Audiosurfer
I'd rather be sleeping
Overview
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Tail Glow
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name: Tail Glow
move 1: Tail Glow
move 2: Scald
move 3: Ice Beam / Energy Ball
move 4: Rest / Protect
ability: Hydration
item: Sitrus Berry / Wacan Berry
evs: 108 HP / 252 SAtk / 148 Spd
nature: Timid
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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Other Options
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Checks & Counters
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- faces competition from other rain abusers but is still p. cool
- tail glow is unique and makes it terrifyingly powerful
- hydration also lets it use rest and wake up in one turn, while also healing off staus that could prevent it from sweeping
- good bulk and typing to sweep too
- downside is that manaphy's speed is middling
- also tail glow, its main niche, is hard to set up in doubles since it's so fast-paced
- also suffers from 4mss so it can be walled by common mons dependin on its set
- still a baller tho
Tail Glow
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name: Tail Glow
move 1: Tail Glow
move 2: Scald
move 3: Ice Beam / Energy Ball
move 4: Rest / Protect
ability: Hydration
item: Sitrus Berry / Wacan Berry
evs: 108 HP / 252 SAtk / 148 Spd
nature: Timid
Moves
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- Tail Glow boosts ur spa to insane heights
- scald is main stab and has good neutral coverage + nifty burn chance
- energy ball is to hit bulky waters such as rotom-w and jellicent that can take a scald
- ice beam is another option for grass- and dragon-types like latios + amoonguss
- rest is to grant full healing in a turn when rain is up
- if you dont wanna go with rest, protect is a tried and true option
Set Details
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- ev spread outspeeds neutral base 100s and below and maximize power, with the rest goin in bulk
- if you want a bulky spread an alternate spread is 248 HP / 52 Def / 100 SpA / 108 Spe @ modest. evs let you outspeed neutral base 70s while avoidin a 2hko from a mega kangaskhan's return at -1, with the rest of the evs being put into special atk
- if you dont care about bulk a simple 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe @ timid nature spread works too. also note that this spread is manaphy's best chance against mega zard y, so if that threatens your team keep that in mind.
- wacan is to let manaphy tank powerful electric-type attacks
- since wacan will only come in handy when facing down an electric-type, sitrus is an option for more consistent healing
- mystic water is an option for consistent powerup w/o recoil, but other items are typically better
- rindo berry is an option to live through strong grass-type attacks but they arent as common as electric-type attacks so wacan is usually more useful
Usage Tips
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- manaphy can bust holes in opposin teams with powerful tail glow boosted attacks early/mid game
- manaphy can also be saved till late-game to function as a powerful cleaner
- if you predict your opponent is gonna give you a free turn by switchin out or somethin, use tail glow to boost
- not that many chances to boost, so having a redirector or something that puts offensive pressure on the opponent is p. useful
Team Options
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- Politoed for Drizzle
- Pokemon that can handle Grass- and Electric-type attacks such as Latios, Hydreigon, Thundurus-T, and Kyurem-B
- Amoonguss since it can redirect Electric-type hits
- Togekiss since it can redirect hits + set Tailwind to make Manaphy even more threatening
- Pokemon such as Garchomp + Terrakion make for good partners to handle Mega Charizard Y, which can be problematic.
Other Options
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- Surf
- Bulky support set
- Light Screen and/or Reflect
- Blizzard
- Rain Dance
- Calm Mind
- Safety Goggles
Checks & Counters
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- Grass-types like Amoonguss, Shaymin-S, Mega Venusaur, and Ferrothorn
- Electric-types like Rotom-Wash (if Manaphy lacks Energy Ball), Thundurus-T, and Mega Manectric (if Manaphy lacks Rindo Berry)
- Dragon-types like Latios, Kyurem-B, and Hydreigon
- Mega Charizard Y since Drought messes up Manaphy
- Abomasnow handles all of Manaphy's attacks and removes Rain
- Jellicent can potentially wall non Energy Ball Manaphy (although under Rain Jellicent can end up as setup fodder too)
- Powerful Choice Scarf users like Genesect could outspeed and mess up Manaphy, as can fast Pokemon in general
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