Hello. A lot of ghost mons are, despite of misdrea's ban, always overshadowed by others mons such as Pumpkaboo, Gastly, Drifloon and Honedge, and I juste want to test him ! Now I want present you
Shuppet, the cutest LC mon ever made (with spinarak and others things c: ).
One of my favorite mons. This is such an underrated mon. Shuppet has good offensive stats, and a really, really intesting movepools. It's a really interesting mixed sweeper. The
Scarf set is classical.
Shuppet @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Insomnia
Level: 5
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 236 Spe
Mild Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Knock Off
- Dazzling Gleam
- Trick / Destiny Bond / Thunderbolt
Knock Off is just one of the reasons who make him not totally outclassed by gastly. Also he has twave, and a lot of great fillers;
He can be really a pain if you adv underrate him. He is a good revenge killer and a decent finisher. However, Pawn is a real threat for him. Diglett/Bulky Fighting can be some very useful teammates for him.
More gimmick now, the
Life Orber under sweb :
Shuppet @ Life Orb
Ability: Insomnia
Level: 5
EVs: 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 236 Spe
Mild Nature
IVs: 0 HP
- Shadow Ball
- Sucker Punch / Shadow Sneak
- Dazzling Gleam / Psychic
- Thunder
252+ SpA Life Orb Shuppet Dazzling Gleam vs. 0 HP / 36 SpD Eviolite Mienfoo: 16-21 (76.1 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Life Orb Shuppet Thunder vs. 116 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Staryu: 21-26 (100 - 123.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
0 Atk Life Orb Shuppet Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gastly: 23-29 (121 - 152.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Life Orb Shuppet Thunder vs. 196 HP / 196+ SpD Tentacool: 18-23 (78.2 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
Shuppet is really interesting under sweb, because of a lot of things. First, it's a ghost, so rapid spin is impossible. Second, this pokémon is very slow but he has an interesting coverage, he is quite powerful and he has priorities. And finally, he can beat mons who are usually problematics for swebs like Staryu, Scarf Gastly (and even LO Gastly without sub), Defensive Vullaby (Only with SR) ans some others shitty things that make the sweep harder.
Shadow Ball is the main STAB, Sucker punch it's a priority who allows him to deal with Gastly and even Pumpkaboo/Honedge if they are hurt.
Shadow Sneak allows to pass Subs, but you need SR too for the kill. Sucker punch doesn't need SR, but can't pass Subs Gastly. Dazzling Gleam / Psychic are useful for the coverage (Dazzling Gleam is better but if you have troubles with Croagunk and Foongus, Psychic is also decent).
Thunder is really powerful and can OHKO bulky staryu without SR. Max Spdef Tentacool has also a lot of problems, and has 75% to be OHKOed after SRs.
Really interesting set.
Then, the
Calm Mind under sweb :
Shuppet @ Berry Juice
Ability: Insomnia
Level: 5
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 236 Spe
Modest Nature
- Calm Mind
- Shadow Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Thunderbolt / Substitute
The more gimmick, but he stays interesting. Place some Calm Mind is hard, but some mons are free set-up for him, especially Foongus, but Spritzee without CM too, Trubbish ... This is probably not that difficult. Shadow Ball + Dazzling Gleam for coverage. Thunderbolt is a filler, but you can put Sub instead of in order to bypass Pawn's SP and 2HKO the bulky set after 2 CM. HP Fighting is probably playable but you lose one point in spe atk, who can be risky, and it should be played with sub, so it's really weird for me.
And finally, the
Trick Room Lead.
Shuppet @ Focus Sash
Ability: Frisk
Level: 5
EVs: 244 HP / 236 Atk / 12 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Shadow Sneak
- Knock Off / Taunt / Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave
- Destiny Bond
Cool suicide lead. Put the Trick Room, and then DBond or make another support move.
Simple and cool.
Anothers miscelleanous :
-I don't think the physical set is very good because badly is main physical STAB is Shadow Sneak who is really weak. His movepool physcial contains Knock Off, Sucker Punch, Gunk Shot, Return, and even Phantom Force who is a bad STAB. His physical movepool isn't very rich, so the Mixed set is always better.
-Cursed Body is also playable in order to block choice locks.
-He can be also played with Hex and Tspikes, but Frillish/Gastly are better most of the time.
-He can make a decent SubDisable under sweb, but Gastly is better.
-He can be played with HP Fight obv, but HP Fire (Ferro) and Ground (Magnemite) are also cools. He has Icy Wind too.
-Pain Split seems funny, but he is really too frail.
I will test some sets in ladder, and maybe in FCL (French Championship League) and I will tell u if it works c: !