Leafeon (Update)

franky · Aug 13, 2009

Status: Complete / Grammar check please!

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/leafeon
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[OVERVIEW]

Leafeon is difficult to handle as a sweeper thanks to its nearly unresisted coverage and auspicious stat distribution. This cute little cat smashes through prominent physical walls such as Slowbro, Donphan, and Milotic, and only has approximately three solid counters (Registeel, Steelix, and Weezing). Unlike other UU sweepers, Leafeon doesn't suffer from one-dimensionality, as it can also run two very effective defensive sets. Considering all of these factors, Leafeon is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the UU metagame.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Double-Edge
move 4: Synthesis / Quick Attack
item: Life Orb
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

With good Speed and Attack, Leafeon is capable of sweeping with a Swords Dance under its belt. In contrast to other Swords Dance sweepers such as Venusaur, Leafeon's niche is to obtain a Swords Dance boost on physical attackers due to its enormous base 130 Defense. Furthermore, Leafeon boasts great type coverage in its movepool; in UU, Grass / Normal is only resisted by Registeel, Shedinja, and Drifblim.

Leaf Blade is Leafeon's obligatory STAB move, which is capable of OHKOing frequently used physical walls such as Slowbro, Milotic, and Donphan after a Swords Dance. Noteworthy physical walls who Leafeon cannot OHKO are Miltank and Steelix, but they are both 2HKOed and cannot damage Leafeon substantially. Double-Edge is its primary attacking move against Flying-, Grass-, and Fire-types, who will often try to switch into a resisted Leaf Blade. To demonstrate Double-Edge's power, it can OHKO Moltres and 252 HP Venusaur after a Swords Dance boost. It also deals around 60% to defensive Arcanine, which means it can be OHKOed with a little residual damage and Stealth Rock. Additionally, Double-Edge grabs the clean 2HKO on specially defensive Weezing after a single boost.

The final slot comes down to two choices: Synthesis and Quick Attack. Synthesis is preferred as it allows Leafeon to offset residual damage and recoil taken from Double-Edge and Life Orb. Given its high Speed and ability to threaten many Pokemon, Leafeon can find itself using Synthesis repeatedly. Quick Attack can be a great option to strike frail and fast Pokemon; but generally, it will not OHKO unless the target has been weakened substantially.

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

Stealth Rock support is essential since it makes it much tougher for Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type Pokemon such as Moltres, Scyther, and Altaria to repeatedly switch into Leafeon.

Dugtrio makes a great partner alongside Leafeon because it can trap and 2HKO Registeel with Earthquake. Due to Leafeon's enormous 130 base Defense and high Speed, Registeel is much more likely to Thunder Wave than Iron Head, which gives Dugtrio an easier time switching in. Another defensive threat is Weezing, who can Haze Leafeon's Swords Dances, cut its attack with Will-O-Wisp, or attack with Sludge Bomb. Pairing Leafeon with Flash Fire users such asit sweep.

[SET]
name: Baton Pass
move 1: Baton Pass
move 2: Roar / Synthesis
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Leaf Blade
item: Leftovers
nature: Jolly
evs: 132 HP / 4 Atk / 120 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Leafeon is one of the few Pokemon who can Baton Pass effectively due to its high Speed and exceptional Defense. Roar foils phazers such as Steelix or Drapion who would otherwis eattempt to phaze Leafeon's boost before it can be passed. Synthesis can replace Roar if you prefer Leafeon to heal instead of stopping enemy phazers. Although Grasswhistle is an alternative to shut down slower Taunt users, its 55% accuracy is a huge drawback—Leafeon can't afford a miss. Leaf Blade rounds out the set with an obligatory STAB attack; even with minimal EV investment, it can do surprisingly high damage Slowbro, Donphan, and Milotic, and only has approximately three solid counters (Registeel, Steelix, and Weezing). Unlike other UU sweepers, Leafeon doesn't suffer from one-dimensionality, as it can also run two very effective defensive sets. Considering all of these factors, Leafeon is one of the most versatile Pokemon in the UU metagame. Houndoom and Ninetales can potentially help after a Swords Dance.

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

Max Speed EVs allow Leafeon to Speed tie with Pokemon in the base 95 Speed category, which is especially important against Houndoom and Drapion. 132 HP and 120 Def helps itthat Baton Pass users have problem with. To demonstrate Leafeon's bulk, a Jolly Life Orb Ambipom's Fake Out will only deal 33.55% - 39.80%.

Leafeon’s attempt to pass a Swords Dance boost may benefit from dual screens. Uxie makes an exceptional dual screen user due to its bulky stat distribution and fair Speed. After it drops both Reflect and Light Screen, it can U-turn to safely switch in Leafeon. Uxie can also set up Stealth Rock to help your Baton Pass recipient score crucial OHKOs. As for receivers, Rhyperior is one of the best thanks to Leafeon's ability to draw in Registeel, making it easier for Rhyperior to set up Rock Polish.

[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Yawn / Roar / Heal Bell
move 4: Leaf Blade
item: Leftovers
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Leafeon can be extremely effective in the UU tier when it comes to physical walling thanks to its convenient resistances to Grass-, Water-, and Ground-type attacks, along with a staggering 130 base Defense to take on a number of potent physical threats including Feraligatr, Azumarill, Dugtrio, and Torterra. What really puts the icing on the cake is having a reliable recovery move,a niche that other physical walls tend to lack.

To demonstrate Leafeon’s bulkiness, here are some calculations:

<ul class=”damage_calculation”>
<li>Azumarill Ice Punch vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 35.93% - 42.51%</li>
<li>+2 Feraligatr Ice Punch vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 50.90% - 59.88%</li>
<li>+1 Dugtrio Stone Edge vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 27.84% - 32.93%</li>
<li>Torterra Stone Edge vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 23.05% - 27.25%</li>
</ul>

Leafeon has some useful support moves in its arsenal: Wish, Protect, Yawn, Roar, and Heal Bell. As a natural physical wall, Wish is too good to pass up in this set because it supports the entire team, and acts as a reliable recovery move in conjunction with Protect. If Leafeon is itself from a potential OHKO. Yawn plays like a reliable scouting move, which quickly identifies the opponents' teams and generally helps you form strategies in the long run. If Sleep Clause is in effect, Leafeon will be unable to phaze the foe with Yawn, so Roar is a good alternative. Heal Bell allows Leafeon to clean the entire team from possible status problems.

On the last slot, Leaf Blade provides Leafeon a way to dish out good damage to Pokemon such as Feraligatr and Azumarill, both of whom are 2HKOed by Leaf Blade. At certain times,switch in more often compared to the previous sets because this Leafeon is limited to only Leaf Blade as an attack; as such, Return could be an alternative over Yawn.

