Genosekuto
Type: Bug/Steel
Ability: Download
Base Stats: 71/120/95/120/95/99
This is a very interesting high-tech robot bug thingy. Looks kinda like a walking car with a gun on its back. Now let's see how this sucker is.
Movepool
Level Up Moves
Lv./Moves
- Techno Buster
- Quick Attack
- Magnet Rise
- Metal Claw
- Screech
7 Fury Cutter
11 Lock-on
18 Nitro Charge
22 Magnet Bomb
29 Slash
33 Metal Sound
40 Signal Beam
44 Tri Attack
51 X-Scissor
55 Bug Buzz
62 Simple Beam
66 Zap Cannon
73 Hyper Beam
77 Selfdestruct
TM/HM
TM#/Move Name
01 Claw Sharpen
06 Toxic
10 Hidden Power
13 Ice Beam
14 Blizzard
15 Hyper Beam
16 Light Screen
17 Protect
21 Frustration
22 Solarbeam
24 Thunderbolt
25 Thunder
27 Return
29 Psychic
32 Double Team
33 Reflect
35 Flamethrower
40 Aerial Ace
42 Facade
43 Nitro Charge
44 Rest
48 Sing A Round (Troll?)
53 Energy Ball
57 Charge Beam
64 Explosion
65 Shadow Claw
68 Giga Impact
69 Rock Polish
70 Flash
73 Thunder Wave
76 Bug Opposition
81 X-Scissor
87 Swagger
89 U-turn
90 Subsitute
91 Flash Cannon
HM#/Move Name
02 Fly
Lv./Moves
- Techno Buster
- Quick Attack
- Magnet Rise
- Metal Claw
- Screech
7 Fury Cutter
11 Lock-on
18 Nitro Charge
22 Magnet Bomb
29 Slash
33 Metal Sound
40 Signal Beam
44 Tri Attack
51 X-Scissor
55 Bug Buzz
62 Simple Beam
66 Zap Cannon
73 Hyper Beam
77 Selfdestruct
TM/HM
TM#/Move Name
01 Claw Sharpen
06 Toxic
10 Hidden Power
13 Ice Beam
14 Blizzard
15 Hyper Beam
16 Light Screen
17 Protect
21 Frustration
22 Solarbeam
24 Thunderbolt
25 Thunder
27 Return
29 Psychic
32 Double Team
33 Reflect
35 Flamethrower
40 Aerial Ace
42 Facade
43 Nitro Charge
44 Rest
48 Sing A Round (Troll?)
53 Energy Ball
57 Charge Beam
64 Explosion
65 Shadow Claw
68 Giga Impact
69 Rock Polish
70 Flash
73 Thunder Wave
76 Bug Opposition
81 X-Scissor
87 Swagger
89 U-turn
90 Subsitute
91 Flash Cannon
HM#/Move Name
02 Fly
The first thing you may notice are excellent typing, good mixed attacking stats, Download, and decent bulk.
Here are some good and the bad about him:
- Good Typing - Bug/Steel is an excellent type combination and will allow Genosekuto to switch into the many powerful Dragon type attacks that plague Ubers.
- Excellent Mixed Attacking Stats - 120 in both Attack and Special Attack means that Genosekuto will put a large dent in anything, although his special movepool is superior to his physical movepool.
- Download - This is one of the things that stood out to me. With a download boost Genosekuto boasts incredible power, dealing an impressive 61.1%-72.1% to Lugia, assuming 252+ and a Download boost.
- Explosion - A powerful attack that will allow him to take out special walls such as the ever annoying Blissey.
- Lack of Boosting Moves - This really annoys me about Genosekuto as his only useful boosting move is Rock Polish. No moves that will help him abuse his more useful special movepool.
- Barren Physical Movepool - The one thing that stops him from being a viable mixed attacker. Really, his only usable moves would probably be U-turn, X-scissor, and lol quick attack.
- 99 Base Speed - This is just fail. Genosekuto will be outsped by many things because of one little tiny base point.
And now, discuss!
