Anthiese
formerly Jac
shelmet kinda loses out in this meta since it's fighting resist is better warranted up above. i mean riolu can troll it and copycat moves liek spikes and recover and be such a hinderance. but iunno if copytect riolu is a thing yet.proposing flabebe/shelmet for at least C, better than unranked.
shelmet - fighting resist, good physical and overall bulk (50/85/65), spikes, recover mandatory, and other options like bug buzz, giga drain, encore, toxic, baton pass that can custom fit your team. good check to random physicals, can avoid being set up bait, can recover itself, has at least 1 useful resist, can hit stuff.
flabebe - clerical options, wish aroma and moonblast, like a togepi with more power and speed but less physical bulk, still, a knock resist, dragon immune, decently fast and powerful.
more discussion, anyone else tried them?
I've seen Jac use swinub, also probably knows more than me about hound variants
flabebe imo has to compete with toge who has better mixed bulk and a somewhat better movepool both in attacking and status related moves.
last but not least swinub has nothing real interesting to bring ot the table. in a meta filled with water types, one hopes to break thru the ranks and do things but cant. the only reason i was using it was for lo modest freeze dry which does an intersting thing in this meta. (yes swinub is ohko'd by all these mons but who cares it's busting them open on the switch)
the set is just max spa max spe, it's on a webs team to outspeed waters on the switch and punish them for switching in.
im aware that a physical set would do better but i would like to have fun and use a special set and punish water type switchins.
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 156 HP / 236+ SpD Eviolite Omanyte: 16-18 (72.7 - 81.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 36 HP / 0 SpD Shellder: 31-39 (155 - 195%) -- guaranteed OHKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 156 HP / 116+ SpD Eviolite Mantyke: 21-31 (91.3 - 134.7%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 116 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Kabuto: 18-23 (85.7 - 109.5%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 236 HP / 76 SpD Eviolite Frillish: 16-18 (64 - 72%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 80 HP / 116+ SpD Eviolite Skrelp: 16-18 (72.7 - 81.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 228 HP / 100 SpD Eviolite Shellos: 16-18 (59.2 - 66.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 196 HP / 196+ SpD Tentacool: 16-18 (69.5 - 78.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 36 HP / 0 SpD Shellder: 31-39 (155 - 195%) -- guaranteed OHKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 156 HP / 116+ SpD Eviolite Mantyke: 21-31 (91.3 - 134.7%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 116 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Kabuto: 18-23 (85.7 - 109.5%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 236 HP / 76 SpD Eviolite Frillish: 16-18 (64 - 72%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 80 HP / 116+ SpD Eviolite Skrelp: 16-18 (72.7 - 81.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 228 HP / 100 SpD Eviolite Shellos: 16-18 (59.2 - 66.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
196+ SpA Life Orb Swinub Freeze-Dry vs. 196 HP / 196+ SpD Tentacool: 16-18 (69.5 - 78.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
pffft say something manBlatantly biased towards Houndour. Staying silent.