Wormadam (Update)

ITS A WORMADAM

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[Overview]

<p>Wormadam is just another one of the many horribly outclassed Grass-types in UU. It has a decent base 105 Special Defense, but its Bug / Grass typing curses it with far too many weaknesses to wall anything effectively. It does possess a decent base 79 Special Attack stat, but many other Grass-types in UU (such as Venusaur) provide higher offensive power with less drawbacks. All in all, while Wormadam is usable, there are far better options.</p>

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Signal Beam / Energy Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
nature: Modest
evs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>This set is Wormadam's best attempt at damaging opposing Pokemon in UU. Despite being outclassed by many other Grass-types, Wormadam still possesses a few tricks of its own. For one, it flaunts a secondary Bug typing that provides it with a resistance to popular Fighting-type attacks, as well as decent special bulk to help it tank neutral attacks effectively. All of this, combined with Wormadam's ever-useful Grass typing that helps it massacre Milotic and other Water-types, makes it a decent if not preferable choice.</p>

<p>Leaf Storm is Wormadam's most powerful attack, capable of scoring OHKOs on many of the Water-types in UU, such as physically defensive Blastoise and Milotic. However, the Special Attack drop is extremely crippling to Wormadam. Psychic is a strong alternative against opponents resistant to Grass, such as Venusaur and Weezing. Signal Beam and Energy Ball provide reliable STAB attacks, forming the core of Wormadam's moveset. The choice of Hidden Power is a decision between being able to damage opposing Fire-types such as Arcanine or severely crippling Altaria while also hitting opposing Grass-types such as Leafeon for super effective damage.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The EVs on this set are fairly straightforward. Maximum Special Attack and a Modest nature are required for Wormadam to damage things at all, while 200 Speed EVs allow Wormadam to outspeed Weezing and 2HKO it with Psychic before it 2HKOes Wormadam with Sludge Bomb. The rest of the EVs are placed into HP to increase Wormadam's bulk. Choice Specs is the recommended item on this set because Wormadam needs to hit as hard as it possibly can to be at all threatening. Although Life Orb gives Wormadam the freedom to switch moves, the power boost is not as great as Choice Specs. In addition, Wormadam needs to preserve its HP, especially given its crippling weakness to Stealth Rock.</p>

<p>Wormadam requires quite a bit of team support to function efficiently. Dugtrio is a very effective teammate for it, as the mole easily traps and destroys Registeel, Arcanine, and Chansey, three Pokemon that give Wormadam a lot of trouble. Donphan is another great partner for Wormadam, as it can use Rapid Spin to remove troubling entry hazards, in addition to defeating Registeel and Arcanine handily.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>There aren't many other options Wormadam can utilize. It can change its Hidden Power type to Ground or Fire to hit Steel-types super effectively. However, the primary Steel-type of UU, Registeel, can easily shrug off even a super effective Hidden Power Ground or Hidden Power Fire. Shadow Ball is an option as a coverage move to hit Alakazam or Mismagius on the switch-in, making it a useful attack in the right situations. However, if either of these Pokemon get in safely they can KO or set up on Wormadam, making Shadow Ball situational at best. If Life Orb is Wormadam's item of choice, Toxic may be put over any move on Wormadam's moveset to cripple walls over long periods of time. However, Wormadam never stays alive long enough to outstall a wall and suffers greatly from giving up a coverage move.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>As Wormadam will often be locked into a single attack by Choice Specs, almost any Pokemon can come in on a resisted attack and force Wormadam to switch out. However, several Pokemon can switch into almost all or all of its assaults. Two Pokemon that come to mind are Chansey and Registeel, each of which can switch into any of Wormadam's attacks and force it out or set up on it. Arcanine and Moltres also take very little damage from anything Wormadam can throw at them if it runs Hidden Power Ice over Hidden Power Rock. In addition, Wormadam suffers from a weakness to Stealth Rock without being immune to Spikes, meaning that several layers of entry hazards from Pokemon such as Omastar and Donphan can prove to be great boons in a fight against a Wormadam.</p>
 
eh, how about HP Rock to hit Fire and Flying types? Altaria isn't that important really. Signal Beam is a nice other STAB move with only 5 less base power than Energy Ball, I think it should be a primary option... Also, I really think you should slash Life Orb on the set.. Cut the speed EVs, who cares about outspeeding other Wormadam lol pathetic 36 base speed. What I propose:


name: Offensive? XD
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Signal Beam
move 3: Psychic / Energy Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
 
YaM, Hidden Power Ice can also hit the plentiful Flying- and Grass-types in UU for great damage, so it will stay the primary slash. I'll slash Hidden Power Rock though. Signal Beam sounds like a good option, but Psychic murders the most used Pokemon in UU (Venasaur), along with the plentiful Fighting-types, while Energy Ball is Wormadam's best consistent damage. I'll slash in Signal Beam, though. And I think Life Orb can stay OC, I ran some calcs and Wormadam needs Specs to score several key OHKOs. In retrospect Speed EVs were stupid, I'll fix that.
 

