Gothitelle
QC: 0/2
GP: 0/1
Overview
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+ the ability shadow tag is extremely powerful and prevents opposing pokemon from
switching out; this allows you to trap pokemon at will and eliminate threats
+ overall solid defense and special defense stats that is undermined by its terrible hp stat
+ extremely good at crippling pokemon with choiced items
+ its psychic type is debatably the best offensive typing in cap; while it loses to colossoil and pursuit trappers, it makes up for it with the ability to trap and ohko many S and A rank cap pokes such as mega venusaur, tomohawk, landorus, fire weak mons, and essentially cripples stall by itself if used correctly.
+ relatively versatile movepool that gives it access to many super effective attacks
on threats; can rest stall
- it can be easily set up upon if you choice lock yourself
- loses to pursuit
Choice Specs
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name: Specs Killer
move 1: Trick
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Hidden Power Fire
move 4: Thunderbolt/Energy Ball
ability: Shadow Tag
item: Choice Specs
nature: Timid/modest
evs: 252 SpA/252 Spe/4 hp
evs: 252 SpA/176 Spe/80 hp
Moves
========
-Trick is used on chansey and other bulky stall pokemon to cripple them and render
them useless
- Psychic hits tomohawk, venusaur, and arghonaut as well as other pokes; its your
main stab move
- HP Fire is for ferrothorn and scizor and all kinds of pokes that are really weak to fire moves. Essentially helps you act as a mini magnezone
- Thunderbolt, energy ball, and other special filler moves act as counters to specific threats to your team
Set Details
========
- Specs set is used to trap and easily KO walls, or to trick them the item
- Max SpA is needed in order to hit hard and KO pokemon
- You can outspeed base 85 with the non max speed set
Usage Tips
========
- Its very risky to blindly make predictions. Unless you are very talented at
prediction making, it is best to wait for one of your pokemon to faint and for you to
send in the gothitelle to revenge kill.
- Sometimes tricking a pokemon a scarf can be dangerous, though you do not have
to worry about the opponent switching pokemon. Always try to get the specs back if you can. The specs help you actually KO pokes.
- The goal with this set should be to KO/cripple a pokemon, preferably more than one. It helps pick apart stall teams
- Does not sweep teams because its speed is amazing (not).
- The main benefit is not its amazing stats, but the ability to come in and KO any
pokemon that you design your set to KO.
Team Options
========
- Gothitelle is one of the best support pokemon in the meta. It can help your team
pick out and target a specific weakness, and guarantees you the ability to remove
the threat; but, you cannot use it by itself, you have to build a team around it.
- Because it is weak to dark, you need to run a tomahawk or other knock off eating
pokemon. If Gothitelle becomes pursuit trapped, well...
- Its nice to be able to either uses Gothitelle on a stall team with this set as it helps in a stall mirror match. So any stall team generally can find a space for Gothitelle.
- Gothitelle likes Volt-turn cores, which include Pokemon like Syclant and Colossoil, to easily maneuver and trap targets.
Choice Scarf
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name: Scarf Killer
move 1: Trick
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Thunderbolt/Energy Ball
ability: Shadow Tag
item: Choice Scarf
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA/252 Spe/4 hp (outspeed syclant by 1 speed)
evs: 252 SpA/224 Spe/28 hp (outspeed landorus I by 1 speed)
Moves
========
-Trick is used on chansey and other bulky stall pokemon to cripple them and render
them useless
- Psychic hits tomohawk, venusaur, and arghonaut as well as other pokes; its your
main stab move
- HP Ice OHKO's Landorus I, which is a monster in cap.
- Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, and other special filler moves act as counters to specific threats to your team, especially skarmory.
Set Details
========
- Scarf set is used to trap and easily KO walls, but also quick pokemon that you tailor Gothitelle to KO.
- Max Spe is needed in order to be fast enough to KO pokemon, tho 224 outspeeds syclant and base 121.
