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Overview
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- is pancake fish
- has incredible special bulk
- very useful abilities in water absorb and swift swim
- Great defensive typing, only weak to rock and electric
- Very screwed over by the introduction of freeze-dry
- Faces competition from other ulky waters
- lackluster physical bulk
- Relatively good rain sweeper
- respectable special attack stat
Defensive Defog
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name: Defensive
move 1: Scald
move 2: Defog
move 3: Toxic
move 4: Protect / Air Slash
ability: Water Absorb
item: Leftovers
evs: 248 Hp / 252 Def / 8 SpD
nature: Bold
Moves
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- scald a very good move, deterring physical attackers from switching due to the burn chance, and has a good base power as well as STAB
- Defog is mantine's main niche this generation, as it is clears away all the hazards from both sides of the field. Unfortunatly, mantine takes 25% from stealth rocks so it is not a very reliable defog user.
- Toxic is a helpful status move to put timers on sweepers such as feraligatr or wear down walls such as seismitoad.
- Air slash is mantines secondary STAB
Set Details
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- Maximum physical defense is used to better handle fighting types and ground types, as well as physical water types such as feraligatr
- 248 HP evs are used so that mantine can switch in on stealth rock 4 times if need be
- Water absorb is the preferred ability to heal HP by switching in on water type attacks
Usage Tips
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- Switch mantine into various resisted hits such as bug buzz from accelgor, watefall from feraligatr, close combat from primeape, etc.
- Use protect sparingly, as it can allow or setup sweepers to gain a boost
Team Options
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- wish passers such as audino or lickilicky due to their good defensive type synergy and abiility to create a good defensive core
- Bulky ground types to switch in on rock and electric type attacks
Offensive Defog
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name: Defog + 3 attacks
move 1: Defog
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Air Slash
ability: Water Absorb
item: life orb
evs: 80 Hp / 252 Spa / 176 spe
nature: Modest
Moves
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- Defog is the main move of this set, as it clears all the hazards from the field
- Hydro pump is the chosen water STAB, as it hits fairly hard with a life orb and a modest nature
- Ice beam provides very good coverage alongisde hydro pump, as it hits grass and dragon types for super effective damage
- Air slash has some redundant coverage with ice beam, but it hits fighting types like gurdurr and hariyama as well as bug types like accelgor.
Set Details
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- This set works well because mantine can beat most common hazard setters such as rhyhorn, accelgor, omastar, and seismitoad lacking toxic
- Need some more QC input on ev spread
Usage Tips
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Team Options
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Rain Sweeper
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name: Rain Dance Cleaner
move 1: Rain Dance
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Air Slash
ability: Swift Swim
item: life orb
evs: 64 Hp / 252 Spa / 192 spe
nature: Modest
Set Details
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- This set works well because mantine can beat most common hazard setters such as rhyhorn, accelgor, omastar, and seismitoad lacking toxic
- Need some more QC input on ev spread
Usage Tips
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Team Options
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- Rain setters such as liepard and volbeat
- Other rain sweepers like ludicolo
Other Options
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- Rest talk
- assault vest
- hidden power electric / grass
- Tailwind
- Agility, but the rain sweeper set is better for speed boosting
Checks & Counters
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**Electric types**:
**Rock types**:
**Freeze Dry**:
**Special walls**:
**Residual Damage**::
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