[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Giga Drain / Leaf Storm
move 4: Aura Sphere / Recover
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMENTS]
After a Nasty Plot boost, Celebi becomes a dangerous wallbreaker and late-game cleaner in the UU tier. It also has an amazing defensive typing allowing it to check prominent Pokemon in the UU tier such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Slowbro. However, Celebi's typing also burdens it with a 4x weakness to Bug-type moves, which leaves it forced out by common U-turn users like Mienshao, Zarude, and Scyther. Celebi also suffers minor 4MSS with all the coverage or utility options it wants to run to get past its checks. Giga Drain is generally preferred if used alongside a third coverage option, as the recovery helps it check foes like Keldeo and Rotom-W more easily. If Recover is used to alleviate this then Leaf Storm is worth considering for its extra damage output, notably letting it pick off foes like Obstagoon more easily and picking up the OHKO on Slowbro without needing a boost. Aura Sphere allows Celebi to punish Zarude on the switch-in, threaten the OHKO on Bisharp and Obstagoon, break through Incineroar and Steel-types like Copperajah and Bronzong, and help it muscle past Chansey, particularly Heavy-Duty Boots variants. Earth Power is an option over Aura Sphere, which does slightly more damage to foes like Incineroar and Escavalier and gives it more immediate power against foes like Chandelure and Doublade; however, it leaves it walled by Zarude and Bronzong. U-turn is an option that 2HKOs Zarude and opposing Celebi while generating momentum off the aforementioned checks and bring in a partner more suited to pressure them. Pollen Puff can be considered over it's Grass STAB to KO Zarude on the switch-in and help deal with opposing Celebi while maintaining the coverage to hit Slowbro super-effectively and Bronzong neutrally; however, it isn't very useful outside of these matchups. Life Orb greatly bolsters Celebi's damage output, notably letting it 2HKO Heavy-Duty Boots Chansey with Aura Sphere and break through sturdier foes like Assault Vest Copperajah more easily. Colbur Berry is an option that helps Celebi take on Dark-types like Bisharp and Choice Scarf Krookodile better but it is worth noting Zarude and Incineroar still threaten to KO Celebi with U-turn and Flare Blitz respectively.
Galarian Weezing can help check common U-turn users like Zarude and Mienshao for Celebi. Galarian Weezing can also use Corrosive Gas to remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots from Incineroar, Assault Vest from Galarian Slowbro, and Eviolite from Chansey, so that Celebi can break through them more easily. Sylveon can provide Celebi with Wish support, which is greatly appreciated on sets using Life Orb or lacking Recover. Sylveon can also check common revenge killers to Celebi like Noivern and Mienshao. Alolan Marowak can remove Chansey and Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong for Celebi and they help remove their shared check being Incineroar. In return, Celebi can remove foes like Rhyperior and Seismitoad for Alolan Marowak to spam Flare Blitz more easily. Cobalion and Rhyperior can provide Stealth Rock support to wear down foes like Escavalier and Copperajah into range of Celebi's attacks. Cobalion can also help check Bisharp, Mamoswine, and Zarude, while Rhyperior can pivot into Noivern and Incineroar. Rhyperior can also help check Noivern and lure in and remove Zarude with Megahorn. In return, Celebi can pressure bulky Water-types like Slowbro and Rotom-W for them. Slowbro, Keldeo, and Noivern can bring Celebi in safely against foes like Rhyperior and opposing Slowbro to find more opportunities to set up a Nasty Plot, the latter two also being able to check Golisopod. Late-game cleaners like Doublade and Mimikyu appreciate Celebi's wallbreaking potential to weaken or remove their checks like Escavalier, Rotom-W, and Incineroar.
[SET]
name: Offensive Wallbreaker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Leaf Storm
move 3: Aura Sphere / Earth Power
move 4: Recover
item: Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMENTS]
This Celebi set focuses on firing off strong Life Orb-boosted attacks to break through its checks, while providing the defensive utility to pivot into common Pokemon in the tier like Keldeo and Starmie. Leaf Storm is Celebi's strongest Grass-type STAB move, notably chunking foes that resist it such as Bisharp, Cobalion, and Doublade. Aura Sphere gives Celebi the coverage to break past Incineroar and Steel-types like Copperajah. It also guarantees the OHKO on Obstagoon and discourages Zarude from safely pivoting into it. Earth Power is an option that hits foes like the aforementioned Incineroar harder than Aura Sphere, as well as giving it more immediate strength to threaten Chandelure, Doublade, and Alolan Marowak; however, it leaves Celebi unable to punish foes like Zarude. Recover provides Celebi with reliable recovery to check foes like Keldeo and Rotom-W more easily and it helps offset the recoil damage from Life Orb.
