Thread: Tournament Eevee Cup
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Old Nov 11th, 2012, 4:35:32 PM   #15
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I will say that Sword Dance Leafeon gonna be a huge threat
agreed, but...

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Flareon is better as Specially Defensive.
Not really. In this meta, you have Water, Electric, Psychic, and Ice Special STABs. The only one Flareon can actually tank and hit back is the Ice STAB, which isn't going to be common. Meanwhile, you need to have something that can handle Leafeon, so a physically defensive Flareon with Will-o-wisp or Lava Plume is going to be valuable. Flareon can also burn or Superpower Umbreon, which makes stopping CM Espeon (probably the most threatening thing in the meta) a much harder task.

Sadly, though Glaceon can hit like a truck, it's just not better than Flareon at countering Leafeon and supporting the team.
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