Status: READY FOR GRAMMAR/PUNCTUATION CHECK
[Overview]
<p>On paper, Jynx may not look like much, as her excellent Speed and fantastic Special Attack stats are overshadowed by mediocre HP and abysmal Defense. However, Jynx's precise offensive movepool, her myriad support options, and her access to a reliable sleep move mean that despite her physical frailty and unfortunate typing, Jynx can be a potent sweeper in the right hands. After shutting down her counters with Lovely Kiss and boosting her Special Attack with Nasty Plot, she can devastate unprepared teams.</p>
[SET]
name: Luna's New Groove (Nasty Plot)
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Nasty Plot
move 3: Lovely Kiss
move 4: Substitute / Psychic / Focus Blast
item: Leftovers
ability: Forewarn
nature: Timid
evs: 8 HP / 248 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Jynx is one of the few Pokemon who has access to Nasty Plot, and this set takes full advantage of her unique traits in order to secure a sweep. The idea behind the execution of this set is simple: switch Jynx in on a resisted special attack (or after a KO) and set up a Substitute to circumvent Jynx's terrible defenses. As the opponent switches to a counter, Jynx can put it to sleep with Lovely Kiss. With the opponent's primary answer to Jynx incapacitated,she can safely boost her stats from behind a Substitute. The opponent is forced to bring in a less efficient response, at which point Jynx is free to attack and seriously damage it or KO it and attempt a sweep, depending on your opponent's team and your move options. If you chose to forgo Substitute, just start attacking, unless you are fairly certain that you can successfully sweep the remainder of the opponent's team with a Nasty Plot boost. Either way, you will be able to place incredible pressure on your opponent, and he will likely reveal his Choice Scarfers or priority users in order to force Jynx out as quickly as possible. This will be your chance to eliminate or weaken them with Pursuit users and/or lures, ensuring that Jynx's next attempt at a sweep is decisive.</p>
<p>In practice, however, the execution of this strategy may not be so simple. Your opponent may predict your attempt to put Jynx's counter to sleep and double switch to a less important Pokemon or a sleep absorber, preventing you from incapacitating Jynx's main counter. It's even possible that your opponent may have multiple specially bulky resists or enough priority users to ensure Jynx simply cannot sweep. Any well-built team will not immediately lose to a Pokemon with a sleep move and powerful STAB; it is up to Jynx's user to build a team based around removing and weakening her checks, and to play intelligently to avoid wasting Lovely Kiss or needlessly sacrificing Jynx. Otherwise, she will simply not be successful. Give her the necessary support, however, and you will find that she performs in her niche admirably well.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The given EVs allow for maximum sweeping potential, with 8 EVs placed in HP to attain a Leftovers number. Life Orb may be used if a coverage move is deemed preferable to Substitute in the final slot; note, however, that Substitute makes Jynx much harder to kill and shields her from faster threats like Swellow and Mismagius, so you should only opt for a coverage move if your team does better against offensive teams than it does against stall teams. Psychic offers better neutral coverage than Ice Beam, but it is not recommended as the mono-attack on this set, as Dark-types will completely wall Jynx. Given that Pokemon like Spiritomb, Houndoom, and Skuntank frequently carry Pursuit, using Psychic as the only attack will ensure that Jynx accomplishes nearly nothing against any team with those Pokemon.</p>
[SET]
name: Luna (Substitute + Calm Mind)
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Lovely Kiss
item: Leftovers
ability: Forewarn
nature: Timid
