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05-27-2008, 05:21 PM
Garchomp
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Swords Dancer
Garchomp @ Life Orb / Yache Berry
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 240 Spe / 16 HP
Nature: Adamant / Jolly
-Swords Dance
-Outrage
-Earthquake
-Fire Fang
After just one Swords Dance it OHKO's Max HP/Def Gliscor/Weezings/Dusknoir and does 92.97% - 109.38% to Max HP/Def Donphan and Damage: 85.95% - 101.19% to Max HP/Def Hippowdon. It can not OHKO Max Def/HP Cresselia with a single SD boosted Outrage, (Damage: 80.41% - 94.59%) but Cresselia doesn't OHKO back anyways so a second Outrage does it. Max HP/Def Skarmory takes 69.76% - 82.04% damage from Fire Fang which is really nice to get in before being Roared away. This set should be used with a team with much paralyzis support such as Body Slam Jirachi,Force Palm Hariyama or simply Thunderwave , or for very late-game where your opponents revenge killers such as Frosslass/Weavile/ScarfGar/Azelf etc. should be dead.
Chain Chomp
Garchomp @Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 SpA /240 Spe /16 Atk
Nature: Naughty / Rash
-Swords Dance
-Draco Meteor
-Fire Blast
-Earthquake
The basic ChainChomp. This set OHKO's Blissey after a Swords Dance and is great for surprising Defensive Walls like Gliscor, Weezing, Hippowdon etc.. Gliscor and Hippo unfortunately, survive a Draco Meteor and Max HP Weezing takes 90.12% - 105.99% from Draco Meteor.Rash Nature is also an option which has the chance of OHKOing Gliscor, and Weezing dies to it around 95% of the time(98.80% - 116.17%).
Chain Chomp V2 -(added by Eternal)
Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 200 Atk / 162 Spe / 148 SpA
Nature: Rash
~ Draco Meteor
~ Fire Blast
~ Outrage
~ Earthquake / Swords Dance
A very dangerous set when used properly. With 200 EVs on Atk and Life Orb boost Garchomp is capable of crippling about half of Gliscor's HP. With Sword Dance boost Garchomp is capable of dealing about 90% on physical wall Suicune with Outrage and OHKO'ing Blissey (so you can see how powerful that is). Draco Meteor is capable of dealing 80-95% damage on Gliscor (with stealth rocks, you can maximize you chances of a sure OHKO). Fire Blast is capable of dealing about 65% on a max HP Celebi and OHKO'ing Skarmory. Earthquake is there for its 50% STAB increase. The 160 speed EVs allow Garchomp to reach a speed of 280. Which is enough to outspeed adamant Heracross' and Lucario's. With Sword Dance up, it is almost impossible to counter this Garchomp with anything less than 280 speed. An excellent late game sweeper.
Scarf Chomp
Garchomp @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 180 Spe / 76 SpA
Nature: Adamant
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Crunch
Its outspeeds a lot of pokemon except those with higher base speed that are scarfed. Garchomp is bound to kill at least 1 pokemon on the other side. Remember, this Garchomp is for REVENGE KILLING, so it will kill a lot. It can also sweep with Outrage, but be VERY sure that the opponnet doesn't have a scarfed Starmie or Weavile, being locked in an Outrage is very dangerous against those pokemon with an Ice move. Fire Blast is there for same reason as before, this time I gave it more EVS in SP AT since it already has the Choice Scarf boost. A lot of people decide to go 252 AT , 252 SPD, which I find pointless, but its your choice, I'm only here to give my personal opinion and optional choices. Very good set and Pokemon, probably the one that gets the job the done best, will never let you down.
Invisible Chomp
Garchomp @Brightpowder
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 6 HP
Nature:Jolly
-Dragon Claw
-Substitute
-Swords Dance
-Earthquake
Let me explain myself. This set is only meant to be used when using a sandstorm team. Sandstorm activates Garchomp's Sand Veil ability, and with the additional effect of Brightpowder, the opponnet misses 3 out of 5 times ( calculated by myself so not efficient, 15/25).
