LITWICK!
[QC: 0/2]
[GP: 0/2]
[Overview]
<p> Litwick is sort of an odd-ball in LC. Its unique typing and great stats for tanking makes it stand out. Ghost Type makes Litwick a great check to powerful Psychic Pokemon like Abra and Meditite. However, its ghost typing makes it an easy meal for Scraggy or ghost types stronger than Litwick such as Golett. Litwick is a highly underrated but useful LC Pokemon that just needs some love. </p>
[Set]
name: Candle of Substitutes
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Fire Blast / Flamethrower
move 3: Energy Ball / HP Ground
move 4: Psychic / Shadow Ball
item: Eviolite / Oran Berry
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Bold
EVs: 40 HP / 76 Def / 236 SpA / 156 SpD
[Set Comments]
<p> This is Litwick's bread and butter! Just send Litwick in on one of his 3 immunities, and set up a Substitute on the switch! The rest of the moves are STAB and coverage, but I'll go in depth about the reasoning. First of all, Fire Blast is chosen over Flamethrower because with a special attack stat of slightly above average, you need as much power as you can get. In addition, there is no risk, as a Substitute will take the hit and allow you to keep on truckin'. Shadow Ball allows you to hit Psychic Types and other ghosts--hard. The last moveslot is of your preference. You can go with Hidden Power Fighting to take care of pesky Scraggies, or Energy Ball to take out annoying Water Types who hamper Litwick greatly. Psychic is another choice, and it deals with all fighting types--excluding Scrafty of course.</p>
[Additional Comments]
<p>Ferrroseed makes a great partner, resisting multiple SE attacks on Litwick, and setting up Spikes for an extra KO. Also, Litwick does great in the sun, so Cottonee or Munchlax can go great as a partner. However, if you want a offensive partner, go with Clamperl to take down those Special walls. If you want to use it, Eviolite is a good option as an item, giving it the bulk to withstand a hit and retain a substitute. If you hate hax and all luck aspects of Pokemon, Flamethrower is a good option over Fire Blast, as shown in the moveset. You could run Calm Mind over a coverage move to give Litwick more firepower and bulk, but the coverage move should generally stay since Litwick needs it not to be walled easily.</p>
[Other Options]
<p>Hex and Will-o-Wisp offer a great combo that's stronger than Shadow Ball and cripples threatening physical attackers. Trick Room is a very viable playstyle, and if you want to create a Trick Room team, Litwick can pull off a Trick Room set with flare. Clear Smog can be useful at times against sweepers that are causing your team trouble, but you should save moves like that for gimmick sets. You could utilize a Choice Scarf on an all out attacking set, which can be done thanks to Litwick's great movepool, but it only reaches 18 speed, which doesn't outspeed anything really notable. Litwick is also outclassed as a scarfer due to being exceptionally slow and weak to pursuit. Also, Taunt can work out nicely in some cases, but Litwick is too slow to use it to any effect. Memento CAN be useful, but again, Litwick's speed hampers it greatly. Pain Split can work as a great combo with Substitute, but Litwick isn't bulky enough for that. Flame Charge is an option, but all it really is for Litwick is a neutered Agility, as Litwick's attack stat is useless.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p> Basically anything with high Special Defense can easily wall Litwick, such as Munchlax or Lickitung. Bulky Waters, Mantyke, can tear through Litwick if they outspeed, and if they don't, they can take a hit or two. Munchlax is the biggest problem for Litwick as Thick Fat makes it resistant or immune to every attack, and Munchlax can hit hard back. Also, it's a slow Pokemon and is very easy to kill without a Substitute up. Also, Houndour can switch in easily and pursuit it on the switch. Also, multi-hit moves like Rock Blast break Litwicks sub and most likely kill it too.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Shadow Tag is an amazing ability bestowed to only a few Pokemon, and Litwick is one of them. Trapping a Pokemon and preventing switches can really gain momentum by singling out Pokemon and making a 4-2 situation temporarily one on one. A scarf set with this ability can be devastating for the other team.</p>
And that concludes my first LC analysis!