Galarian Weezing and Escavalier can help check Zarude for Celebi, as it struggles to break through variants running Synthesis. They can also remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots from Pokemon such as Incineroar and Mantine making them vulnerable to entry hazards for Celebi to break past them more easily. Celebi struggles to break past Specially Defensive walls like Chansey and Umbreon, so partners like Terrakion, Lycanroc-D, and Heracross make great partners. Krookodile and Rhyperior can set up Stealth Rock to weaken foes like Copperajah and offensive Sylveon into range of Celebi's attacks. Rhyperior can also help check revenge killers to Celebi like Noivern and Talonflame. Klefki can provide Spikes support to also help wear down these foes, check Noivern and Zarude for Celebi, as well as cripple faster foes like Terrakion with Thunder Wave allowing Celebi to beat them more easily. Incineroar, Noivern, and Darmanitan can provide Celebi with opportunities to wallbreak by bringing it in safely against foes like Rhyperior and Rotom-W via U-turn. Late-game cleaners like Doublade, Kingdra, Mimikyu, and Sharpedo appreciate Celebi being able to pressure or remove foes like Sylveon and bulky Water-types like Slowbro and Rotom-W.
[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Psychic
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Stealth Rock
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 32 SpD / 224 Spe
[SET COMENTS]
Thanks to Celebi's natural bulk and expansive movepool it can provide a lot of utility to teams that need to check threats like Keldeo, non-Megahorn Virizion, and Rotom-W while compressing the role of a Stealth Rock user. Psychic is necessary if Celebi wishes to keep its entry hazards up against Galarian Weezing, a very common Defog user within the tier. U-turn allows Celebi to generate momentum against foes like Obstagoon, Zarude, and Bronzong that it commonly invites in. Recover provides Celebi with reliable recovery to handle foes like Keldeo consistently. Thunder Wave is an option over Stealth Rock to cripple foes like Noivern and Chandelure on the switch-in. Aura Sphere alongside a Colbur Berry could be considered over U-turn to pressure Dark- and Steel-types like Bisharp and Obstagoon; however, it should only be used if extremely weak to these foes as it struggles to find space to fit this coverage option easily. The Speed EVs make Celebi slower than opposing Celebi to generate momentum with U-turn while still outspeeding threats like Mimikyu.
Due to Celebi's struggle to fit Grass STAB it struggles to pressure Slowbro and Milotic well, so it appreciates having partners that can take advantage of them from the free pivots it provides. Heliolisk, Alolan Marowak, and Heracross make great partners for this reason. Heracross can also take advantage of Zarude and Krookodile for Celebi. Rhyperior can help check Flying-types like Scyther, Noivern, and Talonflame that threaten Celebi. It can also open up the slot for Rhyperior to run alternative coverage options over Stealth Rock. Galarian Weezing can help check Zarude, as well as provide Toxic Spikes support, which is helpful to wear down bulky Water-types like Milotic and Jellicent, so that Celebi can force them out easier. Rotom-W and Slowbro can bring Celebi in safely to find opportunities to set up Stealth Rock and help check foes like Mamoswine. Slowbro can also help ease the matchup against foes like Terrakion and Lycanroc-D. Incineroar can form a pivot core with Celebi, help break through Steel-types like Escavalier and Copperajah, and check Ghost-types like Alolan Marowak and Chandelure. Umbreon and Chansey can help with Special Attackers like Polteageist, Noivern, and Ice Beam Starmie that give Celebi trouble. Galarian Slowbro can help deal with Choice Specs Sylveon and Gardevoir that use Celebi as a free opportunity to fire off strong attacks otherwise.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [Lilburr, 481709]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Giga Drain / Leaf Storm
move 4: Aura Sphere / Recover
item: Leftovers / Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMENTS]