evs: 200 HP / 56 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>While the Nasty Plot set emphasizes plowing through the opposing team with powerful boosted attacks, this Jynx takes a much more defensive approach towards sweeping. This set takes advantage of the fact that many of the Nasty Plot set's counters are specially-oriented Water-types, and aims to easily set up on them. The given EVs make Jynx very specially bulky; Pokemon like Milotic and Lanturn cannot break Jynx's Substitutes with their neutral STABs after a Calm Mind boost, and even Pokemon like Weezing cannot break Jynx's Substitutes with Flamethrower after two Calm Minds. Jynx can even survive monstrously powerful special assaults, like Life Orb Moltres's Fire Blast, after a couple of boosts. If, upon realizing this, the opponent switches to a physically-oriented counter, Jynx can simply put it to sleep and continue boosting.</p>
<p>This set is very frustrating for frailer offensive teams and balanced teams to face, as they often don't have more than one Pokemon who can both survive Jynx's assaults and prevent her from setting up; they can no longer merely use a bulky Water-type or a specially-oriented Choice Scarf user to force this Jynx out. However, bulky offense teams have a significantly easier time with this set, as the entire idea behind bulky offense is to have Pokemon who can both take a hit and hit back hard. Against these teams, it is recommended to preserve Jynx as a late-game sweeper for when the opponent's Ice-type resists are either weakened or gone.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The given EVs allow for significant special bulk while still enabling Jynx to Speed tie and often outrun threatening Pokemon such as Arcanine, Drapion, and Houndoom. While the relative lack of Special Attack EVs may make Jynx appear "weak", do not be fooled; even with minor investment, Jynx's Special Attack is nearly as high as maximum SpA Timid Rotom, and will definitely hurt most neutral targets after a boost or two. If more power is desired, a spread of 8 HP / 248 SpA / 252 Spe may be used, but this is not recommended due to the significantly higher amount of damage Jynx will take from special assaults. Moreover, if this Jynx does not meet the user's offensive requirements, the Nasty Plot set should probably be used instead.</p>
[TEAM OPTIONS]
<p>Jynx loves entry hazard support, particularly Spikes, as the threat of Lovely Kiss frequently forces switches. Omastar and Qwilfish can provide Spikes, and both of them have decent defensive synergy with Jynx; Omastar can even set up Stealth Rock, further increasing the residual damage inflicted on the opposing team. The Substitute + Calm Mind set also really appreciates Rapid Spin support, as entry hazards really limit its ability to come in multiple times. Hitmontop is probably the best Rapid Spinner to pair with Jynx due to their bulk and typing complementing each other fairly well.</p>
<p>Jynx has a large number of common weaknesses and only two resistances, so it is difficult to find Pokemon who have truly effective defensive synergy with her. Therefore, Jynx's best partners are Pokemon who pose an offensive threat to Jynx's checks and counters while covering common attacks directed at her. Toxicroak and Houndoom form a fantastic offensive trio with Jynx, as between their combined STAB attacks, they can power through the entire tier. Toxicroak can soak up Water- and Rock-type attacks directed at Jynx, while Houndoom loves coming in on Dark-, Bug-, and Fire-type attacks. Although all three Pokemon are fairly frail, their resistances and immunities let them switch in on a surprising variety of attacks. Rhyperior's prodigious physical Defense allows her to tank ExtremeSpeed and Shadow Sneak from the likes of Arcanine and Spiritomb. Rhyperior can also lure in and weaken bulky Waters like Slowking and Blastoise, possibly aiding Jynx later on.</p>
[OPTIONAL CHANGES]
<p>Jynx can function somewhat well with a Choice item due to her high Speed and Special Attack. Choice sets should primarily use four of the following moves: Ice Beam, Psychic, Focus Blast, Shadow Ball, Lovely Kiss, and Trick. However, Jynx's relative frailty, Stealth Rock weakness, and vulnerability to the common Pursuit hinder a Choice set's effectiveness.</p>
<p>Grass Knot can be used as an offensive option over Psychic or Focus Blast in order to hit Milotic and Slowking harder. However, both Psychic and Focus Blast will offer much better general utility.</p>
