Little Cup Threat List!

[ryan]

Skrelp's offensive description says that Adaptability doubles the power of its STAB attacks, when in reality the STAB modifier is just boosted from 1.5x to 2.0x. It's also unreleased, so it ~shouldn't~ be usable even in Pokebank, but I don't know if that has been fixed yet.

I love Bunnelby.

blaraedit: found in pokebank

 

[Plooo]

Hey people! I'm new to this but ima try to do Archen and Pineco, feel free to edit/correct because my english is not so good :)

Archen:
Ability: Defeatist
Base stats: 55 HP / 112 Atk / 45 Def / 74 SpA / 45 SDef / 70 Spe

Archen, although having sky-high offensive stats, is often used as an utility lead, using its great speed and supportive moves such as Defog, Stealth Rock, Knock off and Taunt, while having access to the valuable Roost. Meanwhile, Archen can also run a more offensive set, with its wide offensive movepool and U-Turn.

Pineco:
Ability: Sturdy - Overcoat (Hidden ability)
Base stats: 50 HP / 65 Atk / 90 Def / 35 SpA / 35 SDef / 15 Spe

Pineco, with its high defense, Sturdy and outrageous support movepool, can run an efficient hazard setter, with Spikes, Stealth Rock and/or Toxic Spikes as well as having access to the rare Rapid Spin. Pineco is most commonly seen with held Custap Berry, Endure and Explosion, to set up as much hazards as it can then explode.

 

[bobbyvaporeon]

In cottonee, it says that he resists bug, which it Is neutral to.

 

[BadPandaPancham]

Archen:
Ability: Defeatist
Base stats: 55 HP / 112 Atk / 45 Def / 74 SpA / 45 SDef / 70 Spe

Archen, although having sky-high offensive stats, is often used as an utility lead, using its great speed and supportive moves such as Defog, Stealth Rock, Knock off and Taunt, while having access to the valuable Roost. Meanwhile, Archen can also run a more offensive set, with its wide offensive movepool and U-Turn.

Be sure to mention it's most recommended item (for being an offensive pokemon)is Berry Juice to, you know, make sure Defeatist doesn't knock it out of play or Expert Belt, to support it's move pool and deal damage. Also be sure to add that it is best used with a Jolly Nature, although Adamant is still viable. :)

 

[Kingler]

Uhh lol why would you have ebelt on archen
It should use eviolite to be a more reliable fire plus flying check and berry juice almost always(evio is viable tho) and acro/rock stab/knock off/ roost on evio sets and maybe eq on berry juice
edit-also imo waterfall>crunch on carv at least a mention of it wouldn't hurt but yeah otherwise timburr is such a pain

 

[Vileman]

Awesome job everyone, this looks great and its very useful! Only missing poke i can think of atm is goldeen, it has nice coverage moves and immunity to electric moves (assuming it still gets lightingrod ) and i think it deserves a mention but its up to you guys. (I would write it myself but cellphone aurocorrector is annoying.)
EDIT: foongus is also missing o.o

 

[Raseri]

Corphish

Abilities: Hyper Cutter - Shell Armor - Adaptability (Hidden Ability)
Base Stats: 43 HP / 80 Atk / 65 Def / 50 SpA / 35 SpD / 35 Spe

Corphish got a huge buff in XY, getting Aqua Jet, and to a lesser extent Switcheroo, added to its moveset. With Aqua Jet and Life Orb, Corphish is able to threaten nearly every offensive Pokemon in the metagame. Hitting Gligar with SUper Effective priority is pretty great too. Corphish's Crabhammer is so strong, that most Water-type resists other than Tangela won't be able to tank them at all. Beyond this, Corphish has an excellent movepool in Swords Dance, Dragon Dance, Superpower, Ice Beam and more. Corphish is an excellent wallbreaker in XY, and is way better than Krabby :).

 

[copycatcat]

Tyrunt doesn't have Sturdy (at least according to Showdown.)

 

[Sunkern]

You forgot me

 

[ryan]

Surskit is noted as "the only viable user of Sticky Web," and my boy Spinarak is p hot about it.

 

[Anthiese]

Surskit is noted as "the only viable user of Sticky Web," and my boy Spinarak is p hot about it.

Sewaddle is crying... how could you forget him/her ;w;

EDIT: Bad people forgetting all these mons!

