Hone Claws or Swords Dance for Hawlucha in Gen 7 OU?

Hone Claws or Swords Dance for Hawlucha?I know this question has already been asked, but this is a different Hawlucha Set, so here is the set:

Hawlucha @ Electric SeedAbility: UnburdenEVs: 57 HP / 252 Atk / 75 SpD / 124 SpeAdamant Nature- High Jump Kick- Swords Dance/Hone Claws?- Acrobatics- Stone Edge

I’m hesitating whether to put Swords Dance or Hone Claws Hawlucha, Swords Dance is for Power and Hone Claws is for unreliable moves such as HJK and Stone Edge, so which is better? I’ll also show the rest of the team:

Pelipper @ Damp RockAbility: DrizzleEVs: 248 HP / 36 Def / 224 SpDRelaxed NatureIVs: 22 Spe- Hurricane- U-turn- Defog- Roost

Swampert-Mega @ SwampertiteAbility: DampEVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Waterfall- Earthquake- Ice Punch- Stealth Rock

Greninja-Ash (M) @ Choice SpecsAbility: Battle BondEVs: 6 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Scald- Water Shuriken- Dark Pulse- Ice Beam

Tapu Koko @ Electrium ZAbility: Electric SurgeEVs: 6 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeHasty Nature- U-turn- Thunderbolt- Roost- Taunt

Ferrothorn @ Figy BerryAbility: Iron BarbsEVs: 252 HP / 129 Def / 129 SpDSassy NatureIVs: 0 Spe- Knock Off- Spikes- Gyro Ball- Leech Seed

Any good answer will be helpful, thanks in advance :D

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Lucha needs every bit of power that it can get, seeing that it’s low base 92 Attack hinders it somewhat. Keeping that in mind, going for Hone Claws when you can do Swords Dance would be pretty meh, as you miss on a lot.The comes the fact that SD turns some 2HKO’s into OHKO’s, which is obviously required, especially when you get to see Lucha’s not-so-good bulk.

+2 252+ Atk Hawlucha High Jump Kick vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Magearna: 327-385 (108.6 - 127.9%) – guaranteed OHKO

As compared to,

+1 252+ Atk Hawlucha High Jump Kick vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Magearna: 246-289 (81.7 - 96%) – guaranteed 2HKO

And then boom Magearna KO’s you in return.

+2 252+ Atk Hawlucha High Jump Kick vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Swampert-Mega: 339-399 (99.4 - 117%) – guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock

Than,

+1 252+ Atk Hawlucha High Jump Kick vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Swampert-Mega: 255-300 (74.7 - 87.9%) – guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

And then the Swampert, which is usually seen on rain teams, OHKO’s a weakened Lucha with Waterfall in return.

So, I’d recommend that you do Swords Dance on it.

New set (changed EV’s a bit):

Hawlucha @ Electric SeedAbility: UnburdenEVs: 96 HP / 252 Atk / 36 SpD / 124 SpeAdamant Nature- Acrobatics- Swords Dance- High Jump Kick- Roost / Stone Edge

Pretty self-explanatory. The last move is of choice, though, if you want to setup on things like Lando-T and Celesteela, you can do Roost, otherwise Stone Edge can also be done, but other than hitting Zapdos, it doesn’t really do anything.

Some last words,As First Sinner pointed out, Lucha isn’t that good on Rain Teams. It fits better on HO or Bulky Offense builds, where it can get some offensive and defensive supports, so that it’s checks and counters are neutralised before it would start it’s sweep.

That’s all, hope it helped!