Apr 19, 2015, 05:41 PM
Stats: 90 HP, 120 Atk, 95 Def, 60 SpAtk, 60 SpDef, 45 Spe
Abilities: Intimidate (On switch-in, this Pokemon lowers the Attack stat of adjacent opponents by 1 stage)
Quick Feet (If this Pokemon is statused, its Speed is 1.5*; ignores the speed drop from paralysis)
Rattled (This Pokemon's Speed is raised by 1 stage is hit by a Ghost, Bug or Dark-type attack)
BUILD
Granbull @ Assault Vest
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 180 Atk / 76 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Super Fang/Close Combat
- Ice Punch
- Rock Slide/Stone Edge
Offensive Calculations
180+ Atk Granbull Rock Slide vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mega Charizard Y: 156-184 (101.9 - 120.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
180+ Atk Granbull Ice Punch vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Mega Salamence: 136-164 (79.5 - 95.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
180+ Atk Granbull Play Rough vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Terrakion: 168-198 (100.5 - 118.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO
180+ Atk Granbull Close Combat vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Mega Kangaskhan: 136-160 (75.1 - 88.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Defensive Calculations
-1 252 Atk Parental Bond Mega Kangaskhan Double-Edge vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Granbull: 126-151 (63.9 - 76.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Pixilate Sylveon Hyper Voice vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Assault Vest Granbull: 97-115 (49.2 - 58.3%) -- 98% chance to 2HKO
252+ SpA Aegislash-Blade Flash Cannon vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Assault Vest Granbull: 150-176 (76.1 - 89.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Gengar Sludge Bomb vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Assault Vest Granbull: 138-164 (70 - 83.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Summary
This Pokemon is quite the offensive beast. It sports a wide movepool which allows it to cover most of the main threats in VGC. Play Rough is an all around good STAB and it hits Terrakion and Hydreigon for super effective. Super Fang gives you another offensive option if Granbull were to get burnt as it cuts the opponent's HP in half however you could go with Close Combat even though it would defeat the purpose of the Assault Vest plus it won't take out anything that Play Rough already can handle (barring Heatran). Ice Punch for coverage against Landorus-T, Amoonguss and dragon types and Rock Slide for spread damage.
The only flaw with Granbull is its speed however you could fix that by putting it in Trick Room but Granbull still works effectively outside of it. Also note that Granbull will have a hard time dealing with Bisharp seeing as how Intimidate triggers Defiant which allows Bisharp to kill it 2 times over .
Team mates such as Cresselia, Charizard Y, Gastrodon, Heatran and Mega Venusaur work well with Granbull.
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