Movesets for Lapras and Sharpedo

Dragon Tamer Ed

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    These are 2 of my shiny pokes (so natures can't be changed) and I need to see which movesets work best when I enter them into competitive battles.

    The ones I have so far are:

    Lapras@Leftovers
    Docile nature
    Moves:
    Thunderbolt
    Ice Beam
    Surf
    Confuse Ray

    Sharpedo@Salac Berry
    Careful nature
    Moves:
    Earthquake
    Ice Fang
    Crunch
    Substitute


    But can anyone think of better movesets? Note that Lapras has max Sp. Atk EVs and its defense stats are only on the border of 200 each, so no wall sets. And Sharpedo's EVs are mainly on Attack and Speed, so no special sweeper sets. I am short on EV deducting berries so don't even go there.
     
    Lapras@Leftovers
    Docile nature
    Moves:
    Thunderbolt
    Ice Beam
    Surf
    Heal Bell/Refresh

    Sharpedo@Choice Scarf
    Careful nature
    Moves:
    Earthquake
    Ice Fang
    Crunch
    Surf/Waterfall

    i love these two so i of course figured to help ya. heal bell is obvious... refresh is if you can't get heal bell. pretty good on lapras tho... it can absorb status for your team, and if you happen to get poisoned refresh works well with it.

    sharpedo @ choice scarf is SOO awesome. even w/o sp attack EVs, surf is good on it for foes with lower special defense. most rock or ground types can take a hit from Waterfall, but they can't survive a Surf. and besides, sharpedo's base sp attack is 95, which is pretty good, and enough to do more damage on those with low sp defense.
     
    Mind you, Psychic is pointless on Lapras since Surf, Ice Beam, and Thunderbolt handle just about any given opponent better. The only exception is Lanturn, which will screw Lapras over anyway.

    These are 2 of my shiny pokes (so natures can't be changed) and I need to see which movesets work best when I enter them into competitive battles.

    The ones I have so far are:

    Lapras@Leftovers
    Docile nature
    Moves:
    Thunderbolt
    Ice Beam
    Surf/Sing
    Confuse Ray Rest

    Well, would you look at that? It's a pokémon whose optimal moveset hasn't really changed. :3 Confuse Ray is a pointless luck move, so ditch that. Rest is what you'll want. Also, Sing is an option over Surf since it adds some versatility to the set while Ice Beam and Thunderbolt still handle the type coverage.

    Sharpedo@ Choice Band
    Careful nature
    Moves:
    Earthquake
    Ice Fang
    Crunch
    Substitute Waterfall

    CB Sharpedo ftw. Sucks about the nature, but at least it's not directly working against you.

    But can anyone think of better movesets? Note that Lapras has max Sp. Atk EVs and its defense stats are only on the border of 200 each, so no wall sets. And Sharpedo's EVs are mainly on Attack and Speed, so no special sweeper sets. I am short on EV deducting berries so don't even go there.

    Nyu, Lapras' HP tops at 464, so it should be sufficient for walling. It's not like it really has what it takes to sweep.

    Oh wait, strike that: it can sort of sweep, but that would call for egg moves:

    Lapras @ Life Orb/Leftovers
    Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
    Earthquake
    Avalanche
    Waterfall
    Dragon Dance

    DDLapras, lol. Technically, its Atk is as good as its SAtk, though. :O
     
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