- You can trick chansey the scarf and cripple it, tho this is not as effective as the wall breaker set.
Usage Tips
========
- Its very risky to blindly make predictions. Unless you are very talented at
prediction making, it is best to wait for one of your pokemon to faint and for you to
send in the gothitelle to revenge kill.
- Sometimes tricking a pokemon a scarf can be dangerous, though you do not have
to worry about the opponent switching pokemon. Always try to get the specs back if you can. The specs help you actually KO pokes.
- The goal with this set should be to KO/cripple a pokemon, preferably more than one. It helps pick apart stall teams
- Does not sweep teams because its speed is amazing (not).
- The main benefit is not its amazing stats, but the ability to come in and KO any
pokemon that you design your set to KO.
Team Options
========
- Gothitelle is one of the best support pokemon in the meta. It can help your team
pick out and target a specific weakness, and guarantees you the ability to remove
the threat; but, you cannot use it by itself, you have to build a team around it.
- Because it is weak to dark, you need to run a tomahawk or other knock off eating
pokemon. If Gothitelle becomes pursuit trapped, well...
- Its nice to be able to either uses Gothitelle on a stall team with this set as it helps in a stall mirror match. So any stall team generally can find a space for Gothitelle.
- Gothitelle likes Volt-turn cores, which include Pokemon like Syclant and Colossoil, to easily maneuver and trap targets.
Wall Trapper
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name: Wall Trapper
move 1: Rest
move 2: Trick
move 3: Psychic
move 4: HP fire/Thunderbolt
ability: Shadow Tag
item: Choice Scarf/Choice Specs
nature: Bold
evs: 80 Hp/176 Spe/ 252 SpA
Moves
========
- Rest is used to live toxic stall from a pokemon like chansey
- Trick is used to cripple a pokemon. You trick Chanseys.
- HP fire or Thunderbolt is essentially there for the same reason as in the first set
- “Psychic”
Set Details
========
- It is worth noting that the 176 speed is needed to outspeed base 85 speeds
- This is a standard set that walls chansey, and can tank physical attackers well
- Can eliminate tomohawk un speed invested
Usage Tips
========
- This set is dangerously easy to be set up on. Sometimes, its just better to sack the
gothitelle than let i.e a cawmodore set up a belly drum on it.
- This set should only be used to cripple and KO stall pokemon; you are not going to
revenge kill i.e a landorus with this set.
- Don’t be set up on.
- You live 3 seismic tosses from chansey with 1 hp left after stealth rocks, the plan is to rest the damage off after you choice the chansey into seismic toss, and then you win the pp stall and force the chansey to struggle.
Team Options
========
- This set is the definition of support. You use it to fill in a spot on a team, whatever
the core may be, so that a main threat of the core can be eliminated.
- In this case, you use it on a team that has an extreme weakness to chansey/
skarmory core, which is the most predominant stall core in the meta.
- A balanced core with tomohawk, landorus, and colossoil is standard
- Mega gardevoir, mega pinsir, talonflame, and other fast attackers are also good
options to pair with gothitelle
- For the ev investment, scarf set can also run 144+ speed, 252 spA, and 108 hp to have just enough speed to outspeed base 101 (landorus).
- Gothitelle likes Volt-turn cores, which include Pokemon like Syclant and Colossoil, to easily maneuver and trap targets.
Other Options
########
- You can debate psyshock versus psychic all day long. Psychic is preferred though
because it dents tomohawk and physical walls better.
Checks & Counters
########
**Anything with pursuit (mainly colossoil and bisharp); also, any pokemon with
access to physical dark or ghost moves forces it to switch out.
**Any pokemon that can (depending on the set ran) take a couple hits and
set up a belly drum, quiver dance, dragon dance, etc.
** Syclant and any physical attacker with a lot of speed can force a switch or force
you to sack gothitelle if you do not run max speed.
