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Let's talk a little bit about Barraskewda who would have thought
That the pokemon that Cramorant shot out of its mouth in the trailer evolves into such a beast
Barraskewda is
Basically the definition of a glass cannon, all right? it has base 123 attack and base
136 speed is incredibly fast. It is incredibly fast and on top of that it has the Swift Swim ability
Which allows it to double its speed under rain and this is really good, especially when it has such insane coverage like close combat
liquidation is an incredible move because it's STAB it gets boosted by rain and
It just doesn't miss and it has a good secondary effect
It can get a defense drop and on top of that it has a solid coverage and moves like psychic fangs, crunch
Poison jab so it can basically hit a whole lot of stuff
So the idea behind this Pokemon is to use it on a rain team
Right you use it on a rain team, or you even use it on its own
Dynama x moves allow liquidation to basically become Max Geyser and that also just sets up rain for Barraskewda
Allowing it to have that
Speed boost as well while attacking with the water boosts
Dynomax close combat turns into max knuckle which gives Barraskewda +1 attack
Right, so it has really solid solid options now
This Pokemon kind of has one set. It's pretty one-dimensional, but it's incredibly good at what it does for what I just mentioned
Not only is it fast and hard to revenge kill but it hits really really hard too
so a lot of sets you guys will see will be the choice band set, 2
Variations and then the life orb set which basically runs the exact same thing
so I'll talk a little bit about teammates but the aim of
Barraskewda is once you get it in you just start ripping through your opponent's team. You click liquidation
You click close combat, obviously
The choice band is boosting your (attack) stat and I did say you can go adamant or jolly that really is up to preference
If you want to potentially speed tie with other
Barraskewda you would run jolly but at the risk of being a little bit weaker
basically, though adamant or jolly are still incredibly fast at plus-2 you out speed most if not all hawlucha in the OU
tier by running adamant and
You just hit really hard with that. Crunch is a nice little coverage move that gives you a way of hitting basically
Dragapult  for super effective damage
It's also just good in general psychic fangs is kind of necessary because Toxapex
otherwise walls your stats and it's really cool as well because it gets-
It's just really really really good because   as a Dynamax move
It also summons the (psychic) terrain so it makes the next psychic fangs even stronger
But yeah
The idea is you get this Pokemon in you start clicking buttons for the most part
You might click max knuckle just to get an attack raise and then you use it after
Of course the secondary set we have right here is just replace crunch with poison jab and poison jab gives you some nice little coverage
Versus grass types versus certain fairy types, maybe like a Whimsicott right there where liquidation will be a little bit weaker
Whereas obviously poison jab is four times effective. It's really nice versus like
appletun or like an Eldegossss that might be running around and
Obviously, you know, it's the exact same thing and this set is running life orb, but the majority of them are just running either
Choice band or -whoops- wrong thing, you know just choice band or
Or life orb and again on the life orb set, You can even run the same thing
You can even run crunch if you want. It just helps you cover dragapult. So it's a pretty one-dimensional mon.
I'll talk a little bit about teammates though because it is a pokemon that kind of- it doesn't necessarily depend on rain
But it does super well over rain
Some really common teammate will be pelipper right whether you're playing doubles whether you're playing battle spot singles whether you're playing smogon 6v6
Which is what i'm  talking about when it comes to most of these videos though
It does apply to battle spot singles I feel.
You'll definitely see a pelipper with a Barraskewda just because of Pelipper's  drizzle ability being able to get up that rain immediately
With it and having a slow u-turn to be able to get in Barraskewda to start wreaking havoc
another option defensively
Is Ferrothorn. Ferrothorn is really good because it resists the electric and grass type attacks that Barraskewda is weak to and doesn't necessarily
want to stay in (on). Rotom wash is a Pokemon that can actually tank a hit from Barraskewda if you don't end up going for the
max knuckle into Max geyser
however
If Rotom wash comes in and you do go for max knuckle on an offensive Rotom wash
Your next max geyser will be able to knock it out
But Ferrothorn provides a defensive cushion that can take the hits that Barraskewda doesn't want to take from Rotom like volt switch or will-o'-wisp
and then provide stealth rock as well or even knock off support. Another option or two that you can use with this Pokemon are
Dreadnought and seismitoad, they both can be Swift Swim Pokemon and even Ludicolo
Those are just options that can be Swift swim Pokemon that can also abuse the rain and appreciate barraskewda's
Ability to break through pokémon like Ferrothorn something that rain kind of struggles with because you do have a really really really strong close-combat
That really benefits something like Swords Dance Drednaw or even a seismitoad in general. Obviously a Ludicolo can go for Focus Blast but
Close Combat is gonna do more for the most part
in fact
The cool thing about Barraskewda being around is that it also kind of makes Ferrothorn run
physically defensive (sets) which still opens up the door for a lot of the other special attackers rain can have and
Another rain abuser that can work with your Barraskewda-
-I just mentioned it, but that's Gyarados Gyarados really a ppreciates again the ability to weaken
Pokemon like Ferrothorn and also the ability to
Weaken scarf Rotom scarf Rotom is a nice check to Gyarados because it can come in as Gyarados goes for Dragon
It's out speed it and goes for volt switch
So Barracuda is probably one of the most offensive mons that takes you
That makes use of Dynomax others that obviously come mind are Darmani tan
Ditto can take-  it can make use of it and of course Gyarados itself, but it's an incredibly scary mon
To fight under rain and I'm super excited to be using it later today
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