[QC: 0/2]
[GP: 0/2]
[Overview]
<p> Litwick is sort of an odd-ball in LC. Its unique typing and great stats for tanking makes it stand out. Ghost Type makes Litwick a great check to powerful Psychic Pokemon like Abra and Meditite. However, its ghost typing makes it an easy meal for Scraggy or ghost types stronger than Litwick such as Golett. Litwick is a highly underrated but useful LC Pokemon that just needs some love. </p>
[Set]
name: Candle of Substitutes
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Fire Blast / Flamethrower
move 3: Energy Ball / HP Ground
move 4: Psychic / Shadow Ball
item: Eviolite / Oran Berry
ability: Flash Fire
nature: Bold
EVs: 40 HP / 76 Def / 236 SpA / 156 SpD
[Set Comments]
<p> This is Litwick's bread and butter! Just send Litwick in on one of his 3 immunities, and set up a Substitute on the switch! The rest of the moves are STAB and coverage, but I'll go in depth about the reasoning. First of all, Fire Blast is chosen over Flamethrower because with a special attack stat of slightly above average, you need as much power as you can get. In addition, there is no risk, as a Substitute will take the hit and allow you to keep on truckin'. Shadow Ball allows you to hit Psychic Types and other ghosts--hard. The last moveslot is of your preference. You can go with Hidden Power Fighting to take care of pesky Scraggies, or Energy Ball to take out annoying Water Types who hamper Litwick greatly. Psychic is another choice, and it deals with all fighting types--excluding Scrafty of course.</p>
[Additional Comments]
<p>Ferrroseed makes a great partner, resisting multiple SE attacks on Litwick, and setting up Spikes for an extra KO. Also, Litwick does great in the sun, so Cottonee or Munchlax can go great as a partner. However, if you want a offensive partner, go with Clamperl to take down those Special walls. If you want to use it, Eviolite is a good option as an item, giving it the bulk to withstand a hit and retain a substitute. If you hate hax and all luck aspects of Pokemon, Flamethrower is a good option over Fire Blast, as shown in the moveset. You could run Calm Mind over a coverage move to give Litwick more firepower and bulk, but the coverage move should generally stay since Litwick needs it not to be walled easily.</p>
[Other Options]
<p>Hex and Will-o-Wisp offer a great combo that's stronger than Shadow Ball and cripples threatening physical attackers. Trick Room is a very viable playstyle, and if you want to create a Trick Room team, Litwick can pull off a Trick Room set with flare. Clear Smog can be useful at times against sweepers that are causing your team trouble, but you should save moves like that for gimmick sets. You could utilize a Choice Scarf on an all out attacking set, which can be done thanks to Litwick's great movepool, but it only reaches 18 speed, which doesn't outspeed anything really notable. Litwick is also outclassed as a scarfer due to being exceptionally slow and weak to pursuit. Also, Taunt can work out nicely in some cases, but Litwick is too slow to use it to any effect. Memento CAN be useful, but again, Litwick's speed hampers it greatly. Pain Split can work as a great combo with Substitute, but Litwick isn't bulky enough for that. Flame Charge is an option, but all it really is for Litwick is a neutered Agility, as Litwick's attack stat is useless.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p> Basically anything with high Special Defense can easily wall Litwick, such as Munchlax or Lickitung. Bulky Waters, Mantyke, can tear through Litwick if they outspeed, and if they don't, they can take a hit or two. Munchlax is the biggest problem for Litwick as Thick Fat makes it resistant or immune to every attack, and Munchlax can hit hard back. Also, it's a slow Pokemon and is very easy to kill without a Substitute up. Also, Houndour can switch in easily and pursuit it on the switch. Also, multi-hit moves like Rock Blast break Litwicks sub and most likely kill it too.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Shadow Tag is an amazing ability bestowed to only a few Pokemon, and Litwick is one of them. Trapping a Pokemon and preventing switches can really gain momentum by singling out Pokemon and making a 4-2 situation temporarily one on one. A scarf set with this ability can be devastating for the other team.</p>
And that concludes my first LC analysis!