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I dunno about taking out the Speed. Outspeeding Weezing might be nice, since you can 2HKO with Psychic and he can 2HKO with Sludge Bomb, and he's a safe switch into both of your STAB moves. Mention 56 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 196 Spe in AC at least. Either way don't use 252 HP, since it gives a Stealth Rock number.
 

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name: Choice Specs
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Signal Beam / Energy Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
nature: Modest
evs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe

A mix of everything that has been suggested. Wormadam doesn't need bulk because it isn't really bulky to start with (Venusaur with no investment is almost as bulky as max HP Wormadam), not to mention its typing is awful for that job due to SR weakness. Changed the order of slashes based on what Pokemon are more common (Altaria is almost nowhere, HP Rock hits Flying-types as well, Arcanine is number 3 pokemon and so on). 200 EVs because of HP Rock Speed drop; if using HP Ice go with Honko's spread. Life Orb slashed because even though Wormadam hits like a feather it doesn't like switching in and out either. On OO mention SR and Synthesis (I'm inclined to slash SR somewhere but I don't know). Anyways, make those changes for now.
 

Bluewind

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You should probably change the set's name now that it has Life Orb slashed I guess. Besides that approved, good job.
 
Overview

<p>Wormadam is just another one of the many horribly outclassed Grass-types in UU. It has a decent 105 Base Special Defense, but its Bug and Grass typings curse Wormadam with far too many weaknesses to wall anything effectively. It does possess a decent 79 Base Special Attack stat, but many other Grass-types in the UU metagame (such as Venusaur) provide higher offensive stats with less drawbacks. All in all, while Wormadam is usable, there are far better options.</p>

Also mention in Set Comments that HP Rock goes with Signal Beam and HP Ice with Energy Ball. This is because Signal Beam hits Grass types super effectively so using HP Ice with Signal Beam provides redundant coverage.
 

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[Overview]

<p>Wormadam is just another one of the many horribly outclassed Grass-types in UU. It has a decent base 105 Special Defense, but its Bug / Grass typing curses it with far too many weaknesses to wall anything effectively. It does possess a decent base 79 Special Attack stat, but many other Grass-types in the UU metagame (such as Venusaur) provide higher offensive stats with less drawbacks. All in all, while Wormadam is usable, (comma) there are far better options.</p>

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Signal Beam / Energy Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
nature: Modest
evs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>This set is Wormadam's best attempt at damaging opposing Pokemon in the UU metagame. Despite being outclassed by the many other Grass-types in UU, Wormadam still possesses a few tricks of its own. For one, it flaunts a secondary Bug-type that provides it with a resistance to the popular Fighting-type attacks in UU, as well as decent special bulk to help it tank neutrally effective attacks effectively. All this, combined with Wormadam's ever-useful Grass typing to help it massacre Milotic and other Water-types, make it a decent if not preferable choice.</p>

<p>Leaf Storm is Wormadam's most powerful attack, capable of scoring OHKOs on many of the Water-types in UU, such as physically defensive Blastoise and Milotic. However, the Special Attack drop is extremely crippling to Wormadam. Psychic is a strong alternative against opponents resistant to Grass, such as Venusaur and Weezing. Signal Beam and Energy Ball provide reliable STAB attacks, forming the core of Wormadam's moveset. The choice between Hidden Power Ice and Hidden Power Rock is the choice between being able to damage opposing Fire-types such as Arcanine or severely crippling Altaria as well as damaging opposing Grass-types such as Leafeon.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The EVs on this set are fairly straightforward. Maximum Special Attack is required for Wormadam to damage things at all, while 200 Speed EVs allow Wormadam to outspeed Weezing and 2HKO it with Psychic before it 2HKOes Wormadam with Sludge Bomb. The rest of the EVs are placed into HP to increase Wormadam's bulk. Choice Specs is the recommended item choice on this set because Wormadam needs to hit as hard as it possibly can to be at all threatening. Although Life Orb gives Wormadam the freedom to switch moves, the power boost is not as great as Choice Specs. In addition, Wormadam needs to preserve its HP, especially given its crippling weakness to Stealth Rock. A Modest nature is recommended for the same reason.</p>