**If you lock yourself into i.e thunderbolt or energy ball, you lose to cawmodore if you do not have a counter.
QC: 0/2
GP: 0/1
Overview
########
+ the ability shadow tag is extremely powerful and prevents opposing pokemon from
switching out; this allows you to trap pokemon at will and eliminate threats
+ overall solid defense and special defense stats that is undermined by its terrible hp stat
+ extremely good at crippling pokemon with choiced items
+ its psychic type is debatably the best offensive typing in cap; while it loses to colossoil and pursuit trappers, it makes up for it with the ability to trap and ohko many S and A rank cap pokes such as mega venusaur, tomohawk, landorus, fire weak mons, and essentially cripples stall by itself if used correctly.
+ relatively versatile movepool that gives it access to many super effective attacks
on threats; can rest stall
- it can be easily set up upon if you choice lock yourself
- loses to pursuit
Choice Specs
########
name: Specs Killer
move 1: Trick
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Hidden Power Fire
move 4: Thunderbolt/Energy Ball
ability: Shadow Tag
item: Choice Specs
nature: Timid/modest
evs: 252 SpA/252 Spe/4 hp
evs: 252 SpA/176 Spe/80 hp
Moves
========
-Trick is used on chansey and other bulky stall pokemon to cripple them and render
them useless
- Psychic hits tomohawk, venusaur, and arghonaut as well as other pokes; its your
main stab move
- HP Fire is for ferrothorn and scizor and all kinds of pokes that are really weak to fire moves. Essentially helps you act as a mini magnezone
- Thunderbolt, energy ball, and other special filler moves act as counters to specific threats to your team
Set Details
========
- Specs set is used to trap and easily KO walls, or to trick them the item
- Max SpA is needed in order to hit hard and KO pokemon
- You can outspeed base 85 with the non max speed set
Usage Tips
========
- Its very risky to blindly make predictions. Unless you are very talented at
prediction making, it is best to wait for one of your pokemon to faint and for you to
send in the gothitelle to revenge kill.
- Sometimes tricking a pokemon a scarf can be dangerous, though you do not have
to worry about the opponent switching pokemon. Always try to get the specs back if you can. The specs help you actually KO pokes.
- The goal with this set should be to KO/cripple a pokemon, preferably more than one. It helps pick apart stall teams
- Does not sweep teams because its speed is amazing (not).
- The main benefit is not its amazing stats, but the ability to come in and KO any
pokemon that you design your set to KO.
Team Options
========
- Gothitelle is one of the best support pokemon in the meta. It can help your team
pick out and target a specific weakness, and guarantees you the ability to remove
the threat; but, you cannot use it by itself, you have to build a team around it.
- Because it is weak to dark, you need to run a tomahawk or other knock off eating
pokemon. If Gothitelle becomes pursuit trapped, well...
- Its nice to be able to either uses Gothitelle on a stall team with this set as it helps in a stall mirror match. So any stall team generally can find a space for Gothitelle.
- Gothitelle likes Volt-turn cores, which include Pokemon like Syclant and Colossoil, to easily maneuver and trap targets.
Choice Scarf
########
name: Scarf Killer
move 1: Trick
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Thunderbolt/Energy Ball
ability: Shadow Tag
item: Choice Scarf
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA/252 Spe/4 hp (outspeed syclant by 1 speed)
evs: 252 SpA/224 Spe/28 hp (outspeed landorus I by 1 speed)
Moves
========
-Trick is used on chansey and other bulky stall pokemon to cripple them and render
them useless
- Psychic hits tomohawk, venusaur, and arghonaut as well as other pokes; its your
main stab move
- HP Ice OHKO's Landorus I, which is a monster in cap.
- Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, and other special filler moves act as counters to specific threats to your team, especially skarmory.
Set Details
========
- Scarf set is used to trap and easily KO walls, but also quick pokemon that you tailor Gothitelle to KO.
- Max Spe is needed in order to be fast enough to KO pokemon, tho 224 outspeeds syclant and base 121.
