Rei
formerly Scholar
[SET]
name: Nasty Plot (Grass)
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Earth Power / Weather Ball
item: Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Celebi is a great choice for Grass teams due to its bulk, access to Nasty Plot, and Psychic typing, allowing it to threaten Poison- and Fighting-types that give its teammates trouble like Toxapex and Cobalion. Nasty Plot turns Celebi into a dangerous sweeper, that can dismantle troubling matchups such as Poison and Steel. Giga Drain allows it to have passive recovery and mitigates Life Orb's recoil damage. Psychic helps greatly in the Poison- and the Fighting-type matchup, as Celebi can take care of Toxapex and Kommo-o with it. Earth Power is used to hit most Steel- and Poison-types such as Excadrill and Skuntank. Weather Ball can be used over Earth Power on sun teams to hit Corviknight and Ferrothorn when sun is active. Celebi should try to come in on passive attacks such as Toxapex's Scald, on a predicted switch, via U-turn, or after a teammate faints. Nasty Plot should be used on Pokemon it can threaten out such as Toxapex and Keldeo. Having 252 Special Attack EVs and Life Orb allows Celebi to be as powerful as possible, and 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allow it to outpace Lucario and Speed tie with Jirachi.
Celebi loves Stealth Rock support from Ferrothorn, as it makes it easier for Celebi to sweep mid- to late-game and can swap into faster Poison-type Pokemon like Gengar. Celebi also appreciates Ferrothorn's Steel typing to take physical attacks or Ice-type attacks from Pokemon like Mamoswine and Alolan Ninetales. Appletun is another key member that forms a defensive core with Ferrothorn and can come in on Fire-type attacks thanks to its Dragon typing and Thick Fat. Choice Scarf Virizion provides great speed control and can OHKO Alolan Ninetales with Smart Strike, use its Fighting-type STAB moves greatly in the Dark-type matchup to take care of Hydreigon and Bisharp, and handle Choice Scarf Charizard with Stone Edge. Virizion can also serve on sun teams as a secondary Sunny Day setter if Whimsicott is eliminated. Rotom-C is another good teammate to help take care of Flying-types such as Togekiss and can use Nasty Plot, Substitute, and Dark Pulse to greatly help out in the Ghost-type matchup. Whimsicott is another good member, especially if Celebi is running Weather Ball, thanks to its Prankster-boosted Sunny Day, allowing Celebi to sweep Steel teams with Weather Ball. Whimsicott is also able to switch into Dragon-type attacks for Celebi and hit back with Moonblast. Shiftry is good to pair with Celebi because it helps greatly with the Psychic- and Ghost-type matchup, using its STAB attacks to take care of troubling Pokemon like Indeedee and Chandelure. In return, Celebi takes care of threats to Shiftry such as Lucario and Toxapex. Venusaur is a nice partner because it can help greatly with Fairy-types such as Togekiss as well as threats to Celebi like Bisharp and Aegislash with Weather Ball when sun is active.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Yami, 393488]]
- Grass analysis by: [[Yami, 393488]]
- Quality checked by: [[maroon, 305839], [Harpp, 320110]]
- Grammar checked by: [[kt3, 228482]]
name: Nasty Plot (Grass)
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Giga Drain
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Earth Power / Weather Ball
item: Life Orb
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Celebi is a great choice for Grass teams due to its bulk, access to Nasty Plot, and Psychic typing, allowing it to threaten Poison- and Fighting-types that give its teammates trouble like Toxapex and Cobalion. Nasty Plot turns Celebi into a dangerous sweeper, that can dismantle troubling matchups such as Poison and Steel. Giga Drain allows it to have passive recovery and mitigates Life Orb's recoil damage. Psychic helps greatly in the Poison- and the Fighting-type matchup, as Celebi can take care of Toxapex and Kommo-o with it. Earth Power is used to hit most Steel- and Poison-types such as Excadrill and Skuntank. Weather Ball can be used over Earth Power on sun teams to hit Corviknight and Ferrothorn when sun is active. Celebi should try to come in on passive attacks such as Toxapex's Scald, on a predicted switch, via U-turn, or after a teammate faints. Nasty Plot should be used on Pokemon it can threaten out such as Toxapex and Keldeo. Having 252 Special Attack EVs and Life Orb allows Celebi to be as powerful as possible, and 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature allow it to outpace Lucario and Speed tie with Jirachi.
Celebi loves Stealth Rock support from Ferrothorn, as it makes it easier for Celebi to sweep mid- to late-game and can swap into faster Poison-type Pokemon like Gengar. Celebi also appreciates Ferrothorn's Steel typing to take physical attacks or Ice-type attacks from Pokemon like Mamoswine and Alolan Ninetales. Appletun is another key member that forms a defensive core with Ferrothorn and can come in on Fire-type attacks thanks to its Dragon typing and Thick Fat. Choice Scarf Virizion provides great speed control and can OHKO Alolan Ninetales with Smart Strike, use its Fighting-type STAB moves greatly in the Dark-type matchup to take care of Hydreigon and Bisharp, and handle Choice Scarf Charizard with Stone Edge. Virizion can also serve on sun teams as a secondary Sunny Day setter if Whimsicott is eliminated. Rotom-C is another good teammate to help take care of Flying-types such as Togekiss and can use Nasty Plot, Substitute, and Dark Pulse to greatly help out in the Ghost-type matchup. Whimsicott is another good member, especially if Celebi is running Weather Ball, thanks to its Prankster-boosted Sunny Day, allowing Celebi to sweep Steel teams with Weather Ball. Whimsicott is also able to switch into Dragon-type attacks for Celebi and hit back with Moonblast. Shiftry is good to pair with Celebi because it helps greatly with the Psychic- and Ghost-type matchup, using its STAB attacks to take care of troubling Pokemon like Indeedee and Chandelure. In return, Celebi takes care of threats to Shiftry such as Lucario and Toxapex. Venusaur is a nice partner because it can help greatly with Fairy-types such as Togekiss as well as threats to Celebi like Bisharp and Aegislash with Weather Ball when sun is active.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Yami, 393488]]
- Grass analysis by: [[Yami, 393488]]
- Quality checked by: [[maroon, 305839], [Harpp, 320110]]
- Grammar checked by: [[kt3, 228482]]
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