Overview
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- Good offensive Pokemon with a fantastic STAB move in Seed Flare
- Solid stats all around
- Good coverage
- Not overly difficult to wall, although Seed Flare helps remedy this
- Decent amount of common weaknesses
Life Orb
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name: Life Orb
move 1: Seed Flare
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Dazzling Gleam / Earth Power
move 4: Synthesis / Rest
ability: Natural Cure
item: Life Orb
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid
Moves
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- Seed Flare, despite its common resists, is a very spammable move due to its amazing secondary effect of cutting the opponent's Special Defense in half
- Dazzling Gleam OHKOes Hydreigon and also hits other Dragon-types such as Kyurem and Noivern super effectively
- Earth Power hits several types that resist Seed Flare super-effectively, particularly Steel-types
- Psychic gets coverage Pokemon such as Heracross and a variety of Grass-types which would otherwise wall Shaymin
- Air Slash offers better coverage than Psychic, particularly on Celebi, but its horridly low base power makes it inferior to Psychic. However, unlike Psychic, Air Slash OHKOes Heracross.
- Synthesis gives Shaymin reliable recovery
- Rest heals Shaymin fully and pairs nicely with Natural Cure, but essentially requires Shaymin to switch out after using it, so it is rather exploitable
- Healing Wish
Set Details
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- The given spread is self-explanatory, it gives Shaymin as much Speed and power as possible
- Life Orb is used to help Shaymin wallbreak; it does not mind the recoil quite as much as other Life Orb users thanks to Synthesis
Usage Tips
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- Shaymin should switch in on bulky Water-types such as Slowbro and Swampert and proceed to wallbreak with its powerful Life Orb boosted moves
- Seed Flare is the move Shaymin should be using most often, as the Special Defense drop can let it break through Pokemon that would otherwise wall it
Team Options
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- Pokemon such as Victini, Mega Aerodactyl, and Darmanitan that appriciate bulky Water-types being removed or worn down make good partners to Shaymin
- Pokemon that can lure in and remove special walls, such as Superpower or Megahorn Nidoking, make good partners to Shaymin
Leech Seed
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name: Leech Seed
move 1: Leech Seed
move 2: Seed Flare
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Substitute / Protect
ability: Natural Cure
item: Leftovers
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid
Moves
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- Leech Seed lets Shaymin wear down special walls such as Blissey and Florges with ease and also keeps it healthy
- Seed Flare is still a strong reliable STAB move
- Psychic hits Roserade super effectively and gets decent coverage with Seed Flare
- Dazzling Gleam can be used to hit Hydreigon
- Substitute lets Shaymin stall out opponents in conjunction with Leech Seed
- Protect works similarly to Substitute on this set, but it lets Shaymin have an easier time regaining health and is less spammable than Substitute
Set Details
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- Although this set may seem to be more defensively oriented, an offensive spread is preferred in order to make the most of Shaymin's good Speed tier and let it still function well against offensive teams with its powerful Seed Flare
- Leftovers is used to let Shaymin get enough residual healing alongside Leech Seed to be able to continuously make Substitutes and to have more survivability in general
- 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe can be used for 101 HP Substitutes, but the only common user of Seismic Toss in UU is Blissey, which hates Leech Seed enough anyway. The drop in power is also huge.
Usage Tips
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- Use Leech Seed on predicted switches to special walls
- Once you have seeded a Pokemon, you can repeatedly use Substitute to wear it down without losing any health or wear it down more quickly with Seed Flare
Team Options
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- Strong Fire-types such as Infernape and Mega Houndoom make great teammates to Shaymin because they can beat the Grass-types that wall it and appricate the removal of bulky Water-types. Mega Houndoom in particular benefits from Shaymin as a partner since it has an easier time sweeping after Shaymin has worn down opposing special walls.
- Pokemon that appriciate special walls being worn down such as Nasty Plot Infernape make good partners to this set.
Other Options
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- Choice Scarf and Specs
Checks & Counters
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- Special walls
- Fire-types
- Bulky Steel-types
- Flying-types
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