Life Orb Mixed Garchomp
Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Outrage/Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Rock Slide/Stone Edge
(credit to
Dece1t for showing me this set)
Garchomp on Ground is mostly known for mixed Sand Force power in his Mega Forme, but regular Garchomp's still got some viable sets. This set provides comparable special power to M-Chomp, and provides comparable Outrages, but doesn't have Sand Force, in exchange for a fantastic base 102 speed, killing such threats as Lando-I, Charizard-Y, and Mega Gardevoir. It also allows use of Mega Camerupt, but imo it works well on megaless as well, any team that needs a reliable zardy counter and needs help patching up its speed problem. Outrage is there to 2HKO Slowbro on a rocks switch (252 Atk Life Orb Garchomp Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 173-204 (43.9 - 51.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock), but it can be substituted for Dragon Claw if you're a weenie who doesn't like being locked into Outrage. EQ and Fire Blast are fairly standard. Rock Slide is chosen over Stone Edge mostly because without Sand Force, it fails to really rack up major damage on mons not named Mandibuzz so it's there purely for popping tran balloons reliably/covering zard y.
comparison of physical power:
252 Atk Life Orb Garchomp Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 173-204 (43.9 - 51.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
252 Atk Mega Garchomp Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 162-192 (41.1 - 48.7%) -- 74.2% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock
comparison of eq in sand:
252 Atk Life Orb Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 144-172 (36.5 - 43.6%) -- 33.6% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and sandstorm damage
252 Atk Sand Force Mega Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro in Sand: 175-207 (44.4 - 52.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and sandstorm damage
comparison of special power:
4 SpA Life Orb Garchomp Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Skarmory: 229-270 (68.5 - 80.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
4 SpA Mega Garchomp Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Skarmory: 248-292 (74.2 - 87.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock
People tend to like the standard mixed M-Chomp set for Sand Force Earthquakes, but try out not only this set, but try out any chomp set you think of! It's a very nice mon to fill many unique roles.