PU Kadabra

[Politoad]

QC: Magnemite / WhiteDMist / scorpdestroyer
GP: The Dutch Plumberjack / P Squared

Overview
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Kadabra is a great revenge killer that works well against most offensive teams thanks to its Special Attack and Speed stats, outspeeding foes such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, as well as Speed tying with foes such as Rapidash; additionally, it can survive any hit and usually proceed to KO the foe back thanks to Magic Guard, which enables it to come in without its Focus Sash being broken by entry hazards. Furthermore, Kadabra's decent coverage movepool lets it hit a variety of foes hard. However, Kadabra's extreme frailty means that it is very susceptible to priority attacks, and any remotely strong attack is troublesome for it. Lastly, Kadabra struggles to beat the bulkier special walls in the tier such as Lickilicky and Misdreavous.

Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Signal Beam
move 3: Encore
move 4: Hidden Power Fighting / Calm Mind
ability: Magic Guard
item: Focus Sash
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
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Psychic is a powerful STAB attack that hits many Pokemon for good damage, while Signal Beam hits Dark-types such as Mightyena and Sneasel, as well as Psychic-types such as Beheeyem, super effectively. Encore can force foes to switch if Kadabra locks them into a status move, a boosting move, or Sucker Punch. Hidden Power Fighting lets Kadabra hit Pawniard super effectively, while Calm Mind gives Kadabra the chance to sweep if it finds a turn to use it, such as when a foe is locked into a status move with Encore. Psyshock is an alternative to Psychic that can be used to inflict more damage on specially bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky and Regice, though running it leaves Kadabra walled by Avalugg and unable to do as much damage to Poliwrath and defensive Misdreavus. Thunder Wave can cripple fast foes or stop a sweeper from troubling the rest of your team if Kadabra cannot OHKO it.

Set Details
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Magic Guard grants Kadabra an immunity to status and entry hazard damage, while Focus Sash lets Kadabra take any attack without being OHKOed and retaliate against the foe. Maximized Special Attack and Speed EVs with a Timid nature let Kadabra hit hard and outspeed Pokemon such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter and Speed tie with other base 105 Speed Pokemon such as Rapidash.
Usage Tips
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Thanks to Magic Guard and its Focus Sash, Kadabra can revenge kill faster threats and priority users if its Focus Sash is intact, though you should save Kadabra's Focus Sash if there is a powerful but frail sweeper around. Kadabra shouldn't be switching into an attack because of its frailty, so only bring it in after a teammate has been beaten or at a predicted switch. Kadabra should try to set up on walls with Calm Mind after locking them into an unfavorable move late-game with Encore. Use Encore if the foe is trying to set up or inflict status so that it will be forced to switch.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can provide a slow Baton Pass, Volt Switch, or U-turn, such as Togetic and Pelipper, make for good partners, as they can take a hit and bring Kadabra in safely. Special wallbreakers such as Heatmor and Life Orb Simipour can help soften up specially defensive Pokemon that trouble Kadabra, such as Lickilicky. Setup sweepers that can beat walls locked into a recovery move, such as Scyther, make for good partners as well, while other setup sweepers that can take priority moves such as Mightyena's and Pawniard's Sucker Punch are good choices too; an example of this is Swords Dance Sneasel. Pokemon such as Poliwrath and Throh can beat Dark- and Steel-types, which can cause trouble for Kadabra. Entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Piloswine, Golem, Marowak, and Roselia is also appreciated, as the chip damage will allow Kadabra to OHKO Sneasel and Dodrio, as well as Barbaracle after it has used Shell Smash.

Other Options
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Energy Ball can be used to inflict great damage on Water-, Rock-, and Ground-types, such as Carracosta, Barbaracle, and Piloswine, but it lacks power and most of them are beaten by Psychic regardless. Shadow Ball can be used to hit Psychic-types such as Mr. Mime hard, as well as Ghost-types that would normally beat Kadabra such as Misdreavus and Gourgeist-XL , but most are hit hard by Psychic regardless. Life Orb gives Kadabra a power boost without inflicting recoil thanks to Magic Guard, but Focus Sash is usually preferred because of its ability to prevent Kadabra from being OHKOed. Taunt can shut down defensive Pokemon, but this is better done by other Pokemon because of Kadabra's pitiful bulk. Choice Scarf enables Kadabra to outspeed common Choice Scarf users such as Mr. Mime, but Focus Sash is usually superior. Dazzling Gleam is an option to hit foes such as Zweilous and Fraxure super effectively, but the former is already hit hard by Signal Beam and the latter by Psychic.

Checks & Counters
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**Specially Defensive Walls**: Specially defensive walls such as Lickilicky can take Kadabra's attacks with ease, recover their HP, and beat it with a STAB attack. Although they do have to watch out for Encore because it can render them setup fodder, they take little damage from Kadabra's attacks and can therefore focus on attacking it.

**Priority Users**: Priority users such as Mightyena, Carracosta, and Dusknoir can easily beat Kadabra because it is very frail, though those with Sucker Punch need to be wary of getting locked into it by Encore.

**Faster Offensive Pokemon**: Faster offensive Pokemon such as Dodrio and Raichu can beat Kadabra with a powerful STAB attack, though with its Focus Sash intact Kadabra can live survive a hit and inflict a lot of damage on them. Choice Scarf users such as Haunter and Mr. Mime can revenge kill Kadabra if its Focus Sash has been broken.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Metang, Probopass and Klang can take Kadabra's attacks with ease and hit it on its poor Defense with a STAB attack. Klang's Gear Grind also bypasses Focus Sash.

**Ghost-types**: Bulkier Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, and Choice Scarf Haunter can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its Focus Sash broken, but all of them should watch out for Psychic.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types such as Sneasel and Mightyena can easily take out Kadabra with their STAB attacks, but they have to be wary of Signal Beam. Mightyena in particular can also use Sucker Punch to beat Kadabra and get a Moxie boost, though it shouldn't recklessly spam Sucker Punch because of Encore. Additionally, when Kadabra is at full health, it can survive an attack with its Focus Sash and retaliate with Signal Beam. Unlike the aforementioned examples, Vullaby and Murkrow are not weak to Signal Beam and are comfortable taking it with their Eviolite-boosted bulk.

