Overview
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Move 1: Giga Drain
Move 2: Sleep Powder
Move 3: Hidden Power Fire
Move 4: Leaf Storm / Ancient Power
Nature: Modest
Ability: Regenerator
Item: Eviolite
EVs: 236 HP / 48 Def / 224 SpA
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Name: Physically Defensive
Move 1: Leech Seed
Move 2: Sleep Powder / Toxic
Move 3: Giga Drain
Move 4: Hidden Power Fire
Nature: Bold
Ability: Regenerator
Item: Eviolite
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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- With stellar physical bulk, Tangela walls threats such as Feraligatr easily.
- Regenerator makes Tangela very hard to wear down.
- Unlike most walls, Tangela's defensive set is not passive at all, as it has access to Leech Seed and Sleep Powder.
- Not enough special bulk to take powerful special attacks.
- Too over-reliant on Eviolite.
- Good Spa stat and Regenerator allows Tangela to act as a great offensive pivot.
- Great firepower with access to Leaf Storm, and Tangela can also limit its common switch-ins with Ancient Power.
Move 1: Giga Drain
Move 2: Sleep Powder
Move 3: Hidden Power Fire
Move 4: Leaf Storm / Ancient Power
Nature: Modest
Ability: Regenerator
Item: Eviolite
EVs: 236 HP / 48 Def / 224 SpA
Moves
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- Giga Drain is its most reliable STAB move, and allows Tangela to defeat various threats, such as Feraligatr.
- Sleep Powder cripples common switch-ins such as Dragalge.
- Hidden Power Fire allows Tangela to 2HKO Ferroseed, as well as other Grass-types.
- Leaf Storm is very powerful, and allows Tangela to OHKO Feraligatr, as well as grant KOs in conjunction with Tangela's other attacks.
- Ancient Power hits common switch-ins with super effective damage, including, but not limited to Typhlosion, Magmortar, Scyther, Vivillion, and Rotom-Frost.
Set Details
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- The EV HP and Def EVs allows Tangela to always survive +2 Kabuto's Stone Edge after Stealth Rock, while the Spa EVs allows Tangela to hit many threats optimally.
Usage Tips
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- Tangela is an excellent pivot with Regenerator as it greatly increases Tangela's survivability
- Even without much Def investment, Tangela is one of the best walls to a number of dangerous physical attackers, such as Kabutops and Feraligatr.
- Switch often, as Tangela can survive for an extremely long time thanks to Regenerator, and Regenerator is really the only thing that keeps Tangela healthy
- Tangela's special bulk is quite mediocre; as such, it wouldn't be wise to leave Tangela in against various Special Attackers.
- Use Ancient Power to hit common switch-ins hard.
- Don't use Leaf Storm so recklessly, as Tangela can net a few KOs if Leaf Storm is used after Tangela's other attacks
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- This set excels in all kinds of teams, as it is able to check threats reliably, as well as provide offensive pressure.
- Tangela counters Feraligatr extremely well, so take advantage of that when building a team with Tangela.
- Fire-resistant Pokemon such as Seismitoad, Rhydon, and Dragalge are excellent teammates, as many Pokemon such as Magmortar can check Tangela and proceed to eliminate it with powerful super effective Fire-type attacks.
- Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Flareon, Magmortar, Ninetales, and Typhlosion are appreciated as they can come in on various Ice-types and provide offensive pressure.
- Specially bulky Pokemon such as Audino have great synergy with Tangela thanks to Tangela's terrible special bulk.
- Xatu is a good partner as it can come in on various switch-ins to Tangela, such as Roselia and Garbodor.
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Name: Physically Defensive
Move 1: Leech Seed
Move 2: Sleep Powder / Toxic
Move 3: Giga Drain
Move 4: Hidden Power Fire
Nature: Bold
Ability: Regenerator
Item: Eviolite
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moves
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- Leech Seed is irreplaceable as it really helps Tangela take down various setup-sweepers such as Gurdurr and Klinklang
- Sleep Powder allows Tangela to shut down dangerous threats.