 

[Kavatika]

Yanma needs to get fixed. It usually runs Protect/Substitute instead of four attacks, and the Hypnosis set usually runs U-turn, so mention it as a pivot.

 

[Goddess Briyella]

Houndour

Abilities: Early Bird - Flash Fire - Unnerve(Hidden Ability)
Base stats: 45 HP / 60 Atk / 30 Def / 80 SpA / 50 SDef / 65 Spe

Houndour's strong Special Attack, high powered STABs, and access to STAB Sucker Punch let it perform as one of the most threatening mixed attackers in the tier.​

Something small I happened to notice: Houndour is listed as only Dark and needs its secondary Fire typing added.

 

[Expulso]

Are we seriously not going to talk about Mantyke's ridiculous SpDef and access to Scald under defensive?

 

[kingmidas]

Are we seriously not going to talk about Mantyke's ridiculous SpDef and access to Scald under defensive?

Right now its better as a sun counter but yeah restalk with its stabs is pretty decent.

 

[Anthiese]

...

Fuqs you im doing Sewaddle since you all done care about him ;w;



Sewaddle: Bug/Grass
Ability: Chlorophyll / Swarm / Overcoat (Hidden)
Base stats: 45 HP / 53 Atk / 70 Def / 40 SAtk / 60 SDef / 42 Spe

With access to the coveted Sticky Web and high defenses, This leafy green will guarentee your set up. He also has access to Chlorophyll and okay attacking stats to be more help to his fellow team members as a secondary sweeper. Eviolite and Life Orb seem to suit him well, with moves like Energy Ball, Air Slash, Bug Buzz, Giga Drain, and even Electroweb! He also can recover lost health with Synthesis under the blazing sun! If you need a slightly tankier Webber, look no further!

EDIT: corrections pls

 

[Darkamber8828]

With access to the coveted Sticky Web and high defenses, This leafy green will guarentee your set up. He also has access to Chlorophyll and okay attacking stats to be more help to his fellow team members as a secondary sweeper. Eviolite and Life Orb seem to suit him well, with moves like Energy Ball, Air Slash, Bug Buzz, Giga Drain, and even Electroweb! He'll be a welcome addition to teams who don't wanna use Surskit/Spinirak.

Don't forget reliable recovery in Synthesis (and you can wreck Hippopotas and Snover (on the switch) with your STABs).

 

[Anthiese]

Don't forget reliable recovery in Synthesis (and you can wreck Hippopotas and Snover (on the switch) with your STABs).

ah yes, added synthesis and idk how i'd add in that hippo/snover are fucked on the switch in without making it too long.

 

[bobbyvaporeon]

Reserving an Onix post

 

[The Quasar]

Sandshrew

Abilities: Sand Veil / Sand Rush (Hidden)
Base stats: 30 HP / 75 Atk / 85 Def / 20 SpA / 30 SDef / 40 Spe
An excellent Defense, high Attack (could enhanced by Sword Dance) and a useful possible speed on sandstrorm do it a good sweeper in LC, with access to Earthquake, Rock Slide and stronger XY Knock Off. Its role could be also like support by setting up Stealth Rock and/or spinning away.



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[Sergetank]

For Grimer, it should be noted that Sticky Hold actually means pokes take full damage from knock off. Also, Gunk Shot's accuracy got buffed; it's like stone edge but a 30% chance to poison instead of increased crit rate.

Corphish is missing it's name for some reason lol.

Submitting Anorith and Remoraid...!

Anorith

Abilities: Battle Armor - Swift Swim (Hidden Ability)
Base Stats: 45 HP / 96 ATK / 50 DEF / 40 SPATK / 50 SPDEF / 75 SPE

Anorith is, simply put, one of the best swift swim sweepers in all of Little Cup. Without weakness to grass or electric as other swift swimmers tend to have, it can rip holes in enemy teams faster than they might expect it, and even has priority which gets pseudo stab in rain.​

Remoraid

Abilities: Sniper - Hustle - Moody (Hidden Ability)
Base Stats: 35 HP / 65 ATK / 35 DEF / 65 SPATK / 35 SPDEF / 65 SPE

Remoraid is by definition, a glass cannon. While very fragile with 35/35/35 defenses, with the glorious combination of Focus Energy, Scope Lens, Sniper (thus making every hit become critical AND doing 2.25x damage), 17 Speed, and being a water type that knows Fire Blast, Seed Bomb, Charge Beam, Psychic, as well as the typical Hydro Pump and Ice Beam, Remoraid has the coverage to muscle through whatever foe dares to step in front of it.​