 

[Magnemite]

Overview:
mention more of kadabra's strengths in the metagame here. talk about how it's incredibly good against most offensive teams due to how fast it is and that against offense it can live any one hit and usually ko back, so it usually can get 2 koes per game quite easily against offense.

Special Attacker:
Move energy ball to oo, it doesn't hit anything that psychic doesn't hit hard. the last slot should be cm / twave with shadow ball and dazzling gleam in moves.

move life orb to oo, as not having sash takes away a lot of the reason to use kadabra.

Moves:
Throh isn't usually specially defensive

Mention the downsides of running psyshock, mainly being a walled by avalugg and doing a lot less to poliwrath and defensive missy

Set Details:
a bit nitpicky but scyther is like 10x more relevant as a base 105 than rapidash, mention that instead

Usage Tips:
"Kadabra's fraility prevents it from being switched in safely, so bringing it in with a slow U-turn or Volt Switch is good for it."- this sentence is really redundant with a couple others so it should probably be removed.

"Bring in Kadabra to revenge kill a foe, or to use Encore if the opponent when predicting a status move to be used."- the second half of this sentence doesn't make too much sense. additionally, the only prediction ever involved with encore is predicting whether or not the opponent will switch, as you will always be faster than what you are using encore against.

Team Options:
togetic doesn't really beat dark types

"Wallbreakers such as Bouffalant and Choice Band Flareon can help beat specially defensive Pokemon such as Lickilicky that trouble Kadabra."- physical wallbreakers don't really beat special walls, but special wallbreakers wear them down, so replace bouffalant and flareon with special wallbreakers like heatmor and life orb simipour.
remove mention of gigalith

Other Options:
remove specs, scarf, and sub (remember that life orb and energy ball will be here so this section won't be too barren or anything)

change mentions of gleam to signal beam in the hp fighting section, as signal beam is the main slash

Checks & Counters:
sneasel has no need to use ice shard against kadabra as it is faster

mention in basically all of the sections for offensive pokemon that kadabra can usually do a ton of damage / ko the opponent in return if its sash is intact

in general, this section could be a bit more detailed. see this thread for more information.



overall this looks decent despite the large amount of changes Soulblaster, just implement all of this and tag me when you're done and i'll look at this again and stamp it if it's ready.

 

[Politoad]

I hope this is implemented successfully, Magnemite .

 

[Anty]

Just a couple comments,
Usage Tips
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You dont really mention the main selling point of encore. It lets kadabra not only beat lickillicky, but also set up on it
Toxic is almost never seen, and ones that do can take hits from kadabra, like prinplup and pelipper, and also kadabra should never switch into will-o's as it looses to both gourgeist and missy

Team Options
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Similar thing about the burn/toxic thing, there are still much better status absorbers who can actually switch into things
Dark types dont switch into kadabra
How can team mates take advantage of kadabra forcing switches? if kadabra encores, the opp will switch out, not wait a turn and risk kadabra setting up

Checks & Counters
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**Priority Users**: I dont see how sucker punch users beat it better than any other prioirity, other than vacuum wave they all 2HKO. You might want to mention dusknoir, as it can switch into psyshock kadabra

**Ghost-types**: Shadow ball isnt slashed so i dont think it is necessary, and even so it can take 2

**Dark-types**: Change dgleam to signal beam

**Specially Defensive Walls**: Mention more about encore allowing to use most of these as set up fodder

Soulblaster

 

[Politoad]

Just a couple comments,
Usage Tips
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You dont really mention the main selling point of encore. It lets kadabra not only beat lickillicky, but also set up on it
Toxic is almost never seen, and ones that do can take hits from kadabra, like prinplup and pelipper, and also kadabra should never switch into will-o's as it looses to both gourgeist and missy

Team Options
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Similar thing about the burn/toxic thing, there are still much better status absorbers who can actually switch into things
Dark types dont switch into kadabra
How can team mates take advantage of kadabra forcing switches? if kadabra encores, the opp will switch out, not wait a turn and risk kadabra setting up

Checks & Counters
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**Priority Users**: I dont see how sucker punch users beat it better than any other prioirity, other than vacuum wave they all 2HKO. You might want to mention dusknoir, as it can switch into psyshock kadabra

**Ghost-types**: Shadow ball isnt slashed so i dont think it is necessary, and even so it can take 2

**Dark-types**: Change dgleam to signal beam

**Specially Defensive Walls**: Mention more about encore allowing to use most of these as set up fodder

Soulblaster

I hopefully edited this correctly.

 

[Magnemite]

c&c could still be more fleshed out but otherwise this looks good, qc 1/3

 

[Anty]

Overview
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Mention that it struggles to beat rly bulky special walls

Special Attacker
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Slash shadow ball at the last move as it does decent damage to missy

Moves
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Remove dazz, the dragons arent common and one hates sgnal and the other hates any special move

Usage Tips
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This doesnt really say much about how to use it, mention stuff like when to use it and what to set up on

Team Options
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I already mentioned that you should remove the thing about encore, as if u encore them, they are switching out
Mention stuff that can beat darks and steels

Other Options
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Scarf, as it has a speed advantage over mime


Soulblaster also sort out the line spacing, it looks a bit off

 

[Politoad]

Overview
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Mention that it struggles to beat rly bulky special walls

Special Attacker
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Slash shadow ball at the last move as it does decent damage to missy

Moves
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Remove dazz, the dragons arent common and one hates sgnal and the other hates any special move

Usage Tips
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This doesnt really say much about how to use it, mention stuff like when to use it and what to set up on

Team Options
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I already mentioned that you should remove the thing about encore, as if u encore them, they are switching out
Mention stuff that can beat darks and steels

Other Options
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Scarf, as it has a speed advantage over mime


Soulblaster also sort out the line spacing, it looks a bit off

Hope I edited this correctly. Tried to fix the spacing a bit (is that okay now) and added some points for in UT (hope that's okay too, tell me if it isn't then i'll fix it).

 

[Politoad]

first and last bump (sorry if i actually bumped too early lol)

 

[WhiteDMist]

Overview
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- Remember in the write up to clarify that Magic Guard + Focus Sash allows Kadabra to live any one hit. The way the points are makes Kadabra seem naturally bulky.