<p>Jynx is the second fastest Pokemon with a reliable sleep move in UU; as such, she can make a useful anti-lead. A lead Jynx should be holding Focus Sash and have Lovely Kiss, with the other moves depending primarily on the kind of leads the player does not mind losing to. Shadow Ball is necessary for a good chance of KOing Mesprit, Uxie, and Alakazam before they wake up, while Grass Knot guarantees KOs on Omastar, Kabutops, and Rhyperior. Protect allows Jynx to beat Ambipom leads and is useful for scouting Trick, while Ice Beam and Psychic are hard-hitting STAB moves. Counter is an interesting option, but better left to Alakazam. Be very careful against leads suspected of carrying a Focus Sash or a Lum Berry, increasingly common items. This Jynx is best used on teams that appreciate the lack of early-game entry hazards and can set up on leads whom Jynx typically loses to (such as Spiritomb).</p>
[COUNTERS]
<p>The counters who give Jynx the most trouble are Haze Milotic, RestTalk Registeel, and specially defensive Spiritomb. Milotic is only 2HKOed by +6 Jynx, which is a difficult task since it requires Milotic to be asleep for 4 turns. Note, however, that if Jynx has forgone Substitute for Psychic, Milotic becomes much more manageable and ceases to be a counter. A similar situation applies for Registeel; Registeel can KO Jynx with Iron Head at any time, and only loses if Jynx can lock it down long enough with Lovely Kiss that Registeel cannot recover with Rest before Jynx eliminates it, or if Jynx chooses to run Focus Blast in her final slot. Specially defensive Spiritomb can survive even +4 Ice Beam, while taking Jynx out of the game with Pursuit or Shadow Sneak. Unlike Registeel and Milotic, Spiritomb beats Jynx regardless of her moveset. Chansey also handily stalls out Jynx, but only if Sleep Clause is active; if not, Jynx will merely put Chansey to sleep and use her as set-up fodder . Due to Natural Cure, Chansey will cause Sleep Clause to deactivate if she switches out. Some less common counters include Thick Fat Hariyama, Thick Fat Grumpig, Walrein, Lapras, Lanturn, and Slowking. Note again that all of these counters are only counters if Sleep Clause is activated; otherwise, they don't have much chance of beating Jynx one-on-one.</p>
Okay, write-up is done. I know conciseness is the in-thing in C&C these days, so I was very brief on a lot of points. If there's something that anyone would like me to describe in greater detail, I'll do that. Grammar check on this is appreciated, because it's past midnight and yeah.
[Overview]
<p>On paper, Jynx may not look like much, as her excellent Speed and fantastic Special Attack stats are overshadowed by mediocre HP and abysmal Defense. However, Jynx's precise offensive movepool, her myriad support options, and her access to a reliable sleep move mean that despite her physical frailty and unfortunate typing, Jynx can be a potent sweeper in the right hands. After shutting down her counters with Lovely Kiss and boosting her Special Attack with Nasty Plot, she can devastate unprepared teams.</p>
[SET]
name: Luna's New Groove (Nasty Plot)
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Nasty Plot
move 3: Lovely Kiss
move 4: Substitute / Psychic / Focus Blast
item: Leftovers
ability: Forewarn
nature: Timid
evs: 8 HP / 248 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Jynx is one of the few Pokemon who has access to Nasty Plot, and this set takes full advantage of her unique traits in order to secure a sweep. The idea behind the execution of this set is simple: switch Jynx in on a resisted special attack (or after a KO) and set up a Substitute to circumvent Jynx's terrible defenses. As the opponent switches to a counter, Jynx can put it to sleep with Lovely Kiss. With the opponent's primary answer to Jynx incapacitated,she can safely boost her stats from behind a Substitute. The opponent is forced to bring in a less efficient response, at which point Jynx is free to attack and seriously damage it or KO it and attempt a sweep, depending on your opponent's team and your move options. If you chose to forgo Substitute, just start attacking, unless you are fairly certain that you can successfully sweep the remainder of the opponent's team with a Nasty Plot boost. Either way, you will be able to place incredible pressure on your opponent, and he will likely reveal his Choice Scarfers or priority users in order to force Jynx out as quickly as possible. This will be your chance to eliminate or weaken them with Pursuit users and/or lures, ensuring that Jynx's next attempt at a sweep is decisive.</p>