The strategy in this set is to Substitute, being POSITIVE that you outspeed your opponnets pokemon , and pray for the other side to miss. If he hits you keep subbing, he will eventually miss, unless of course he's using a never-miss move such as aerial ace. When you finally have the substitute, and your opponnet either misses or doesn't destroy it, Swords Dance away, then, you guessed it, you sweep, sweep like a broom lol. You can also Swords Dance when you predict a switch, but i find it better to sub. This is probably my favorite set, second being the Revenge Killer.
Careful though, some people play with the no Luck items rule and Brightpowder is one of those items, so be very careful.
Specs Chomp
Garchomp @ Choice Specs
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 6 SpD
Nature: Modest
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
- Dragon Pulse
- Surf
Not my favorite set, but still deserves an honorable mention ( more of a gimmick set :P). Not much to explain about this set. Draco Meteor is to plant a big hit. It is preferred that you are POSITIVE that you will KO the opponnet if not, its going to be very hard to defeat a pokemon after getting your SP ATK decreased by two stages, if you're not sure you're going to kill it, go with dragon pulse.
Band Chomp
Garchomp @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 HP
Nature: Jolly
-Earthquake
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Crunch/Stone Edge
-Fire Fang
Standard Choice Band Set. HUGE attack power with a Choice banded Outrage, then again you're risking, as I've mentioned before, a physcial wall free switch in (such as skarm or forretress that can spike) or letting Starmie, Weavile, etc. Kill Chomp with no mercy
Freehit
Garchomp @Leftovers/ Salac Berry
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 HP
Nature: Jolly
-Substitute
-Dregon Claw / Outrage
-Earthquake
-Crunch/ Swords Dance
Bring out Chomp when you know that your opponent will switch out, ie: He has Pikachu, you switch in Chomp. Predicting he would switch out, use Substitute. Now you have the upper hand in doing damage to him and you'll only get hurt just a little bit. Substitute takes 1/4 of your HP meanwhile Leftovers heals, better than taking a hit from Starmie switching in. You can also Swords Dance if you manage to still have the sub alive. Earthquake is for STAB and coverage as well as Dragon Claw or Outrage. SubSalac is really nice along with a couple of boosts from Swords Dance and a bit of hax of Sand Veil.
Tank Chomp
Garchomp @ Leftovers / Life Orb / Yache Berry
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 SpD / 160 HP / 96 Def
Nature: Adamant / Jolly
- Swords Dance
- Fire Fang
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Man this guy is a beast. He'll have everybody thinking you hack LOL, TRUST me. Thanks Frank for this set. This Garchomp is able to take a hit, and a big one. It can take a Dragonite's Outrage, so yeah, LOL. Personally I like Yache berry on this set, just so you can do some damage without getting hurt by a starmie that thinks it will sweep you that easily :P. Life orb isn't really necessary, since you have SD already, but more power never hurts :twisted:
Name: Walled Ya!
Garchomp @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Veil
188 HP / 54 Atk / 252 Def / 16 Spe
Impish (+Def, -SpA)
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
188 HP EVs = 404 HP, which gives maximum Leftovers gain. 16 Spe outspeeds Max speed Tyranitar. Max Defense guarantees Garchomp surviving an Outrage from Max Attack Garchomp, even with the 188 HP EVs it survives. The rest just goes in Atk. Also, this helps survive Ice Beams from 273 SpA Pokemon, such as Starmie or Vaporeon.
Counters
Garchomp has a decent amount of counters, those including Bulky Starmie, Hippowdon, Cresselia. Basically anything with a STAB Ice Attack/ powerful ice attack/boosted SP ATK (cresselia CM). Some other pokemon that can easily switch in on Garchomp are Forretress and Skarmory, as long as they don't switch into a Fire Blast. Slowbro also deserves an honorable mention. I believe he can take 2 or 3 Outrages from a Choice Banded Garchomp, then Ice Beam giving it the OHKO. The Specs set is probably the easiest to counter, since it has no physical attacks. To counter the specs set, just throw in a Special Wall such as Blissey, Mantine, Cresselia, Snorlax, etc.