Special Attacker
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- Idk about Psyshock. Psychic already hits Roselia hard, and it's hardly going to stay in anyways. With Lickilicky, it ends up being a difference between a ~50% chance to 3HKO with Psyshock or a ~50% chance to 4HKO with Psychic. Encore won't help much (especially if not CM) as Wish will keep healing it, and Protect stalls out the locking turns and gains more leftovers recovery. Maybe if locked into Heal Bell? My point is that I'm not convinced about Psyshock's effectiveness. Looking at the VRs, I see Psyshock mattering against Kecleon (iffy if/when it leaves), Regice (pretty nice), Togetic (only if specially defensive, but on-site is physically defensive), Flareon (matters against spdef set, against band/guts it has a chance to ohko after rocks), and niche C+ stuff like Munchlax, Politoed, Sliggoo, and Wigglytuff.
- tl;dr: Psyshock stay in Moves, but de-slash imo. QC thoughts?

Usage Tips
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- For the first point, add in the fact that thanks to Sash and MG, it can even revenge kill faster mons/priority users it it's sash is intact.
- Note that it can Encore walls and set up if it has Calm Mind. Better to make that clear, especially since Calm Mind isn't the only slash.

Team Options
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• Pokemon that can provide a slow Baton Pass, Volt Switch, or U-turn, such as Togetic and Pelipper make for good partners. Why?
• Special wallbreakers such as Heatmor and Life Orb Simipour can help soften up specially defensive Pokemon such as Lickilicky that trouble Kadabra.
• Pokemon such as Poliwrath and Throh can beat Dark- and Steel-types, and are good choices too. Why?
• Entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Piloswine is appreciated too, as it will help Kadabra to have a chance to OHKO RestTalk Poliwrath with Psychic.

-Add in set up sweepers, they can make use of Encored pokemon to set up, or at least get a free switch in. Ninetales (on locked Will-o), SubSD Bouffalant (on most sleep moves), Raichu (on Twave), SD Sneasel (mostly to beat mny of the pokes that wall Kadabra).

Checks & Counters
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- Expand on ghost-types more. I would clarify that bulkier Ghost-types like Missy and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, while Haunter needs a Choice Scarf but it can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its sash broken. Ghosts should watch
- I would probably move the actual counters to the top, specially defensive pokemon. The may have to watch out for encore, but they take little enough damage to attack rather than heal/support most of the time.
- Note that sucker punch users need to watch out for encore in Priority Users.
- For Faster Offensive Mons, note Scarf mons as well.
- Dark-types can be expanded a bit more as well, with stuff like Vullaby and Murkrow eating Signal Beam easily.

 

[Politoad]

Overview
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- Remember in the write up to clarify that Magic Guard + Focus Sash allows Kadabra to live any one hit. The way the points are makes Kadabra seem naturally bulky.

Special Attacker
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- Idk about Psyshock. Psychic already hits Roselia hard, and it's hardly going to stay in anyways. With Lickilicky, it ends up being a difference between a ~50% chance to 3HKO with Psyshock or a ~50% chance to 4HKO with Psychic. Encore won't help much (especially if not CM) as Wish will keep healing it, and Protect stalls out the locking turns and gains more leftovers recovery. Maybe if locked into Heal Bell? My point is that I'm not convinced about Psyshock's effectiveness. Looking at the VRs, I see Psyshock mattering against Kecleon (iffy if/when it leaves), Regice (pretty nice), Togetic (only if specially defensive, but on-site is physically defensive), Flareon (matters against spdef set, against band/guts it has a chance to ohko after rocks), and niche C+ stuff like Munchlax, Politoed, Sliggoo, and Wigglytuff.
- tl;dr: Psyshock stay in Moves, but de-slash imo. QC thoughts?

Usage Tips
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- For the first point, add in the fact that thanks to Sash and MG, it can even revenge kill faster mons/priority users it it's sash is intact.
- Note that it can Encore walls and set up if it has Calm Mind. Better to make that clear, especially since Calm Mind isn't the only slash.

Team Options
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-Add in set up sweepers, they can make use of Encored pokemon to set up, or at least get a free switch in. Ninetales (on locked Will-o), SubSD Bouffalant (on most sleep moves), Raichu (on Twave), SD Sneasel (mostly to beat mny of the pokes that wall Kadabra).

Checks & Counters
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- Expand on ghost-types more. I would clarify that bulkier Ghost-types like Missy and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, while Haunter needs a Choice Scarf but it can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its sash broken. Ghosts should watch
- I would probably move the actual counters to the top, specially defensive pokemon. The may have to watch out for encore, but they take little enough damage to attack rather than heal/support most of the time.
- Note that sucker punch users need to watch out for encore in Priority Users.
- For Faster Offensive Mons, note Scarf mons as well.
- Dark-types can be expanded a bit more as well, with stuff like Vullaby and Murkrow eating Signal Beam easily.

Done this.

 

[WhiteDMist]

Overview
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- Well you didn't have to do his yet, since write-up would hopefully make it easier. Now it sounds more like Magic Guard guarantees KOes lol

No one opposed, so Psyshock stays in Moves only.

Checks & Counters
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- Expand on ghost-types more. I would clarify that bulkier Ghost-types like Missy and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, while Haunter needs a Choice Scarf but it can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its sash broken. Ghosts should watch out for Shadow Ball. -_- forgot to finish this sentence

do this and qc appoved 2/3

 

[Politoad]

Overview
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- Well you didn't have to do his yet, since write-up would hopefully make it easier. Now it sounds more like Magic Guard guarantees KOes lol

No one opposed, so Psyshock stays in Moves only.

Checks & Counters
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- Expand on ghost-types more. I would clarify that bulkier Ghost-types like Missy and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, while Haunter needs a Choice Scarf but it can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its sash broken. Ghosts should watch out for Shadow Ball. -_- forgot to finish this sentence

do this and qc appoved 2/3

done, I hope. Tell me if I missed stuff.

e; written!

 

[scorpdestroyer]

Overview: I wouldn't say it usually KOs two Pokemon on offensive teams. You can say it can KO weakened ones though, or say that it can KO a fast threat that threatens to sweep the team

Usage Tips: I wouldn't say Kadabra can set up on and beat Lickilicky; it can be a bit misleading especially when Lickilicky can just switch out. You can say it sets up on walls after locking them in late in the game.

