[Overview]
- Trace is great for copying abilities however it is very situational
- Great Answer to Intimidate
- Great bulk with Eviolite
- Good movepool
- Trick Room
- Great synergy with other Trick Room setters
- Outclassed by Cresselia as defensive duck
- Weak to Fighting-type which is common
[SET]
name: Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Thunderbolt / Tri Attack
move 4: Recover / Protect
item: Eviolite
ability: Trace / Download
nature: Relaxed / Bold
evs: 248 HP / 176 Defense / 84 Special Defense
[SET COMMENTS]
- Trick Room is great support to its team
- Ice Beam and Thunderbolt are coverage moves
- Protect is for Fake Out
- Unusual weaknesses for a Trick Room setter making it a good choice
- Tri Attack is STAB, with few resists
- Recover helps with longetivity
- EVs let Porygon2 live a Fighting Gem Hitmontop Close Combat
- Eviolite boosts defense to great levels
- Victini likes Trick Room and scares Fighting-type Pokemon away
- Rhyperior, Amoongus, and Scrafty are great teammates and Trick Room abusers
- Download with a more offensive EV spread can be used
- Reuniclus is a great partner as they have good synergy
- Jellicent and Chandelure take on Fighting types and can use Trick Room to their advantage
- Magic Coat to bounce back Taunt
- Gravity with Blizzard and Thunder
- Rain Dance and Sunny Day for weather support
- Offensive set with Download and Trick Room
- Discharge is a spread move
- Shadow Ball hits Chandelure
- Psychic
- Thunder Wave
- Metagross
- Conkeldurr
- Terrakion
- Heracross
- Hitmontop
- Scrafty
- Hariyama
- Tyranitar
- Taunt users such as Thundurus and Tornadus
- Spore
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