[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]

Running Synthesis / Yawn / Roar / Leaf Blade as the moveset allows Leafeon to circle through teams by alternating between Roar and Yawn to rack up entry hazard damage and potentially reveal your opponent's entire team. Synthesis fits in because it acts as an instant recovery move, as opposed to Wish which takes two turns. This version can perform much better with entry hazards on the field to rack up damage overtime.

A simple 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe spread with a Jolly nature can also be used. Combined with Leafeon's high Speed and great bulk on the physical end, this spread can act as a reliable switch-in to Pokemon such as Swords Dance Feraligatr, Absol, and Hitmonlee. Leafeon can switch into their assaults and threaten them with a STAB Leaf Blade before taking a hit.

Having Spikes and Stealth Rock on the field at the same time is helpful for the entire team due to the fact that Leafeon is capable of forcing many switch-outs, thanks to Yawn and its ability to pose a threat to certain physical sweepers. Stealth Rock is more important than Spikes in general because Fire-types will switch in most of the time, and taking 25% per switch in can be very helpful in preventing them from countering Leafeon with impunity.

To prevent Fire-types, Blaziken and Magmortar in particular, from recklessly switching in on Leafeon and wreaking havoc, Milotic serves as a great partner to take them on. Milotic is capable of surviving Fire Blast followed up by Superpower from Blaziken and Fire Blast followed up by Thunderbolt from Magmortar, and can then OHKO them back with Surf. Overall, Grass and Water are a great defensive core, and tend to have excellent synergy together.

Despite its 252 HP EVs, Leafeon is rather naked on the special defensive side, meaning thatit. Chansey, with its great special bulk, can handle a significant portion of the special sweepers in the UU metagame. Adding in Registeel can help against Mismagius, one of the specially-inclined Pokemon which Chansey can't beat. Registeel is also capable of setting up Stealth Rock while hitting Mismagius with Iron Head until it faints.

[Team Options]

Stealth Rock support is absolutely required on the sweeper sets because it allows Leafeon to grab the crucial OHKOs on defensive Flying-types such as Moltres. Spikes are not necessarily required, but it increases the chances of OHKOing sturdier walls, such as Miltank and Steelix. In a tier where Rapid Spin users are common, packing a Pokemon to beat them is absolutely required. Rotom is a great Rapid Spin blocker thanks to its convenient resistances and immunities to common Rapid Spinners' STAB attacks, and Will-O-Wisp can foil Donphan's attempt to smack it with Assurance.

Leafeon's type coverage is excellent because Steel-types are not as common in the UU tier as they are in the OU tier. There are two Steel-types who currently reside in the UU tier: Registeel and Steelix. Having two Steel-types is good news for Leafeon because it makes its job much easier when they are gone. Packing Dugtrio will help you remove them from play, thanks to Arena Trap. Do not switch in Dugtrio recklessly because its physical frailty means it cannot take repeated hits from both Registeel and Steelix. There are several options to bring it in safely: U-turn or a switch in on Stealth Rock or Thunder Wave from Steelix and Registeel respectively. Choice Band Dugtrio can then proceed to 2HKO both of them.

Status moves such as Thunder Wave or Will-O-Wisp are a pain in the neck to Leafeon because it renders the little verdant useless the entire match. If you're afraid of Leafeon's Attack being cut down or its Speed being reduced, packing a Heal Bell user such as Altaria will help cleanse its status. Since Altaria resists Leafeon's weakness to Bug- and Fire-type attacks, finding time to switch in Altaria shouldn't be difficult.

Weezing is the best counter to Leafeon thanks to its jaw-dropping base 120 Defense, resistance to Grass, STAB Sludge Bomb, and access to Will-O-Wisp. Packing a strong Psychic-type such as Mesprit or Alakazam help scare the little gas away because it's much weaker to special attacks. Running Calm Mind Mesprit or Alakazam help keep the offensive tempo that Leafeon brings running. Since Leafeon is normally seen on offensive teams, fitting in Mesprit or Alakazam will be no trouble.

[Optional Changes]

Leafeon has three useful support moves that were not mentioned yet: Knock Off, Charm, and Tickle. Knock Off helps remove the foe's items, while both Charm and Tickle work in the same manner: softening physical attackers' hits and generally forcing the opponent to switch-out to rack up entry hazard damage. Curse seems interesting, but you'll need to invest plenty of Special Defense EVs to get the best out of the set.

[Counters]

Weezing is the best Leafeon counter, as even a boosted Double-Edge will fail to OHKO. It can then strike back with Sludge Bomb or Will-O-Wisp. Without Stealth Rock on the field, Houndoom and Arcanine can switch into Leafeon and threaten it with their STAB attacks. If Leafeon does not have Quick Attack, then faster Pokemon such as Espeon or Swellow can come in and force Leafeon to switch out. Registeel completely walls Leafeon thanks to its pure Steel-typing, and has access to Thunder Wave to neutralize Leafeon's beloved Speed.

Yuelia · Aug 13, 2009

Some fixes, mostly grammatical stuff:

franky said:
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Return
move 4: Quick Attack / X-Scissor / Synthesis
item: Life Orb
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

With good Speed and Attack, Leafeon is capable of sweeping with Swords Dance under its belt. In contrast to the other Swords Dance sweepers, Leafeon's niche is to set up Swords Dance on weaker physical attackers due to its enormous Base 130 Defense (removed bit of extraneous text here). Furthermore, Leafeon boasts great type coverage in its movepool; Bug / Grass / Normal is only resisted by Registeel and Drifblim (Drifblim is 48th in July usage statistics and may become UU soon, and even if not, it's still worth mentioning) in the UU tier. To take this all in account, Leafeon is a potent physical threat in the UU tier.

Your primary move in this slot is Swords Dance; once you apply it, your Attack exponentially increases to an outstanding 829 (with Life Orb applied), which is enough to 2HKO a large portion of the UU tier. Leaf Blade is your obligatory STAB move, which is capable of OHKOing (removed "the") frequently used physical walls like Slowbro, Milotic, and Donphan with Swords Dance activated. Other noteworthy physical walls you might miss a crucial OHKO on are Miltank and Steelix; however, if they decide to switch-in on a boosted Leaf Blade, they will suffer a 2HKO. Return is your primary attacking move against Flying-types, who will more often switch-in on your precious Leaf Blade to resist the hit. However, considering the circumstances (what "circumstances"? Elaborate on this), Leafeon is capable of 2HKOing any Flying-types (with the exception of Swellow) in the UU tier, with a Leaf Blade followed up with Return.

