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Hariyama Movesets- Trick Room Attacker (2 Options) - croissant - Feb 13, 2017

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Hariyama

Hariyama

Type: Fighting
Weaknesses: Psychic Flying Fairy (X2)
Resistances: Dark Bug and Ice Fire if it has Thick Fat


Abilities:


Thick Fat: Fire and Ice-type moves deal 50% damage.


Guts: Attack is increased by 50% when induced with a status (burn, paralysis, sleep, poison or freeze). Burn’s effect of lowering Attack is not applied.



Hidden Ability:


Sheer Force: Moves with a secondary effect are increased in power by 33% but lose their secondary effect



Base stats: 144 HP / 120 Attack / 60 Defense / 40 Special Attack / 60 Special Defense / 50 Speed


While it has an average defensive and offensive typing and below average stats for the most part, Hariyama is still the best fighting type in VGC at the moment due to its useful abilities, good movepool, combination of great HP, which helps mitigate its defenses, and Attack and its effectiveness under Trick Room.

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the sets


1- Assault Vest (Trick Room)

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Hariyama @ Assault Vest
Ability: Thick Fat
Level: 50
EVs: 28 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 220 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Heavy Slam/Rock Tomb


Milestones:

-Is never OHKO'd by Modest Tapu Lele's Psychic
-Cannot be OHKO'd by anything A-Marowak can do
-Outspeeds under Trick Room and KOes max HP Tapu Lele with Heavy Slam
-Can 2HKO some of the bulkiest Pokémon in the tier, such as Celesteela and Porygon2

Hariyama is a great Pokémon to use on Trick Room teams due to its poor Speed, allowing it to outspeed a lot of things under Trick Room, and good Attack. However, despite having an enormous HP stat, it does have below average defenses, but Assault Vest can somewhat fix it by giving it a 1.5x boost to its Special Defense, allowing it to take hits from some of the strongest Pokémon in the format, such as Tapu Lele and A-Marowak, and retaliate hard. While its defensive typing isn't very good, only resisting Bug and Dark, its ability allows it to have the equivalent to a resistance to Fire and Ice, allowing it to be an effective check to A-Marowak, Torkoal, Vanilluxe and A-Ninetales. Offensively, while one might think fighting is mediocre due to the amount of Fairy types running around, it still has decent coverage and can hit most of the tier for neutral damage. Also, Hariyama can provide some utility to the team with Fake Out and Rock Tomb, making it more of an offensive support Pokémon.

Fake Out is more of a support option, allowing it to give a free turn to its partner if used right (assuming Psychic Terrain isn't up since it blocks priotiy). Close Combat is Hariyama's strongest STAB option, allowing it to 2HKO a lot of Pokémon that are neutral to Fighting. Knock Off is used to hit Psychic and Ghost types that wouldn't take much/anything from Close Combat, such as Oranguru and A-Marowak. For the last slot, Heavy Slam is the primary option, allowing it to take on the various Fairy-types running around, such as the Tapus, but Rock Tomb can allow it to function outside of Trick Room by manually slowing down its opponents. It can also help out its partners who will most likely be slow too since Hariyama's niche is Trick Room. The milestones I talked about in the beginning explain the EV spread, and a Brave nature is used to be as slow as possible to work effectively under Trick Room.


calcs

Defensive:




252 SpA Ninetales-Alola Moonblast vs. 28 HP / 220 SpD Assault Vest Hariyama: 90-108 (40.3 - 48.4%) -- 4.3% chance to 2HKO after hail damage

252 SpA Ninetales-Alola Blizzard vs. 28 HP / 220 SpD Assault Vest Hariyama: 39-46 (17.4 - 20.6%) -- Miniscule chance to 4HKO after hail damage

252+ SpA Torkoal Eruption (150 BP) vs. 28 HP / 220 SpD Assault Vest Hariyama in Sun: 88-105 (39.4 - 47%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252+ SpA Tapu Lele Psychic vs. 28 HP / 220 SpD Assault Vest Hariyama in Psychic Terrain: 188-224 (84.3 - 100.4%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Thick Club Alolan Marowak Shadow Bone vs. 28 HP / 4 Def Hariyama: 171-202 (76.6 - 90.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Thick Club Alolan Marowak Flare Blitz vs. 28 HP / 4 Def Thick Fat Hariyama: 121-144 (54.2 - 64.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ SpA Vanilluxe Blizzard vs. 28 HP / 220 SpD Assault Vest Thick Fat Hariyama: 25-31 (11.2 - 13.9%) -- possible 8HKO


Offensive:




252+ Atk Hariyama Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Ninetales-Alola: 360-428 (241.6 - 287.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Hariyama Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Torkoal: 81-96 (45.7 - 54.2%) -- 47.3% chance to 2HKO

252+ Atk Hariyama Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Tapu Lele: 178-210 (100.5 - 118.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Hariyama Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Celesteela: 105-124 (51.4 - 60.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Hariyama Knock Off vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Marowak-Alola: 72-86 (43.1 - 51.4%) -- 5.1% chance to 2HKO (without item)

252+ Atk Hariyama Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Vanilluxe: 246-290 (138.9 - 163.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Hariyama Close Combat vs. 228 HP / 52 Def Gigalith: 164-194 (86.7 - 102.6%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO



