. especially gambit and pon.

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Barraskewda @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of threatening Pokemon like Rillaboom and Raging Bolt they can attack before you pivot out and flip turn is also useful for chip when you can't kill something and get ohkod back. and bring in teammates that can better handle them, while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed. Add that it gives you a chance to win the gambit vs barra 1v1 with correct prediction or pick off low gambits. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott. add that it allows barra to hit pon. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, letting it OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain. Include Flip Turn calcs

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom, Kingambit, and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads and Clodsire are needed to switch into these Pokemon. neither swap into kingambit. Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Primarina, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire, pon is more relevant than clod and prima, probably fine as just another option but could replace one. so it partners well with Raging Bolt and Rillaboom, which can remove them. could add on that if clod is unaware and beats bolt it can't beat barra. Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads, the former allowing it to come in safely change this to just not getting worn down when pivoting around. as it lacks recovery change to be lack of boots and wanting to pivot in and out a lot. Removal is also relevant for Pelipper to not take rocks to boost barra more and should be mentioned imo. and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. could add more mons that have usage on rain like pon, torn, kingdra, gambit. especially gambit and pon.

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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Barraskewda) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of threatening Pokemon (if you wanted examples, you could add Pult because it resists everything and doesnt get OHKOed by liquid) and bring in teammates that can better handle them or get valuable chip damage on foes it can't OHKO, while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed or potentially beat Kingambit with faster priority. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott as well as hits Ogerpon-W. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, letting it OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain and OHKO Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and offensive Landorus-T and Gholdengo variants with Flip Turn in rain. (Do you mean offensive Gholdengo variants?)

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads and Clodsire are needed to switch into these Pokemon. (Clodsire on rain is pretty exploitable imo; gambit is decent on some rain teams as a steel but if you don't want to mention it twice, just treads as an example is fine) Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Ogerpon-W, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire, so it partners well with Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Ogerpon-W, which can remove them, though Barraskewda does beat Clodsire if it's running an Unaware set to counter Raging Bolt. (Unaware is its bests et in general, not just for that reasons, especially on stall teams) Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads, the former allowing it to not get worn down through repeated pivots as it lacks recovery, as well as help keep Pelipper healthy for sustained rain setting, and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. Kingambit pairs well with Barraskewda, since it can easily revenge kill Pokemon that Barraskewda has already significantly weakened.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theia.439018/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
Grammar checked by:

rain without archa is so mid this is tragic
 

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2/2
[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Barraskewda) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of threatening Pokemon (if you wanted examples, you could add Pult because it resists everything and doesnt get OHKOed by liquid) and bring in teammates that can better handle them or get valuable chip damage on foes it can't OHKO, while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed or potentially beat Kingambit with faster priority. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott as well as hits Ogerpon-W. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, letting it OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain and OHKO Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and offensive Landorus-T and Gholdengo variants with Flip Turn in rain. (Do you mean offensive Gholdengo variants?)

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads and Clodsire are needed to switch into these Pokemon. (Clodsire on rain is pretty exploitable imo; gambit is decent on some rain teams as a steel but if you don't want to mention it twice, just treads as an example is fine) Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Ogerpon-W, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire, so it partners well with Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Ogerpon-W, which can remove them, though Barraskewda does beat Clodsire if it's running an Unaware set to counter Raging Bolt. (Unaware is its bests et in general, not just for that reasons, especially on stall teams) Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads, the former allowing it to not get worn down through repeated pivots as it lacks recovery, as well as help keep Pelipper healthy for sustained rain setting, and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. Kingambit pairs well with Barraskewda, since it can easily revenge kill Pokemon that Barraskewda has already significantly weakened.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theia.439018/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
Grammar checked by:

rain without archa is so mid this is tragic
Implemented thank you!

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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Barraskewda) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of threatening Pokemon like Dragapult and bring in teammates that can better handle them or get valuable chip damage on foes it can't OHKO; (ASC) while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed or potentially beat Kingambit with faster priority. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott, (AC) as well as hits hitting Ogerpon-W. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, letting it OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain and OHKOing Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and offensive Landorus-T, (AC) and offensive Gholdengo variants with Flip Turn in rain.