The final slot comes down to three choices: Quick Attack, X-Scissor, and Synthesis. The UU tier is home to fast Pokemon such as Swellow, Espeon, Sceptile, and Dugtrio, who can potentially ruin your sweep. Therefore, Quick Attack can be a great option to neutralize these threats, although you may fail to KO them unless they have been weakened first (preferably 60% and lower). On multiple occasions, you’ll find that X-Scissor is more useful when you want to snag the clean 2HKO on Tangrowth, where Return can only muster a 4HKO. Synthesis grants Leafeon the ability to retaliate some health loss from previous beatings.

Stealth Rock support is essential to Leafeon’s sweep due to the amount of Flying-types in this tier who will resist your STAB attack. (removed "seemingly enough", as that sounds more like opinion than fact) Defensive Flying-types like Moltres are a huge threat to Leafeon, but Stealth Rock will greatly restrict their opportunities to switch in. Therefore, Leafeon is highly capable of 2HKOing Flying-types (with the exception of Swellow) with a little support from Stealth Rock.

An ideal partner you would want for Leafeon is (removed "for") someone who will dispose of Registeel. As such Dugtrio makes a great partner alongside Leafeon because it can trap and 2HKO Registeel with Earthquake. Leafeon’s enormous base Defense draws attention to Registeel, therefore the opponent is unlikely to use Iron Head. Leafeon’s Speed is the second main attraction of the set; as such Registeel will lean towards using Thunder Wave, giving Dugtrio an easier time to switch-in. Although this tactic might be a little risky, you can always bring in Dugtrio when Registeel's HP is rather reduced. Another defensive threat is Weezing, who will easily utilize Haze to remove your Swords Dance boost and can counteract by using Will-O-Wisp to weaken your physical hits. If you want to remain intact with your offensive mindset, pairing Leafeon with Flash Fire users like Houndoom and Ninetales can do the trick. The Flash Fire boost can potentially help them sweep. A boosted Fire Blast from Houndoom can OHKO standard Weezing. (As mentioned above, mention Drifblim here and note team options to help deal with that.)

franky · Aug 13, 2009

I cant mention Drifblim yet until its deemed UU, but caught the errors thanks.

Stellar · Aug 13, 2009

franky said:
I cant mention Drifblim yet until its deemed UU, but caught the errors thanks.

You can most certainly mention NU Pokemon in UU analyses. You just can't write about NU Pokemon in the context of an NU metagame.

franky · Aug 14, 2009

Added second set and revamped it. Also, I'll add in Drifblim reference when I have everything posted.

Xia · Aug 15, 2009

Baton Pass + Roar

Leafeon is one of the few that can Baton Pass efficiently due to its exceptional Speed and great Defense. In addition to this, upon the possibility of pHazers potentially switching in to blow away your boosts, Roar is what sets Leafeon apart from its fellow Baton Pass users to overcome these potent threats. Roar demonstrates volumes of success to this set, which allows Leafeon to foil pHazers from utilizing Roar / Whirlwind and allowing you to use Baton Pass to your recipient without breaking a sweat. The fact that Leafeon can traverse across the unforgiving phazers in such a meager effort [this entire phrase doesn't make sense; I would reccomend something along the lines of "so easily counter pHazers"] is yet another testament to his ability to Baton Pass efficiently. On top of Leafeon’s rare and excellent support moves, Leafeon can take advantage of Swords Dance in conjunction with its good Attack to utilize a bone shattering STAB Leaf Blade on weaker Pokemon.

The EVs are allocated to give Leafeon max Speed, which generally lets you speed tie with Pokemon in the base 95 Speed category. 132 HP and 120 Def helps you take priority hits better, which is something Baton Pass users have problem with. To demonstrate the bulk Leafeon provides, a Jolly Ambipom with Life Orb under its belt will only deal a measly 33.55% - 39.80% [with what attack?].

Leafeon’s attempt to send a Swords Dance boost can be made easier with a little help from dual screens [anything after this word was run on, even with a semicolon]. Uxie makes an exceptional dual screen user due to its bulky stat distribution and fair Speed. After it drops Reflect and Light Screen, you can advance to your next move by using U-turn to safely bring in Leafeon. Although your tactic might be foiled easily because your Baton Pass recipient can sometimes fail to OHKO the opponent’s Pokemon, Stealth Rock support is essential to help your receiver score those crucial OHKOs [I wouldn't mention anything that doesn't apply directly to Leafeon in the individual set comments].

You have a habit of interchanging the pronouns it and his for Leafeon; I would suggest sticking to one to keep from confusing the reader. Not a half bad second set, though.

franky · Aug 15, 2009

Thanks for the check Xia, I made more things clear if you didn't understand some of them.

franky · Aug 17, 2009

Added set 3, edits needed.

haunter · Aug 17, 2009

In the "counters" section of the last set you should add Drifblim again, considering that it resists Leaf Blade and is immune to Flail. Also, among the potential counters I'd mention speed boost Yanmega, which will always beat Leafeon if it switches in on the turn it Substitutes or uses Swords Dance.

boltscore · Aug 17, 2009

franky said:
[SET]
name: SubSalac Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Fail <-Flail
move 4: Leaf Blade
item: Salac Berry
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

This is a slight variation from the Swords Dance set, instead this set aims to accomplish a Speed boost from Salac Berry and overwhelm the opposition with your impressive type coverage. Send Leafeon on something that would normally switch-out and advance by using Substitute. Behind a Substitute, things can take a turn for the worse for your opponent, as you can establish a Swords Dance boost while you simultaneously using Substitute each time your opponent breaks it, to the point you can achieve a Speed boost from Salac Berry.

Flail compliments your STAB move Leaf Blade, because almost nothing can resist a Normal / Grass combination in the UU tier. Aforementioned in the previous sets, only Registeel can resist this near invincible type coverage and with Registeel out of the picture, expect to see debris of fainted Pokemon once you have a Speed and Attack boost under your belt. With a potential boost from Swords Dance behind a 200 BP Flail, you have a 46.15% chance of scoring a (potential<-remove, redundancy) OHKO on 252 HP / 252 Def Weezing with Stealth Rock in play. Other noteworthy Pokemon you can crush with those potential boosts mentioned are Venusaur, Drapion, and Moltres.