- Giga Drain is a reliable STAB move and allows it to defeat Feraligatr, Rhydon, Kangaskhan, and Golem.
- Hidden Power Fire allows Tangela to 2HKO Ferroseed, and is a good move against many Grass-types in general.
- Toxic is a good option over Sleep Powder, as it allows Tangela to defeat many dangerous threats it otherwise can't with Sleep Powder
Set Details
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- The EV spread maximises physical bulk as it is needed to wall many threats.
Usage Tips
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- Regenerator allows Tangela to pivot in against threats Tangela cannot wall, and helps it provide offensive pressure and crippling support moves throughout the match.
- Use Leech Seed to force switches, whittle away HP, and to heal Tangela
- Tangela's mediocre, but useful base Speed stat makes it fast enough to outpace threats it heavily damages, such as Rhydon, Golem, and Regirock.
- Tangela is not a very passive Pokemon; as a result, it excels in balanced teams and stall teams as it is able to counter threats such as Feraligatr, Shelgon, Fraxure, and Kangaskhan.
- Try to capitalise on Tangela's ability to counter Feraligatr effortlessly.
- Tangela has a hard time taking some of the weaker Special Attackers in the tier, so it's best not to switch Tangela against most Special Attackers.
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- Strong Fire-types such as Rapidash, Flareon, Pyroar, and Magmortar have an easy time switching in and incinerating Tangela; as such, Fire-resistant Pokemon such as Dragalge, Seismitoad, and Rhydon are excellent teammates.
- Ice-types such as Cryogonal and Articuno pose a threat against it; Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Magmortar, Flareon, Ninetales, and Rotom-F are appreciated as they can come in on various Ice-types and provide offensive pressure.
- Specially bulky walls such as Audino and Lickilicky have great synergy with this set, as Tangela has abysmal special bulk and appreciates the support from Heal Bell and Wish. Audino also forms a Regenerator core with Tangela, which makes them very hard to break.
- Specially defensive Flareon makes for a strong core with Tangela, as it is a decent check to various Ice-types and Fire-types, and can provide cleric support with Heal Bell and Wish.
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- Knock Off cripples common switch-ins such as Ferroseed, Dragalge, and Audino, but Tangela's abysmal attack stat limits its viability.
- Sludge Bomb is a strong move that allows Tangela hit Slurpuff and various Grass-types hard with super effective damage, but doesn't do much else.
- Psychic allows Tangela to hit bulky Poison-types hard, such as Garbodor.
- Synthesis grants instant recovery, but Tangela prefers coverage and utility moves as it often does not need to use Synthesis due to Regenerator.
- An alternative EV spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD with a Calm Nature may be used to take on threats such as Exeggutor and Mr. Mime more efficiently.
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- Fire-types have a very easy time switching in against Tangela as the only moves it has that may threaten Fire-types is Leech Seed and Sleep Powder.
- Bouffalant easily switches in, counters Tangela, and can even get an Attack boost on the switch thanks to Sap Sipper.
- Bulky Grass-types such as Vileplume don't mind Leech Seed and Sleep Powder, but do not appreciate taking a hit from Tangela's Hidden Power Fire.
- Xatu can bounce back all of Tangela's status moves, while taking non-Ancient Power sets quite well.
- Pokemon with the Overcoat ability such as Shelgon and Vullaby do not mind Sleep Powder, but may find Leech Seed, Knock Off, and Hidden Power Ice a nuisance.
- Knock Off users such as Sawk seriously cripple Tangela's effectiveness, as Eviolite is needed for Tangela to wall threats optimally.
- Tangela has very bad special bulk, so strong special attackers can easily 2HKO it.
- Ice-types such as Articuno, Jynx, and Crygonal can easily switch in and kill Tangela with STAB super effective Ice attacks.
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