 

[Darkamber8828]

Remoraid

Abilities: Sniper - Hustle - Moody (Hidden Ability)
Base Stats: 35 HP / 65 ATK / 35 DEF / 65 SPATK / 35 SPDEF / 65 SPE

Remoraid is by definition, a glass cannon. While very fragile with 35/35/35 defenses, with the glorious combination of Focus Energy, Scope Lens, Sniper (thus making every hit become critical AND doing 2.25x damage), 17 Speed, and being a water type that knows Fire Blast, Seed Bomb, Charge Beam, Psychic, as well as the typical Hydro Pump and Ice Beam, Remoraid has the coverage to muscle through whatever foe dares to step in front of it.​

ALSO GUNK SHOT

...and Water Spout. Remoraid can run a pretty good Scarf set and revenge stuff with Water/Ice/Fire coverage or sweep with Water Spout, and go physical with Hustle to squish things.

It's also stopped cold in its Sniping spree by anything faster than it, although very little priority actually OHKOs it.

236+ Atk Pawniard Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Remoraid: 16-21 (80 - 105%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
(16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19)

REMORAID

 

[Darkamber8828]

Carvanha is a really dangerous Pokémon. It has access to Speed Boost, allowing it to outspeed every unboosted Pokémon after protect, and its base 90 Attack puts the hurt on its opponents. It generally runs Hydro Pump / Crunch / Ice Beam / Protect, allowing it to get past physically bulky Pokémon and Tangela.

Remove mention of Tangela, change Ice Beam to Destiny Bond.

Corphish got a huge buff in XY, getting Aqua Jet, and to a lesser extent Switcheroo, added to its moveset. With Aqua Jet and Life Orb, Corphish is able to threaten nearly every offensive Pokemon in the metagame. Hitting Gligar with SUper Effective priority is pretty great too. Corphish's Crabhammer is so strong, that most Water-type resists other than Tangela won't be able to tank them at all. Beyond this, Corphish has an excellent movepool in Swords Dance, Dragon Dance, Superpower, Ice Beam and more, making it an excellent wallbreaker in XY.

Also, should mention something about Adaptability. And Waterfall is better.

Tirtouga is arguably the best Shell Smash user in the tier, due to its access to Sturdy and Berry Juice, along with high-powered STABs to basically have two hits against any pokémon after setting up. It generally uses a mixed set using Ice Beam to break through Gligar and Tangela.

Now they use Aqua Jet or Earthquake instead of Ice Beam.

Shellos is one of the better defensive Water-types. Access to Recover, really good defense stats, Sticky Hold, along with Clear Smog and Scald makes Shellos unique. It is the most reliable Sneasel counter around, while it can fairly easily check Swirlix. It has a decent Special Attack Stat, and the 30% Burn rate of Scald can ruin an opposing Physical Attacker. It is still an excellent Special tank, as even Tangela cannot hope to inflict more than 55% to it with Giga Drain.

Vullaby uses a combination of bulk, Overcoat, and a good bunch of resistances to act as a strong choice for defensive teams. Furthermore, its Flying typing is a godsend in dealing with Scraggy and Tangela, two Pokémon who tend to give many teams trouble. Furthermore, it can reliably switch into Misdreavus, which isn't a common feat.Vullaby has access to Knock Off and Defog, which make Vullaby able to support her teammates very well.

Change Tangela to "Chlorophyll sweepers and Foongus".

 

[Dododoggy]

No trubbish?

Trubbish: Poison
Ability(s): Stench,Sticky Hold, & Aftermath
Base Stats: 50 hp / 50 atk / 62 def / 40 sp. atk / 62 sp. def / 65 spe

Having a resistance to fairy attacks, Awesome utility moves such as Spikes,Toxic Spikes, and Haze, and the sticky hold ability which allows him to switch in on Knock off's which is possibly the scariest move in LC Trubbish does very well. Another thing to note about Trubbish is its 65 base speed which allows him to outspeed Pawniard and kill it with Drain Punch which also recovers its HP. All in all Trubbish is a great defensive pokemon with some good qualities for LC.

 

[I Like Mudkipz]

problem yanma is banned from lc