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Skeleton.
Overview
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+Good defensive typing and defensive stats.
+Reliable recovery options.
+Great defogger.
+Resistances to Bug, Fighting, Fire, Steel, Water and immune to ground.
-4x Weakness to electric.
-Abilities are not overly useful.
-Outsped by most sweepers.
-Weak to rocks.
Defensive Defog Support.
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Name: Defensive Defog Support.
move 1: Defog
move 2: Scald
move 3: Roost
move 4: Toxic / Hurricane / U-Turn
ability: Keen Eye
item: Leftovers
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Nature: Bold
Moves
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- Defog is essential on pelipper being one of it's most reliable options and a very good asset to any team.
- Roost is also rather essential on this set giving it a very reliable recovery option.
- Scald being an essential offensive move with the chance to get a burn on attackers and on walls.
- Toxic is a rather good move to have to almost guarantee a status on any other walls, attackers or anything.
- U-Turn is basic, it gives it the chance to take a hit and deal a small amount of damage and then get a switch to gain the momentum.
- Hurricane is a good choice for dealing with grass types, dealing huge damage although it's accuracy can let it down.
Set Details
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- The standard defensie ev spread gives pelipper it's best possible chance to withstand the maximum amount of physical hits.
- Keen eye is the only ability that should be used due to it being the only one compatible with defog.
- Leftovers are there give a small amount of passive recovery.
Usage Tips
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- Roost should be used to keep pelipper above 50-60%, being a vital mon to keep for defog and getting a toxic off on said stall mons, otherwise use often.
- Switch pelipper into pokemon which it can check or counter such as feraligatr or poliwrath. then proceed to use defog to remove hazards or throw a toxic or scald at your opponent. otherwise use u-turn to gain momentum.
- Pelipper as a defensive wall should rarely switch in a a special attack unless it's resisted and pelipper is at high health it's a bad choice to do so, try switching it in on something that can be clean enough for a roost or defog to go off.
- Pelipper when used with toxic can be good to get a status off on other walls and stops it being fully walled by seismitoad allowing it to phase this mon quite well.
Team Options
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- Defensive grass type pokemon along with offensive fire types can work well with pelipper as a core providing good coverage and switch ins on most typings.
- Ground types are a great addition to any team with pelipper to take an incoming electric attack and then hit back hard.
- Pokemon like primeape/sawk or fighting spam in general are an easy switch in for pelipper.
Other Options
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- Rain dish is not an option due to defog being essential and the incompatibility of the ability and move.
- A Life Orb, Rain dish set on a rain team may seem gimmicky but it is not completely outdone by it's cousin swanna, also a rather fun set to run over defog.
- Tailwind is an option to help teammates, but is not practical due to it's short length.
- Knock Off as another option gives pelipper an advantage against other walls or choiced pokemon allowing it to knock off their item and give it some momentum.
- Air Slash can be used over Hurricane as a more accurate flying stab.
Checks & Counters
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**Electric Move Users** Any pokemon with moderately good attack stats and an electric attack can hurt it pretty bad, such as electivire, rotom and lanturn.
**Fast Special Attackers** Most fast special attackers can ohko/2ko pelipper after/without rocks.
**Taunt** Taunt users such as Liepard can ruin this set due to the fact it cannot defog roost or if carrying it toxic.
**Water Absorb** Water Absorb users like seismitoad and Lapras can wall pelipper even if it's carrying air slash/toxic, they aren't really stopped by these and can force you to switch.
**Status** status namely poison/burn can wear down pelipper putting it in easy 2ko range from Pokemon it regularly walls.
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