[SET]
[name]: Life Orb
move1: Draco Meteor
move2: Heat Wave
move3: Fire Blast / Sludge Bomb
move4: Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1:
Naganadel's role in 2v2 Doubles is like a chameleon. It's high speed tier, good coverage, ability, and Special Attack stat make it capable of pairing with essentially any teammate and dealing with almost any foe. Draco Meteor is Naganadel's strongest move, allowing to OHKO a large number of Pokemon such as Cinderace, Pheromosa, Zygarde, Regieleki, Kyurem-B, and Tornadus. Heat Wave is an important move to Naganadel, allowing to OHKO Life Orb Genesect and Pheromosa while dealing damage to the opposing Pokemon as an added bonus. In addition, this allows Naganadel to OHKO those Pokemon while ignoring redirection. Fire Blast gives Naganadel a way to OHKO Assault Vest Gensect as well as have a better matchup against Steel-types, whereas Sludge Bomb gives it a secondary STAB option as well as a good answer to Fairy-type Pokemon such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Fini. Protect allows Naganadel to block Fake Out as well as create 50/50 scenarios with your opponent. 252 Special Attack gives Naganadel the most damage it can have, and 252 Speed EVs with a Timid Nature allows it to outspeed as many Pokemon as possible including Cinderace and Zapdos-G.
Naganadel's combination of Special Attack, Speed, and coverage make it a fantastic partner for almost every Pokemon in the metagame, as its number of defensive checks is relatively low. It naturally shores up the weaknesses of many Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Genesect, and Regieleki. Naganadel strong when paired with redirectors such as Indeedee-F and Togekiss, as they make up for its lack of bulk by absorbing attacks themselves, and strong with Tailwind users such as Tornadus and Whimsicott, supplementing its already incredible speed to blitz by foes such as Pheromosa and Choice Scarf Zygarde that threaten Naganadel.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Choice Scarf is also a strong option on Naganadel. This allows it to outspeed and OHKO its checks such as Regieleki, Pheromosa, and the majority of Choice Scarf users in the metagame. While losing out on the damage granted by Life Orb, the new speed tier allows it to run a Modest nature which helps it regain some of that lost power. The ability to run four offensive moves in Draco Meteor, Sludge Bomb, Fire Blast, and Heat Wave is not to be underestimated. In addition, due to using a Modest Nature, Choice Scarf Naganadel's Beast Boost ability will increase its Special Attack stat instead of speed.
Checks and Counters
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**Redirection**: Redirection is threatening to Naganadel as it will move faster than most partners that could OHKO the redirector, forcing it to use Protect. Naganadel additionally cannot OHKO Indeedee-F or Togekiss, even with Sludge Bomb. Redirection allows the opposing player to use their other Pokemon to KO the frail Naganadel.
**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon that are naturally faster than Naganadel such as Pheromosa and Barraskewda, as well as Choice Scarf users such as Zygarde and Landorus-Therian are able to reliably threaten and OHKO Naganadel due to its middling bulk. In addition, Regieleki and Zeraora are able to outspeed Naganadel and use Electroweb to decrease its speed. It's important to keep in mind that if you are using teammates such as Choice Scarf Landorus-Therian that you can end up OHKOing your own Naganadel with Earthquake.
**Heatran**: Naganadel lacks any way to deal significant damage to Heatran due to its typing and ability Flash Fire.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Le Creme Brule, 457210]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
[name]: Life Orb
move1: Draco Meteor
move2: Heat Wave
move3: Fire Blast / Sludge Bomb
move4: Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1:
Naganadel's role in 2v2 Doubles is like a chameleon. It's high speed tier, good coverage, ability, and Special Attack stat make it capable of pairing with essentially any teammate and dealing with almost any foe. Draco Meteor is Naganadel's strongest move, allowing to OHKO a large number of Pokemon such as Cinderace, Pheromosa, Zygarde, Regieleki, Kyurem-B, and Tornadus. Heat Wave is an important move to Naganadel, allowing to OHKO Life Orb Genesect and Pheromosa while dealing damage to the opposing Pokemon as an added bonus. In addition, this allows Naganadel to OHKO those Pokemon while ignoring redirection. Fire Blast gives Naganadel a way to OHKO Assault Vest Gensect as well as have a better matchup against Steel-types, whereas Sludge Bomb gives it a secondary STAB option as well as a good answer to Fairy-type Pokemon such as Tapu Lele and Tapu Fini. Protect allows Naganadel to block Fake Out as well as create 50/50 scenarios with your opponent. 252 Special Attack gives Naganadel the most damage it can have, and 252 Speed EVs with a Timid Nature allows it to outspeed as many Pokemon as possible including Cinderace and Zapdos-G.
Naganadel's combination of Special Attack, Speed, and coverage make it a fantastic partner for almost every Pokemon in the metagame, as its number of defensive checks is relatively low. It naturally shores up the weaknesses of many Pokemon such as Tyranitar, Genesect, and Regieleki. Naganadel strong when paired with redirectors such as Indeedee-F and Togekiss, as they make up for its lack of bulk by absorbing attacks themselves, and strong with Tailwind users such as Tornadus and Whimsicott, supplementing its already incredible speed to blitz by foes such as Pheromosa and Choice Scarf Zygarde that threaten Naganadel.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Scarf is also a strong option on Naganadel. This allows it to outspeed and OHKO its checks such as Regieleki, Pheromosa, and the majority of Choice Scarf users in the metagame. While losing out on the damage granted by Life Orb, the new speed tier allows it to run a Modest nature which helps it regain some of that lost power. The ability to run four offensive moves in Draco Meteor, Sludge Bomb, Fire Blast, and Heat Wave is not to be underestimated. In addition, due to using a Modest Nature, Choice Scarf Naganadel's Beast Boost ability will increase its Special Attack stat instead of speed.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Redirection**: Redirection is threatening to Naganadel as it will move faster than most partners that could OHKO the redirector, forcing it to use Protect. Naganadel additionally cannot OHKO Indeedee-F or Togekiss, even with Sludge Bomb. Redirection allows the opposing player to use their other Pokemon to KO the frail Naganadel.
**Faster Pokemon**: Pokemon that are naturally faster than Naganadel such as Pheromosa and Barraskewda, as well as Choice Scarf users such as Zygarde and Landorus-Therian are able to reliably threaten and OHKO Naganadel due to its middling bulk. In addition, Regieleki and Zeraora are able to outspeed Naganadel and use Electroweb to decrease its speed. It's important to keep in mind that if you are using teammates such as Choice Scarf Landorus-Therian that you can end up OHKOing your own Naganadel with Earthquake.
**Heatran**: Naganadel lacks any way to deal significant damage to Heatran due to its typing and ability Flash Fire.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Le Creme Brule, 457210]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
