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[OVERVIEW]
[SET]
name: Attacker
move 1: Sacred Fire
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Extreme Speed
move 4: Protect
item: Safety Goggles
ability: Pressure
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 4 HP/ 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Team Options
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Checks and Counters
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[OVERVIEW]
- Boasting good overall stats, Entei is a solid choice of Pokemon for when you need a Fire attacker that can take a few hits and still mantain good offense. Entei makes itself worthwhile by having respectable bulk and Sacred Fire burns, he's also useful on bulkier teams that need damage control coming from a fire type.
- Possessing a limited but solid offensive movepool, Entei is a great attacker. Sacred Fire, Entei's signatura move, has a solid 100 BP and a 50% chance to burn, scaring away physical attackers. Other moves on his movepool are Flare Blitz, Stone Edge and Iron Head. Entei also has Extreme Speed, one of the best priority moves in the game, with +2 priority.
- Entei is a good sun counter, being able to OHKO both Charizard-Y and Venusaur whilst taking little damage from their attacks. Adding to that, when in possession of Safety Goggles, Entei can dodge Sleep Powder and get the KO.
- Consequently, he also loses to other things every Fire would aswell, Lando-T puts a cold stop on Entei (Albeit switching in on Sacred Fire is risky), Entei also can't touch Heatran and Diancie, and both hit him hard with Earth Power.
- While Entei has no spread moves that allow it to hit past redirectors (bar Snarl), Sacred Fire and Stone Edge allow it to hit the 3 most common ones (Jirachi, Amoonguss and Togekiss), and with Safety Goggles, Entei can just ignore Amoonguss completely.
- Entei's stats are nothing terrible, but nothing outstanding either. On the offensive side he has an ok 115 Attack stat, which is nothing to laugh at, but nothing out of the ordinary. On the defensive side of things, he has good 115/85/75 bulk, that allows Entei to come in a few hits, but nothing Super Effective.
- These average stats and limited movepool are what keeps Entei out of viability, if you want a strong and fast Fire type, you first think off Talonflame, as it has an easier time dealing with Grasses and is more splashable, if you desire a Fire type that can setup Substitute and spam moves, you think of Heatran because he has a useful secondary typing. Entei does a bunch of things ok, but there are Pokemon that simply do it better.
[SET]
name: Attacker
move 1: Sacred Fire
move 2: Stone Edge
move 3: Extreme Speed
move 4: Protect
item: Safety Goggles
ability: Pressure
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 4 HP/ 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Sacred Fire is Entei's main STAB move, giving him a power and spammable offensive option while providing a good chance of burning.
- Stone Edge is used to hit Charizard-Y and Talonflame primarly, but can be used to hit some other things neutrally.
- The 3rd move slot is Extreme Speed, it allows Entei to become a strong late game cleaner, with good +2 priority. This +2 priority allows him to outspeed other priority users, such as Talonflame and Bisharp.
- Protect is a staple move in doubles, we use it to stall out field conditions, allow you to defend yourself while your partner deals with a threat, scouts for moves, among other things.
Set Details
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- The EV spread maximizes Entei's attack and speed, Adamant is run for the extra bits of power Entei needs, whilst Jolly is used to outspeed Kangaskhan.
- Unfortunately Game Freak won't give us Flash Fire, so we have to stick with Pressure as our ability.
- Safety Goggles is chosen as the item to allow Entei to ignore the effects of Powder moves, most notably Spore, Sleep Powder, and Rage Powder. This, in turn, allows Entei to be a better Sun check and an even more solid answer to Grass-types such as Breloom and Amoonguss
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- Entei is an offensive Pokemon, and as with any other you should always be looking to attack.
- Entei is best used to take care of specific "endeavors" that you may need done, such as burning Kangaskhan or removing Charizard-Y.
- Entei is best used in the early game, where it can spam Sacred Fire and fish for burns. Over the course of the game, the burn damage will stack up, helping you knock out certain Pokemon.
- Sacred Fire's burn chance help Entei get past Focus Sash users like Bisharp, Weavile and Deoxys-Attack.
- Entei can come in on a predicted Spore or Sleep Powder and immediatly threaten the user.
Team Options
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- Entei is one of the few Sun counters around, so Pokemon that have trouble dealing with Sun - such as Kyurem-Black - make for great partners. Entei is also great at removing Grass types from the field, Water types that can take advantage of that and further support Entei with their moves are good partners. Notable examples are Suicune and Keldeo.
- Entei cannot reliably deal with Heatran and Ground users, so Pokemon that can deal with those are appreciated. Noteworthy examples are Keldeo and Suicune.
- Wide Guard users like Aegislash are appreciated, as they stop Earthquake and Rock Slide from hitting Entei.
- Entei has a lot of trouble with Water types, having no meaningful way of damaging them. Grass and Electric types that can beat said Waters make for great partners. Thundurus and Amoonguss are good examples: Thundurus provides speed control with Thunder Wave and hits hard with Thunderbolt, it can also beat Mega Diancie with Flash Cannon, while Amoonguss provides redirection and Spore.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Shuca Berry can be used to eat an Earthquake from Landorus-T and fish a burn with Sacred Fire.
- Sitrus Berry can be used for more immediate longetivity.
- Iron Head can be used to catch Diancie on the switch.
- Life Orb can be used alongside Extreme Speed for extra power.
- Snarl is a good option that allows Entei to hit through substitutes and drop the opponents SpA, making it a solid debuffer.
- Substitute can be used to make Entei a solid cleaner, allowing him to aim for burns on threats that would KO it. When using Substitute, Leftovers is used for the passive healing.
- A set using Psych Up and Extreme Speed can be used alongside Azumarill with Belly Drum for a +6 Entei, however because of the set's niche nature and how it plays fairly similarly to the first set it's not mentioned.
Checks and Counters
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- **Typing Advantage**: Being a solely a fire type, Entei possesses all the weaknesses that all other normal Fire types would have. Water types such as Rotom-W, Suicune and Keldeo are a big pain for Entei, as he can't hit them reliably with his STABs and has no coverage to do so. While Entei doesnt really have a problem with Steel types, Heatran is a pain because of Flash Fire, stopping Entei from using his STAB and forcing him into Stone Edge. Most Dragon types can take a fire STAB, but will get chunked by Entei's coverage moves, such dragons are Latios and Hydreigon. Rock types also pose a big threat, while Terrakion and Diancie don't want to come in on a Sacred Fire and get burned, they can outspeed and do lots of damage to Entei with their rock stabs. Ground types are also a problem, they can OHKO Entei with Earthquake, but they risk getting burned on the switch or if outsped. Notable ground types are the Landorus formes and Rhyperior.
- **Intimidate**: Being a physical attacker, Intimidate is detrimental to Entei's success. Notable users of intimidate are Landorus-Therian, Scrafty and Gyarados.
- **Opposing Weather**: While Entei thrives in sun and in beating sun due to being a Fire type, in Rain it's exactly the opposite. Rain will stop you from using your STABs reliably and adding to that, most Pokemon in rain teams have an edge on fire types, making the archetype even more problematic for Entei. Notable Rain Pokemon are Politoed, Ludicolo, Kingdra and Mega Swampert.
- **Speed**: While Entei doesnt have abysmal bulk like other Pokemon, he has just ok speed and it still cannot take a lot of hits reliably, so Pokemon that can outspeed and kill/chunk Entei are good checks for him. Notable examples are Latios, Mega Kangaskhan (Fake Out + Return), Keldeo, Terrakion and Mega Diancie.
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