Uber Celebi
[OVERVIEW]
<p>Celebi may be outclassed greatly by faster Pokemon like Shaymin-s, However, Celebi has certain traits Shaymin-s does not, including increased bulk, the ability to setup, Baton Pass, and other notable advantages. Celebi has all-rounded stats meaning that the opponent needs to know it’s exact movepool before being able to counter it. Celebi has a diverse movepool, allowing it to perform many roles, albeit sweeping or supporting.</p>
[SET]
name: lead
move 1: Recover
move 2: Leaf Storm / Grass Knot
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Stealth Rock
item: Leftovers
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 220 SpD / 36 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Celebi is often ignored as an uber lead, as there are much better options for this spot. However, if you look deeply enough, and if you actually bother testing it, it's not that bad a lead. It defeats most opposing leads and never completely loses to one that walls it. Here are several reasons why. Celebi is a decent lead because of it’s ability to U-turn against Deoxys-A and Deoxys-S, breaking their Focus Sash and switching to a Choice Scarf or priority users to KO them, which limits them to one layer of entry hazards. It can also beat Kyogre and Groudon leads with Grass Knot, one advantage Celebi has over other leads is recover, so that it can regenerate it’s lost health and begin doing it’s job from a blank slate.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>A lot of people have criticized me about using Leaf Storm instead of Grass Knot in Ubers. However, Leaf Storm's regular base damage, 140, is higher than even Grass Knots maximum attack, 120. Leaf Storm is also the recommended option because Celebi will just U-turn, meaning that the Special attack drop is gone. Just to emphasize how bulky Celebi is, it can survive a Choice Speced Kyogre’s Ice Beam, and retaliate with Leaf Storm / U-turn.</p>
Name: Calm Mind
Move 1: Calm Mind
Move 2: Grass Knot
Move 3: Hidden Power Ice
Move 4: Recover
Item: Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid
Evs: 40 HP / 252 SpA / 216 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Celebi’s CM sets have long been thought to be outclassed by Kyogre, but the thing is that their targets for attack, and their general style is completely different. Kyogre utilizes it’s high Special Defense and switches in on Special attackers before setting up Calm Minds and taking down potential sweeper. This Celebi set comes in to defeat these setup sets and setup it’s own Calm Minds before sweeping. This set attempts to utilize Celebi’s bulk to setup Calm Minds and deal high amounts of damage to the opponent using Grass Knot, and Hidden Power Ice, therefore, the only type that resists both these attacks is steel types. Recover gives Celebi more longevity, therefore being able to replenish health, while continuing to set up Calm Minds.</p>
[ADDITONAL COMMENTS]
<p>Since the only type that can resists both of Celebi’s attacks are Steel type Pokemon, you’ll need a teammate to counter them. The Evs are utilized to outspeed Naïve max speed Rayquaza, and to maximize Celebi’s offence. The remaining 40 HP Evs are used to increase Celebi’s bulk.</p>
Name: Specially defensive
Move 1: U-turn / Grass Knot
Move 2: Thunder Wave
Move 3: Recover
Move 4: Perish Song
Evs: 252 HP / 220 SpD / 36 Spe
Nature: Careful
Item: Leftovers
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Celebi is just too allrounded to be predicted, and by the time most people realize that this is a specially defensive set, they are normally crippled by Thunder Wave, U-turned out, and find that they are being setup on. This set attempts to utilize Celebi’s bulk and become a Special wall and cripple opponents who attempt to defeat it and U-turn out. After you have crippled your opponent, you can just recover whatever HP you have lost and U-turn out into a counter. If your opponent starts setting up on you, and it seems too late to switch into a suitable counter, you may use Perish Song and slowly stall your opponent out to it’s death, and U-turn out in the last turn to scout the opponent’s switch in.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The Evs are doctored so that you can outspeed Jolly Max Speed Tyranitar, and the nature is to further increase Celebi’s special defense. The 252 HP Evs are to increase Celebi’s overall bulk.
Name: Leech Seed
Move 1: Leech Seed
Move 2: Thunder Wave
Move 3: U-turn
Move 4: Recover
Evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Nature: Careful
Item: Leftovers
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Celebi is perhaps one of the only Pokemon in the Ubers competitive battling to use Leech Seed, however, this can be considered as a repeating Stealth Rock / Spikes Damage. However, an extra bonus is added. You can recover health! This set attempts to become an indirect type of attacker that forces switches and scouts for them. To put it in simple terms, Leech Seed forces switches, and U-turn scouts for them. Thunder Wave is just another option to cripple your opponent even further, or cripple the switch in. Recover is just to replenish health and redo the whole process.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>Careful nature increases Celebi’s Special Defense bulk, and it’s EVs are doctored likewise. Evs are invested in special defense over defense because of the many hard-hitting Special Attackers.</p>
Name: Dual Screen Support
Move 1: Light Screen
Move 2: Reflect
Move 3: U-turn
Move 4: Recover / Leech Seed
Evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Nature: Careful
Item: Light Clay
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Dual Screen support is not common for some reason in ubers. However, every tier can utilize dual screen support for their setup Pokemon, and what’s a better Pokemon to do so than Celebi, who has the most all-rounded bulk in the history of Pokemon. This set attempts to utilize Celebi’s all-rounded bulk to create Dual Screen Support, and U-turn to a setup sweeper after that. Recover is used to heal HP, however, Leech Seed is also a viable option as it increases your HP gradually too, and forces switches amongst opponents, in which U-turn will scout for them.</p>
[ADDITONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The Evs and nature are doctored to defend Celebi against the Uber hard hitting Special Attackers. Special sweepers are really prominent nowadays due to their large coverage in both moves, and defending Pokemon. The item, Light Clay, is used to lengthen the time that Reflect and Light Screen is on play.</p>
Name: Support
Move 1: Thunder Wave
Move 2: Toxic
Move 3: Leech Seed
Move 4: U-turn
Evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 248 SpD
Nature: Careful
Item: Leftovers
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Being so all rounded, it’s speed is relatively quick for such a all-rounded bulky Pokemon. Therefore, this will give him sufficient time and opportunity to cripple the opponent, and allow a teammate to setup and sweep. This set attempts to utilize Celebi’s bulk to cripple, Leech Seed, and scout for the opponent using U-turn. By using Toxic / Thunder Wave, you successfully cripple your opponent, by using Leech Seed, you also force a switch, and by using U-turn, you may scout for the incoming switch.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
The Evs are spread for maximum defense as Celebi slowly cripples and wears down the opponent. Even the nature itself maximizes Celebi’s bulk. The Evs are more focused into Special Defense simply because there are stronger Special Defense attackers out there who seem to have amazing coverage. Leftovers themselves are self-explanatory.</p>
[TEAM OPTIONS]