Adamant nature is essential to the set because it allows Leafeon to score those vital OHKOs on those physical walls mentioned. With an Adamant nature, your speed firmly sits at 433 after the activation of Salac Berry, which is enough to outpace Pokemon with Choice Scarf on the base 90 speed tier. Although Jolly nature might be another option to speed-tie with the other Pokemon in the base 95 speed tier, you’ll miss out some crucial OHKOs, which is greatly required in this set.

Due to the fact that Leafeon is capable of scoring a OHKO on Weezing, Stealth Rock support is greatly required to achieve that because without it, Leafeon has 0% chance of scoring a OHKO.

The previous sentence does not make sense. You should say that Leafeon needs Stealth Rock in order to have a chance at OHKOing Weezing.

This style of play needs to be functioned properly at low health to take full advantage of the Salac Berry boost, Flail’s BP, and a potential Swords Dance boost. (Despite having<-despite doesn't make sense; Because Leafeon has...) to run down your health to rely on sweeping, Leafeon is greatly exposed to priority users, which can potentially kill him in one hit. As such, acknowledging and removing these priority users early in the match will greatly help Leafeon sweep. It is recommended that you don’t reveal Leafeon in early stages of the match, but instead reveal him later after you briefly browse through your opponent’s team with a reliable shuffler. Leafeon can work exceptionally well with Steelix because he is regarded as one of the best shufflers in the UU tier due to its impregnable defense – which helps him cushion hits simultaneously from the physical side. In addition to this, Steelix also has Stealth Rock, which helps Leafeon sweep in the long run. Combine all of this, Steelix makes a great partner and can provide excellent synergy for the entire team.

A Choice Scarf Rotom can deal with Hitmontop and Ambipom exceptionally well thanks to Rotom’s beloved Ghost-typing, which helps it make a safe switch-in to Fake Out and Mach Punch (respectively<-if you do say respectively, swap the order of Fake Out and Mach Punch (make it Mach Punch and Fake Out). But you could just delete the word). At any given time, Rotom can come in deliver a devastating blow with Thunderbolt to OHKO them with Stealth Rock down or use Will-O-Wisp to cripple their physical hits. Although there are harder subjects who wield stronger priority hits to touch upon on such as Azumarill, Honckrow, and Absol(;<-a comma instead of a semicolon) Weezing can come in (and) stop them most of the time. Weezing is capable of taking a multitude of their attacks and strike back with Will-O-Wisp to weaken their physical blows. On several occasions, you can snag the kill when their HP is significantly low.

Registeel is bad news for this set because it completely walls your attacks, and getting rid of Registeel early in the match is a huge accomplishment, which generally helps Leafeon sweep late game without breaking a sweat. Previously mentioned, Dugtrio is a great partner for several reasons. Firstly, Arena Trap is its god sent ability because it ensures you remove Registeel the entire match and prevent it from switching out. Secondly, Registeel is unable to KO you with Iron Head and Dugtrio can make a sneaky switch-in to Thunder Wave. Although, sneaking in Dugtrio might be tough due to its meager defenses, having a U-turn user like Uxie can help bring Dugtrio in safely. Regardless, the quicker option to Registeel's removal is predicting a Thunder Wave from Registeel.

franky · Aug 17, 2009

Thanks for the check, revamped the Stealth Rock section because it was rushed. I added Yanmega reference to that section Haunter, thanks for the mention

franky · Aug 21, 2009

Added Last set, grammar check needed. Also, I'll finish the rest soon.

Yuelia · Aug 22, 2009

Some minor fixes to the last set:

franky said:
[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Yawn/Roar/Knock Off
move 4: Leaf Blade
item: Leftovers
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 6 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Leafeon can be extremely effective in the UU tier when it comes to physical walling thanks to its convenient resistances to Grass- and Ground-type attacks, along with a staggering 130 Base Defense to take on a number of potent physical threats. Some of these threats include Feraligatr, Azumarill, Dugtrio, and Torterra. What really puts the icing on the cake in this set (removed comma) is having a reliable recovery move, something other physical walls tend to lack.
(Tangrowth often carries Synthesis, making the statement that was here somewhat misleading.)

To demonstrate Leafeon’s bulkiness here are some calculations:

<pre>
Azumarill, max Attack Ice Punch vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 35.93% - 42.51%
Jolly +2 Feraligatr, max Attack Ice Punch vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 50.90% - 59.88%
Adamant +1 Dugtrio, max Attack Stone Edge vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 27.84% - 32.93%
Adamant Torterra, max Attack Stone Edge vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 23.05% - 27.25%
</pre>
(In the above calculations, what items are the attackers holding?)

Leafeon has some useful support moves in its arsenal: Wish, Protect, Roar, Knock Off, and Yawn. As a natural physical wall, Wish is too good to pass up in this set because it supports the entire team ("as a whole" is redundant here), and acts as a reliable recovery move in conjunction with Protect. If you are faced with potential Explosion user such as Registeel, Protect is a great move to save yourself from a potential OHKO. Yawn plays like a reliable scouting move, which quickly identifies the opponents' teams and generally helps you form strategies in the long run.(Note here why Roar and Knock Off can be useful; Yawn may be unable to phaze if Sleep Clause is active or if they stay in for that reason, while Knock Off is fairly self-explanatory.)

The last slot is allocated to Leaf Blade, providing Leafeon a way to dish out good damage (removed text here) to Pokemon like Feraligatr and Azumarill, both of which are 2HKOed by Leaf Blade. At certain times you’ll find that Fire-types will switch-in more often than the previous sets because you're limited to one form of attack; as such Return could be an alternative over Yawn so you’re not regarded as an easy switch-in. Although it’s not recommended that you stay in and use Return on Fire-types, but instead use Return to predict a Fire-type switch-in to hurt them.

Having Spikes and Stealth Rock (removed Toxic Spikes reference) on the field at the same time could be helpful for the entire team due to the fact that Leafeon is capable of forcing switch-outs, thanks to Yawn/Roar and its ability to pose a threat to certain physical sweepers. Stealth Rock is more important than Spikes in general because Fire-types will switch-in most of the time and taking 25% (removed "and more") per switch-in can be very helpful in preventing them from countering Leafeon with impunity.

To prevent Fire-types from recklessly switching in on Leafeon and starting to wreck havoc, Milotic serves as a great partner to take on Blaziken and Magmortar in particular. Milotic is capable of surviving a Fire Blast followed up by Superpower from Blaziken and Fire Blast followed up by Thunderbolt from Magmortar, and can OHKO them back with Surf. Overall, a Grass- and Water-type is a great defensive core, and tend to have excellent synergy together.

