Annihilape
[SET]
name: Bulky Taunt
move 1: Drain Punch
move 2: Rage Fist
move 3: Bulk Up
move 4: Taunt
item: Leftovers
ability: Vital Spirit
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Steel / Water / Flying
[SET COMMENTS]
* With Vital Spirit, Annihilape can absorb Breloom's Spore; in addition to being immune to Breloom's Mach Punch, it can set up with Bulk Up and then recover the damage taken from Bullet Seed with Drain Punch.
* Taunt helps you deal with annoying Pokemon like Curse Dondozo, Will-O-Wisp Skeledirge, and Hippowdon, to mention a few, forcing them to attack and boost Rage Fist.
Tera Types
========
**Steel** Steel turns Annihilape's Steel and Fairy weakness into resistances, as well as being an excellent defensive type overall. It lets Annihilape set up freely on Amoonguss, and resisting Flower Trick means Meowscarada has a much harder time revenge killing it.
**Water**: Water doesn't let Annihilape resist one of its weaknesses, but Water is the better general-purpose defensive type. It notably reduces damage from common Pokemon like Dondozo and Aqua Jet Azumarill.
**Flying**: Flying helps a lot to avoid Dondozo's Fissure, forcing it to attack with moves that boost Rage Fist.
EV Spreads
========
**252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe with Jolly**: Maximum Speed mainly helps Annihilape outspeed Gholdengo and Breloom. With Bulk Up and Rage Fist improving its offense, Annihilape can invest in HP over Attack.
**252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe with Careful**: More special bulk can make it much more difficult for special attackers to revenge kill Annihilape.
**252 HP / 156 SpD / 100 Spe with Careful**: This EV spread outspeeds Adamant Breloom and Cloyster while still giving Annihilape good special bulk.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Shadow Claw / Rage Fist
move 4: Ice Punch / Final Gambit
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Vital Spirit / Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Annihilape has enough Speed to surprise important threats with Choice Scarf, such as Dragapult and Meowscarada.
* Shadow Claw is weak, but it's a reliable Ghost-type STAB move. If you can manage to get Annihilape into a weak attack, though, Rage Fist has much more reward associated with it.
* Ice Punch deals massive damage to Garchomp and Dragonite, making them easier to pick off or pressuring them to Terastallize.
* If using maximum HP, Final Gambit can potentially OHKO major defensive threats if Annihilape is healthy, such as Garganacl and Corviknight.
Tera Types
========
**Fighting**: With a Fighting Tera type, Close Combat does outrageous damage, with Rotom-W in particular taking over 90% from it.
**Ghost**: A Ghost Tera type makes Shadow Claw OHKO Dragapult, as well as giving it a 56.3% chance of OHKOing 4 HP Gholdengo.
EV Spreads
========
**4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe**: This simple EV spread is best when not using Final Gambit to maximize offensive power.
**252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe**: While maximizing HP makes Annihilape a less reliable revenge killer, it can effectively sacrifice itself with Final Gambit to get surprise KOs on certain defensive foes, like Corviknight and Garganacl.
Abilities
========
**Vital Spirit**: The immunity to Spore gives Annihilape a good opportunity to switch into Breloom, and it need not worry about Yawn.
**Defiant**: While Intimidate is not particularly common, punishing that and Speed drops can lead to devastating surprise sweeps.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[luisin, 469498], [Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
[SET]
name: Bulky Taunt
move 1: Drain Punch
move 2: Rage Fist
move 3: Bulk Up
move 4: Taunt
item: Leftovers
ability: Vital Spirit
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Steel / Water / Flying
[SET COMMENTS]
* With Vital Spirit, Annihilape can absorb Breloom's Spore; in addition to being immune to Breloom's Mach Punch, it can set up with Bulk Up and then recover the damage taken from Bullet Seed with Drain Punch.
* Taunt helps you deal with annoying Pokemon like Curse Dondozo, Will-O-Wisp Skeledirge, and Hippowdon, to mention a few, forcing them to attack and boost Rage Fist.
Tera Types
========
**Steel** Steel turns Annihilape's Steel and Fairy weakness into resistances, as well as being an excellent defensive type overall. It lets Annihilape set up freely on Amoonguss, and resisting Flower Trick means Meowscarada has a much harder time revenge killing it.
**Water**: Water doesn't let Annihilape resist one of its weaknesses, but Water is the better general-purpose defensive type. It notably reduces damage from common Pokemon like Dondozo and Aqua Jet Azumarill.
**Flying**: Flying helps a lot to avoid Dondozo's Fissure, forcing it to attack with moves that boost Rage Fist.
EV Spreads
========
**252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe with Jolly**: Maximum Speed mainly helps Annihilape outspeed Gholdengo and Breloom. With Bulk Up and Rage Fist improving its offense, Annihilape can invest in HP over Attack.
**252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe with Careful**: More special bulk can make it much more difficult for special attackers to revenge kill Annihilape.
**252 HP / 156 SpD / 100 Spe with Careful**: This EV spread outspeeds Adamant Breloom and Cloyster while still giving Annihilape good special bulk.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: U-turn
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Shadow Claw / Rage Fist
move 4: Ice Punch / Final Gambit
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Vital Spirit / Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Annihilape has enough Speed to surprise important threats with Choice Scarf, such as Dragapult and Meowscarada.
* Shadow Claw is weak, but it's a reliable Ghost-type STAB move. If you can manage to get Annihilape into a weak attack, though, Rage Fist has much more reward associated with it.
* Ice Punch deals massive damage to Garchomp and Dragonite, making them easier to pick off or pressuring them to Terastallize.
* If using maximum HP, Final Gambit can potentially OHKO major defensive threats if Annihilape is healthy, such as Garganacl and Corviknight.
Tera Types
========
**Fighting**: With a Fighting Tera type, Close Combat does outrageous damage, with Rotom-W in particular taking over 90% from it.
**Ghost**: A Ghost Tera type makes Shadow Claw OHKO Dragapult, as well as giving it a 56.3% chance of OHKOing 4 HP Gholdengo.
EV Spreads
========
**4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe**: This simple EV spread is best when not using Final Gambit to maximize offensive power.
**252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe**: While maximizing HP makes Annihilape a less reliable revenge killer, it can effectively sacrifice itself with Final Gambit to get surprise KOs on certain defensive foes, like Corviknight and Garganacl.
Abilities
========
**Vital Spirit**: The immunity to Spore gives Annihilape a good opportunity to switch into Breloom, and it need not worry about Yawn.
**Defiant**: While Intimidate is not particularly common, punishing that and Speed drops can lead to devastating surprise sweeps.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[luisin, 469498], [Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
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