Team Options: Teammates that take advantage of Encore are a little weird. For example you'll rarely get the chance to Encore a sleep move unless they miss, and you don't want Kadabra to take a Thunder Wave to Encore it. Absorbing Will-O-Wisp is weird too because it's much safer to directly switch Ninetales into Misdreavus / whatever if you're predicting the wisp anyway. Instead of these you could talk about more practical scenarios. You can mention setup sweepers that are bulky enough to take Mightyena and Kecleon's Sucker Punch; you can mention other setup sweepers that overwhelm walls that get Encored into recovery, stuff like this

Soulblaster

 

[Politoad]

Overview: I wouldn't say it usually KOs two Pokemon on offensive teams. You can say it can KO weakened ones though, or say that it can KO a fast threat that threatens to sweep the team

Usage Tips: I wouldn't say Kadabra can set up on and beat Lickilicky; it can be a bit misleading especially when Lickilicky can just switch out. You can say it sets up on walls after locking them in late in the game.

Team Options: Teammates that take advantage of Encore are a little weird. For example you'll rarely get the chance to Encore a sleep move unless they miss, and you don't want Kadabra to take a Thunder Wave to Encore it. Absorbing Will-O-Wisp is weird too because it's much safer to directly switch Ninetales into Misdreavus / whatever if you're predicting the wisp anyway. Instead of these you could talk about more practical scenarios. You can mention setup sweepers that are bulky enough to take Mightyena and Kecleon's Sucker Punch; you can mention other setup sweepers that overwhelm walls that get Encored into recovery, stuff like this

Soulblaster

Hope this is good now.

scorpdestroyer

 

[scorpdestroyer]

Usage Tips:
- you can add that you should save Kadabra's sash if there's a troublesome but frail sweeper on the opposing team

Team Options:
- I don't think RestTalk Wrath is a good example of a KO gained from Psychic because a) nobody keeps in a full HP Wrath on Kadabra and b) Leftovers means SR damage is nullified. You can mention KOs such as guaranteed OHKO against LO Sneasel and Dodrio after SR, and a good chance to OHKO -1 Barbaracle after Stealth Rock, as these are more relevant Kadabra targets. While you're at it add more hazards users as well like Golem, Marowak, Roselia.

These are pretty simple and it looks great otherwise, good job Soulblaster
QC 3/3

 

[Politoad]

Usage Tips:
- you can add that you should save Kadabra's sash if there's a troublesome but frail sweeper on the opposing team

Team Options:
- I don't think RestTalk Wrath is a good example of a KO gained from Psychic because a) nobody keeps in a full HP Wrath on Kadabra and b) Leftovers means SR damage is nullified. You can mention KOs such as guaranteed OHKO against LO Sneasel and Dodrio after SR, and a good chance to OHKO -1 Barbaracle after Stealth Rock, as these are more relevant Kadabra targets. While you're at it add more hazards users as well like Golem, Marowak, Roselia.

These are pretty simple and it looks great otherwise, good job Soulblaster
QC 3/3

Edited! Moving this into GP stage.

 

[SM979]

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Overview
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Kadabra is a great revenge killer thanks to its Special Attack and Speed stats, which lets it outspeed foes such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, (AC) plus as well as Speed tie with foes such as Scyther. Secondary, Kadabra works well against most offensive teams because of its Speed, (AC) and can live any one hit with thanks to its Focus Sash because of and Magic Guard ability and can usually KO its the foe back, so it can normally KO weakened foes, or KO fast threats to the team. Magic Guard, Kadabra's ability, also enables it to come in without its Focus Sash being broken by entry hazards. Furthermore, Kadabra's decent coverage movepool lets it hit a variety of foes hard. But However, Kadabra's extreme frailty means that it is very susceptible to priority attacks, and any remotely strong attack is troublesome for it. Lastly, Kadabra struggles to beat the bulkier special walls in the tier.

Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Signal Beam
move 3: Encore
move 4: Calm Mind / Thunder Wave / Shadow Ball
ability: Magic Guard
item: Focus Sash
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Remove random line break
Moves
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Psychic is a powerful STAB attack which that hits many Pokemon for good damage. Signal Beam hits Dark-types immune to Psyshockchic such as Mightyena and Sneasel for super effective damage, as well as Psychic-types such as Beheeyem. Encore can force foes to switch if Kadabra locks them into a status move, a boosting move, or Sucker Punch. Calm Mind gives Kadabra the chance to sweep if it finds a turn to use it; for example, when a foe is locked into a status move with Encore. Thunder Wave can cripple fast foes with by inducing paralysis; Kadabra can take a hit with its Focus Sash and stop a sweeper from troubling the rest of your team if Kadabra cannot OHKO it. Shadow Ball can be used to hit Psychic-types such as opposing Mr. Mime hard, as well as Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Gourgeist-XL that would normally beat it. Psyshock is an alternative to Psychic that can be used to inflict more damage on specially bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky and Regice, though running it makes Kadabra walled by Avalugg and unable to do as much damage to Poliwrath and defensive Misdreavus.

Set Details
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Magic Guard grants Kadabra an immunity to status and entry hazard damage. Focus Sash prevents Kadabra from being OHKOed and lets it retaliate against the foe. Maximized Special Attack EVs, and Speed EVs, and with a Timid nature let Kadabra hit hard and outspeed Pokemon such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, (AC) and speed Speed tie with other base 105s Pokemon, such as Scyther.

Usage Tips
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Thanks to Kadabra's Focus Sash and Magic Guard ability, it can even revenge kill faster threats and preats (unless I'm misinterpreting something here that makes no sense) and priority users if its Focus Sash is intact. However, you should save Kadabra's Focus Sash if there is a powerful but frail sweeper around. Kadabra is best used to revenge kill a certain Pokemon after a teammate has been KOed. Kadabra shouldn't be mostly switching into an attack because of its frailty, so only bring it in after a teammate has been beaten, or at a predicted switch at the opposing side. Kadabra should try to set up on walls after locking them in late-game. Do this by Encoring them and proceed with setting up if it has Calm Mind. Use Encore if the foe is trying to set up or inflict status, so it will be forced to switch.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can provide a slow Baton Pass, Volt Switch, or U-turn, such as Togetic and Pelipper, (AC) make for good partners, as they can take a hit and bring Kadabra in safely. Special wallbreakers such as Heatmor and Life Orb Simipour can help soften up specially defensive Pokemon such as Lickilicky that trouble Kadabra, and are good choices as well. Setup sweepers that can beat walls locked into recovery, such as Bouffalant and Scyther, make for good partners as well. Other setup sweepers that can take priority, (AC) such as like Mightyena and Kecleon's Sucker Punch thrown at them, such as Bouffalant and Swords Dance Sneasel, are good choices too. Pokemon such as Poliwrath and Throh can beat Dark- and Steel-types, and are good choices too, as these Pokemon can cause trouble for Kadabra. Entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Piloswine, Golem, Marowak and Roselia is appreciated too, as it will help Kadabra to OHKO Sneasel and Dodrio after Stealth Rock damage, as well as Barbarcle after it has used Shell Smash and Stealth Rock damage.