<p>Wormadam requires quite a bit of team support to function efficiently. Dugtrio is a very effective teammate for it, as the mole easily traps and destroys Registeel, Arcanine, and Chansey, three Pokemon that give Wormadam a lot of trouble. Donphan is another great partner for Wormadam, as it can use Rapid Spin to remove troubling Stealth Rocks, in addition to defeating Registeel and Arcanine handily.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>There aren't many other options Wormadam can utilize. It can change its Hidden Power type to Ground or Fire to hit Steel-types super effectively. However, the primary Steel-type of UU, Registeel, can easily shrug off even a super effective Hidden Power Ground or Hidden Power Fire. Shadow Ball is an option as a coverage move to hit Alakazam or Mismagius on the switch-in, making it a useful attack in the right situations. However, once these two Pokemon get in on Wormadam they can KO or set up on it, making Shadow Ball situational at best. If Life Orb is Wormadam's item of choice, Toxic may be put over any move on Wormadam's moveset to cripple walls over long periods of time. However, Wormadam never stays alive long enough to outstall a wall and suffers greatly from giving up a coverage move.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>As Wormadam will often be locked into a single attack by Choice Specs, almost any Pokemon can come in on a resisted attack and force Wormadam to switch out. However, several Pokemon can switch into almost all or all of its assaults. Two Pokemon that come to mind are Chansey and Registeel, each of which can switch into any of Wormadam's attacks and force it out or set up on it. Arcanine and Moltres also take very little damage from anything Wormadam can throw at them if it runs Hidden Power Ice over Hidden Power Rock. In addition, Wormadam suffers from a weakness to Stealth Rock, meaning that several layers of the entry hazards from Pokemon such as Omastar and Donphan can prove to be great boons in a fight against a Wormadam.</p>


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[Overview]

<p>Wormadam is just another one of the many horribly outclassed Grass-types in UU. It has a decent base 105 Special Defense, but its Bug / Grass typing curses it with far too many weaknesses to wall anything effectively. It does possess a decent base 79 Special Attack stat, but many other Grass-types in the UU metagame (such as Venusaur) provide higher offensive power with less drawbacks. All in all, while Wormadam is usable, (comma) there are far better options.</p>

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Signal Beam / Energy Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
nature: Modest
evs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>This set is Wormadam's best attempt at damaging opposing Pokemon in the UU metagame. Despite being outclassed by the many other Grass-types in UU, Wormadam still possesses a few tricks of its own. For one, it flaunts a secondary Bug-type that provides it with a resistance to the popular Fighting-type attacks in UU, as well as decent special bulk to help it tank neutrally effective attacks effectively. All of this, combined with Wormadam's ever-useful Grass typing that helps it massacre Milotic and other Water-types, makes it a decent if not preferable choice.</p>

<p>Leaf Storm is Wormadam's most powerful attack, capable of scoring OHKOs on many of the Water-types in UU, such as physically defensive Blastoise and Milotic. However, the Special Attack drop is extremely crippling to Wormadam. Psychic is a strong alternative against opponents resistant to Grass, such as Venusaur and Weezing. Signal Beam and Energy Ball provide reliable STAB attacks, forming the core of Wormadam's moveset. The choice of Hidden Power Ice and Hidden Power Rock is a decision between being able to damage opposing Fire-types such as Arcanine or severely crippling Altaria while also hitting opposing Grass-types such as Leafeon for super effective damage.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The EVs on this set are fairly straightforward. Maximum Special Attack and a Modest nature are required for Wormadam to damage things at all, while 200 Speed EVs allow Wormadam to outspeed Weezing and 2HKO it with Psychic before it 2HKOes Wormadam with Sludge Bomb. The rest of the EVs are placed into HP to increase Wormadam's bulk. Choice Specs is the recommended item choice on this set because Wormadam needs to hit as hard as it possibly can to be at all threatening. Although Life Orb gives Wormadam the freedom to switch moves, the power boost is not as great as Choice Specs. In addition, Wormadam needs to preserve its HP, especially given its crippling weakness to Stealth Rock. A Modest nature is recommended for the same reason.</p>

<p>Wormadam requires quite a bit of team support to function efficiently. Dugtrio is a very effective teammate for it, as the mole easily traps and destroys Registeel, Arcanine, and Chansey, three Pokemon that give Wormadam a lot of trouble. Donphan is another great partner for Wormadam, as it can use Rapid Spin to remove troubling entry hazards, in addition to defeating Registeel and Arcanine handily.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>There aren't many other options Wormadam can utilize. It can change its Hidden Power type to Ground or Fire to hit Steel-types super effectively. However, the primary Steel-type of UU, Registeel, can easily shrug off even a super effective Hidden Power Ground or Hidden Power Fire. Shadow Ball is an option as a coverage move to hit Alakazam or Mismagius on the switch-in, making it a useful attack in the right situations. However, if either of these Pokemon get in safely they can KO or set up on Wormadam, making Shadow Ball situational at best. If Life Orb is Wormadam's item of choice, Toxic may be put over any move on Wormadam's moveset to cripple walls over long periods of time. However, Wormadam never stays alive long enough to outstall a wall and suffers greatly from giving up a coverage move.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>As Wormadam will often be locked into a single attack by Choice Specs, almost any Pokemon can come in on a resisted attack and force Wormadam to switch out. However, several Pokemon can switch into almost all or all of its assaults. Two Pokemon that come to mind are Chansey and Registeel, each of which can switch into any of Wormadam's attacks and force it out or set up on it. Arcanine and Moltres also take very little damage from anything Wormadam can throw at them if it runs Hidden Power Ice over Hidden Power Rock. In addition, Wormadam suffers from a weakness to Stealth Rock without being immune to Spikes, meaning that several layers of the entry hazards from Pokemon such as Omastar and Donphan can prove to be great boons in a fight against a Wormadam.</p>