<p>In practice, however, the execution of this strategy may not be so simple. Your opponent may predict your attempt to put Jynx's counter to sleep and double switch to a less important Pokemon or a sleep absorber, preventing you from incapacitating Jynx's main counter. It's even possible that your opponent may have multiple specially bulky resists or enough priority users to ensure Jynx simply cannot sweep. Any well-built team will not immediately lose to a Pokemon with a sleep move and powerful STAB; it is up to Jynx's user to build a team based around removing and weakening her checks, and to play intelligently to avoid wasting Lovely Kiss or needlessly sacrificing Jynx. Otherwise, she will simply not be successful. Give her the necessary support, however, and you will find that she performs in her niche admirably well.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The given EVs allow for maximum sweeping potential, with 8 EVs placed in HP to attain a Leftovers number. Life Orb may be used if a coverage move is deemed preferable to Substitute in the final slot; note, however, that Substitute makes Jynx much harder to kill and shields her from faster threats like Swellow and Mismagius, so you should only opt for a coverage move if your team does better against offensive teams than it does against stall teams. Psychic offers better neutral coverage than Ice Beam, but it is not recommended as the mono-attack on this set, as Dark-types will completely wall Jynx. Given that Pokemon like Spiritomb, Houndoom, and Skuntank frequently carry Pursuit, using Psychic as the only attack will ensure that Jynx accomplishes nearly nothing against any team with those Pokemon.</p>
[SET]
name: Luna (Substitute + Calm Mind)
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Lovely Kiss
item: Leftovers
ability: Forewarn
nature: Timid
evs: 200 HP / 56 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>While the Nasty Plot set emphasizes plowing through the opposing team with powerful boosted attacks, this Jynx takes a much more defensive approach towards sweeping. This set takes advantage of the fact that many of the Nasty Plot set's counters are specially-oriented Water-types, and aims to easily set up on them. The given EVs make Jynx very specially bulky; Pokemon like Milotic and Lanturn cannot break Jynx's Substitutes with their neutral STABs after a Calm Mind boost, and even Pokemon like Weezing cannot break Jynx's Substitutes with Flamethrower after two Calm Minds. Jynx can even survive monstrously powerful special assaults, like Life Orb Moltres's Fire Blast, after a couple of boosts. If, upon realizing this, the opponent switches to a physically-oriented counter, Jynx can simply put it to sleep and continue boosting.</p>
<p>This set is very frustrating for frailer offensive teams and balanced teams to face, as they often don't have more than one Pokemon who can both survive Jynx's assaults and prevent her from setting up; they can no longer merely use a bulky Water-type or a specially-oriented Choice Scarf user to force this Jynx out. However, bulky offense teams have a significantly easier time with this set, as the entire idea behind bulky offense is to have Pokemon who can both take a hit and hit back hard. Against these teams, it is recommended to preserve Jynx as a late-game sweeper for when the opponent's Ice-type resists are either weakened or gone.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>The given EVs allow for significant special bulk while still enabling Jynx to Speed tie and often outrun threatening Pokemon such as Arcanine, Drapion, and Houndoom. While the relative lack of Special Attack EVs may make Jynx appear "weak", do not be fooled; even with minor investment, Jynx's Special Attack is nearly as high as maximum SpA Timid Rotom, and will definitely hurt most neutral targets after a boost or two. If more power is desired, a spread of 8 HP / 248 SpA / 252 Spe may be used, but this is not recommended due to the significantly higher amount of damage Jynx will take from special assaults. Moreover, if this Jynx does not meet the user's offensive requirements, the Nasty Plot set should probably be used instead.</p>
[TEAM OPTIONS]
<p>Jynx loves entry hazard support, particularly Spikes, as the threat of Lovely Kiss frequently forces switches. Omastar and Qwilfish can provide Spikes, and both of them have decent defensive synergy with Jynx; Omastar can even set up Stealth Rock, further increasing the residual damage inflicted on the opposing team. The Substitute + Calm Mind set also really appreciates Rapid Spin support, as entry hazards really limit its ability to come in multiple times. Hitmontop is probably the best Rapid Spinner to pair with Jynx due to their bulk and typing complementing each other fairly well.</p>