Genosect
71 HP | 120 Atk |95 Def | 120 SpA | 95 SpD | 99 Spe
Level-up moves
- Techno Buster
- Quick Attack
- Magnet Rise
- Metal Claw
- Screech
7 Fury Cutter
11 Lock-On
18 Nitro Charge
22 Magnet Bomb
29 Slash
33 Metal Sound
40 Signal Beam
44 Tri AttacK
51 X-Scissor
55 Bug Buzz
62 Simple Beam
66 Zap Cannon
73 Hyper Beam
77 Selfdestruct
- Quick Attack
- Magnet Rise
- Metal Claw
- Screech
7 Fury Cutter
11 Lock-On
18 Nitro Charge
22 Magnet Bomb
29 Slash
33 Metal Sound
40 Signal Beam
44 Tri AttacK
51 X-Scissor
55 Bug Buzz
62 Simple Beam
66 Zap Cannon
73 Hyper Beam
77 Selfdestruct
TM/HM moves
Claw Sharpen
Toxic
Hidden Power
Ice Beam
Blizzard
Hyper Beam
Light Screen
Protect
Frustration
SolarBeam
Thunderbolt
Thunder
Return
Pyschic
Double Team
Reflect
Flamethrower
Aerial Ace
Facade
Nitro Charge
Rest
Sing A Round
Energy Ball
Charge Beam
Explosion
Shadow Claw
Giga Impact
Rock Polish
Flash
Thunder Wave
Inesct Opposition
X-Scissor
Swagger
U-turn
Substitue
Flash Cannon
Fly
Toxic
Hidden Power
Ice Beam
Blizzard
Hyper Beam
Light Screen
Protect
Frustration
SolarBeam
Thunderbolt
Thunder
Return
Pyschic
Double Team
Reflect
Flamethrower
Aerial Ace
Facade
Nitro Charge
Rest
Sing A Round
Energy Ball
Charge Beam
Explosion
Shadow Claw
Giga Impact
Rock Polish
Flash
Thunder Wave
Inesct Opposition
X-Scissor
Swagger
U-turn
Substitue
Flash Cannon
Fly
New Move Data:
Techno Buster: Base Power 85, 100 Accuracy - Inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. The type of Techno Buster depends on the type of Cassette held by the user, being Normal-type if there is none held, and Electric, Fire, Ice or Water with the appropriate Cassette.
Ability:
Download: Attack is increased when the foe’s Defense is lower than its Special Defense or increases Special Attack when the foe’s Special Defense is lower than its Defense.
Typing:
Bug/Steel
Weaknesses: Fire 400%
Resistances: Normal 50%, Grass 25%, Ice 50%, Psychic 50%, Bug 50%, Ghost 50%, Dragon 50%, Dark 50%, Steel 50%
Immunities: Poison
Possible sets:
Choice:
Genosect @ Choice Specs/Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Modest/Timid
~ Bug Buzz
~ Thunderbolt
~ Ice Beam
~ Explosion/Hidden Power Ground/Flamethrower
The main attack here will obviously be Bug Buzz, receiving stab off of 120 base special attack, bolstered by specs. Genosect also has access to the popular Boltbeam combination. As for the last slot, Explosion is an option as well as Hidden Power Ground to hit things like Heatran and Hihidaruma. A specially-based Life Orb set could also be set up similarly.
Physically-Based Mix:
Genosect @ Life Orb
Ability: Download
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Nature: Lonely/Naughty
~ Nitro Charge/Claw Sharpen
~ X-Scissor
~ Explosion
~ Thunderbolt/Ice Beam/ Flamethrower
Genosect doesn't have much of a physical movepool. A choice of a boosting move, followed by X-Scissor for stab, explosion. He has decent enough special attack to catch something off guard with super effective special attacks.
Mixed Booster:
Genosect @ Life Orb
Ability: Download
EVs: x Atk/ x SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Lonely/Naughty
~ Claw Sharpen
~ Zap-Cannon
~ Blizzard
~ X-Scissor
Claw Sharpen's increase of accuracy allows for a plausible use of Zap-Cannon. The 100% chance of paralysis allows it to outspeed and kill anything faster that cannot kill Genosect in a single hit, as well as being incredibly powerful; 120 base damage coming from 120 base Special Attack is certainly nothing to scoff at. Blizzard abuses the accuracy boost as well, creating a pseudo-boltbeam; and, of course, X-Scissor for physical STAB.
A choice band set could possibly be pulled off with Nitro Charge, U-turn, X-Scissor, and Explosion, but that's just about all of Genosect's physical movepool. Being locked into Nitro Charge is just asking for Heatran or another Flash Fire user to come in, despite its bonuses. Nitro Charge would be better left to something that can abuse it more efficiently. Choice banded U-turning is better left to Scizor as well.
Techno Buster gets no mention at all because I found that it simply ended up being outclassed by the existing moves that Genosect already has access to, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, and Flamethrower. To use Techno Boost, he must also forgo his Choice item or Life Orb, severely dampening his effectiveness. The only cassette that can even provide anything close to a benefit is the Aqua Cassette. With this item, Techno Buster becomes a water type attack; although, even this is outclassed by Hidden Power, which allows him to keep his item.
Summary:
If one does not play Genosect as a vastly inferior Scizor, he has his own niche to fill. Claw sharpen raising Zap-Cannon's accuracy could prove interesting, though it's mostly theorymonning at this point. Lack of a real physical movepool certainly hurts him, as he only really has X-Scissor to use with his base 120 attack; Earthquake or Stone Edge would have been welcomed.
Of course, being some sort of lovechild between Shockwave and Soundwave doesn't hurt.