Vaporeon @ Leftovers
Trait: Hydration / Water Absorb
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spe)
IVs: 0 Spd
- Work Up
- Yawn
- Baton Pass
- Rest / Scald / Wish
One of Vaporeon's greatest assets is his bulk, and in combination with a pretty solid support move pool, he can give your team a huge advantage. This set works very simply. First turn you come in on something that can't do much to Vaporeon, depending on the opponents team you use Yawn or Work Up. Yawn will cause the opponent to either stay in and fall asleep, or switch out and give Vaporeon a free turn to use Work Up or dry pass to gain easy momentum. After using Work Up, Vaporeon can either use Yawn, to gain a free turn to use Baton Pass, allowing you to see your opponents switch in and get in a boosted attacker for free, or if the opponent has let their pokemon fall asleep, Vaporeon is slow as possible to take the hit and get your boosted sweeper in un-scratched.
The Ability and last move slot depend on what type of team Vaporeon is being run on. On a rain team, hydration in combination with rest allows Vaporeon to be extremely difficult to take out, allowing it to be able to baton bass boosts to the rest of your team again and again. On a weatherless or sand team, Scald can be a useful move to deal decent damage and it has that handy chance to burn. Lastly, Wish further increases Vaporeon's utility allowing it to Wish followed by a slow Baton Pass, healing the switch in for a large portion of their HP thanks to Vaporeon's huge HP stat.
The list of Pokemon who can benefit from this set are limitless. Since Work Up boosts both attack and special attack, pretty much any sweeper on your team will appreciate the free boost and free switch in. All in all, Vaporeon gives your team great bulk, and this is a unique yet very effective set that will almost always provide your team with a huge advantage.