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads are needed to switch into these Pokemon. Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Ogerpon-W, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire; (ASC) therefore, so it partners well with Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Ogerpon-W, which can remove them, though Barraskewda does beat Clodsire if it's running an Unaware set. Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads; (ASC) the former allowing it to not get worn down through repeated pivots as it lacks recovery, as well as helping keep Pelipper healthy for sustained rain setting, and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. Kingambit pairs well with Barraskewda, since it can easily revenge kill Pokemon that Barraskewda has already significantly weakened.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theia.439018/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Grammar checked by:
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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Barraskewda) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of against threatening Pokemon like Dragapult and bring in teammates that can better handle them or get valuable chip damage on foes it can't OHKO, while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed or potentially beat Kingambit with faster priority. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott, (AC) and as well as hits Ogerpon-W. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, it and rain letting it Barraskewda OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain and OHKO Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and offensive Landorus-T, (AC) and offensive Gholdengo variants with Flip Turn in rain. (don't want to repeat the same verbs + modifiers if possible, so rephrased to avoid it)

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads are needed to switch into these Pokemon. Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Ogerpon-W, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire; (replaced comma with semicolon) so it partners well with Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Ogerpon-W, which can remove them, though Barraskewda does beat Clodsire if it's running an Unaware set. Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads, the former allowing it to not get worn down through repeated pivots, (AC) as it lacks recovery, as well as help helping keep Pelipper healthy for sustained rain setting, and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. Kingambit pairs well with Barraskewda, since it can easily revenge kill Pokemon that Barraskewda has already significantly weakened.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theia.439018/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sunny004.197240/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solarbeam.470115/
 

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[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Barraskewda) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of threatening Pokemon like Dragapult and bring in teammates that can better handle them or get valuable chip damage on foes it can't OHKO; (ASC) while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed or potentially beat Kingambit with faster priority. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott, (AC) as well as hits hitting Ogerpon-W. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, letting it OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain and OHKOing Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and offensive Landorus-T, (AC) and offensive Gholdengo variants with Flip Turn in rain.

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads are needed to switch into these Pokemon. Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Ogerpon-W, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire; (ASC) therefore, so it partners well with Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Ogerpon-W, which can remove them, though Barraskewda does beat Clodsire if it's running an Unaware set. Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads; (ASC) the former allowing it to not get worn down through repeated pivots as it lacks recovery, as well as helping keep Pelipper healthy for sustained rain setting, and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. Kingambit pairs well with Barraskewda, since it can easily revenge kill Pokemon that Barraskewda has already significantly weakened.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theia.439018/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Grammar checked by:

[/QUOTE]
1/1, GP Team done

Crediting Sunny too.

blue = add
red = remove
(orange) = comment


[SET]
Rain Sweeper (Barraskewda) @ Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Water
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat

[SET COMMENTS]
Leveraging high Attack and Swift Swim to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame (and most of the boosted metagame), Barraskewda is one of OU's most terrifying wallbreakers. Choice Band Liquidation in rain tears through almost everything, OHKOing Galarian Slowking, Garganacl, and physically defensive Great Tusk. Flip Turn allows Barraskewda to quickly switch out of against threatening Pokemon like Dragapult and bring in teammates that can better handle them or get valuable chip damage on foes it can't OHKO, while Aqua Jet gives it the opportunity to act as a revenge killer even without rain to boost its Speed or potentially beat Kingambit with faster priority. Close Combat threatens to OHKO a number of Water-resistant foes, like Roaring Moon, Kyurem, and Hisuian Samurott, (AC) and as well as hits Ogerpon-W. Tera Water is often used to further augment Barraskewda's already strong offensive presence, it and rain letting it Barraskewda OHKO Hatterene, Dragapult, and Latias with Liquidation in rain and OHKO Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and offensive Landorus-T, (AC) and offensive Gholdengo variants with Flip Turn in rain. (don't want to repeat the same verbs + modifiers if possible, so rephrased to avoid it)

Because Barraskewda should only be used on rain teams, it must be paired with Pelipper, where it takes advantage of both the rain Pelipper sets and Pelipper's ability to safely pivot it in with U-turn. Due to its below-average defensive stats, Barraskewda is susceptible to being revenge killed by Rillaboom and Raging Bolt, so defensive teammates like Iron Treads are needed to switch into these Pokemon. Barraskewda also struggles against bulky Water-types like Dondozo, Ogerpon-W, and Tera Water Garganacl, as well as being completely walled by Water Absorb Clodsire; (replaced comma with semicolon) so it partners well with Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Ogerpon-W, which can remove them, though Barraskewda does beat Clodsire if it's running an Unaware set. Barraskewda appreciates entry hazard removal and setting from Iron Treads, the former allowing it to not get worn down through repeated pivots, (AC) as it lacks recovery, as well as help helping keep Pelipper healthy for sustained rain setting, and the latter allowing it to OHKO physically defensive Corviknight and Skarmory with Tera Water Liquidation in rain after Stealth Rock damage. Kingambit pairs well with Barraskewda, since it can easily revenge kill Pokemon that Barraskewda has already significantly weakened.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theia.439018/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/veti.612907/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sunny004.197240/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solarbeam.470115/
Implemented, thank you both!
 

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