Despite having 252 HP EVs, Leafeon is rather weak on the special defensive side meaning most special attacks will either 2HKO or OHKO him. As such, Chansey can handle a significant portion of the special sweepers in the UU metagame. Upon the arrival of Pokemon like Mismagius – which is one of the specially inclined Pokemon Chansey can't beat – Registeel can be a great alternative to deal with Mismagius. Registeel is capable of setting up Stealth Rock while hitting Mismagius with constant Iron Heads until it faints.

Xia · Aug 23, 2009

While quickly skimming, I noticed that you capitalize base, even when not using the term "Base Power". Base should only be capitalized when part of that term; otherwise, just leave it uncapitalized.

franky · Aug 23, 2009

Finished after 1 week, updated Physical Wall thanks to Malk. Edits required if needed.

Thund91 · Aug 23, 2009

franky said:
Weezing is the best counter to Leafeon currently thanks to its jaw-dropping Base 140 Defense, resistance to its precious STAB Attack and access to Will-O-Wisp to foil your sweep. Packing a strong Psychic-type like Mesprit or Espeon help scare the little gas away because its a little weak to special based attacks. Running a Calm Mind Mesprit and Espeon help keep a good offensive pace if you pair it with Leafeon. Since Leafeon is normally running on offensive teams, fitting in both Mesprit or Espeon will be no trouble.

Weezing has base 120 Defense.

d2m · Aug 23, 2009

You might want to re-name the Baton Pass set just "Baton Pass" and slash Wish with Roar, it's remarkably effective. Wish not only recovers you, but can give your BP recipient a free switch in.

whistle · Aug 24, 2009

hey this is more of a prose / "does it sound good" check than a grammar check but i think the edits make the analysis sound more professional and cleaner. the analysis kind of looks like a "christmas tree" (as flashstorm said after I went through his analysis) but I highly highly recommend you put the majority of these changes in because there's lots of awkward phrasing and weird sentence structure right now.

red = delete
blue = add
green = comments

also some ideas for changes to the content
- rather than just mentioning things that can kill registeel / weezing (what if it's shed shell registeel) perhaps mention things that can take advantage of these pokemon to set up or do damage, like hitmonlee / donphan for registeel.
- why did you nuke the wish supporter / wall set's speed? its 95 speed sets it apart from walls like tangrowth and lets it hit lots of pokemon in the 70-80 range first which can be useful. its 130 base defense is pretty good even without much investment.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Leaf Blade
move 3: Return
move 4: Quick Attack / X-Scissor / Synthesis
item: Life Orb
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

With good Speed and Attack, Leafeon is capable of sweeping with Swords Dance under its belt. In contrast to the other Swords Dance sweepers perhaps mention them by name (Venusaur most notably), Leafeon's niche is to establish a Swords Dance boost on weaker physical attackers due to its enormous Base 130 Defense. Furthermore, Leafeon boasts great type coverage in its movepool; Bug / Grass / Normal is only resisted by Registeel in the UU tier. To take this all in account, Leafeon is a potent physical threat in the UU tier.

Your primary move in this slot is Swords Dance, once you apply it, your Swords Dance increases Leafeon's Attack exponentially(,) increases to an outstanding 829 (with Life Orb applied), which is enough to 2HKO a large portion of the UU tier. Leaf Blade is your its obligatory STAB move, which is capable of OHKOing frequently used physical walls like Slowbro, Milotic, and Donphan with after a Swords Dance activated. Other (N)oteworthy physical(s) walls you might miss a the crucial OHKO on are Miltank and Steelix; however, if they decide to switch-in on a boosted Leaf Blade, they will suffer a 2HKO. Return is your its primary attacking move against Flying-types, who will more often switch-in on your precious Leaf Blade to resist the hit. However, considering the circumstances of Flying-types switching in on your STAB move, Leafeon is capable of 2HKOing any Flying-type(s) (with the exception of Swellow) in the UU tier, with a Leaf Blade following followed up with Return.

The final slot comes down to three choices: Quick Attack, X-Scissor, and Synthesis. The UU tier is inhabited with fast Pokemon such as Swellow, Espeon, Sceptile, and Dugtrio, who can potentially ruin your sweep. Therefore, Quick Attack can be a great option to neutralize these threats, although the only way you’ll make a surefire OHKO is to have their health significantly low (preferably 60% and lower). On multiple occasions, you’ll find that X-Scissor is more useful when you want to snag the clean 2HKO on Tangrowth, where Return can only muster a 4HKO. Synthesis grants Leafeon the ability to retaliate regain some health loss lost from previous beatings.

Stealth Rock support is essential to Leafeon’s sweep due to the amount of Flying-types in this tier who will resist your its STAB attack. Defensive Flying-types like Moltres are a huge threat to Leafeon(,) but with Stealth Rock in play, it will greatly restrict their opportunities from to switch(ing) in. Aforementioned, As mentioned above, Leafeon is highly capable of 2HKOing most UU Flying-types (with the exception of Swellow) with a little support from Stealth Rock support.

An ideal partner you would want for Leafeon is someone a Pokemon who will can remove Registeel from existance play. As such(,) Dugtrio makes a great partner alongside Leafeon because it can trap and 2HKO Registeel with Earthquake. Leafeon’s enormous Base Defense draws attention to Registeel, therefore the opponent is unlikely to using Iron Head. Leafeon’s Speed is the second main attraction of the set; as such Registeel will lean towards using Thunder Wave, giving Dugtrio an easier time to switch-in. Due to Leafeon's enormous 130 base defense and high speed, Registeel is much more likely to Thunder Wave than Iron Head, which gives Dugtrio an easier time switching in. Although this tactic might be a little tricky, you can always bring in Dugtrio when Registeel's HP is rather reduced. Another defensive threat is Weezing, who will easily utilize Haze to remove your Swords Dance boost and can counteract by using use Will-O-Wisp to weaken your physical hits. If you want to remain intact with your offensive mindset, (P)airing Leafeon with Flash Fire users like Houndoom and Ninetales can do the trick. The Flash Fire boost can potentially help them sweep. A boosted Fire Blast from Houndoom can OHKO standard Weezing. (does he need the FF boost? LO FB hurts...)

