CrashinBoomBang
außerirdisch, anunnaki
Exeggutor (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Sunny Day
- SolarBeam
- Psychic
- Sleep Powder
While Exeggutor is a prominent force on teams nowadays, many people use the Choice Specs set or even the Harvest set instead of this thing, so I figured I should post it as an Underrated set.
Sunny Day Exeggutor is ridiculously good in the current metagame. Even without any HP investment, it is decently bulky and can live most hits that aren't super-effective with ease to set up Sunny Day. Once sun is up, Solarbeam will decimate most things that don't resist it, easily OHKO'ing both Zangoose and Cinccino. Psychics power isn't very far behind, OHKO'ing Emboar and Swellow easily, as well as physically defensive Amoonguss after Stealth Rock; it also 2HKO's Braviary. The only things that don't mind taking hits from this too much are Pokemon that resist it, which is pretty much limited to Klang, Cacturne, Skuntank and other Exeggutor, or dedicated special walls such as Lickilicky. Sleep Powder is an emergency button for this set, allowing Exeggutor to beat many of the Pokemon listed above and generally incapacitate almost everything it can't KO in one hit.
Of course, Exeggutor has many other options on this set, such as running a Life Orb over Leftovers. Leftovers helps a lot when sweeping as well as tanking hits in general, and it doesn't gain many notable KO's; in fact, the only one I can think of right now is Braviary after Stealth Rock damage. A Timid nature is also an option, but without Modest the OHKOs against Swellow, Cinccino and Zangoose are no longer guaranteed. The extra speed comes in handy against Pokemon such as Rotom-S though, who outspeed you with a Modest nature. The last option would be using another move such as Substitute or Hidden Power [Fire] over Sleep Powder, which isn't worth it for me personally, but I guess it can work.
Sunny Day Exeggutor is ridiculously good in the current metagame. Even without any HP investment, it is decently bulky and can live most hits that aren't super-effective with ease to set up Sunny Day. Once sun is up, Solarbeam will decimate most things that don't resist it, easily OHKO'ing both Zangoose and Cinccino. Psychics power isn't very far behind, OHKO'ing Emboar and Swellow easily, as well as physically defensive Amoonguss after Stealth Rock; it also 2HKO's Braviary. The only things that don't mind taking hits from this too much are Pokemon that resist it, which is pretty much limited to Klang, Cacturne, Skuntank and other Exeggutor, or dedicated special walls such as Lickilicky. Sleep Powder is an emergency button for this set, allowing Exeggutor to beat many of the Pokemon listed above and generally incapacitate almost everything it can't KO in one hit.
Of course, Exeggutor has many other options on this set, such as running a Life Orb over Leftovers. Leftovers helps a lot when sweeping as well as tanking hits in general, and it doesn't gain many notable KO's; in fact, the only one I can think of right now is Braviary after Stealth Rock damage. A Timid nature is also an option, but without Modest the OHKOs against Swellow, Cinccino and Zangoose are no longer guaranteed. The extra speed comes in handy against Pokemon such as Rotom-S though, who outspeed you with a Modest nature. The last option would be using another move such as Substitute or Hidden Power [Fire] over Sleep Powder, which isn't worth it for me personally, but I guess it can work.