[SET]
name: Offensive Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Nasty Plot
move 3: Psyshock / Psychic
move 4: Tera Blast
item: Leftovers
ability: Armor Tail
nature: Quiet
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
ivs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Fire / Electric
[SET COMMENTS]
Farigiraf is a relatively niche but potentially very lethal Trick Room sweeper in PU. Although it suffers stiff competition from other, more reliable offensive Psychic-types such as Espeon, Hoopa, and Hisuian Braviary, Farigiraf makes up for it thanks to having incredible bulk, a solid typing that gives it openings to set up on Pokemon like Hoopa, Espeon, and Palossand, and most notably Armor Tail, allowing it to completely bypass Sucker Punch attempts from the likes of Skuntank, Zoroark, and Brute Bonnet as well as other priority moves from Pawmot and Arcanine. Psyshock allows Farigiraf to muscle through specially defensive threats like Goodra and Florges more easily. Psychic is an alternative which gives Farigiraf a tougher matchup against special walls in exchange for allowing it to hit Rhydon without Terastallizing, as well as hitting Amoonguss and Qwilfish harder. With Tera Blast, Farigiraf has a Normal-type STAB move before Terastallizing. Tera Fairy allows Farigiraf to resist Knock Off while also slamming Pokemon like Bombirdier and Tatsugiri with Tera Blast. Tera Fire allows Farigiraf to target otherwise-reliable checks like Alolan Sandslash and Orthworm. Finally, Tera Electric is a more specialized option that allows Farigiraf to hit Milotic and Cramorant.
Farigiraf is a solid option on offense and hyper offense teams looking for a late-game setup sweeper that can turn the tables on an opposing team thanks to Trick Room. Farigiraf can often struggle to take down two of the most common defensive Pokemon in the tier, Milotic and Rhydon. As such, teammates which threaten these two, like Brute Bonnet and Hisuian Decidueye, or have shared checks with Farigiraf, like Arcanine and Delphox, can be useful to get these Pokemon worn down and allow Farigiraf to sweep. Pivots like Bruxish and Jolteon can help Farigiraf find safe positions to set up for a sweep versus Pokemon like Espeon, non-Encore Alolan Ninetales, and Rotom-Heat. Knock Off-resistant teammates like Paldean Tauros-F and Skuntank can be helpful to have due to Farigiraf's extreme weakness to the move, and they can chip down checks like Goodra and Alolan Sandslash into range for Farigiraf. Finally, Farigiraf pairs well with other slow teammates that benefit from Trick Room like Golurk and Glastrier. In fact, Farigiraf can serve as a setter and sweeper for the uncommon dedicated Trick Room teams.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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name: Offensive Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Nasty Plot
move 3: Psyshock / Psychic
move 4: Tera Blast
item: Leftovers
ability: Armor Tail
nature: Quiet
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
ivs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Fire / Electric
[SET COMMENTS]
Farigiraf is a relatively niche but potentially very lethal Trick Room sweeper in PU. Although it suffers stiff competition from other, more reliable offensive Psychic-types such as Espeon, Hoopa, and Hisuian Braviary, Farigiraf makes up for it thanks to having incredible bulk, a solid typing that gives it openings to set up on Pokemon like Hoopa, Espeon, and Palossand, and most notably Armor Tail, allowing it to completely bypass Sucker Punch attempts from the likes of Skuntank, Zoroark, and Brute Bonnet as well as other priority moves from Pawmot and Arcanine. Psyshock allows Farigiraf to muscle through specially defensive threats like Goodra and Florges more easily. Psychic is an alternative which gives Farigiraf a tougher matchup against special walls in exchange for allowing it to hit Rhydon without Terastallizing, as well as hitting Amoonguss and Qwilfish harder. With Tera Blast, Farigiraf has a Normal-type STAB move before Terastallizing. Tera Fairy allows Farigiraf to resist Knock Off while also slamming Pokemon like Bombirdier and Tatsugiri with Tera Blast. Tera Fire allows Farigiraf to target otherwise-reliable checks like Alolan Sandslash and Orthworm. Finally, Tera Electric is a more specialized option that allows Farigiraf to hit Milotic and Cramorant.
Farigiraf is a solid option on offense and hyper offense teams looking for a late-game setup sweeper that can turn the tables on an opposing team thanks to Trick Room. Farigiraf can often struggle to take down two of the most common defensive Pokemon in the tier, Milotic and Rhydon. As such, teammates which threaten these two, like Brute Bonnet and Hisuian Decidueye, or have shared checks with Farigiraf, like Arcanine and Delphox, can be useful to get these Pokemon worn down and allow Farigiraf to sweep. Pivots like Bruxish and Jolteon can help Farigiraf find safe positions to set up for a sweep versus Pokemon like Espeon, non-Encore Alolan Ninetales, and Rotom-Heat. Knock Off-resistant teammates like Paldean Tauros-F and Skuntank can be helpful to have due to Farigiraf's extreme weakness to the move, and they can chip down checks like Goodra and Alolan Sandslash into range for Farigiraf. Finally, Farigiraf pairs well with other slow teammates that benefit from Trick Room like Golurk and Glastrier. In fact, Farigiraf can serve as a setter and sweeper for the uncommon dedicated Trick Room teams.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/yunie.414072/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uberskitty.355061/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ethanlac.391343/
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