Other Options
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Hidden Power Fighting can be used for better overall coverage than Signal Beam and hits Sneasel and Steel-types harder, but Signal Beam provides more coverage in most situations. Please reword this sentence. Saying that HP Fighting has better coverage and then saying that Signal Beam provides more coverage makes no sense. Energy Ball can be used to inflict great damage on Water-, Rock-, and Ground-types, such as Carracosta, Barbaracle, and Piloswine, but lacks power and most are beaten by Psychic regardless. Life Orb is another item choice which that inflicts no recoil because of thanks to Magic Guard and gives Kadabra a power boost, but Focus Sash is usually prefferred because of its ability to prevent Kadabra from being OHKOed. Taunt can shut down defensive Pokemon, but is better done by other Pokemon because of Kadabra's pitiful bulk. Choice Scarf enables Kadabra to outspeed common Choice Scarf users such as Mr. Mime, but this way it loses out on an important Focus Sash. Dazzling Gleam is an option to hit foes such as Zweilous and Fraxure, but the former is already hit hard by Signal Beam and the latter by Psychic.

Checks & Counters
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**Specially Defensive Walls**: Specially defensive walls such as Lickilicky can take Kadabra's attacks with ease, recover damage, (AC) and beat it with a STAB attack. Although they do have to watch out for Encore because after it they can become setup fodder, they take little damage from Kadabra and can therefore focus on attacking it. (comma -> period)

**Priority Users**: Priority users such as Mightyena, Carracosta, and Dusknoir, (RC) can easily beat Kadabra as it is very frail with their priority attacks, though those with Sucker Punch need to be wary of getting locked into it by Encore.

**Faster Offensive Pokemon**: Faster offensive Pokemon such as Tauros and Raichu can beat Kadabra with a powerful STAB attack, though with its Focus Sash intact Kadabra can live a hit and inflict a lot of damage on them. Choice Scarf users such as Haunter and Mr. Mime can revenge kill Kadabra if its Focus Sash has been broken.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Metang and Klang can take Kadabra's attacks with ease and hit it on its poor Defense with a STAB attack. Klang's Gear Grind also bypasses Focus Sash.

**Ghost-types**: Bulkier Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, and Choice Scarf Haunter can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its Focus Sash broken, but all of them should watch out for Shadow Ball.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types such as Sneasel and Mightyena can easily take out Kadabra with their STAB attacks, but have to be wary of Siganl Bam Signal Beam. omgeee Siganl Bam iz myy favritweeeee atak. The former one can also use Sucker Punch to beat Kadabra and get a Moxie boost, (AC) though it shouldn't recklessly spam Sucker Punch because of Encore. Additionally, when Kadabra is at full health, it can survive an attack with its Focus Sash and retaliate with Signal Beam. Finally, Unlike the aforementioned examples, Vullaby and Murkrow are not weak to Signal Beam and are comfortable to take it with their Eviolite-boosted bulk.

don't implement too much b/c I got lazy halfway through.

 

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Overview
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Kadabra is a great revenge killer thanks to its Special Attack and Speed stats, which lets it outspeed foes such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, (AC) plus as well as Speed tie with foes such as Scyther. Secondary, Kadabra works well against most offensive teams because of its Speed, (AC) and can live any one hit with thanks to its Focus Sash because of and Magic Guard ability and can usually KO its the foe back, so it can normally KO weakened foes, or KO fast threats to the team. Magic Guard, Kadabra's ability, also enables it to come in without its Focus Sash being broken by entry hazards. Furthermore, Kadabra's decent coverage movepool lets it hit a variety of foes hard. But However, Kadabra's extreme frailty means that it is very susceptible to priority attacks, and any remotely strong attack is troublesome for it. Lastly, Kadabra struggles to beat the bulkier special walls in the tier.

Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Signal Beam
move 3: Encore
move 4: Calm Mind / Thunder Wave / Shadow Ball
ability: Magic Guard
item: Focus Sash
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

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Moves
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Psychic is a powerful STAB attack which that hits many Pokemon for good damage. Signal Beam hits Dark-types immune to Psyshockchic such as Mightyena and Sneasel for super effective damage, as well as Psychic-types such as Beheeyem. Encore can force foes to switch if Kadabra locks them into a status move, a boosting move, or Sucker Punch. Calm Mind gives Kadabra the chance to sweep if it finds a turn to use it; for example, when a foe is locked into a status move with Encore. Thunder Wave can cripple fast foes with by inducing paralysis; Kadabra can take a hit with its Focus Sash and stop a sweeper from troubling the rest of your team if Kadabra cannot OHKO it. Shadow Ball can be used to hit Psychic-types such as opposing Mr. Mime hard, as well as Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Gourgeist-XL that would normally beat it. Psyshock is an alternative to Psychic that can be used to inflict more damage on specially bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky and Regice, though running it makes Kadabra walled by Avalugg and unable to do as much damage to Poliwrath and defensive Misdreavus.

Set Details
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Magic Guard grants Kadabra an immunity to status and entry hazard damage. Focus Sash prevents Kadabra from being OHKOed and lets it retaliate against the foe. Maximized Special Attack EVs, and Speed EVs, and with a Timid nature let Kadabra hit hard and outspeed Pokemon such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, (AC) and speed Speed tie with other base 105s Pokemon, such as Scyther.