[SET]
name: Baton Pass + Roar
move 1: Baton Pass
move 2: Roar
move 3: Swords Dance
move 4: Leaf Blade
item: Leftovers
nature: Jolly
evs: 132 HP / 120 Def / 4 Atk / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Leafeon is one of the few Pokemon that can Baton Pass efficiently due to its exceptional high Speed and great exceptional Defense (seems like "exceptional" is better than "great"). In addition to this, upon Due to the possibility of pHazers potentially switching in to blow away your boosts, Roar is what sets Leafeon apart from its fellow Baton Pass users to overcome these potent threats. Roar demonstrates volumes of success to this set, which allows Leafeon to foil pHazers from utilizing Roar / Whirlwind and allowing you to use Baton Pass to your recipient without breaking a sweat. Although Grasswhistle could be is an alternative to shut down Taunt users, the its 55% accuracy is the a huge drawback and (--) Leafeon can't possibly afford a miss. The fact that Leafeon can traverse across phazers in such a meager effort is yet another testament to his ability to Baton Pass efficiently. On top of Leafeon’s rare and excellent support moves, Leafeon can take advantage of Swords Dance in conjunction with its good Attack to utilize a bone shattering STAB Leaf Blade on weaker Pokemon. (this whole last part is kind of just extra words IMO -- you've already explained why Roar is useful. just add a sentence saying Leaf Blade is obligatory STAB) Leaf Blade rounds out the set with an obligatory STAB attack; even with minimal EV investment, after a Swords Dance, it can do surprisingly high damage.

The EVs are allocated to give Leafeon max Speed, which generally lets you speed tie with Pokemon in the base 95 Speed category. 132 HP and 120 Def helps you take priority hits better, which is something Baton Pass users have problem with. To demonstrate the bulk Leafeon provides, a Jolly Ambipom's Fake Out with Life Orb under its belt will only deal a measly 33.55% - 39.80%. erm... why 132/120 specifically? since he has 130 base defense wouldn't just giving 252 HP be better?

Leafeon’s attempt to send pass a Swords Dance boost can improve may benefit with a little help from dual screens. Uxie makes an exceptional dual screen user due to its bulky stat distribution and fair Speed. After it drops Reflect and Light Screen, you can advance to your next move by using it can U-turn to safely bring in Leafeon. Although your tactic might be foiled easily because your Baton Pass recipient can sometimes fail to OHKO the opponent’s Pokemon, Stealth Rock support is essential to help your receiver score those crucial OHKOs. Uxie can also set up Stealth Rock to help your Baton Pass recipient score crucial OHKOs.

[SET]
name: SubSalac Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Flail
move 4: Leaf Blade
item: Salac Berry
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

This is a slight variation from of the Swords Dance set, instead this set and aims to accomplish get a Speed boost from Salac Berry and overwhelm the opposition with your impressive type coverage a strong STAB attack and high-powered Flail (Grass/Normal is nothing to write home about... it seems like this set is more about FLAIL 200 BP OMG). Send Leafeon on something that would normally switch-out and advance by using Substitute. Behind a Substitute, things can take a turn for the worse for your opponent, as you can establish a Swords Dance boost while you simultaneously using Substitute each time your opponent breaks it, to the point you can achieve a Speed boost from Salac Berry Leafeon can safely use Swords Dance while substituting down to Salac Berry activation and proceeding to sweep.

Flail compliments your STAB move Leaf Blade, because almost nothing can resist a Normal / Grass combination in the UU tier. Aforementioned in the previous sets, only Registeel can resist this near invincible type coverage and with Registeel out of the picture, After Registeel is out of the picture, expect to see debris of fainted Pokemon once you have a Speed and Attack boost under your belt. With a potential boost from Swords Dance behind a 200 BP Flail, you have a 46.15% chance of scoring a OHKO on 252 HP / 252 Def Weezing with Stealth Rock in play. Other noteworthy Pokemon you can crush with those potential boosts mentioned are Venusaur, Drapion, and Moltres.

An Adamant nature is essential to the set because it allows Leafeon to score those vital OHKOs on those physical walls mentioned (you only mentioned Weezing...?). With an Adamant nature, your speed firmly sits at 433 after the activation of Salac Berry, which is enough tooutpacePokemon with Choice Scarf on the base 90 speed tier neutral-natured base 90 Pokemon with a Choice Scarf. Although Jolly nature might be another option to speed-tie with the other Pokemon in the base 95 speed tier, you’ll miss out some crucial OHKOs, which is greatly required in this set. (awkward phrasing so I rephrased it. also Houndoom / Arcanine / Yanmega aren't really scarfed while Timid Scarf Roserade + Scarf Rotom are more important to mention) Although a Jolly nature is an option to beat positive-natured base 90 Choice Scarfers in addition to Choice Scarf Rotom, it misses out on several crucial OHKOs and is not recommended.

Stealth Rock support is greatly required for several reasons. First(ly), it helps by hindering Yanmega's switch-in opportunities because when your HP is reduced from one Substitute, Flail's power is rather weak to dish out any good damage on 104 Def Yanmega. (uh the previous reasoning doesn't make much sense... if you mean that a Flail after just one Sub won't do much to Yanmega, why can't you just Sub down to Salac anyways?) Secondly, the Stealth Rock support can benefit Leafeon's sweep and as previously mentioned, it needs Stealth Rock to OHKO Weezing otherwise you'll miss out on a vital OHKO without Stealth Rock down.

This style of play needs to be functioned properly at low health to take full advantage of the Salac Berry boost, Flail’s BP, and a potential Swords Dance boost. (I'm not going to red-ify the previous sentence but I don't know what it means) Because Leafeon has to run down your its health to rely on sweeping sweep, Leafeon it is greatly exposed to priority users, which can potentially kill him in one hit once he is fully set up. As such, acknowledging and removing these priority users early in the match will greatly help Leafeon sweep. It is recommended that you don’t reveal Leafeon in early stages of the match, but instead reveal him later after you briefly browse through your opponent’s team with a reliable shuffler. Leafeon can work exceptionally well with Steelix because he is regarded as one of the best shufflers in the UU tier due to its impregnable defense – which helps him cushion hits simultaneously from the physical side. (maybe mention that this core is bulky on the physical side but relatively weak on the special side especially to fire attacks) In addition to this, Steelix also has Stealth Rock, which helps Leafeon sweep in the long run. Combine all of this, Steelix makes a great partner and can provide excellent synergy for the entire team.

A Choice Scarf Rotom can deal with Hitmontop and Ambipom exceptionally well thanks to Rotom’s beloved Ghost-typing, which helps it make allows it a safe switch-in to Fake Out or Mach Punch. At any given time, Rotom can come in deliver a devastating blow with Thunderbolt to OHKO them with Stealth Rock down (erm... I don't think Ambipom is OHKOd by Scarf Thunderbolt and I'm nearly positive Hitmontop isn't) or use Will-O-Wisp to cripple their physical hits. (I don't understand the rest of the paragraph here. Are you saying that "there are other priority users who are stopped by Weezing so Weezing should be a teammate" or something completely different?) Although there are harder subjects who wield stronger priority hits to touch upon on such as Azumarill, Honckrow, and Absol, Weezing can come in and stop them most of the time. Weezing is capable of taking a multitude of their attacks and strike back with Will-O-Wisp to weaken their physical blows. On several occasions, you can snag the kill when their HP is significantly low.

