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Forecast
- Changes type according to weather.
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Statistics
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Min- |
Min |
Max |
Max+ |
| HP |
70
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- |
281 |
344 |
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| Atk |
70
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158 |
176 |
239 |
262 |
| Def |
70
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158 |
176 |
239 |
262 |
| SpA |
70
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158 |
176 |
239 |
262 |
| SpD |
70
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158 |
176 |
239 |
262 |
| Spe |
70
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158 |
176 |
239 |
262 |
He gets to almost 400 Special Attack with Choice Specs, and he's not short on type coverage. If you can predict well, this can do some reasonable damage in the lower tiers. Castform can survive most unboosted hits, taking just enough damage to activate Salac Berry and possibly set up a sweep. You can try a Petaya Berry if you've got paralysis support.
Water-type Castform. Weather Ball is 100 base power, and you get a boost from STAB and the weather. Ice Beam covers Grass-types and any Dragons (Altaria) you may run into. Thunder covers other Water-types and has 100% accuracy in the Rain, but Energy Ball hits Quagsire hard.
Castform's Fire persona. Ice Beam covers Altaria, Thunderbolt covers Water-types (especially the likes of Pelipper and Mantine), and SolarBeam takes out most other Water and Rock-types.
Castform in his wintry garb. Both Ice/Electric and Ice/Grass are good attacking combinations. Throw Flamethrower in either of the last two slots if you're worried about Steel-types.
Other Options
Besides Thunder Wave, nothing really. Sandstorm is rather pointless as he won't change type.
EVs
80 Def / 176 Spe / 252 SpA, Modest. This makes him faster than base 60 Pokémon who don't use a +Speed nature.
Opinion
He's nothing but pure novelty, but he is a fun little Pokémon. He has a great movepool, but poor stats.
Counters
Lanturn takes him unless he has Energy Ball or SolarBeam. Hypno can work, and Grumpig is a fairly safe bet too, especially against the Fire and Ice versions.