Usage Tips
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Thanks to Kadabra's Focus Sash and Magic Guard ability, it can even revenge kill faster threats and preats (unless I'm misinterpreting something here that makes no sense) and priority users if its Focus Sash is intact. However, you should save Kadabra's Focus Sash if there is a powerful but frail sweeper around. Kadabra is best used to revenge kill a certain Pokemon after a teammate has been KOed. Kadabra shouldn't be mostly switching into an attack because of its frailty, so only bring it in after a teammate has been beaten, or at a predicted switch at the opposing side. Kadabra should try to set up on walls after locking them in late-game. Do this by Encoring them and proceed with setting up if it has Calm Mind. Use Encore if the foe is trying to set up or inflict status, so it will be forced to switch.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can provide a slow Baton Pass, Volt Switch, or U-turn, such as Togetic and Pelipper, (AC) make for good partners, as they can take a hit and bring Kadabra in safely. Special wallbreakers such as Heatmor and Life Orb Simipour can help soften up specially defensive Pokemon such as Lickilicky that trouble Kadabra, and are good choices as well. Setup sweepers that can beat walls locked into recovery, such as Bouffalant and Scyther, make for good partners as well. Other setup sweepers that can take priority, (AC) such as like Mightyena and Kecleon's Sucker Punch thrown at them, such as Bouffalant and Swords Dance Sneasel, are good choices too. Pokemon such as Poliwrath and Throh can beat Dark- and Steel-types, and are good choices too, as these Pokemon can cause trouble for Kadabra. Entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Piloswine, Golem, Marowak and Roselia is appreciated too, as it will help Kadabra to OHKO Sneasel and Dodrio after Stealth Rock damage, as well as Barbarcle after it has used Shell Smash and Stealth Rock damage.

Other Options
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Hidden Power Fighting can be used for better overall coverage than Signal Beam and hits Sneasel and Steel-types harder, but Signal Beam provides more coverage in most situations. Please reword this sentence. Saying that HP Fighting has better coverage and then saying that Signal Beam provides more coverage makes no sense. Energy Ball can be used to inflict great damage on Water-, Rock-, and Ground-types, such as Carracosta, Barbaracle, and Piloswine, but lacks power and most are beaten by Psychic regardless. Life Orb is another item choice which that inflicts no recoil because of thanks to Magic Guard and gives Kadabra a power boost, but Focus Sash is usually prefferred because of its ability to prevent Kadabra from being OHKOed. Taunt can shut down defensive Pokemon, but is better done by other Pokemon because of Kadabra's pitiful bulk. Choice Scarf enables Kadabra to outspeed common Choice Scarf users such as Mr. Mime, but this way it loses out on an important Focus Sash. Dazzling Gleam is an option to hit foes such as Zweilous and Fraxure, but the former is already hit hard by Signal Beam and the latter by Psychic.

Checks & Counters
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**Specially Defensive Walls**: Specially defensive walls such as Lickilicky can take Kadabra's attacks with ease, recover damage, (AC) and beat it with a STAB attack. Although they do have to watch out for Encore because after it they can become setup fodder, they take little damage from Kadabra and can therefore focus on attacking it. (comma -> period)

**Priority Users**: Priority users such as Mightyena, Carracosta, and Dusknoir, (RC) can easily beat Kadabra as it is very frail with their priority attacks, though those with Sucker Punch need to be wary of getting locked into it by Encore.

**Faster Offensive Pokemon**: Faster offensive Pokemon such as Tauros and Raichu can beat Kadabra with a powerful STAB attack, though with its Focus Sash intact Kadabra can live a hit and inflict a lot of damage on them. Choice Scarf users such as Haunter and Mr. Mime can revenge kill Kadabra if its Focus Sash has been broken.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Metang and Klang can take Kadabra's attacks with ease and hit it on its poor Defense with a STAB attack. Klang's Gear Grind also bypasses Focus Sash.

**Ghost-types**: Bulkier Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, and Choice Scarf Haunter can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its Focus Sash broken, but all of them should watch out for Shadow Ball.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types such as Sneasel and Mightyena can easily take out Kadabra with their STAB attacks, but have to be wary of Siganl Bam Signal Beam. omgeee Siganl Bam iz myy favritweeeee atak. The former one can also use Sucker Punch to beat Kadabra and get a Moxie boost, (AC) though it shouldn't recklessly spam Sucker Punch because of Encore. Additionally, when Kadabra is at full health, it can survive an attack with its Focus Sash and retaliate with Signal Beam. Finally, Unlike the aforementioned examples, Vullaby and Murkrow are not weak to Signal Beam and are comfortable to take it with their Eviolite-boosted bulk.

don't implement too much b/c I got lazy halfway through.

Alright, I'm terribly sorry I didn't have time to do this, but I have implemented your amcheck!

 

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Alright, I'm terribly sorry I didn't have time to do this, but I have implemented your amcheck!

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pawniard is in the tier so HP Fighting should be in the last slot with cm and twave. Reword moves and make sure to mention the speed if drop

 

[Politoad]

STOOOP A LITTLE

pawniard is in the tier so HP Fighting should be in the last slot with cm and twave. Reword moves and make sure to mention the speed if drop

Will do this midday.

 

[Firebird03]

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Overview
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Kadabra is a great revenge killer,(AC) thanks to its Special Attack and Speed stats, which lets it outspeed foes such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, as well as Speed tie with foes such as Scyther. Kadabra works well against most offensive teams because of its Speed, and can live any hit thanks to its Focus Sash and Magic Guard ability,(AC) and cans well as usually being able to KO the foe back. Magic Guard also enables it to come in without its Focus Sash being broken by entry hazards. Furthermore, Kadabra's decent coverage movepool lets it hit a variety of foes hard. However, Kadabra's extreme frailty means that it is very susceptible to priority attacks, and any remotely strong attack is troublesome for it. Lastly, Kadabra struggles to beat the bulkier special walls in the tier.

Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Signal Beam
move 3: Encore
move 4: Calm Mind / Thunder Wave / Shadow Ball
ability: Magic Guard
item: Focus Sash
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
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Psychic is a powerful STAB attack that hits many Pokemon for good damage. Signal Beam hits Dark-types immune to Psychic such as Mightyena and Sneasel for super effective damage, as well as opposing Psychic-types such as Beheeyem. Encore can force foes to switch if Kadabra locks them into a status move, a boosting move, or Sucker Punch. Calm Mind gives Kadabra the chance to sweep if it finds a turn to use it;,(AC) for example, when a foe is locked into a status move with Encore. Thunder Wave can cripple fast foes by inducing paralysis; Kadabra can take a hit with its Focus Sash and stop a sweeper from troubling the rest of your team if Kadabra cannot OHKO it.. (No idea where this came from, why is it even here?) Shadow Ball can be used to hit Psychic-types such as opposing Mr. Mime hard, as well as Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Gourgeist-XL that would normally beat it. Psyshock is an alternative to Psychic that can be used to inflict more damage on specially bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky and Regice, though running it makes Kadabra walled by Avalugg and unable to do as much damage to Poliwrath and defensive Misdreavus.