After a Nasty Plot boost, Celebi becomes a dangerous wallbreaker and late-game cleaner in the UU tier. It also has an amazing defensive typing allowing it to check prominent Pokemon in the UU tier such as Keldeo, Rotom-W, and Slowbro. However, Celebi's typing also burdens it with a 4x weakness to Bug-type moves, which leaves it forced out by common U-turn users like Mienshao, Zarude, and Scyther. Celebi also suffers minor 4MSS with all the coverage or utility options it wants to run to get past its checks. Giga Drain is generally preferred if used alongside a third coverage option, as the recovery helps it check foes like Keldeo and Rotom-W more easily. If Recover is used to alleviate this then Leaf Storm is worth considering for its extra damage output, notably letting it pick off foes like Obstagoon more easily and picking up the OHKO on Slowbro without needing a boost. Aura Sphere allows Celebi to punish Zarude on the switch-in, threaten the OHKO on Bisharp and Obstagoon, break through Incineroar and Steel-types like Copperajah and Bronzong, and help it muscle past Chansey, particularly Heavy-Duty Boots variants. Earth Power is an option over Aura Sphere, which does slightly more damage to foes like Incineroar and Escavalier and gives it more immediate power against foes like Chandelure and Doublade; however, it leaves it walled by Zarude and Bronzong. U-turn is an option that 2HKOs Zarude and opposing Celebi while generating momentum off the aforementioned checks and bring in a partner more suited to pressure them. Pollen Puff can be considered over it's Grass STAB to KO Zarude on the switch-in and help deal with opposing Celebi while maintaining the coverage to hit Slowbro super-effectively and Bronzong neutrally; however, it isn't very useful outside of these matchups. Life Orb greatly bolsters Celebi's damage output, notably letting it 2HKO Heavy-Duty Boots Chansey with Aura Sphere and break through sturdier foes like Assault Vest Copperajah more easily. Colbur Berry is an option that helps Celebi take on Dark-types like Bisharp and Choice Scarf Krookodile better but it is worth noting Zarude and Incineroar still threaten to KO Celebi with U-turn and Flare Blitz respectively.
Galarian Weezing can help check common U-turn users like Zarude and Mienshao for Celebi. Galarian Weezing can also use Corrosive Gas to remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots from Incineroar, Assault Vest from Galarian Slowbro, and Eviolite from Chansey, so that Celebi can break through them more easily. Sylveon can provide Celebi with Wish support, which is greatly appreciated on sets using Life Orb or lacking Recover. Sylveon can also check common revenge killers to Celebi like Noivern and Mienshao. Alolan Marowak can remove Chansey and Steel-types like Escavalier and Bronzong for Celebi and they help remove their shared check being Incineroar. In return, Celebi can remove foes like Rhyperior and Seismitoad for Alolan Marowak to spam Flare Blitz more easily. Cobalion and Rhyperior can provide Stealth Rock support to wear down foes like Escavalier and Copperajah into range of Celebi's attacks. Cobalion can also help check Bisharp, Mamoswine, and Zarude, while Rhyperior can pivot into Noivern and Incineroar. Rhyperior can also help check Noivern and lure in and remove Zarude with Megahorn. In return, Celebi can pressure bulky Water-types like Slowbro and Rotom-W for them. Slowbro, Keldeo, and Noivern can bring Celebi in safely against foes like Rhyperior and opposing Slowbro to find more opportunities to set up a Nasty Plot, the latter two also being able to check Golisopod. Late-game cleaners like Doublade and Mimikyu appreciate Celebi's wallbreaking potential to weaken or remove their checks like Escavalier, Rotom-W, and Incineroar.
[SET]
name: Offensive Wallbreaker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Leaf Storm
move 3: Aura Sphere / Earth Power
move 4: Recover
item: Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMENTS]
This Celebi set focuses on firing off strong Life Orb-boosted attacks to break through its checks, while providing the defensive utility to pivot into common Pokemon in the tier like Keldeo and Starmie. Leaf Storm is Celebi's strongest Grass-type STAB move, notably chunking foes that resist it such as Bisharp, Cobalion, and Doublade. Aura Sphere gives Celebi the coverage to break past Incineroar and Steel-types like Copperajah. It also guarantees the OHKO on Obstagoon and discourages Zarude from safely pivoting into it. Earth Power is an option that hits foes like the aforementioned Incineroar harder than Aura Sphere, as well as giving it more immediate strength to threaten Chandelure, Doublade, and Alolan Marowak; however, it leaves Celebi unable to punish foes like Zarude. Recover provides Celebi with reliable recovery to check foes like Keldeo and Rotom-W more easily and it helps offset the recoil damage from Life Orb.
