A guide to everything about Baton Pass [GEN 4]

[bobphillip]

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. What is Baton Pass
3. Pokemon able to Baton Pass
4. Baton Pass recievers
5. The Lead
6. The Chain
7. Team Building
8. Example Team
9. How to counter Baton Pass teams
10. Conclusion



Introduction
Ever wanted to have a pokemon sweep at +6 in all stats? Well that's possible with Baton Pass teams. Baton Pass teams aren't so common as they used to be, with the arrival of many counters in DPP, mentioned later in the guide. This guide will hopefully help you make a succesful Baton Pass team.


What is Baton Pass?
Baton Pass is a 40 PP move, 64 with PP max. Baton Pass allows you to switch out of the battle, without priority. The Baton Passer can pass any stat changes and conditions.
List of Baton Passable things:
* Aqua Ring
* Block (both on you and your opponent)
* Confusion
* Curse (when used by a Ghost on the Baton Passer)
* Embargo
* Focus Energy/Lansat Berry
* Gastro Acid
* Ingrain
* Leech Seed
* Lock-On
* Magnet Rise
* Mean Look (both on you and your opponent)
* Mind Reader
* Perish Song's Count
* Power Trick
* Spider Web (both on you and your opponent)
* Substitute (keeps its HP)
* Stat boosts / drops
It also allows the user to escape from the effects ofShadow Tag, Magnet Pull, Arena Trap, and Pursuit’s effect of hitting before the user switches out.


Pokemon able to Baton Pass

OU Pokemon that can learn Baton Pass (Alphabetically)
Celebi
Gliscor
Jolteon
Ninjask
Scizor
Togekiss
Vaporeon
Zapdos


UU/NU Pokemon that can learn Baton Pass (Alphabetically)
Absol
Ambipom
Ariados
Beedrill
Blaziken
Delcatty
Dodrio
Drifblim
Espeon
Farfetch'd
Fearow
Flareon
Floatzel
Furret
Girafarig
Glaceon
Gorebyss
Huntail
Hypno
Illumise
Leafeon
Ledian
Lopunny
Lunatone
Masquerain
Mawile
Medicham
Minun
Mr. Mime
Plusle
Rapidash
Scyther
Solrock
Spinda
Swellow
Umbreon
Venomoth
Volbeat
Xatu

Baton Pass recievers
Recievers of Baton Passes are usually meant to sweep. They should be resistant to most priority. List of some good BP recievers:

Examples of OU recievers:

Lucario:

Lucario @ Life Orb
Ability: Steadfeast
EVs: 252 Atk / 60 HP / 196 Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SpA)
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Extremespeed
- Ice punch


Metagross:

Metagross @ Lum Berry
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SpA)
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- ThunderPunch
- Ice Punch

Scizor:

Scizor @ Life Orb
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk/ 200 Hp/ 56 Spe
Nature: Adamant
-Bullet Punch
-Superpower
-Bug Bite
-Quick Attack/Pursuit


UU/NU recievers:

Bibarel:

Bibarel @ Lum Berry
Ability: Simple
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SpA)
- Waterfall
- Return
- Pluck
- Quick Attack

Blaziken:

Blaziken @ Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant nature (+Atk, -SpA)
- Flare Blitz
- Super Power
-ThunderPunch
-Stone Edge

Rhyperior:

Rhyperior @ Life Orb
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 252 Atk/ 200 Spe/ 56 Hp or 252 Atk, 252 Spe/ 4 Hp
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake
-Megahorn
-Fire Punch/Thunderpunch

PorygonZ:

Porygon-Z @ Lum Berry
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest nature (+SpA, -Atk)
- Tri Attack
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam


Those are just some examples of good Baton Pass recievers.


The Lead
For Baton Pass teams, the lead is crucial. It should, 1. Start the chain and 2. Prevent Rocks or Spikes set up/Start passing boosts. Leads such as Ninjask can start passing boosts and Subs from the beginning with their Speed Boost ability. Pokemon like Aerodactyl and Smeargle can stop the setting of Stealth Rocks, Toxic Spikes, and Spikes, which can whittle down a Baton Pass team. Then there are pokemon like Gliscor and Zapdos which can pass boosts via a boosting move and can sometimes stop entry hazards from being laid down. Smeargle leads are one of the best leads for Baton Pass teams. They can Spore, pass any kind of boost or set up entry hazards of your own.


The Chain
This is the part of the team where everything needs to go smoothly or else the outcome could be disastrous. Every good Baton Pass team should have either a Smeargle or Mr. Mime. They can pass boosts safely without fear of Roar, or phazing moves for Smeargle. Soundproof help against Roar while

[Dark Abyss]

Quick mistake I found

"Leads such as Ninjask and Yanmega can start passing boosts and Subs from the beginning with their Speed Boost ability."
Yanmega can't BP.

[bobphillip]

K thnx for that

[Levankua]

Looking forward to it. Minor quip. Though you mention smeargle along with Aerodactyl, he isn't listed in the OU BPers list.

[cyndaquilfish]

Great job. What would be a good reciever for little cup?

[Dimes]

Cyndaquil, look at the dates of posts and try not to revive threads that are over a month old (unless it's the most recent thread in a forum). I've infracted you for not heeding my previous warning.

And Lapras, don't bother commenting. Just tell me.