Registeel is bad news for this set because it completely walls your attacks, and getting rid of Registeel early in the match is a huge accomplishment, which generally helps Leafeon sweep late game without breaking a sweat. As (p)reviously mentioned, Dugtrio is a great partner for several reasons. Firstly, Arena Trap is its god sent ability because it ensures you remove Registeel the entire match and prevent it from switching out. Secondly, Registeel is unable to KO you with Iron Head and Dugtrio can make a sneaky switch-in to Thunder Wave. (you said this all) Although(,) sneaking in Dugtrio might be tough due to its meager defenses, having a U-turn user like Uxie can help bring Dugtrio in safely. Regardless, the quicker option to Registeel's removal is predicting a Thunder Wave from Registeel.

[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Yawn / Roar
move 4: Leaf Blade
item: Leftovers
nature: Impish
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 6 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Leafeon can be extremely effective in the UU tier when it comes to physical walling thanks to its convenient resistances to Grass-, Water-, and Ground-type attacks, along with a staggering 130 Base Defense to take on a number of potent physical threats. Some of these threats include including Feraligatr, Azumarill, Dugtrio, and Torterra. What really puts the icing on the cake in this set is having a reliable recovery move, something other physical walls tend to lack.

To demonstrate Leafeon’s bulkiness here are some calculations:

<pre>
Azumarill, max Attack Ice Punch w/ Leftovers vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 35.93% - 42.51%
Jolly +2 Feraligatr, max Attack Ice Punch w/ Life orbvs Orb. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 50.90% - 59.88%
Adamant +1 Dugtrio, max Attack Stone Edge vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 27.84% - 32.93%
Adamant Torterra, max Attack Stone Edge w/ Leftovers vs. max HP / max Def Leafeon: 23.05% - 27.25%
</pre>

Leafeon has some useful support moves in its arsenal: Wish, Protect, Yawn and Roar. As a natural physical wall, Wish is too good to pass up in this set because it supports the entire team, and acts as a reliable recovery move in conjunction with Protect. If you are faced with an potential Explosion user such as Registeel, Protect is a great move to save yourself from a potential OHKO. Yawn plays like a reliable scouting move, which quickly identifies the opponents' teams and generally helps you form strategies in the long run. If Sleep Clause is in effect, you are unable to pHaze the foe with Yawn, as such Roar is another good alternative. Although you will miss out the chance on making your opponent sleep with Yawn. (well only if they sacrifice someone to sleep... you can still Yawn before they do that. so maybe clarify that.)

The last slot is allocated to Leaf Blade, providing Leafeon a way to dish out good damage to Pokemon like Feraligatr and Azumarill, both of which are 2HKOed by Leaf Blade. At certain times you’ll find that Fire-types will switch-in more often than the previous sets because you're limited to one form of attack; as such Return could be an alternative over Yawn so you’re not regarded as an easy switch-in. Although it’s not recommended that you stay in and use Return on Fire-types, but instead use Return to predict a Fire-type switch-in to hurt them.

Having Spikes and Stealth Rock on the field at the same time could be helpful for the entire team due to the fact that Leafeon is capable of forcing switch-outs, thanks to Yawn and its ability to pose a threat to certain physical sweepers. Stealth Rock is more important than Spikes in general because Fire-types will switch-in most of the time and taking 25% per switch-in can be very helpful in preventing them from countering Leafeon with impunity.

To prevent Fire-types from recklessly switching in on Leafeon and starting to wreck havoc, Milotic serves as a great partner to take on Blaziken and Magmortar in particular. Milotic is capable of surviving a Fire Blast followed up by Superpower from Blaziken and Fire Blast followed up by Thunderbolt from Magmortar, and can OHKO them back with Surf. Overall, a Grass- and Water-type is a great defensive core, and tend to have excellent synergy together.

Despite having 252 HP EVs, Leafeon is rather naked on the special defensive side meaning most special attacks will either 2HKO or OHKO him. As such, Chansey can handle a significant portion of the special sweepers in the UU metagame. Upon the arrival of Pokemon like Mismagius – which is one of the specially inclined Pokemon Chansey can't beat – Registeel can be a great alternative to deal with Mismagius. Registeel is capable of setting up Stealth Rock while hitting Mismagius with constant Iron Heads until it faints.

[Team Options]

Stealth Rock support is absolutely required on the sweeper sets because it allows Leafeon to grab the crucial OHKOs on defensive Flying-types like Moltres. Spikes and Toxic Spikes (they don't help you OHKO stuff much...) are not necessarily required, but it increases the chances of OHKOing sturdier walls, like Miltank and Steelix. In a tier where Rapid Spin users are common, packing someone to beat these guys are absolutely required. Rotom is a great Rapid Spin blocker thanks to its convenient resistances and immunities to common Rapid Spinner's attacks, coupled with Will-O-Wisp to foil Donphan's attempt to smack you with Assurance.

Aforementioned, As previously mentioned, Leafeon's type coverage is excellent in the UU tier because Steel-types are not as common in the UU tier unlike as in the OU tier. There are two Steel-types who currently reside in the UU tier: Registeel and Steelix. Having two Steel-types is good news for Leafeon because it makes his job much easier when they are gone. Packing Dugtrio will help you remove them from play, thanks to Arena Trap. Do not switch-n Dugtrio recklessly because its rather weak defensively to take physical frailty means it cannot take repeated hits from both Registeel and Steelix. There are several options to bring him in safely: bring Dugtrio in safely on a U-turn or switch-in on Stealth Rock or Thunder Wave from Steelix and Registeel respectively. This way you can 2HKO both Registeel and Steelix with Choice Band slapped to it.

Status moves like Thunder Wave or Will-O-Wisp are a pain in the neck to Leafeon because it renders the little verdant useless the entire match. If you('re) afraid of getting your Attack cut down or getting your Speed reduced, packing a Heal Bell user like Altaria will help cleanse his status. Since Altaria compliment's resists its Leafeon's weakness to Fire-type attacks, finding time to switch-in Altaria shouldn't be difficult.