Set Details
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Magic Guard grants Kadabra an immunity to status and entry hazard damage. Focus Sash prevents Kadabra from being OHKOed and lets it retaliate against the foe. Maximized Special Attack and Speed EVs with a Timid nature let Kadabra hit hard and outspeed Pokemon such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, ands well as Speed tie with other base 105s, such as Rapidash.

Usage Tips
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Thanks to Kadabra's Focus Sash and Magic Guard ability, it can revenge kill faster threats and priority users if its Focus Sash is intact. However, you should save Kadabra's Focus Sash if there is a powerful but frail sweeper around. Kadabra is best used to revenge kill a certain Pokemon after a teammate has been KOed. Kadabra shouldn't be switching into an attack because of its frailty, so only bring it in after a teammate has been beaten, or at a predicted switch atfor the opposing side. Kadabra should try to set up on walls after locking them in late-game. Do their moves bywith Encoring them and proceed with setting up if it has Calm Mind late-game. Use Encore if the foe is trying to set up or inflict status, so it will be forced to switch.

Team Options
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Pokemon that can provide a slow Baton Pass, Volt Switch, or U-turn, such as Togetic and Pelipper, make for good partners, as they can take a hit and bring Kadabra in safely. Special wallbreakers such as Heatmor and Life Orb Simipour can help soften up specially defensive Pokemon such as Lickilicky that trouble Kadabra, and are good choices as well. Setup sweepers that can beat walls locked into recovery, such as Bouffalant and Scyther, make for good partners as well. Other setup sweepers that can take priority, like Mightyena and Kecleon's Sucker Punch, such as Bouffalant and Swords Dance Sneasel, are good choices too. (No idea what you're trying to say here, so deleted the entire lot) Pokemon such as Poliwrath and Throh can beat Dark- and Steel-types, and are good choices too, as these Pokemon can cause trouble for Kadabra. Entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Piloswine, Golem, Marowak, and Roselia is appreciated, as it will help Kadabra to OHKO Sneasel and Dodrio after Stealth Rock damage, as well as Barbarcle after it has useding Shell Smash and Stealth Rock damage.

Other Options
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Hidden Power Fighting can be used for better overall coverage than Signal Beam and hits Sneasel and Steel-types harder, but Signal Beam provides more utility in more situations such as hitting Psychic-types, and is also more powerful. Energy Ball can be used to inflict great damage on Water-, Rock-, and Ground-types, such as Carracosta, Barbaracle, and Piloswine, but lacks power and most are beaten by Psychic regardless. Life Orb is another item choice which inflicts no recoil thanks to Magic Guard and gives Kadabra a power boost, but Focus Sash is usually preferred because of its ability to prevent Kadabra from being OHKOed. Taunt can shut down defensive Pokemon, but is better done by other Pokemon because of Kadabra's pitiful bulk. Choice Scarf enables Kadabra to outspeed common Choice Scarf users such as Mr. Mime, but this way itit will loses out on an important Focus Sash. Dazzling Gleam is an option to hit foes such as Zweilous and Fraxure, but the former is already hit hard by Signal Beam and the latter by Psychic.

Checks & Counters
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**Specially Defensive Walls**: Specially defensive walls such as Lickilicky can take Kadabra's attacks with ease, recover damage, and beat it with a STAB attack. Althoughl they do have to watch out for is Encore , because after it they can become setup fodder, t. They take little damage from Kadabra and can therefore focus on attacking it.

**Priority Users**: Priority users such as Mightyena, Carracosta, and Dusknoir can easily beat Kadabra as it is very frail, though those withusing Sucker Punch need to be wary of getting locked into it by Encore.

**Faster Offensive Pokemon**: Faster offensive Pokemon such as Tauros and Raichu can beat Kadabra with a powerful STAB attack, though with its Focus Sash intact Kadabra can live a hit and inflict a lot of damage on them. Choice Scarf users such as Haunter and Mr. Mime can revenge kill Kadabra if its Focus Sash has been broken.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Metang and Klang can take Kadabra's attacks with ease and hit it on its poor Defense with a STAB attack. Klang's Gear Grind also bypasses Focus Sash.

**Ghost-types**: Bulkier Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, and Choice Scarf Haunter can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its Focus Sash broken, but all of them should watch out for Shadow Ball.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types such as Sneasel and Mightyena can easily take out Kadabra with their STAB attacks, but have to be wary of Signal Beam. The former can also use Sucker Punch to beat Kadabra and get a Moxie boost, though it shouldn't recklessly spam Sucker Punch because of Encore. Additionally, when Kadabra is at full health, it can survive an attack with its Focus Sash and retaliate with Signal Beam. Unlike the aforementioned examples, Vullaby and Murkrow are not weak to Signal Beam and are comfortable tocan take it with their Eviolite-boosted bulk.

 

[Politoad]

k, done galbia.

Firebird03, thanks! Will implement.

 

[Lumari]

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Overview
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Kadabra is a great revenge killer that works well against most offensive teams thanks to its Special Attack and Speed stats, which lets it outspeed outspeeding foes such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, as well as Speed tie tying with foes such as Scyther; (SC; didn't you lose this one at the tier shift?) Kadabra works well against most offensive teams because of its Speed, and additionally, it can live any hit and usually proceed to KO the foe back thanks to its Focus Sash and Magic Guard ability, which enables it to come in without its Focus Sash being broken by entry hazards. and can usually KO the foe back. Magic Guard also enables it to come in without its Focus Sash being broken by entry hazards. (chopped out some repetitive parts) Furthermore, Kadabra's decent coverage movepool lets it hit a variety of foes hard. However, Kadabra's extreme frailty means that it is very susceptible to priority attacks, and any remotely strong attack is troublesome for it. Lastly, Kadabra struggles to beat the bulkier special walls in the tier.

