Mantyke

[Kappaten]

Taken over from Nozzle

Overview
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- Very important resistance to fighting and immunity to ground
- Amazing special defense
- Has two great abilities
- Good offensive typing
- One of the best Sun counters
- Mediocre HP and Defense stat
- Low SpA stat
- Crippling 4x Electric Weakness
- SR weakness
- It's adorable

Rain Dance
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move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Rain Dance
move 3: Air Slash
move 4: Hidden Power Ground
ability: Swift Swim
item: Eviolite / Life Orb
evs: 76 HP / 36 Def / 200 SAtk / 196 Spd
nature: Modest

• Moves
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  • Setting up Rain Dance doubles your speed and boosts the power of Hydro Pump 1,5 times making it hit really hard even with Mantyke's average SpA stat
  • Hydro Pump is your main STAB and nukes a huge portion of the metagame in rain
  • Air Slash is an reliable option vs Fighting types and gets past Grass types.
  • Hidden power Ground is really only there to pick off weakened Chinchou and Magnemite.

Set Details
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• Evs are used to maximize special attack and speed. The leftovers are dumped into bulk.
• Eviolite gives you good bulk to set up Rain Dance and you still hit really hard
• Life Orb makes it harder to set up rain but you will hit like a nuke once set up.

Usage Tips
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• Make sure you have removed or weakened Chinchou and/or Magnemite and Sturdy users before you attempt a sweep since they will stop it cold.
• You can easily set up rain against ground and fighting types like Timburr ,Mienfoo and Drilbur.
• Is a nice fit on Bulky Offense and Balance and provides a nice ground immunity.

Team Options
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• Diglett can trap and kill Chinchou, Pawniard and Sturdy users.
• Other flying types like Fletchling and Doduo can be used to weaken Chinchou and other flying resists allowing for Mantyke to sweep.
• Drilbur spins rocks away, outspeeds and kills Magnemite and Chinchou and has a good matchup vs Pawniard.

RestTalk
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move 1: Scald
move 2: Rest
move 3: Air Slash
move 4: Sleep Talk
ability: Water Absorb
item: Eviolite
evs:
nature:

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Other Options
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Checks & Counters
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[Goddess Briyella]

This analysis has been reassigned and the new writer has made a new thread for it, so I'll be locking this one.