Weezing is the best counter to Leafeon currently thanks to its jaw-dropping Base 120 Defense, resistance to its precious STAB Attack and access to Will-O-Wisp to foil your its sweep. Packing a strong Psychic-type like Mesprit or Espeon help scare the little gas away (lol) because its a little weak to special based attacks it's much weaker to specially-based attacks. Running a Calm Mind Mesprit and Espeon help keep a good offensive pace if you pair it with Leafeon. Since Leafeon is normally running on offensive teams, fitting in both Mesprit or Espeon will be no trouble.

[Opinion]

Leafeon is a complex to handle as a sweeper thanks to its nearly unresisted coverage in the UU tier, coupled with a natural sweeper stats sweeper-oriented stat spread(,) and an unusual(ly) high 130 Base Def to cushion priority hits. This cute little cat is arguably one of the most dangerous sweepers in UU because he can sweep unprepared teams at near-inconceivable ease and jump astonishing levels over frequently used (the phrasing was awkward) a moment's notice, smashing through prominent physical walls like Slowbro, Donphan, and Milotic. The fact that Leafeon approximately has approximately 3 solid counters (Registeel, physical(ly) defensive Steelix, and Weezing) gives Leafeon an easier time to run circles on unprepared teams. Unlike some of the sweepers in the UU tier, Leafeon does not shrink from the idea of being one dimensional. It can run two defensive sets, which help support the team as a whole. Combine all of this, Considering all of these factors, Leafeon is one of the more versatile Pokemon both out of all the Eevee evolutions and in the UU metagame. (not quite sure about the both/in in this last sentence)

[Other Options]

Leafeon has three useful support moves that were not mentioned in the analysis: Knock Off, Charm, and Tickle. Knock Off helps remove the foes items, while both Charm and Tickle work in the same manner which helps soften physical attackers hits and generally force the opponent to switch-out to rack up entry hazard damage. Curse is an interesting option to run, but you'll need to invest plenty of Special Defense EVs to get the best out of the set.

[EVs]

216 EVs help outpace base 90 Pokemon which give you a couple of EVs left to allocate it to Defense to get the best out of cushioning physical hits. Most of the time you'll want to run max Attack and max Speed on the sweeper sets. The physical wall sets need to max out both HP and Defense to get the best out of walling those threats mentioned.

[Counters]

UU: Weezing is the best counter currently because Leafeon can't do much to it with good bulk. Even a boosted Return fails to dish out any good damage and Weezing can easily use Pain Split to get its HP back or use Will-O-Wisp to weaken your physical hits. With Stealth Rock down, Weezing can potentially OHKO Leafeon with Fire Blast. Without Stealth Rock on the field, Moltres and Yanmega can come in to threaten Leafeon with their respective STAB moves. Without Quick Attack, faster Pokemon like Espeon or Swellow can come in and force it to switch-out. Registeel completely walls it thanks to its pure Steel-typing which allow Registeel to use Thunder Wave to render it nearly useless the entire match, and has access to Thunder Wave to neutralize Leafeon's beloved speed.

OU: Crobat can use its high Speed to Taunt or Whirlwind Leafeon, and with STAB Flying attacks and a 4x Grass resist, it easily beats Leafeon one on one. Salamence can switch in with ease and ruin all of Leafeon’s plans as well. Pokémon like Choice Scarf Heracross, Infernape, Heatran, Staraptor and Gengar that outspeed Leafeon(,) can switch into Leaf Blade without concern, and can hit Leafeon for major damage should be avoided as well. Leafeon cannot do any sort of much damage to Skarmory, Bronzong, Metagross, Jirachi or any other Steel-type for that matter, but they are all easily bypassed with a quick Swords Dance pass.

franky · Aug 24, 2009

Thank you whstle, although honestly, all of this color coding really makes it hard to edit and such. But I'll manage, will implement it soon.

Edit: Thanks for cutting the fat and getting to the bones of the analysis dude.. i just finished adding the things in. Although some parts I didn't agree on, but 90% of your edits were changed.

- why did you nuke the wish supporter / wall set's speed? its 95 speed sets it apart from walls like tangrowth and lets it hit lots of pokemon in the 70-80 range first which can be useful. its 130 base defense is pretty good even without much investment.

Wall set needs a revamp mainly to take on those threats mentioned. The speed isn't really important to hit things with a poor Attack typing (grass). More defense to take hits and kill things that are important.

whistle · Aug 24, 2009

yeah I know, sorry :(. if it makes it easier for you I can take all the stuff that's colored red and green out (so the stuff I removed and the comments) and post that. and if you disagree with some of the changes you can edit the original stuff back in? (I have nothing better to do)

EDIT: The final slot comes down to three choices: Quick Attack, X-Scissor, and Synthesis. The UU tier is inhabited with by fast Pokemon such as Swellow, Espeon, Sceptile, and Dugtrio, who which can potentially ruin your sweep. Therefore, Quick Attack can be a great option to neutralize these threats, although the only way you’ll make a surefire OHKO is to have their health significantly low (preferably 60% and lower). On multiple occasions, you’ll find that X-Scissor is more useful when you want to snag the clean 2HKO on Tangrowth, where Return can only muster a 4HKO. Synthesis grants Leafeon the ability to regain some health lost from previous beatings.

franky · Aug 24, 2009

Nevermind, it was actually easier !

franky · Aug 29, 2009

Bumping this because I added Reverbs version of physical wall. The paragraph is highlighted in blue so feel free to find some grammar mistakes or add some missing info on it.

User 12783 · Aug 29, 2009

This set can run Synthesis / Yawn / Roar / Leaf Blade as an alternate option, as it allows Leafeon to circle through teams by alternating between Roar and Yawn to rack up entry hazard damage and potentially reveal your opponent's entire team. Synthesis would fit because it acts as an instant recovery move, as suppose to Wish which takes two turns to replenish your health. This version can perform much better with entry hazards on the field to rack up damage.

Other then that, nice job.

Reverb · Aug 30, 2009

Yeah franky, you got all the stuff I posted about that Leafeon set added in properly

whistle · Aug 30, 2009

hi

I edited one of my posts earlier with this but I was sneaky so you missed it

The final slot comes down to three choices: Quick Attack, X-Scissor, and Synthesis. The UU tier is inhabited with by fast Pokemon such as Swellow, Espeon, Sceptile, and Dugtrio, who which can potentially ruin your sweep. Therefore, Quick Attack can be a great option to neutralize these threats, although the only way you’ll make a surefire OHKO is to have their health significantly low (preferably 60% and lower). On multiple occasions, you’ll find that X-Scissor is more useful when you want to snag the clean 2HKO on Tangrowth, where Return can only muster a 4HKO. Synthesis grants Leafeon the ability to regain some health lost from previous beatings.

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