[OVERVIEW]
Mega Venusaur has a very rare face in the metagame. People are aware then Mega Venusaur exist, but people use Mega Venusaur rarely. With Mega Venusaur you can really get an edge over your opponent. On honesty if you open or put Mega Venusaur into battle the first move you make can really make it or brake it for your opponent. It has a couple of status move that can make your opponent think. Unless he bought a taunt user or a grass type Mega Venusaur tricks can harm your opponent. Also, when Venusaur mega evolve it gains more bulk in defense and special defense so you can take hits. After that Mega Venusaur's ability gives you a better chance in taking multiple hits. The ability Thick Fat makes fire and ice type move do half damage. You are basically getting rid of two weaknesses for mega evolving. So think about it, you get stronger in your overall defense and getting less weaknesses. To me that is a win win situation right there, but wait there is more. You get more attack power as well. So know you are a bulky pokemon who is able to take hits and hits your opponent back hard. OMG that is too good. Overall Mega Venusaur is a good pokemon that can work in different ways to fit your team.
[SET]
name: Energy Taker
move 1: Leech Seed/Sleep Power
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Hidden Power Fire/Ice
item: Venusaurite
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Modest
evs: 152 HP / 252 SpA / 104 Spe or 236 HP / 252 SpA / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Leech Seed/Sleep Power- This is a option that depends on you. On one hand you can use Leech Seed and you can mess with people who want to wall you or you just need a little extra recovery. On the other hand you can use Sleep Power can start taking down your opponent without them fighting back.
Giga Drain- This is for STAB and to last the battle a little bit longer by absorbing HP.
Sludge Bomb- This is just for high power STAB.
Hidden Power Fire/Ice- If you need to deal with steel types (Scizor and Ferrothorn) or dragon types (Garchomp and Salamence).
Set Details
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EVs Spread: 160 HP is just for overall bulk, 252 SpA is to get the max power to damage your opponent, and the 96 Spe so you can outspeed pokemon with 91 base speed that is not invested, 59 base speed invested fully without nature, and 50 base speed invested fully and with nature. The other evs spread is for more bulk with a little speed.
Nature: Modest to get the Max out of that SpA.
Item: Venusaurite to mega evolve.
Usage Tips
========
How I will use Mega Venusaur is for standard play. First I look at the team preview to see how many treats are there for Mega Venusaur. When I see three or more threats I usually don't put in Mega Venusaur for that battle. Well if you are planning to use Mega Venusaur make sure the threats are out of you way so you can start hell for your opponent. With the moveset I gave you two pokemon resists all your moves (except status moves). Those pokemon are Chandelure and Dragalge. You don't have to worry about these two because your team will help you out, but if Mega Venusaur is the last pokemon you had versing any of those two pokemon it can be hard. Overall you should be fine if you take out major threats.
Team Options
========
Some good teammates for Mega Venusaur are Heatran, Rotom-W, Excadrill, Bisharp, Tyranitar, Skarmory, Registeel, Empoleon, and Aegislash just for weakness and switching coverage and take out some of your major threats. To give you an idea on the teammates for Mega Venusaur some of the pokemon I have on my team are Rotom-W and Bisharp. I felt like you just need two or three coverage teammates to be safe on Battle Spot Singles.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
One other option is to run a defensive set for mega Venusaur. The reason I like the offensive set because the defensive set is almost the same as offensive, but with defensive evs spread. Also you get more coverage for the offensive set.
Checks and Counters
===================
Counters:
Flying Type's Moves
Psychic Type's Moves
Checks:
Gengar
Chansey
Blissey
Sweepers Setting Up
Mega Venusaur has a very rare face in the metagame. People are aware then Mega Venusaur exist, but people use Mega Venusaur rarely. With Mega Venusaur you can really get an edge over your opponent. On honesty if you open or put Mega Venusaur into battle the first move you make can really make it or brake it for your opponent. It has a couple of status move that can make your opponent think. Unless he bought a taunt user or a grass type Mega Venusaur tricks can harm your opponent. Also, when Venusaur mega evolve it gains more bulk in defense and special defense so you can take hits. After that Mega Venusaur's ability gives you a better chance in taking multiple hits. The ability Thick Fat makes fire and ice type move do half damage. You are basically getting rid of two weaknesses for mega evolving. So think about it, you get stronger in your overall defense and getting less weaknesses. To me that is a win win situation right there, but wait there is more. You get more attack power as well. So know you are a bulky pokemon who is able to take hits and hits your opponent back hard. OMG that is too good. Overall Mega Venusaur is a good pokemon that can work in different ways to fit your team.
[SET]
name: Energy Taker
move 1: Leech Seed/Sleep Power
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Hidden Power Fire/Ice
item: Venusaurite
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Modest
evs: 152 HP / 252 SpA / 104 Spe or 236 HP / 252 SpA / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Leech Seed/Sleep Power- This is a option that depends on you. On one hand you can use Leech Seed and you can mess with people who want to wall you or you just need a little extra recovery. On the other hand you can use Sleep Power can start taking down your opponent without them fighting back.
Giga Drain- This is for STAB and to last the battle a little bit longer by absorbing HP.
Sludge Bomb- This is just for high power STAB.
Hidden Power Fire/Ice- If you need to deal with steel types (Scizor and Ferrothorn) or dragon types (Garchomp and Salamence).
Set Details
========
EVs Spread: 160 HP is just for overall bulk, 252 SpA is to get the max power to damage your opponent, and the 96 Spe so you can outspeed pokemon with 91 base speed that is not invested, 59 base speed invested fully without nature, and 50 base speed invested fully and with nature. The other evs spread is for more bulk with a little speed.
Nature: Modest to get the Max out of that SpA.
Item: Venusaurite to mega evolve.
Usage Tips
========
How I will use Mega Venusaur is for standard play. First I look at the team preview to see how many treats are there for Mega Venusaur. When I see three or more threats I usually don't put in Mega Venusaur for that battle. Well if you are planning to use Mega Venusaur make sure the threats are out of you way so you can start hell for your opponent. With the moveset I gave you two pokemon resists all your moves (except status moves). Those pokemon are Chandelure and Dragalge. You don't have to worry about these two because your team will help you out, but if Mega Venusaur is the last pokemon you had versing any of those two pokemon it can be hard. Overall you should be fine if you take out major threats.
Team Options
========
Some good teammates for Mega Venusaur are Heatran, Rotom-W, Excadrill, Bisharp, Tyranitar, Skarmory, Registeel, Empoleon, and Aegislash just for weakness and switching coverage and take out some of your major threats. To give you an idea on the teammates for Mega Venusaur some of the pokemon I have on my team are Rotom-W and Bisharp. I felt like you just need two or three coverage teammates to be safe on Battle Spot Singles.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
One other option is to run a defensive set for mega Venusaur. The reason I like the offensive set because the defensive set is almost the same as offensive, but with defensive evs spread. Also you get more coverage for the offensive set.
Checks and Counters
===================
Counters:
Flying Type's Moves
Psychic Type's Moves
Checks:
Gengar
Chansey
Blissey
Sweepers Setting Up
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