2- Guts Attacker (Trick Room)

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Hariyama @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Level: 50
EVs: 28 HP / 252 Atk / 108 Def / 116 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Fake Out
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Heavy Slam


Milestones:

-OHKOes the standard Porygon2 set
-OHKOes Krookodile and 2HKOes max HP Arcanine even after Intimidate
-Is never 2HKO'd by Scarf Chomp even after burn damage

This set, unlike the first one, is focused on Hariyama's ability Guts, which gives it a 1.5x boost to its Attack stat when statused, meaning that it can be a very strong Trick Room abuser when paired with a Flame Orb. Burn also got a damage nerf this gen, allowing Hariyama to stay alive longer and not get worn down. Once burned, Hairyama can 2HKO if not OHKO most of the tier, making it a very strong choice for Trick Room oriented teams since they can effectively abuse its lack of Speed.

Fake Out is useful since it provides a free turn for its partner and it also helps it activate the Flame Orb. Close Combat is a very strong STAB move that allows it to 2HKO or OHKO a lot of the tier after the Guts boost. Knock Off hits Psychic and Ghost types like Oranguru and A-Marowak who could be problematic for Hariyama and Heavy Slam is used to hit the Fairy types, like the Tapus. The HP and Defense EVs allow Hariyama to live 2 Earthquakes for a Scarf Garchomp even after burn damage, while Attack EVs are maximized to ensure that it can deal as much damage as possible. The rest of the EVs are dumped into Special Defense instead of Speed since you would want your Hariyama to be as slow as possible to outspeed most Pokémon under Trick Room (which is pretty much its only niche).


calcs

Offensive:




252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 156 Def Eviolite Porygon2: 198-234 (103.1 - 121.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO

-1 252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Arcanine: 127-151 (64.4 - 76.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

-1 252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Close Combat vs. 36 HP / 0 Def Krookodile: 254-302 (145.1 - 172.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Alolan Marowak: 158-188 (94.6 - 112.5%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Celesteela: 156-184 (76.4 - 90.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Tapu Fini: 86-102 (48.5 - 57.6%) -- 47.7% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 140 Def Oranguru: 176-208 (89.3 - 105.5%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Close Combat vs. 228 HP / 52 Def Gigalith: 246-290 (130.1 - 153.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Tapu Koko: 122-144 (83.5 - 98.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 60 Def Tapu Bulu: 180-212 (101.6 - 119.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Guts Hariyama Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 164 HP / 92 Def Tapu Lele: 238-282 (143.3 - 169.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO



Defensive:




84 SpA Tapu Fini Moonblast vs. 28 HP / 116 SpD Hariyama: 144-170 (64.5 - 76.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after burn damage

252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 28 HP / 108 Def Hariyama: 82-97 (36.7 - 43.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after burn damage

252 SpA Life Orb Tapu Koko Dazzling Gleam vs. 28 HP / 116 SpD Hariyama: 135-164 (60.5 - 73.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after burn damage

36+ Atk Tapu Bulu Wood Hammer vs. 28 HP / 108 Def Hariyama in Grassy Terrain: 184-217 (82.5 - 97.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery and burn damage

252+ SpA Tapu Lele Dazzling Gleam vs. 28 HP / 116 SpD Hariyama: 144-170 (64.5 - 76.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after burn damage

Doesn't have really great bulk despite its high HP stat, so don't play too recklessly with it. It can still tank some weaker hits though.



Note: Rock Slide is a viable option on those sets, but it is generally outclassed by its other moves.


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good partners


Trick Room Users: Hariyama's main niche is being a Trick Room attacker, so Pokémon like Oranguru, Mimikyu and Porygon2 who can use Trick Room are a must.

Psychic, Flying and Fairy Checks/Counters: Hariyama is weak to those typings, so having a check to those is very important, and while Hariyama can muscle through them with the Flame Orb set, it still struggles to deal effectively with so fairy types like the Tapus, especially outside of Trick Room. Hairyama also can't 2HKO Pelipper with anything, bar the rare Rock Slide.

Will probably add stuff here later.

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threats


Psychic, Fairy and Flying types: Hariyama is weak to these typings, so be careful when facing those.

Taunt Users: Taunt users can prevent Trick Room from being set up by its partner, making Hariyama very vulnerable due to its low speed.

Will probably add stuff here later.
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Hope you guys enjoy this build, if you have any questions ask them below and I'll make sure to answer them (or try to).


RE: Hariyama Movesets- Trick Room Attacker (2 Options) - Gvng - Feb 13, 2017

Great write up @Elly, Hariyama has definetly seen some love this Gen and this write up embodies of that with the multiple trick room users, and paired with Orangaru 2x Close Combat can be a real threat.


RE: Hariyama Movesets- Trick Room Attacker (2 Options) - Black117 - Feb 14, 2017

This generation Hariyama seems to have gotten better partners and sight buffs here and there, notably the fact burn damage deals about 1/16th damage instead of 1/8th. Honestly expect Hariyama to stick around through the format given how hard it hits with the Guts-boosts and how crucial Fake Out support is for Trick Room teams.