<p>Jynx has a large number of common weaknesses and only two resistances, so it is difficult to find Pokemon who have truly effective defensive synergy with her. Therefore, Jynx's best partners are Pokemon who pose an offensive threat to Jynx's checks and counters while covering common attacks directed at her. Toxicroak and Houndoom form a fantastic offensive trio with Jynx, as between their combined STAB attacks, they can power through the entire tier. Toxicroak can soak up Water- and Rock-type attacks directed at Jynx, while Houndoom loves coming in on Dark-, Bug-, and Fire-type attacks. Although all three Pokemon are fairly frail, their resistances and immunities let them switch in on a surprising variety of attacks. Rhyperior's prodigious physical Defense allows her to tank ExtremeSpeed and Shadow Sneak from the likes of Arcanine and Spiritomb. Rhyperior can also lure in and weaken bulky Waters like Slowking and Blastoise, possibly aiding Jynx later on.</p>
[OPTIONAL CHANGES]
<p>Jynx can function somewhat well with a Choice item due to her high Speed and Special Attack. Choice sets should primarily use four of the following moves: Ice Beam, Psychic, Focus Blast, Shadow Ball, Lovely Kiss, and Trick. However, Jynx's relative frailty, Stealth Rock weakness, and vulnerability to the common Pursuit hinder a Choice set's effectiveness.</p>
<p>Grass Knot can be used as an offensive option over Psychic or Focus Blast in order to hit Milotic and Slowking harder. However, both Psychic and Focus Blast will offer much better general utility.</p>
<p>Jynx is the second fastest Pokemon with a reliable sleep move in UU; as such, she can make a useful anti-lead. A lead Jynx should be holding Focus Sash and have Lovely Kiss, with the other moves depending primarily on the kind of leads the player does not mind losing to. Shadow Ball is necessary for a good chance of KOing Mesprit, Uxie, and Alakazam before they wake up, while Grass Knot guarantees KOs on Omastar, Kabutops, and Rhyperior. Protect allows Jynx to beat Ambipom leads and is useful for scouting Trick, while Ice Beam and Psychic are hard-hitting STAB moves. Counter is an interesting option, but better left to Alakazam. Be very careful against leads suspected of carrying a Focus Sash or a Lum Berry, increasingly common items. This Jynx is best used on teams that appreciate the lack of early-game entry hazards and can set up on leads whom Jynx typically loses to (such as Spiritomb).</p>
[COUNTERS]
<p>The counters who give Jynx the most trouble are Haze Milotic, RestTalk Registeel, and specially defensive Spiritomb. Milotic is only 2HKOed by +6 Jynx, which is a difficult task since it requires Milotic to be asleep for 4 turns. Note, however, that if Jynx has forgone Substitute for Psychic, Milotic becomes much more manageable and ceases to be a counter. A similar situation applies for Registeel; Registeel can KO Jynx with Iron Head at any time, and only loses if Jynx can lock it down long enough with Lovely Kiss that Registeel cannot recover with Rest before Jynx eliminates it, or if Jynx chooses to run Focus Blast in her final slot. Specially defensive Spiritomb can survive even +4 Ice Beam, while taking Jynx out of the game with Pursuit or Shadow Sneak. Unlike Registeel and Milotic, Spiritomb beats Jynx regardless of her moveset. Chansey also handily stalls out Jynx, but only if Sleep Clause is active; if not, Jynx will merely put Chansey to sleep and use her as set-up fodder . Due to Natural Cure, Chansey will cause Sleep Clause to deactivate if she switches out. Some less common counters include Thick Fat Hariyama, Thick Fat Grumpig, Walrein, Lapras, Lanturn, and Slowking. Note again that all of these counters are only counters if Sleep Clause is activated; otherwise, they don't have much chance of beating Jynx one-on-one.</p>
Okay, write-up is done. I know conciseness is the in-thing in C&C these days, so I was very brief on a lot of points. If there's something that anyone would like me to describe in greater detail, I'll do that. Grammar check on this is appreciated, because it's past midnight and yeah.