[Overview]

<p>Wormadam is just another one of the many horribly outclassed Grass-types in UU. It has a decent base 105 Special Defense, but its Bug / Grass typing curses it with far too many weaknesses to wall anything effectively. It does possess a decent base 79 Special Attack stat, but many other Grass-types in UU (such as Venusaur) provide higher offensive power with less drawbacks. All in all, while Wormadam is usable, there are far better options.</p>

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Signal Beam / Energy Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
nature: Modest
evs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>This set is Wormadam's best attempt at damaging opposing Pokemon in UU. Despite being outclassed by many other Grass-types, Wormadam still possesses a few tricks of its own. For one, it flaunts a secondary Bug-type that provides it with a resistance to popular Fighting-type attacks, as well as decent special bulk to help it tank neutral attacks effectively. All of this, combined with Wormadam's ever-useful Grass typing that helps it massacre Milotic and other Water-types, makes it a decent if not preferable choice.</p>

<p>Leaf Storm is Wormadam's most powerful attack, capable of scoring OHKOs on many of the Water-types in UU, such as physically defensive Blastoise and Milotic. However, the Special Attack drop is extremely crippling to Wormadam. Psychic is a strong alternative against opponents resistant to Grass, such as Venusaur and Weezing. Signal Beam and Energy Ball provide reliable STAB attacks, forming the core of Wormadam's moveset. The choice of Hidden Power is a decision between being able to damage opposing Fire-types such as Arcanine or severely crippling Altaria while also hitting opposing Grass-types such as Leafeon for super effective damage.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>The EVs on this set are fairly straightforward. Maximum Special Attack and a Modest nature are required for Wormadam to damage things at all, while 200 Speed EVs allow Wormadam to outspeed Weezing and 2HKO it with Psychic before it 2HKOes Wormadam with Sludge Bomb. The rest of the EVs are placed into HP to increase Wormadam's bulk. Choice Specs is the recommended item on this set because Wormadam needs to hit as hard as it possibly can to be at all threatening. Although Life Orb gives Wormadam the freedom to switch moves, the power boost is not as great as Choice Specs. In addition, Wormadam needs to preserve its HP, especially given its crippling weakness to Stealth Rock.</p>

<p>Wormadam requires quite a bit of team support to function efficiently. Dugtrio is a very effective teammate for it, as the mole easily traps and destroys Registeel, Arcanine, and Chansey, three Pokemon that give Wormadam a lot of trouble. Donphan is another great partner for Wormadam, as it can use Rapid Spin to remove troubling entry hazards, in addition to defeating Registeel and Arcanine handily.</p>

[Other Options]

<p>There aren't many other options Wormadam can utilize. It can change its Hidden Power type to Ground or Fire to hit Steel-types super effectively. However, the primary Steel-type of UU, Registeel, can easily shrug off even a super effective Hidden Power Ground or Hidden Power Fire. Shadow Ball is an option as a coverage move to hit Alakazam or Mismagius on the switch-in, making it a useful attack in the right situations. However, if either of these Pokemon get in safely they can KO or set up on Wormadam, making Shadow Ball situational at best. If Life Orb is Wormadam's item of choice, Toxic may be put over any move on Wormadam's moveset to cripple walls over long periods of time. However, Wormadam never stays alive long enough to outstall a wall and suffers greatly from giving up a coverage move.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>As Wormadam will often be locked into a single attack by Choice Specs, almost any Pokemon can come in on a resisted attack and force Wormadam to switch out. However, several Pokemon can switch into almost all or all of its assaults. Two Pokemon that come to mind are Chansey and Registeel, each of which can switch into any of Wormadam's attacks and force it out or set up on it. Arcanine and Moltres also take very little damage from anything Wormadam can throw at them if it runs Hidden Power Ice over Hidden Power Rock. In addition, Wormadam suffers from a weakness to Stealth Rock without being immune to Spikes, meaning that several layers of entry hazards from Pokemon such as Omastar and Donphan can prove to be great boons in a fight against a Wormadam.</p>
 

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