[SET]
name: Leech Seed Stall
move 1: Leech Seed
move 2: Protect
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Taunt / Moonblast
item: Occa Berry / Babiri Berry
ability: Prankster
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 152 Def / 108 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott’s ability Prankster, along with the combination of Leech Seed, Substitute, and Protect, allows it to Leech Seed stall most non-Leech Seed-immune Pokemon, given that it can survive an attack. Protect and Substitute are essential to make the most of Leech Seed recovery, while Protect has the added bonus of being used to scout for moves such as Trick and Taunt, with Prankster Substitute and Taunt serving to neutralize those threats respectively. Taunt also serves the purpose of preventing the use of recovery from opposing Pokemon such as Galarian Corsola and stall Snorlax with the option of Moonblast to help against Pokemon that otherwise beat Whimsicott, such as Urshifu-S, Mandibuzz, and Grass-types such as Rillaboom and opposing Whimsicott. Occa Berry alongside 248 HP EVs, 152 Defense EVs, and a Bold nature allows Whimiscott to always survive Alolan Marowak's Flare Blitz and Choice Specs Rotom-H's Overheat at -2. The remaining EVs are invested into Special Defense for maximum special bulk. Babiri Berry is another option, allowing Whimsicott to set up on Steel-types such as Aegislash and Magnezone. If Babiri Berry is used, an alternative spread of 248 HP / 140 Def / 120 SpD is required to survive against the aforementioned Steel-types, as well as Moonblast from Choice Specs Primarina.
When using Whimsicott, most positive matchups are won by using Leech Seed Turn 1 and alternating between clicking Protect and Substitute. If you survive the first hit, Leech Seed stalling with Protect into Substitute will usually let you regain around 25% every two turns, allowing you to avoid all damage behind a Protect or a Prankster Substitute until the foe has lost its HP. Protect should always be used immediately to scout for Trick from common Choice-item Pokemon such as Rotom-H and Togekiss. If Rotom-H uses Overheat instead of Trick, using Substitute twice on Overheat followed by Leech Seed is optimal to minimize Whimsicott's chance of losing to poor RNG. It should also be noted that Gardevoir is an outlier, as it is a Choice item Trick user that is able to defeat Whimsicott due to Trace, which allows for a Prankster Trick. Whimsicott primarily struggles with Grass-types that are immune to Leech Seed, so Fire-types such as Arcanine and Incineroar make great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps with their weak matchups against Water-types such as Primarina and Dracovish. Whimsicott also struggles with Ice-types and Dark-types not weak to Moonblast such as Avalugg, Galarian Darmanitan, and Incineroar, making Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Sawk great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps them against Fairy-types such as Primarina.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [Mubs, 442711]]
- Quality checked by: [[Waylaid, 474883], [dogknees, 317056]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
name: Leech Seed Stall
move 1: Leech Seed
move 2: Protect
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Taunt / Moonblast
item: Occa Berry / Babiri Berry
ability: Prankster
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 152 Def / 108 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott’s ability Prankster, along with the combination of Leech Seed, Substitute, and Protect, allows it to Leech Seed stall most non-Leech Seed-immune Pokemon, given that it can survive an attack. Protect and Substitute are essential to make the most of Leech Seed recovery, while Protect has the added bonus of being used to scout for moves such as Trick and Taunt, with Prankster Substitute and Taunt serving to neutralize those threats respectively. Taunt also serves the purpose of preventing the use of recovery from opposing Pokemon such as Galarian Corsola and stall Snorlax with the option of Moonblast to help against Pokemon that otherwise beat Whimsicott, such as Urshifu-S, Mandibuzz, and Grass-types such as Rillaboom and opposing Whimsicott. Occa Berry alongside 248 HP EVs, 152 Defense EVs, and a Bold nature allows Whimiscott to always survive Alolan Marowak's Flare Blitz and Choice Specs Rotom-H's Overheat at -2. The remaining EVs are invested into Special Defense for maximum special bulk. Babiri Berry is another option, allowing Whimsicott to set up on Steel-types such as Aegislash and Magnezone. If Babiri Berry is used, an alternative spread of 248 HP / 140 Def / 120 SpD is required to survive against the aforementioned Steel-types, as well as Moonblast from Choice Specs Primarina.
When using Whimsicott, most positive matchups are won by using Leech Seed Turn 1 and alternating between clicking Protect and Substitute. If you survive the first hit, Leech Seed stalling with Protect into Substitute will usually let you regain around 25% every two turns, allowing you to avoid all damage behind a Protect or a Prankster Substitute until the foe has lost its HP. Protect should always be used immediately to scout for Trick from common Choice-item Pokemon such as Rotom-H and Togekiss. If Rotom-H uses Overheat instead of Trick, using Substitute twice on Overheat followed by Leech Seed is optimal to minimize Whimsicott's chance of losing to poor RNG. It should also be noted that Gardevoir is an outlier, as it is a Choice item Trick user that is able to defeat Whimsicott due to Trace, which allows for a Prankster Trick. Whimsicott primarily struggles with Grass-types that are immune to Leech Seed, so Fire-types such as Arcanine and Incineroar make great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps with their weak matchups against Water-types such as Primarina and Dracovish. Whimsicott also struggles with Ice-types and Dark-types not weak to Moonblast such as Avalugg, Galarian Darmanitan, and Incineroar, making Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Sawk great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps them against Fairy-types such as Primarina.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [Mubs, 442711]]
- Quality checked by: [[Waylaid, 474883], [dogknees, 317056]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
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