Special Attacker
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name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Signal Beam
move 3: Encore
move 4: Calm Mind / Thunder Wave / Hidden Power Fighting
ability: Magic Guard
item: Focus Sash
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
========

Psychic is a powerful STAB attack that hits many Pokemon for good damage. Signal Beam hits Dark-types immune to Psychic such as Mightyena and Sneasel for super effective damage, as well as Psychic-types such as Beheeyem. Encore can force foes to switch if Kadabra locks them into a status move, a boosting move, or Sucker Punch. Calm Mind gives Kadabra the chance to sweep if it finds a turn to use it, (comma) for example, such as when a foe is locked into a status move with Encore. Thunder Wave can cripple fast foes by inducing paralysis; Kadabra can take a hit with its Focus Sash and or stop a sweeper from troubling the rest of your team if Kadabra cannot OHKO it. Hidden Power Fighting is a serious option to use consider, as it hits Pawniard super effectively, which Kadabra fails falls to otherwise. Shadow Ball can be used to hit Psychic-types such as opposing Mr. Mime hard, as well as Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Gourgeist-XL that would normally beat it Kadabra. Psyshock is an alternative to Psychic that can be used to inflict more damage on specially bulky Pokemon such as Lickilicky and Regice, though running it makes leaves Kadabra walled by Avalugg and unable to do as much damage to Poliwrath and defensive Misdreavus.

Set Details
========

Magic Guard grants Kadabra an immunity to status and entry hazard damage. Focus Sash prevents Kadabra from being OHKOed and lets it retaliate against the foe. Maximized Special Attack and Speed EVs with a Timid nature let Kadabra hit hard and outspeed Pokemon such as Simipour, Dodrio, and Haunter, (RC) and Speed tie with other base 105s, such as Rapidash.

Usage Tips
========

Thanks to Kadabra's Focus Sash and Magic Guard ability, it can revenge kill faster threats and priority users if its Focus Sash is intact. However, you should save Kadabra's Focus Sash if there is a powerful but frail sweeper around. Kadabra is best used to revenge kill a certain Pokemon after a teammate has been KOed. (eh, this basically comes down to 'Kadabra is best used as a revenge killer' with which the 'after a teammate has been KOed' part is redundant, and you've stated that before) Kadabra shouldn't be switching into an attack because of its frailty, so only bring it in after a teammate has been beaten, (RC) or at a predicted switch at the opposing side. Kadabra should try to set up on walls with Calm Mind after locking them in late-game with Encore. Do this by Encoring them and proceed with setting up if it has Calm Mind. Use Encore if the foe is trying to set up or inflict status, so it will be forced to switch.

Team Options
========

Pokemon that can provide a slow Baton Pass, Volt Switch, or U-turn, such as Togetic and Pelipper, make for good partners, as they can take a hit and bring Kadabra in safely. Special wallbreakers such as Heatmor and Life Orb Simipour can help soften up specially defensive Pokemon such as Lickilicky that trouble Kadabra, and are good choices as well. Setup sweepers that can beat walls locked into a recovery move, such as Bouffalant and Scyther, make for good partners as well, (comma) while other (merged two sentences because it's a bit too chunky for my tastes right now) setup sweepers that can take priority moves, (RC) like such as Mightyena's and Kecleon's Sucker Punch, such as Bouffalant and Swords Dance Sneasel, are good choices too; examples include Bouffalant and Swords Dance Sneasel. (didn't you lose Bouff at the previous tier shift too?) Pokemon such as Poliwrath and Throh can beat Dark- and Steel-types, and are good choices too, as these Pokemon which can cause trouble for Kadabra. Entry hazard support from Pokemon such as Piloswine, Golem, Marowak and Roselia is also appreciated, as it will help allow Kadabra to OHKO Sneasel and Dodrio after Stealth Rock damage, as well as Barbarcle Barbaracle after it has used Shell Smash and Stealth Rock damage.

Other Options
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Energy Ball can be used to inflict great damage on Water-, Rock-, and Ground-types, such as Carracosta, Barbaracle, and Piloswine, but it lacks power and most of them are beaten by Psychic regardless. Life Orb is another alternate item choice which that gives Kadabra a power boost, without inflicts no inflicting recoil thanks to Magic Guard, and gives Kadabra a power boost, but Focus Sash is usually preferred because of its ability to prevent Kadabra from being OHKOed. Taunt can shut down defensive Pokemon, but this is better done by other Pokemon because of Kadabra's pitiful bulk. Choice Scarf enables Kadabra to outspeed common Choice Scarf users such as Mr. Mime, but this way it loses out on an important Focus Sash is usually superior. Dazzling Gleam is an option to hit foes such as Zweilous and Fraxure super effectively, but the former is already hit hard by Signal Beam and the latter by Psychic.

Checks & Counters
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**Specially Defensive Walls**: Specially defensive walls such as Lickilicky can take Kadabra's attacks with ease, recover damage, and beat it with a STAB attack. Although they do have to watch out for Encore because after it they can become it can render them setup fodder, they take little damage from Kadabra's attacks and can therefore focus on attacking it.

**Priority Users**: Priority users such as Mightyena, Carracosta, and Dusknoir can easily beat Kadabra as because (causal 'as' requires a comma, which would make the sentence a tad unreadable) it is very frail, though those with Sucker Punch need to be wary of getting locked into it by Encore.

**Faster Offensive Pokemon**: Faster offensive Pokemon such as Tauros and Raichu can beat Kadabra with a powerful STAB attack, though with its Focus Sash intact Kadabra can live a hit and inflict a lot of damage on them. Choice Scarf users such as Haunter and Mr. Mime can revenge kill Kadabra if its Focus Sash has been broken.

**Steel-types**: Steel-types such as Metang and Klang can take Kadabra's attacks with ease and hit it on its poor Defense with a STAB attack. Klang's Gear Grind also bypasses Focus Sash.

**Ghost-types**: Bulkier Ghost-types such as Misdreavus and Dusknoir can tank a hit and threaten Kadabra, and Choice Scarf Haunter can revenge kill a Kadabra that has had its Focus Sash broken, but all of them should watch out for Shadow Ball.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types such as Sneasel and Mightyena can easily take out Kadabra with their STAB attacks, but they have to be wary of Signal Beam. The former can also use Sucker Punch to beat Kadabra and get a Moxie boost, though it shouldn't recklessly spam Sucker Punch because of Encore. Additionally, when Kadabra is at full health, it can survive an attack with its Focus Sash and retaliate with Signal Beam. Unlike the aforementioned examples, Vullaby and Murkrow are not weak to Signal Beam and are comfortable to take taking it with their Eviolite-boosted bulk.

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[Politoad]

Alright cool, implemented. Thanks!