>>32892999I've watched my fair share of Gen 5 wifi battles back in the day, and this was the only time I saw a Mudkip line damp come into play. That says a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv9RMl_yBqsAnd like described before, Exeggutor isn't exactly primo competitive material, and it would just use a Grass move anyway after Swampert swaps in on Explosion.
Nobody ran Damp Quagsire ever and its in a similar boat to Swampert. Giving Swampert a counter to Explosion after it was already nerfed is overkill and too niche a counter to be useful.
The only pokemon that used Explosion after its nerf were suicide leads and Lickilicky, the latter of whom would just use Power Whip on Swampert instead. Keep in mind that a lot of suicide leads used either Memento to weaken the foe and allow the next mon to set up a sweep, Destiny Bond to take something down with it, or Final Gambit instead.
Let's compare this to...
>Speed BoostSingle handedly puts Blaziken into Ubers by giving it the biggest thing Infernape had over it at the time. Can be used with Baton Pass if Blaziken can't handle something.
>UnburdenCan be used in conjunction with Acrobatics on Physical Sceptile sets, used with Leaf Storm+White Herb on Special, Grass Gem on both, Focus Sash on both, used with either lum berry or weakness reducing berries to live while setting up, and allow Sceptile to reach speeds where it can handle revenge killers like Accelgor.
>>32890631>Being the perfect counter to the common at the time Rotom Wash. >Unable to be Thunder Waved, maintaining its massive speed to revenge kill.>Can keep people from mindlessly clicking Volt Switch when they know you'll switch.>Boosting its already huge 145 Special Attack stat whenever you predict them to use an Electric move.Man, what a tragedy. Poor Sceptile.
