Oddish (Analysis)

[Moo]

Thank you :D
This is officially done!

 

[macle]

Remove Murkrow mentions

 

[Oglemi]

Waiting for darkness
You gotta believe
Waiting for darkness
I just conceive

add
remove
comments

Hide

[Overview]

<p>Oddish is arguably the best Chlorophyll sweepers in LC due to its higher Special Attack and bulk compared to than other Chlorophyll sweepers. It is, (comma) however, one of the slowest Chlorophyll users. Oddish's high Special Attack stat and powerful STAB Grass and Poison attacks are what makes it a top tier sun sweeper. Its immunity to Toxic is also very useful because many common defensive Pokemon in Little Cup do not like being Poisoned poisoned. Because of this, Oddish and other Poison-type Pokemon have a nice niche in the metagame.</p>

[SET]
name: Sun Special Attacker
move 1: SolarBeam
move 2: Hidden Power Fire
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Sleep Powder / Sunny Day
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 240 SpA / 200 Spe
ivs: 0 hp HP

[SET COMMENTS]

<p>Chlorophyll doubles Oddish's Speed, (comma) giving it a speed Speed stat of 26, which outspeedsoutspeeding all but a handful of Choice Scarf users, namely Gligar, Murkrow and Misdreavus. 0 HP IVs gives Oddish 19 HP, which means Oddish only takes 1 damage from Life Orb recoil. SolarBeam hits in one turn because of the sun, (comma) and thanks to STAB, it has a massive power of 180. This will hit anything any Pokemon that doesn't (add apostrophe) resist it extremely hard, except for a select few special sponges such as Lickitung and Munchlax. Hidden Power Fire is Oddish's secondary attack, and gets a 1.5x boost from the sun, giving it a power of 105. This is Oddish's only attack that hits Steel-type Pokemon super effectively, as they resist SolarBeam, and are immune to Sludge Bomb. It is also useful against Grass-type Pokemon, (comma) as many of them have Poison as their secondary type, namely Bulbasaur, Bellsprout, Oddish, and Budew. Sludge Bomb is Oddish's second most powerful attack other than SolarBeam. Coverage-wise, it hits Fire- and Dragon-types (add hyphens), and it can be used outside of sun. Sleep Powder is a great asset to this set, allowing Oddish to put a member of the opponent's team to sleep, and then take free shots at them. Sleep Powder's prime use is to put the opponents sun counters to sleep, should they carry any.</p>

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

<p>Attacking-wise, there isn't much else that Oddish can run on the set, as the moves listed are its best options. However, there are a few alternatives that you can run in the last slot. Sunny Day can be used if you want to replenish the sun, should your Vulpix get KOed. Stun Spore can be used to cut the speed Speed of faster Pokemon. Synthesis can be used for reliable recovery in the sun. When equipped with an Evolution Stone Eviolite, Oddish takes on the role of a bulky sweeper. If you decide to run an Evolution Stone Eviolite, an EV spread of 156 HP / 236 SpA / 116 Spe with a Modest nature is recommended. This spread gives Oddish added bulk while maximizing its Special Attack. You should also make use of Synthesis for recovery if you chose this spread.</p>

[Team Options]

<p>Oddish is a terrific sun sweeper, and fits nicely on any sun team. Stealth Rock support is appreciated to weaken Flying-type pokemon Pokemon, giving Oddish an easier time sweeping from against Pokemon such as Gligar. Stealth Rock is also useful for beating Snover, as it takes 25% every time it comes in to induce hail. Gligar can utilize Toxic to badly poison sun counters too, notably Hippopotas. Vulpix sets up sun for Oddish and threatens to OHKO Snover with Fire Blast and burn or put Hippopotas to sleep with Will-O-Wisp and Hypnosis, (comma) respectively. Fighting-types, (comma) such as Mienfoo and Scraggy, (comma) are also good partners because they can counter Munchlax and Lickitung, who would otherwise sponge Oddish's special attacks with ease. Wynaut makes a great teammate too, since has the ability to trap Snover, (comma) which is the biggest counter to sun sweepers.</p>

[Optional Changes Other Options]

<p>Oddish has a shallow movepool, and has but a few other options. Hidden Power Ice can be used instead of Hidden Power Fire to OHKO Gligar, but then it loses the ability to hit Steel-type Pokemon such as Bronzor and Ferroseed. Oddish could run a Sword Dance set, though its Attack is rather low, and its physical movepool is quite shallow, consisting of only Seed Bomb and Double-Edge (add hyphen). A SubSeed set is somewhat viable with sun support; , (replace with comma) but Oddish is outclassed as a SubSeeder by Cottonee, who has Mischievous Heart, (remove comma) and does not require sun support.</p>

[Checks and Counters]

<p>Snover is the number one counter to any sun sweeper. Snover can come in as you use SolarBeam, induce hail, and make you charge the move up. Oddish is now then trapped, and Snover can OHKO it with 100% accuracy Blizzard thanks to hail. However, if If you can predict a Snover switch-in, (comma) however, Oddish can OHKO Snover with Hidden Power Fire. Hippopotas can change the weather thanks to Sand Stream and halve Oddish's Speed. Oddish can put it to sleep with Sleep Powder though. Lickitung and Munchlax sponge Oddish's powerful special attacks with their high Special Defense stats. Both can set up Curses against Oddish, and Munchlax can threaten to OHKO it with Fire Punch.</p>

There you go. Now this is finished.

 

[Moo]

Thank you very much :)