[Overview]
<p>With Wish's new mechanics along with Vaporeon's massive HP stat, Vaporeon can really
help out the benefit your team by healing off any damage that your team may have taken. Furthermore, Vaporeon got a
new nifty nifty new toy in Boiling Water, allowing her to burn unsuspecting physical sweepers. She can still utilize her Baton Passing capabilities with Acid Armor, Aqua Ring, and her new move Cheer Up. However, because of the stronger opponents that exist in
the fifth generation
, as well as more Pokémon that can hit Vaporeon hard
like such as Virizion and Thundurus as well as older Pokémon such as Breloom, Vaporeon will have difficulty walling to her full capabilities.
Furthermore In addition, she is susceptible to all forms of entry hazard damage. Vaporeon is in for a tough time, but with help from her teammates as well as the new tools she can
utilize exploit, she is fully capable of doing her job well.</p>
[SET]
name: Wish Support
move 1: Boiling Water
move 2: Wish
move 3: Protect
move 4: Roar / Ice Beam / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This set utilizes two of
the fifth generation's gifts to Vaporeon. With a defensive EV spread, Vaporeon can tank
many different multiple hits from opposing
enemies Pokémon. Boiling Water serves as Vaporeon's STAB move and has a handy 30% chance of burning the opposing Pokémon
. which This is great for
crippling physically-based Pokémon that try to switch into her for free. Wish heals
50% of the HP of the Pokémon that used it an amount equal to 50% of Vaporeon's HP to a teammate. That, combined with Vaporeon's large HP stat, means that she will be healing much of your team for at least 50%. Protect serves as both a scouting move and to ensure that Vaporeon gets healed by her
ownWish.</p>
<p>There are several options for the last moveslot. Roar is the primary choice because
Ferrothorn loves coming in on Vaporeon. By predicting correctly, Vaporeon can Roar out Ferrothorn and cause more entry hazard damage. Vaporeon can phaze out her counters - such as Ferrothorn - and cause extra residual damage. Ice Beam is there for Garchomp, Haxorus, Breloom, and any other Pokémon that resist Boiling Water
or don't take too much from it. Finally, Toxic, in conjunction with Protect, enables Vaporeon to stall out
many different Pokémon Pokémon that it walls. However, this may clash with the burn chance from Boiling Water
and as such, Surf can be used as Vaporeon's STAB attack.</p>
[Additional Comments]
<p>Haze can be used in the last spot also for those last Pokémon situations, but generally Roar is better since it forces them out. Hidden Power Electric can be used to hit Gyarados but only scratches other Water-type Pokémon
due to its low base power. Additionally, those Water-type Pokémon are crippled more by Toxic. Heal Bell can be used for Vaporeon to be the ultimate team supporter: one that both removes status and heals away any damage taken.</p>
<p>Due to Vaporeon's inability to really hurt Ferrothorn, he can
come switch in and begin setting up entry hazards
very easily without trouble. Skarmory does a similar job except he
utilizes uses Roost
instead to recover off damage from Boiling Water, rather than resisting it. Excadrill is a
helpful good choice to remove entry hazards
with Rapid Spin, as he is immune to Electric-type attacks. Vaporeon can also switch
in to into Fire- and Water-type attacks aimed at Excadrill. Breloom and Virizion can be dangerous also if Vaporeon doesn't catch them on the switch with Ice Beam. Gliscor is a great counter for both of them as he has Poison Heal to make him immune to Spore, has the Defense to take their attacks, and can hit them
back with a STAB Acrobat.<p>
<p>With Gliscor in mind, Ferrothorn also serves as a good partner. Vaporeon can easily take the Fire-type attacks aimed at Ferrothorn
while whilst Ferrothorn can handle both the Electric- and Grass-type moves headed
towards Vaporeon's way. Ferrothorn can also lay down entry hazards which Vaporeon can abuse with Roar. Heatran is also an option to scare away Grass-type Pokémon
like such as Ferrothorn. Vaporeon can
also easily handle absorb the Water-type attacks aimed at Heatran.</p>
[SET]
name: Baton Pass
move 1: Baton Pass
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Acid Armor / Wish / Aqua Ring
move 4: Boiling Water / Roar
item: Leftovers
nature: Bold
evs: 244 HP / 132 Def / 128 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Not only can Vaporeon take advantage of her large HP stat to pass Wishes
but ; she can also use it to pass
large huge Substitutes to her teammates on a Baton Pass chain. That, combined with her large
movepool of boosting moves support movepool, enables her to fit many different roles. Baton Passing Acid Armor is a good way to patch
up her inferior Defense stat,
while whilst Wish allows Vaporeon and her team to
make create more Substitutes. The same goes for Aqua Ring: it slowly heals off any damage from
generating Substitutes
that your team may have taken whilst adding some continuous recovery to the team.. The final moveslot is to stop other Pokémon from
stopping breaking your Baton Pass chain. Boiling Water hits Taunters
and whilst any burns it may inflict
makes make it harder for
the opposing Pokémon a physical Pokémon to break Vaporeon's Substitute.
Roar can outspeed opposing phazers and phaze them out instead first Roar can be used to phaze away most phazers before Vaporeon is phazed away herself.</p>
[Additional Comments]
<p>The given EVs maximize Vaporeon's Baton Passing capabilities. 128 Speed EVs
enables enable Vaporeon to outspeed positive-natured base 130s with +2 Speed. 132 Defense EVs
gives give a jump point with the given Bold nature
while whilst 244 HP enables Vaporeon to make the largest HP Substitutes she can while not being entry hazard weak. Additionally, at +4 Defense, Ferrothorn can't break Vaporeon's Substitutes with a 0 Attack Power Whip. Vaporeon can also Baton Pass Cheer Up but generally Baton Pass receivers are either physically or specially based so they don't have to split EVs.</p>
<p>Gliscor and Celebi are great partners for Vaporeon because they resist or are immune to Electric-
type and Grass-type moves attacks and Celebi also resists grass-type moves (Gliscor does not resist Grass...). Gliscor can also Taunt to stop opposing Taunters
or phazersfrom ruining your Baton Pass chain. Zapdos is also an acceptable choice because it resists Grass-type moves and can Baton Pass both Agility and Substitute
s. whilst Roosting off any damage taken. It can also Roost off any damage. Espeon is a handy partner because
she can use Magic Mirror to bounce back phazing moves, Taunt, and status-inflicting moves.