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Swords Dancer
Garchomp @ Life Orb / Yache Berry
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 240 Spe / 16 HP
Nature: Adamant / Jolly
-Swords Dance
-Outrage
-Earthquake
-Fire Fang
After just one Swords Dance it OHKO's Max HP/Def Gliscor/Weezings/Dusknoir and does 92.97% - 109.38% to Max HP/Def Donphan and Damage: 85.95% - 101.19% to Max HP/Def Hippowdon. It can not OHKO Max Def/HP Cresselia with a single SD boosted Outrage, (Damage: 80.41% - 94.59%) but Cresselia doesn't OHKO back anyways so a second Outrage does it. Max HP/Def Skarmory takes 69.76% - 82.04% damage from Fire Fang which is really nice to get in before being Roared away. This set should be used with a team with much paralyzis support such as Body Slam Jirachi,Force Palm Hariyama or simply Thunderwave , or for very late-game where your opponents revenge killers such as Frosslass/Weavile/ScarfGar/Azelf etc. should be dead.
Chain Chomp
Garchomp @Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 SpA /240 Spe /16 Atk
Nature: Naughty / Rash
-Swords Dance
-Draco Meteor
-Fire Blast
-Earthquake
The basic ChainChomp. This set OHKO's Blissey after a Swords Dance and is great for surprising Defensive Walls like Gliscor, Weezing, Hippowdon etc.. Gliscor and Hippo unfortunately, survive a Draco Meteor and Max HP Weezing takes 90.12% - 105.99% from Draco Meteor.Rash Nature is also an option which has the chance of OHKOing Gliscor, and Weezing dies to it around 95% of the time(98.80% - 116.17%).
Chain Chomp V2 -(added by Eternal)
Garchomp @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 200 Atk / 162 Spe / 148 SpA
Nature: Rash
~ Draco Meteor
~ Fire Blast
~ Outrage
~ Earthquake / Swords Dance
A very dangerous set when used properly. With 200 EVs on Atk and Life Orb boost Garchomp is capable of crippling about half of Gliscor's HP. With Sword Dance boost Garchomp is capable of dealing about 90% on physical wall Suicune with Outrage and OHKO'ing Blissey (so you can see how powerful that is). Draco Meteor is capable of dealing 80-95% damage on Gliscor (with stealth rocks, you can maximize you chances of a sure OHKO). Fire Blast is capable of dealing about 65% on a max HP Celebi and OHKO'ing Skarmory. Earthquake is there for its 50% STAB increase. The 160 speed EVs allow Garchomp to reach a speed of 280. Which is enough to outspeed adamant Heracross' and Lucario's. With Sword Dance up, it is almost impossible to counter this Garchomp with anything less than 280 speed. An excellent late game sweeper.
Scarf Chomp
Garchomp @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 180 Spe / 76 SpA
Nature: Adamant
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Crunch
Its outspeeds a lot of pokemon except those with higher base speed that are scarfed. Garchomp is bound to kill at least 1 pokemon on the other side. Remember, this Garchomp is for REVENGE KILLING, so it will kill a lot. It can also sweep with Outrage, but be VERY sure that the opponnet doesn't have a scarfed Starmie or Weavile, being locked in an Outrage is very dangerous against those pokemon with an Ice move. Fire Blast is there for same reason as before, this time I gave it more EVS in SP AT since it already has the Choice Scarf boost. A lot of people decide to go 252 AT , 252 SPD, which I find pointless, but its your choice, I'm only here to give my personal opinion and optional choices. Very good set and Pokemon, probably the one that gets the job the done best, will never let you down.
Invisible Chomp
Garchomp @Brightpowder
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 6 HP
Nature:Jolly
-Dragon Claw
-Substitute
-Swords Dance
-Earthquake
Let me explain myself. This set is only meant to be used when using a sandstorm team. Sandstorm activates Garchomp's Sand Veil ability, and with the additional effect of Brightpowder, the opponnet misses 3 out of 5 times ( calculated by myself so not efficient, 15/25).
