Samurott Moveset-Tank (Assault Vest)
Sep 9, 2015, 09:01 AM
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I know what you're probably thinking and I admit, Samurott may not be the best Pokemon out there, but I do feel like that he's been overlooked in some cases. While its speed puts him in a somewhat awkward position along with its decent attack and special attack stats along with his defenses which may not be considered bulky enough to deal with most mons, Samurott could still do enough work that allows him to function with a Trick Room team, or an intimidator such as Arcanine or Hitmontop. Samurott however does make it up with his Water typing which is one of the more defensive typings, while resistances aren't that as great, it only has to worry about its weakness to Grass and Electric types. This set may help this mon out.
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Type: Water
Base Stats: 95/100/85/108/70/70
Weakness: Grass (x2), Electric (x2)
Resistances: Steel (x0.5) Water (0,5) Fire (0.5)
Immunities: None
Abilities:
Torrent: The main ability that every Water Starter gets. Torrent allows you to boost your STAB water moves by 1.5 when you're 1/3 your health or less. This can be helpful if you're below health and the extra boost may help you out.
Shell Armor: (Hidden Ability) One of the more underrated abilities IMO, Shell Armor allows your Pokemon to never get affected with a critical hit. Call it situational if you want, we all know crits happen at one point or another and in most cases, can cause you the game. Pokemon that has good defense stats such as Cloyster and Mega Slowbro are known Pokemon with that ability. I do believe it works better on a defensive set than anything else.
Defensive Special Attacker
Samurott @ Assault Vest
Ability: Shell Armor
EVs: 187 HP / 13 Atk / 114 Def / 152 SpA / 44 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Scald/Hydro Pump
- Aqua Jet
- Ice Beam
- Superpower/Iron Tail
This set is mostly meant for Trick Room. While the Sassy Nature is great with the Assault Vest allowing Samurott to take a special hit or two from Thundurus I, Aegislash, Salamence, etc, the more focus is on Samurott's physical defense. Scald would be a perfect move for Samurott allowing him to get the possible burn on pokemon such as Mega Kangaskhan or Landorus T, greatly crippling them if the 30% hax is on your side. But if you're looking for a bit more power, there is Hydro Pump which does close to over 50% on Mega Kangaskhan 73-89% on Landorus-T. Aqua Jet is used for priority if there is a pokemon that is at a very low percentage you need to KO, while Superpower and Iron Tail are also used for coverage. Although Iron Tail's 75% accuracy may be a bit risky, it can do serious damage to threats such as Sylveon and Mega Gardevoir, getting a defense drop on either one would be great since the next attack is sure to finish the opponent off. There is also Superpower, a more of a last resort move that could put a dent in on your opponent's mon, but at the cost of your attack and defense.
Damage Calcs
Defensive
Offensive
Possible Teammates
Other Moves
-Knock Off: Probably a more safer option, allowing you to discard your opponent's items as long its not a mega pokemon
-Air Slash Perfect while in Trick Room, good coverage for any possible grass types (though ice beam would be the better option unless its against mega venusaur), chances of flinching helps it out too.
-Megahorn A powerful bug type move that would cover well against certain psychic, grass, and dark types
Grass Knot Unless you're going against team with mega swampert or milotic, Grass Knot would be great coverage against certain bulky water types. Also effective on Tyranitar.
I would post more but I'm running out of time, let me know what do you think and what other options do you think would make this better