He She I thought Espeon was female, feel free to ignore me on this one... also has the ability to Calm Mind and keep the Baton Pass chain running. Smeargle can pass anything you want, from Ingrain to Shell Break to Gear Change.</p>
<p>As for a receiver, Metagross is a good choice as always. It has Clear Body so
it he can't be affected by Intimidate, has a Steel-typing so
it's he's immune to Toxic Spikes, and has powerful moves
such as Meteor Mash and Earthquake. Lucario is also another potential choice except he's frailer
than Metagrossbut is still immune to Toxic spikes.</p>
[Team Options]
<p>Teams that are weak to Fire-, Water
-, and Ice-type attacks will love Vaporeon's resistances and her Wish passing capabilities. Vaporeon, combined with Gliscor and Ferrothorn, form a great defensive core because of their
great fantastic (Repetition) synergy together. Gliscor can also use STAB Acrobat and Earthquake to handle any Pokémon that Vaporeon may have trouble with
while whilst Ferrothorn can lay down entry hazards, making it harder for your opponent to break through this core. Additionally, Ferrothorn appreciates Wish because he
doesn't have lacks reliable recovery.</p>
<p>A more offensive way to handle Grass- and Electric-type Pokémon
are is to use Heatran and the various Dragon-type Pokémon. Heatran can scorch Grass-type
s Pokémon with his STAB moves while Vaporeon can absorb any Water-type attacks
directed at it. Garchomp can hit Electric-type Pokémon with a STAB Earthquake
while whilst Vaporeon can easily switch
in to into an Ice Beam. Scizor is also a useful partner because he can hit Grass-type Pokémon with a STAB U-turn and tank
4x resisted Grass-type attacks. Vaporeon in turn can sponge Fire-type attacks and pass Wish to heal off any entry hazard damage.</p>
<p>Vaporeon really dislikes Toxic Spikes because of the gradual residual damage it brings. Forretress has good defensive synergy with Vaporeon and can Rapid Spin away entry hazards. He can also lay down his own entry hazards. Excadrill is a more offensive
version Rapid Spinner as he is capable of KOing many spinblockers easily. With Roar on Vaporeon's side, she also appreciates entry hazard support. Forretress, Skarmory, and Ferrothorn can all reliably set up entry hazards
so to slowly wear down the opposing team.</p>
[Optional Changes]
<p>Surf may be used over Boiling Water for more power but you lose the very useful burn chance. A Choice Specs set combined with Vaporeon's often unnoticed base 110 Special Attack is plausible, but it gets walled
easily by Ferrothorn. If you decide to use Hidden Power Fire, Vaporeon has difficulty with Water-type Pokémon. If you use Hidden Power Electric, Vaporeon
once again has trouble with Ferrothorn.</p>
[Counters]
<p>Ferrothorn loves switching in on Vaporeon, as he can use Leech Seed
which,in conjunction with Vaporeon's massive HP
stat will heal huge amounts of damage the he may have taken.t
o heal away any damage he may have taken. From there, he can freely set up entry hazards or attack with Power Whip. Skarmory can also come in easily because of Roost but getting burned
reduces will severely hamper his walling capabilities. Shaymin, Breloom, Virizion, Thundurus, Zapdos, and many other Pokémon all can come in on Vaporeon and hit her with a
super effective STAB attack. Latios doesn't mind coming in on an Ice Beam because of his massive Special Defense. From there, he can freely launch Draco Meteors.</p>
<p>Without Roar, Vaporeon has trouble with boosting Pokémon. Jirachi and Espeon can both utilize Calm Mind and Wish to slowly boost up in front of Vaporeon. Jirachi's Steel typing means it's immune to Toxic while Espeon has Magic Mirror to bounce
it back
Toxic. Reuniclus has Magic Guard so he's immune to entry hazards and Toxic and can Calm Mind in front of Vaporeon also. Virizion can also Calm Mind and use Giga Drain to heal off any damage it may have taken. Roobushin can use Bulk Up and Drain Punch to set up and doesn't mind a burn either due to Guts. Both Blissey and Chansey can come in and put Vaporeon to a dead stop as Vaporeon can't break either of them. They can also use Toxic to reduce Vaporeon's walling capabilities and have Natural Cure, Aromatherapy, and Heal Bell to rid themselves of
Toxic status.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Hydration is only useful if you b
ring along Politoed also pack a Politoed, as Politoed can set up rain
due thanks to his ability Drizzle. With Hydration, Vaporeon is best used on a stall team centralized around rain. With rain automatically removing any
statuses status inflicted on Vaporeon, he no longer has to fear
about Toxic. It also removes the sleep status that Vaporeon succumbs to when using Rest. With it, Vaporeon can boost his Defense using Acid Armor, stall using Toxic, and hit any Pokemon immune to Toxic with Boiling Water. An EV spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD with a Calm nature achieves the best overall defenses after at least one Acid Armor boost. Unfortunately, Wish is incompatible with Hydration, meaning Vaporeon cannot support his teammates as well. Additionally, Vaporeon shares the same weaknesses with Politoed, so one must be careful about switching.</p>