- You can trick chansey the scarf and cripple it, tho this is not as effective as the wall breaker set.
Usage Tips
========
- Its very risky to blindly make predictions. Unless you are very talented at
prediction making, it is best to wait for one of your pokemon to faint and for you to
send in the gothitelle to revenge kill.
- Sometimes tricking a pokemon a scarf can be dangerous, though you do not have
to worry about the opponent switching pokemon. Always try to get the specs back if you can. The specs help you actually KO pokes.
- The goal with this set should be to KO/cripple a pokemon, preferably more than one. It helps pick apart stall teams
- Does not sweep teams because its speed is amazing (not).
- The main benefit is not its amazing stats, but the ability to come in and KO any
pokemon that you design your set to KO.
Team Options
========
- Gothitelle is one of the best support pokemon in the meta. It can help your team
pick out and target a specific weakness, and guarantees you the ability to remove
the threat; but, you cannot use it by itself, you have to build a team around it.
- Because it is weak to dark, you need to run a tomahawk or other knock off eating
pokemon. If Gothitelle becomes pursuit trapped, well...
- Its nice to be able to either uses Gothitelle on a stall team with this set as it helps in a stall mirror match. So any stall team generally can find a space for Gothitelle.
- Gothitelle likes Volt-turn cores, which include Pokemon like Syclant and Colossoil, to easily maneuver and trap targets.
Wall Trapper
########
name: Wall Trapper
move 1: Rest
move 2: Trick
move 3: Psychic
move 4: HP fire/Thunderbolt
ability: Shadow Tag
item: Choice Scarf/Choice Specs
nature: Bold
evs: 80 Hp/176 Spe/ 252 SpA
Moves
========
- Rest is used to live toxic stall from a pokemon like chansey
- Trick is used to cripple a pokemon. You trick Chanseys.
- HP fire or Thunderbolt is essentially there for the same reason as in the first set
- “Psychic”
Set Details
========
- It is worth noting that the 176 speed is needed to outspeed base 85 speeds
- This is a standard set that walls chansey, and can tank physical attackers well
- Can eliminate tomohawk un speed invested
Usage Tips
========
- This set is dangerously easy to be set up on. Sometimes, its just better to sack the
gothitelle than let i.e a cawmodore set up a belly drum on it.
- This set should only be used to cripple and KO stall pokemon; you are not going to
revenge kill i.e a landorus with this set.
- Don’t be set up on.
- You live 3 seismic tosses from chansey with 1 hp left after stealth rocks, the plan is to rest the damage off after you choice the chansey into seismic toss, and then you win the pp stall and force the chansey to struggle.
Team Options
========
- This set is the definition of support. You use it to fill in a spot on a team, whatever
the core may be, so that a main threat of the core can be eliminated.
- In this case, you use it on a team that has an extreme weakness to chansey/
skarmory core, which is the most predominant stall core in the meta.
- A balanced core with tomohawk, landorus, and colossoil is standard
- Mega gardevoir, mega pinsir, talonflame, and other fast attackers are also good
options to pair with gothitelle
- For the ev investment, scarf set can also run 144+ speed, 252 spA, and 108 hp to have just enough speed to outspeed base 101 (landorus).
- Gothitelle likes Volt-turn cores, which include Pokemon like Syclant and Colossoil, to easily maneuver and trap targets.
Other Options
########
- You can debate psyshock versus psychic all day long. Psychic is preferred though
because it dents tomohawk and physical walls better.
Checks & Counters
########
**Anything with pursuit (mainly colossoil and bisharp); also, any pokemon with
access to physical dark or ghost moves forces it to switch out.
**Any pokemon that can (depending on the set ran) take a couple hits and
set up a belly drum, quiver dance, dragon dance, etc.
** Syclant and any physical attacker with a lot of speed can force a switch or force
you to sack gothitelle if you do not run max speed.
**If you lock yourself into i.e thunderbolt or energy ball, you lose to cawmodore if you do not have a counter.
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