
Double Dance (Alcremie) @ Leftovers / Grassy Seed
Ability: Aroma Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 192 Def / 64 Spe
Tera Type: Poison / Steel
Bold Nature
- Calm Mind
- Acid Armor
- Draining Kiss
- Stored Power
[SET COMMENTS]
Alcremie faces competition from Fairy-types like Florges and Grimmsnarl, but its access to Acid Armor, STAB Draining Kiss for recovery, and Stored Power keeps it relevant as a bulky setup sweeper. Draining Kiss is good for additional staying power against Fairy-weak Pokemon like Pawmot and Wo-Chien. Stored Power deals with Fire- and Poison-types like Hisuian Typlosion and Venusaur, and it's preferred over Psyshock since it does more damage to Steel-types like Alolan Sandslash and Orthworm. Aroma Veil protects Alcremie from the heal blocking of Psychic Noise from Florges or Uxie to let it continue using Draining Kiss, and it allows Alcremie to set up in the face of Encore users like Whimsicott and Uxie as well as Taunt users like Grimmsnarl and Hisuian Electrode. Leftovers lets Alcremie to slightly increase its staying power on top of recovery from the healing of Draining Kiss, while Grassy Seed is an option for Grassy Terrain teams. The EV spread allows Alcremie to outspeed Wo-Chien and Sandaconda. Tera Poison improves Alcremie's matchups against Poison-types like Salazzle while preserving its good matchups against Fighting-types like Scrafty. Tera Steel also gives Alcremie a poison immunity, flips its Steel weakness into a resistance, and lets it match up counter Fighting- and Fire-types. Steel also gives Alcremie a poison immunity, flips its weaknesses into resistances, and lets it matchup up better against Flying-, Fairy-, and Psychic-types like Galarian Articuno, Florges, and Espeon.
Alcremie has small niches on hyper offense, bulky offense, and Grassy Terrain teams. Pokemon that counter the Steel-types like Pawmot and Arcanine are favorable partners for Alcremie. Toxic, is annoying for Alcremie, but it can be absorbed by Poison- and Steel-types like Salazzle, and Alolan Sandslash as well as Shed Skin Scrafty. Alcremie is bothered by Haze users like Milotic, so it will be essential to knock them out before using Alcremie. Being very susceptible to Trick + Choice Item users, like Florges Delphox or Hoopa Alcremie relies on partners like Espeon as well as Choice item users like Hoopa to deal with them.
[SET CREDITS]
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