Whats up with all of these sweepers that use hard-hitting attacks? Why isn anyone setting up boosts anymore?
Again, it’s simply because of Arghonaut. Its Unaware ability makes it really difficult for sweepers to set up and sweep effectively; the boosts they gather are just ignored. This has led to the increase of powerful, hard-hitting Pokemon, rather than Pokemon who attempt to set up and sweep. For example, Salamence is commonly seen using a mixed set with Draco Meteor and Outrage, instead of utilizing Dragon Dance. Infernape has also stopped using Nasty Plot and commonly runs an all-out offensive set, usually with Overheat and Close Combat, even Stone Edge. Latias fires off Choice Specs or Life Orb-boosted Draco Meteors, rather than using Calm Mind. This is not to say that there are no Pokemon who set up and sweep, as there are a few; however, these are usually Pokemon who have some way of getting around Arghonaut. For example, Dragon Dance Pyroak has Wood Hammer, Agility Metagross has Zen Headbutt, and Dragon Dance Gyarados has Bounce.
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