1_TrickPhony
BSS Circuit Co-host
Pokemon Name: Hawlucha
Type(s) - Flying / Fighting
Base Stats - 78 HP / 92 Atk / 75 Def / 74 SAtk / 63 SDef / 118 Spe
Abilities: Mold Breaker, Unburden
Moveset
- Level Up Moves:
- - [01] Tackle
- - [01] Hone Claws
- - [04] Wing Attack
- - [08] Detect
- - [12] Aerial Ace
- - [16] Encore
- - [20] Feather Dance
- - [24] Submission
- - [28] Bounce
- - [32] Taunt
- - [36] Roost
- - [40] Swords Dance
- - [44] Flying Press
- - [48] High Jump Kick
- - [52] Endeavor
- - [56] Sky Attack
- Egg Moves:
- - Entrainment
- - Quick Guard
- - Feint
- - Defog
- - Mean Look
- - Cross Chop
- TMs:
- - [TM00] Mega Punch
- - [TM01] Mega Kick
- - [TM03] Fire Punch
- - [TM05] Thunder Punch
- - [TM06] Fly
- - [TM09] Giga Impact
- - [TM15] Dig
- - [TM21] Rest
- - [TM22] Rock Slide
- - [TM24] Snore
- - [TM25] Protect
- - [TM30] Steel Wing
- - [TM31] Attract
- - [TM33] Rain Dance
- - [TM34] Sunny Day
- - [TM39] Facade
- - [TM40] Swift
- - [TM41] Helping Hand
- - [TM42] Revenge
- - [TM43] Brick Break
- - [TM48] Rock Tomb
- - [TM52] Bounce
- - [TM56] U-turn
- - [TM57] Payback
- - [TM58] Assurance
- - [TM59] Fling
- - [TM63] Drain Punch
- - [TM75] Low Sweep
- - [TM76] Round
- - [TM78] Acrobatics
- - [TM79] Retaliate
- - [TM94] False Swipe
- TRs:
- - [TR00] Swords Dance
- - [TR07] Low Kick
- - [TR12] Agility
- - [TR20] Substitute
- - [TR21] Reversal
- - [TR26] Endure
- - [TR27] Sleep Talk
- - [TR29] Baton Pass
- - [TR30] Encore
- - [TR37] Taunt
- - [TR39] Superpower
- - [TR48] Bulk Up
- - [TR53] Close Combat
- - [TR57] Poison Jab
- - [TR60] X-Scissor
- - [TR64] Focus Blast
- - [TR66] Brave Bird
- - [TR69] Zen Headbutt
- - [TR74] Iron Head
- - [TR75] Stone Edge
- - [TR77] Grass Knot
- - [TR83] Ally Switch
- - [TR85] Work Up
- - [TR95] Throat Chop
- - [TR99] Body Press
Attacks: Close combat, Brave Bird, Iron Head, Poison Jab, Acrobatics, Stone Edge, U-turn, Rock Slide, Zen Headbutt, Endeavor, Hi Jump Kick, Drain Punch
Other Moves: Roost, Swords Dance, Bulk Up, Taunt, Encore
Description of New Abilities: No new abilities
Description of New Moves: Two new toys, with Close Combat and Brave Bird, are both far more consistent than its previous STABs, High Jump Kick and Acrobatics. No missing with High Jump Kick is a huge boost to Hawlucha, and helps ease the guessing pressure against Ghost types. Brave Bird doesn’t need Unburden, allowing it to run a Mold Breaker set while still having access to a powerful Flying move.
Dynamaxing potential:
-With its remaining fantastic abilities in Unburden/Mold Breaker in combination with general power level decrease and Dynamax, Hawlucha has become a terrifying sweeper in the 3 vs 3 format.
-Fighting Type Max Move attacks increase Attack stat by one stage, allowing Hawlucha to snowball out of control and no longer needing to choose between boosting and clicking attacks..
-Flying Type Max Move attacks increase Speed stat by one stage, making this Pokemon outspeed literally everything after a +1 speed. Also means Unburden isn't completely necessarily, like in previous generations.
-With any level of boosts, Mold Breaker Hawlucha eviscerates its traditional check, Mimikyu. +1 Brave Bird kills Mimikyu in one hit.
Potential Movesets
Life Orb Sweeper
Hawlucha @ Life Orb
Ability: Mold Breaker
Level: 50
EVs: 4 HP/ 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Brave Bird
- U-Turn/Taunt/Encore/Coverage Move
- Swords Dance
This is the set I see myself using the most. If you ever get this guy out against a slow pokemon, it sweeps on Dynamax very easily. Coverage moves are team dependent, but most likely going to be Poison Jab/Stone Edge.
Unburden Sweeper
Hawlucha @ Psychic Seed/Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Level: 50
EVs: 68 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 184 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Acrobatics
- Zen Headbutt/Substitute
- Swords Dance
With Psychic Seed (with Indeedee as auto-setter teammate), Hawlucha can immediately get the Unburden boost. Running Zen Headbutt allows you to take advantage of the damage boost and sets psychic terrain in a pinch with Dynamax. If going Sitrus Berry, Substitute is needed to auto-activate the Unburden boost after 2 subs. Speed is designed to outspeed +1 Dragapult after Unburden is activated, HP for activation on two subs.
Other comments
-Aegislash is going to be the biggest barrier to Hawlucha's viability. It has no way of touching it, however, U-turn can help keep momentum and scout an Aegislash switch-in.
-Other threats include Quagsire, Rotom-W/H.
-Might be the easiest sweeper to set up in the game, with a high initial speed tier and a STAB resisted by few.
-It is frail, however, but not enough to be picked off by priority, outside of maybe 2 or more Ice Shards. Brave Bird usage augments the frailty slightly more
-A Bulk-up/Roost set is possible to set up on weaker attackers, especially if using Terrain Seeds to give further defensive stat boosts.
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