The strategy in this set is to Substitute, being POSITIVE that you outspeed your opponnets pokemon , and pray for the other side to miss. If he hits you keep subbing, he will eventually miss, unless of course he's using a never-miss move such as aerial ace. When you finally have the substitute, and your opponnet either misses or doesn't destroy it, Swords Dance away, then, you guessed it, you sweep, sweep like a broom lol. You can also Swords Dance when you predict a switch, but i find it better to sub. This is probably my favorite set, second being the Revenge Killer.
Careful though, some people play with the no Luck items rule and Brightpowder is one of those items, so be very careful.
Specs Chomp
Garchomp @ Choice Specs
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 6 SpD
Nature: Modest
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
- Dragon Pulse
- Surf
Not my favorite set, but still deserves an honorable mention ( more of a gimmick set :P). Not much to explain about this set. Draco Meteor is to plant a big hit. It is preferred that you are POSITIVE that you will KO the opponnet if not, its going to be very hard to defeat a pokemon after getting your SP ATK decreased by two stages, if you're not sure you're going to kill it, go with dragon pulse.
Band Chomp
Garchomp @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 HP
Nature: Jolly
-Earthquake
-Outrage/Dragon Claw
-Crunch/Stone Edge
-Fire Fang
Standard Choice Band Set. HUGE attack power with a Choice banded Outrage, then again you're risking, as I've mentioned before, a physcial wall free switch in (such as skarm or forretress that can spike) or letting Starmie, Weavile, etc. Kill Chomp with no mercy
Freehit
Garchomp @Leftovers/ Salac Berry
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 HP
Nature: Jolly
-Substitute
-Dregon Claw / Outrage
-Earthquake
-Crunch/ Swords Dance
Bring out Chomp when you know that your opponent will switch out, ie: He has Pikachu, you switch in Chomp. Predicting he would switch out, use Substitute. Now you have the upper hand in doing damage to him and you'll only get hurt just a little bit. Substitute takes 1/4 of your HP meanwhile Leftovers heals, better than taking a hit from Starmie switching in. You can also Swords Dance if you manage to still have the sub alive. Earthquake is for STAB and coverage as well as Dragon Claw or Outrage. SubSalac is really nice along with a couple of boosts from Swords Dance and a bit of hax of Sand Veil.
Tank Chomp
Garchomp @ Leftovers / Life Orb / Yache Berry
Ability: Sand Veil
EVs: 252 SpD / 160 HP / 96 Def
Nature: Adamant / Jolly
- Swords Dance
- Fire Fang
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Man this guy is a beast. He'll have everybody thinking you hack LOL, TRUST me. Thanks Frank for this set. This Garchomp is able to take a hit, and a big one. It can take a Dragonite's Outrage, so yeah, LOL. Personally I like Yache berry on this set, just so you can do some damage without getting hurt by a starmie that thinks it will sweep you that easily :P. Life orb isn't really necessary, since you have SD already, but more power never hurts :twisted:
Name: Walled Ya!
Garchomp @ Leftovers
Trait: Sand Veil
188 HP / 54 Atk / 252 Def / 16 Spe
Impish (+Def, -SpA)
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
188 HP EVs = 404 HP, which gives maximum Leftovers gain. 16 Spe outspeeds Max speed Tyranitar. Max Defense guarantees Garchomp surviving an Outrage from Max Attack Garchomp, even with the 188 HP EVs it survives. The rest just goes in Atk. Also, this helps survive Ice Beams from 273 SpA Pokemon, such as Starmie or Vaporeon.
Counters
Garchomp has a decent amount of counters, those including Bulky Starmie, Hippowdon, Cresselia. Basically anything with a STAB Ice Attack/ powerful ice attack/boosted SP ATK (cresselia CM). Some other pokemon that can easily switch in on Garchomp are Forretress and Skarmory, as long as they don't switch into a Fire Blast. Slowbro also deserves an honorable mention. I believe he can take 2 or 3 Outrages from a Choice Banded Garchomp, then Ice Beam giving it the OHKO. The Specs set is probably the easiest to counter, since it has no physical attacks. To counter the specs set, just throw in a Special Wall such as Blissey, Mantine, Cresselia, Snorlax, etc.