Galarian Weezing and Escavalier can help check Zarude for Celebi, as it struggles to break through variants running Synthesis. They can also remove items like Heavy-Duty Boots from Pokemon such as Incineroar and Mantine making them vulnerable to entry hazards for Celebi to break past them more easily. Celebi struggles to break past Specially Defensive walls like Chansey and Umbreon, so partners like Terrakion, Lycanroc-D, and Heracross make great partners. Krookodile and Rhyperior can set up Stealth Rock to weaken foes like Copperajah and offensive Sylveon into range of Celebi's attacks. Rhyperior can also help check revenge killers to Celebi like Noivern and Talonflame. Klefki can provide Spikes support to also help wear down these foes, check Noivern and Zarude for Celebi, as well as cripple faster foes like Terrakion with Thunder Wave allowing Celebi to beat them more easily. Incineroar, Noivern, and Darmanitan can provide Celebi with opportunities to wallbreak by bringing it in safely against foes like Rhyperior and Rotom-W via U-turn. Late-game cleaners like Doublade, Kingdra, Mimikyu, and Sharpedo appreciate Celebi being able to pressure or remove foes like Sylveon and bulky Water-types like Slowbro and Rotom-W.
[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Psychic
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Stealth Rock
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 32 SpD / 224 Spe
[SET COMENTS]
Thanks to Celebi's natural bulk and expansive movepool it can provide a lot of utility to teams that need to check threats like Keldeo, non-Megahorn Virizion, and Rotom-W while compressing the role of a Stealth Rock user. Psychic is necessary if Celebi wishes to keep its entry hazards up against Galarian Weezing, a very common Defog user within the tier. U-turn allows Celebi to generate momentum against foes like Obstagoon, Zarude, and Bronzong that it commonly invites in. Recover provides Celebi with reliable recovery to handle foes like Keldeo consistently. Thunder Wave is an option over Stealth Rock to cripple foes like Noivern and Chandelure on the switch-in. Aura Sphere alongside a Colbur Berry could be considered over U-turn to pressure Dark- and Steel-types like Bisharp and Obstagoon; however, it should only be used if extremely weak to these foes as it struggles to find space to fit this coverage option easily. The Speed EVs make Celebi slower than opposing Celebi to generate momentum with U-turn while still outspeeding threats like Mimikyu.
Due to Celebi's struggle to fit Grass STAB it struggles to pressure Slowbro and Milotic well, so it appreciates having partners that can take advantage of them from the free pivots it provides. Heliolisk, Alolan Marowak, and Heracross make great partners for this reason. Heracross can also take advantage of Zarude and Krookodile for Celebi. Rhyperior can help check Flying-types like Scyther, Noivern, and Talonflame that threaten Celebi. It can also open up the slot for Rhyperior to run alternative coverage options over Stealth Rock. Galarian Weezing can help check Zarude, as well as provide Toxic Spikes support, which is helpful to wear down bulky Water-types like Milotic and Jellicent, so that Celebi can force them out easier. Rotom-W and Slowbro can bring Celebi in safely to find opportunities to set up Stealth Rock and help check foes like Mamoswine. Slowbro can also help ease the matchup against foes like Terrakion and Lycanroc-D. Incineroar can form a pivot core with Celebi, help break through Steel-types like Escavalier and Copperajah, and check Ghost-types like Alolan Marowak and Chandelure. Umbreon and Chansey can help with Special Attackers like Polteageist, Noivern, and Ice Beam Starmie that give Celebi trouble. Galarian Slowbro can help deal with Choice Specs Sylveon and Gardevoir that use Celebi as a free opportunity to fire off strong attacks otherwise.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[Estarossa, 461329], [Lilburr, 481709]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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