Boasting a massive HP stat, Alomomola perfectly epitomizes the concept of a bulky Water-type. With its good Defense stat to complement its HP, Alomomola is a great wall to many common OU Pokemon, including Talonflame, Garchomp, and Azumarill. It can heal itself and its teammates with gigantic Wishes, and it is the only usable Pokemon in OU with the combination of Wish and Regenerator, allowing it to heal itself as it passes Wishes to other Pokemon. Regenerator makes Alomomola difficult to wear down and mitigates potential entry hazard damage. As a defensive Pokemon, it has a good Water typing, as well as access to Scald to burn physical attackers that could try to set up on it. Scald also allows Alomomola to cripple defensive threats such as Ferrothorn and Mega Sableye. It even gets Magic Coat to bounce back attempted entry hazards from Pokemon such as Garchomp and Hippowdon. Unfortunately, Alomomola's Scald is very weak, often not even doing much to Pokemon it is super effective against, which means that Alomomola is vulnerable to setup sweepers with Substitute or those that aren't affected by burns such as Gyarados and Poison Heal Gliscor, respectively. However, Alomomola can still wall a huge amount of dangerous threats and is a fine choice on balanced and stall teams.
[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Toxic / Knock Off
move 4: Scald
item: Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
ability: Regenerator
nature: Calm
evs: 36 HP / 220 Def / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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This set walls a lot of common and powerful Pokemon and passes very large Wishes to Alomomola's teammates. Protect prevents Alomomola from taking damage as it receives its own Wish while also aiding it in Toxic stalling and occasionally scouting moves such as Hidden Power Electric on Keldeo. Toxic cripples the offensive Pokemon Alomomola walls by putting them on a timer and gives it a means of damaging defensive Pokemon with reliable recovery, but if you feel that Scald is enough for this, Knock Off can be used instead to hinder switch-ins such as Chansey and Keldeo. Scald is used against physical attackers that can potentially set up and muscle their way through Alomomola, and it is also is necessary for Steel-types such as Mega Scizor. Mirror Coat is quite niche, but it is useful for surprising special attackers such as Latios. However, the teams Alomomola is on should have the necessary means for dealing with stronger special attackers. It is, however, very useful against RestTalk Suicune.
Set Details
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Leftovers provides Alomomola with passive recovery, but Rocky Helmet is viable too, as Alomomola already has two means of recovery, one of which happens without the use of a move. Because of Alomomola's incredible HP stat, it is more beneficial to invest heavily in Defense and Special Defense. 36 HP EVs are enough to reach a Leftovers number. Special Defense is maximized because Alomomola needs investment there to perform as a mixed wall, and the rest of the EVs are put into Defense. Fully invested Special Defense with 36 HP EVs is much better than 252 HP / 252 Def because the overall physical bulk is around the same but Alomomola's special bulk gets much better. If you choose not to use Scald, a Careful nature should be used over a Calm nature.
Usage Tips
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Alomomola should switch into many attackers, such as Talonflame, Mega Metagross, Mega Charizard X, Keldeo, Garchomp, Mamoswine, Mega Diancie, Mega Lopunny, Excadrill, Landorus-T, and Terrakion, and from there it almost always should use Wish, as the opponent will often switch out to a Pokemon that can beat Alomomola. Alomomola can use this opportunity to heal a teammate or itself. Protect can also be used to scout for Choice-locked moves, but it can get predictable very easily, especially when using it with Wish.
Team Options
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Alomomola fits the best on balanced and stall teams. It works very well with potent defensive Pokemon that lack reliable recovery, such as Assault Vest Kyurem-B, Ferrothorn, and Heatran. Amoonguss has great defensive synergy with Alomomola; it can take on Mega Manectric, Celebi, and Serperior, for example, and Alomomola can take on some Pokemon that trouble Amoonguss, such as Talonflame. They also both have Regenerator, making them almost impossible to wear down, with little Pokemon dealing with both outside of Nasty Plot Hidden Power Flying or Psychic Thundurus. Specially defensive Hippowdon completes a brilliant core here, taking on this Thundurus variant, Raikou, and Mega Manectric. Clefable also makes for a great teammate, as it can absorb status. Mega Charizard X and Ferrothorn also create an excellent balanced core with Alomomola, as they all cover each other's weaknesses.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Some of Alomomola's other options include Refresh to alleviate Toxic poison, Healing Wish to restore a teammate back to full health, Light Screen to reduce the damage of special attacks, and possibly Soak in order to use Toxic on Pokemon immune to it, such as Mega Scizor and Amoonguss.
Checks and Counters
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**Electric-types**: Strong Electric-types such as Thundurus, Mega Manectric, and Raikou can easily KO Alomomola on its weaker Special Defense stat with powerful, super effective STAB moves, and they can also threaten to set up as it switches out. Magnezone is also notable, as it is immune to Toxic.
**Grass-types**: Defensive Grass-types such as Venusaur, Celebi, and Amoonguss take almost no damage from Scald, are immune to Toxic (Natural Cure aids in Celebi's case), threaten Alomomola with Giga Drain and sleep-inducing moves, and are able to completely stall it out. Mega Venusaur is definitely better than the others, as it uses Synthesis more often, has a stronger Giga Drain, and can freely switch into Knock Off. It does lack Black Sludge or Leftovers recovery, though. Serperior can switch in and force Alomomola out with Leaf Storm as well.
**Strong Special Attackers**: Strong special attackers with the appropriate coverage moves can muscle through Alomomola lacking Mirror Coat, such as Mega Charizard Y and Hidden Power Electric Keldeo.
**Specially Defensive Gliscor**: Gliscor takes little damage from Scald, can't get burned, and can cripple Alomomola with Toxic while recovering with Poison Heal, Protect, and possibly Roost. It can even set up Swords Dance multiple times. Other Pokemon with Toxic such as Chansey and Mega Sableye can also be bothersome, as the move limits Alomomola's opportunities to switch in, especially with entry hazards up.
**Substitute**: Alomomola's only attacking move is a weak Scald used for its burn chance, so Substitute sweepers are a real pain for it. Substitute + Dragon Dance Gyarados resists Scald, so it can set up Dragon Dance on Alomomola, potentially troubling the rest of the team too. Substitute Kyurem-B and Substitute + Calm Mind Keldeo also pose rather large problems to Alomomola.
**Entry Hazards**: Stealth Rock, Spikes, and Toxic Spikes all prevent Alomomola from doing its job consistently by causing it to be worn down. Entry hazards also limit Alomomola's defensive capabilities by allowing Pokemon that it normally checks to beat it.
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