[SET]
Assault Vest (Primarina) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
Modest Nature
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Flip Turn
- Psychic Noise
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its good special bulk and defensive typing, Primarina with an Assault Vest can function as a defensive pivot capable of checking powerful special attackers like Mega Latios, Tapu Lele lacking Psyshock, and Volcarona. It can also check some physical attackers like Urshifu-R and Zamazenta. It performs a crucial offensive role alongside its vital defensive role, being able to exert pressure on common defensive backbones like Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and Moltres. Despite Primarina's excellent special bulk, it often competes with less-hazard prone pivots with good longevity like Alomomola and Pecharunt although being able to exert more pressure offensively. Scald is preferred over other Water type attacks like Surf and Hydro Pump as it can potentially burn physical attackers like Melmetal, Kingambit and Mega Scizor, hindering their offensive presence. It also Flip Turn lets Primarina generate momentum for its teammates and pivot out of healthy checks like Galarian Slowking and Ferrothorn. Psychic Noise is a coverage move that allows Primarina to super-effectively target and deny recovery from poison types like Pecharunt, Toxapex and Mega Venusaur on switch in as well as being able to prevent Alomomola from wish-passing. Torrent is the preferred ability as it further increases Primarina's damage output and trading capabilities, allowing it to score a guaranteed OHKO on Tapu Koko and Tornadus-T after Stealth Rock. A Modest nature increases Primarina's damage output, allowing it to OHKO maximum HP invested Landorus-T after Stealth Rock. 176 speed EVs ensure that Primarina outspeeds maximum speed invested Adamant Kingambit.
Primarina fits best on offense and bulky offense teams that appreciate its ability to serve as a specially defensive blanket and pressurize the likes of Gliscor and Heatran. Potent wallbreakers like Mega Diancie and Tapu Lele appreciate Primarina's ability to muscle through the aforementioned defensive Pokemon. In return, they break common defensive backbones in Zapdos and Toxapex that Primarina struggles to force progress against. Powerful wallbreakers and sweepers such as Volcarona, Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R benefit from Primarina's ability to threaten Dragon types, including Dragonite and Mega Latios. Primarina appreciates their ability to threaten Steel types such as Melmetal and Ferrothorn in return. Primarina's glaring weakness to hazards means it appreciates excellent entry-hazard removal options like Great Tusk, Terapagos and Defog Landorus-T. Additionally, Landorus-T can switch into Electric type Pokemon like Tapu-Koko lacking Hidden Power Ice and Raging Bolt that Primarina struggles against defensively, while Great Tusk can switch into common physical attackers such as Kingambit and Mega Tyranitar. In return, Primarina can comfortably switch into wallbreakers like Iron Valiant and Mega Latios, which the former removal options struggle against. Viable revenge killers such as Zamazenta, Mega Lopunny and Weavile are also appreciated as they threaten defensive staples that Primarina cannot consistently pressurize like Ferrothorn and Slowking-Galar. As a teammate, Primarina can prevent defensive pieces that check the aforementioned revenge killers like Mega Venusaur and Pecharunt from remaining healthy. Primarina also struggles against Grass types such as Ogerpon-W and Serperior, which means that Grass type resists such as Dragonite and Melmetal are appreciated. In return, Primarina acts as a check to Fire types, notably Volcarona and Heatran that Melmetal cannot defensively answer and as a check to certain revenge killers such as Urshifu-R and Tapu Lele in the case of Dragonite.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/retereereeeree.652550/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/medasus.632421/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ineros.658067/
Assault Vest (Primarina) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
Modest Nature
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Flip Turn
- Psychic Noise
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its good special bulk and defensive typing, Primarina with an Assault Vest can function as a defensive pivot capable of checking powerful special attackers like Mega Latios, Tapu Lele lacking Psyshock, and Volcarona. It can also check some physical attackers like Urshifu-R and Zamazenta. It performs a crucial offensive role alongside its vital defensive role, being able to exert pressure on common defensive backbones like Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and Moltres. Despite Primarina's excellent special bulk, it often competes with less-hazard prone pivots with good longevity like Alomomola and Pecharunt although being able to exert more pressure offensively. Scald is preferred over other Water type attacks like Surf and Hydro Pump as it can potentially burn physical attackers like Melmetal, Kingambit and Mega Scizor, hindering their offensive presence. It also Flip Turn lets Primarina generate momentum for its teammates and pivot out of healthy checks like Galarian Slowking and Ferrothorn. Psychic Noise is a coverage move that allows Primarina to super-effectively target and deny recovery from poison types like Pecharunt, Toxapex and Mega Venusaur on switch in as well as being able to prevent Alomomola from wish-passing. Torrent is the preferred ability as it further increases Primarina's damage output and trading capabilities, allowing it to score a guaranteed OHKO on Tapu Koko and Tornadus-T after Stealth Rock. A Modest nature increases Primarina's damage output, allowing it to OHKO maximum HP invested Landorus-T after Stealth Rock. 176 speed EVs ensure that Primarina outspeeds maximum speed invested Adamant Kingambit.
Primarina fits best on offense and bulky offense teams that appreciate its ability to serve as a specially defensive blanket and pressurize the likes of Gliscor and Heatran. Potent wallbreakers like Mega Diancie and Tapu Lele appreciate Primarina's ability to muscle through the aforementioned defensive Pokemon. In return, they break common defensive backbones in Zapdos and Toxapex that Primarina struggles to force progress against. Powerful wallbreakers and sweepers such as Volcarona, Ogerpon-W and Urshifu-R benefit from Primarina's ability to threaten Dragon types, including Dragonite and Mega Latios. Primarina appreciates their ability to threaten Steel types such as Melmetal and Ferrothorn in return. Primarina's glaring weakness to hazards means it appreciates excellent entry-hazard removal options like Great Tusk, Terapagos and Defog Landorus-T. Additionally, Landorus-T can switch into Electric type Pokemon like Tapu-Koko lacking Hidden Power Ice and Raging Bolt that Primarina struggles against defensively, while Great Tusk can switch into common physical attackers such as Kingambit and Mega Tyranitar. In return, Primarina can comfortably switch into wallbreakers like Iron Valiant and Mega Latios, which the former removal options struggle against. Viable revenge killers such as Zamazenta, Mega Lopunny and Weavile are also appreciated as they threaten defensive staples that Primarina cannot consistently pressurize like Ferrothorn and Slowking-Galar. As a teammate, Primarina can prevent defensive pieces that check the aforementioned revenge killers like Mega Venusaur and Pecharunt from remaining healthy. Primarina also struggles against Grass types such as Ogerpon-W and Serperior, which means that Grass type resists such as Dragonite and Melmetal are appreciated. In return, Primarina acts as a check to Fire types, notably Volcarona and Heatran that Melmetal cannot defensively answer and as a check to certain revenge killers such as Urshifu-R and Tapu Lele in the case of Dragonite.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/retereereeeree.652550/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/medasus.632421/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ineros.658067/
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