Primarina (フィローネ Firone (Faron), M) @ Primarium-Z
Nature: Modest
Ability: Torrent
IVs: 31/0/31/31/31/17(HT)
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Sp. Attack, 6 Speed
Moves:
- Perish Song
- Ice Beam
- Moon Blast
- Sparkling Aria (Oceanic Operetta)
My left hand lead and the main reason I made this team. I enjoy shiny hunting when I’m not playing the Tree and I bred this shiny Primarina about a week ago (right before the HA starters were released). After taking all day to level him to Hyper Train his Speed IV (something I could have done in under an hour in ORAS (seriously screw levelling this generation)) I decided to give him a go in the Tree. Max special attack for maximum power, max HP for increased survivability and 6 speed EVs to outspeed other Primarina. Ice Beam and Moon Blast for coverage and STAB for the latter. Perish Song is very handy for dealing with annoying stally Pokemon the team struggles with like Ferrothorn, and for using against the last 2 Pokemon in case I potentially have a bad matchup that I’d lose against otherwise. A lot of my victories have been due to Perish Song KOs. Sparkling Aria for Z-Nuking stuff and hitting through subs. I could have gone for something else but I really just wanted to use Primarina’s unique Z-Move as I never did it in Moon and I just like watching the animation. Nicknamed after Faron, the water dragon from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Cacturne (ハーリー Harley, M) @ Focus Sash
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Water Absorb
IVs: 31/31/31/X/31/31
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Attack, 6 Defence
Moves:
- Sucker Punch
- Drain Punch
- Spiky Shield
- Seed Bomb
My right hand lead. Cacturne is one of my favourite grass types but he does have several flaws in the Tree. While he has decent power he’s extremely slow and frail so he’s almost always guaranteed to go last and be brought down to his Sash if not KOd, and his coverage isn’t the best with his only good physical STAB moves being Sucker Punch and Seed Bomb. I originally chose him because I needed something that wouldn’t take damage from Primarina’s Sparkling Aria and, thanks to Water Absorb, he was the only Pokemon I had that could do so without having to use Protect. I wasn’t expecting him to do as well as he’s been doing but he’s been pulling his weight and getting a surprising amount of KOs. In the battle against Blue he was the only Pokemon left standing at the end. Spiky Shield for obvious reasons which I use turn 1 99% of the time, and Drain Punch (originally Low Kick) for coverage although I’ve been considering changing it to Brick Break as Screeners have been an issue. Nicknamed after Harley, my favourite character from the Pokemon anime whose signature Pokemon was Cacturne.
Lopunny (バージニア Virginia, F) @ Lopunnite
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Limber > Scrappy
IVs: 31/31/31/X/31/31
EVs: 0/252/6/0/0/252
Moves:
- Low Kick
- Return
- Ice Punch
- Fake Out
The same Lopunny set I used in my Moon 110 win team. Kind of standard Mega Lopunny set with Return and Low Kick for STAB and Ice Punch for coverage. Fake Out for obvious flinching with max attack and speed for maximum killing power. I really didn’t have any other Mega to use for this team so I picked Lopunny as she’s done well for me in the past and she’s been doing well again. Nicknamed Virginia purely because I like the name and use it for all my Lopunny. My old team Lopunny was nicknamed Pleinair however she was actually the second Lopunny I bred on Moon as my first didn’t have Low Kick. That first Lopunny was named Virginia and was on that team for 92 wins. This Lopunny is number 3.
Tapu Koko (カプ・コケコ Kapu Kokeko) @ Choice Specs
Nature: Timid
Ability: Electric Surge
IVs: 31/0/HT/HT/31/31
EVs: 0/0/0/252/6/252
Moves:
- Grass Knot
- Thunderbolt
- Dazzling Gleam
- Volt Switch
Another returning face from my first team. Standard Specs-Koko. Again I don’t really have a lot of Pokemon I can use that don’t require Z-Moves or Trick Room so I picked Tapu Koko. Thunderbolt and Dazzling Gleam for STAB with Volt Switch for switching (which is very rarely used as Koko isn’t a lead this time) and Grass Knot for coverage. I might switch Specs for Life Orb as being locked into a move is what caused me to lose my original streak. No nickname as it’s the shiny event one.
Before Tapu Koko was added to the team I had Sableye in its place.
