[SET]
name: Cheems Pao
move 1: Ice Spinner / Icicle Crash
move 2: Sucker Punch
move 3: Sacred Sword / Crunch
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
ability: Sword of Ruin
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
- Chien-Pao is a fantastic physical attacker that can improve its and its teammates' physical damage through Sword of Ruin. It is very effective with priority attackers such as Dragonite and Palafin, as well as other fast physical attackers such as Choice Band Dragapult and Choice Scarf Basculegion-F.
- Ice Spinner is a STAB move that easily grabs OHKOs on Dragonite and Landorus-T while clearing Psychic Terrain for its own Sucker Punch and teammates' priority moves. Icicle Crash can be used for a slight increase in power, a sizeable flinch chance, and avoiding Rocky Helmet damage; however, it comes with a chance to miss and cannot clear Psychic Terrain. If used with Rillaboom, Icicle Crash is recommended to avoid clearing your own Grassy Terrain.
- Sucker Punch allows Chien-Pao to pick off faster threats such as Booster Energy Flutter Mane and Iron Bundle. Sucker Punch is also crucial for keeping Chien-Pao relevant against Tailwind or Trick Room and pressuring opposing priority users such as Palafin.
- Sacred Sword OHKOes many relevant Pokemon that resist Chien-Pao's STAB combination such as Kingambit, Chi-Yu, and opposing Chien-Pao. Crunch is a more consistent option for a Dark-type STAB move, knocking out Indeedee-F through Psychic Terrain and threatening Pokemon such as Cresselia that are using status moves.
- Life Orb is used to push Chien-Pao's offenses to dizzying heights, OHKOing bulky Rillaboom and Flutter Mane with Ice Spinner and Sucker Punch, respectively. Focus Sash gets around Chien-Pao's poor defenses and allows it to survive a hit against strong, fast attackers such as Flutter Mane and Choice Scarf Chi-Yu. However, the item is rendered useless by Stealth Rock, a relatively common sight.
- Jolly Chien-Pao Speed ties Flutter Mane and opposing Chien-Pao. An Adamant nature can be used for more power, giving Life Orb Chien-Pao a chance to OHKO Cresselia with Crunch.
- Tera Dark boosts the damage of Sucker Punch, allowing it to more effectively pick off weakened foes and score an OHKO on all variants of Flutter Mane. Tera Ghost provides an immunity to Normal-type priority moves such as Fake Out and Extreme Speed, as well as an immunity to Fighting-type moves, improving Chien-Pao's matchup into Iron Hands.
- In addition to other physical attackers, Chien-Pao appreciates partners that can cover its defensive shortcomings, notably teammates with resistances to Fire, Fairy, and Fighting. Volcanion and Heatran perform well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane and can hold off opposing Fire-types. Amoonguss and Landorus-T can be used to switch into Fighting-type attacks from Iron Hands aimed at Chien-Pao.
name: Cheems Pao
move 1: Ice Spinner / Icicle Crash
move 2: Sucker Punch
move 3: Sacred Sword / Crunch
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
ability: Sword of Ruin
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
- Chien-Pao is a fantastic physical attacker that can improve its and its teammates' physical damage through Sword of Ruin. It is very effective with priority attackers such as Dragonite and Palafin, as well as other fast physical attackers such as Choice Band Dragapult and Choice Scarf Basculegion-F.
- Ice Spinner is a STAB move that easily grabs OHKOs on Dragonite and Landorus-T while clearing Psychic Terrain for its own Sucker Punch and teammates' priority moves. Icicle Crash can be used for a slight increase in power, a sizeable flinch chance, and avoiding Rocky Helmet damage; however, it comes with a chance to miss and cannot clear Psychic Terrain. If used with Rillaboom, Icicle Crash is recommended to avoid clearing your own Grassy Terrain.
- Sucker Punch allows Chien-Pao to pick off faster threats such as Booster Energy Flutter Mane and Iron Bundle. Sucker Punch is also crucial for keeping Chien-Pao relevant against Tailwind or Trick Room and pressuring opposing priority users such as Palafin.
- Sacred Sword OHKOes many relevant Pokemon that resist Chien-Pao's STAB combination such as Kingambit, Chi-Yu, and opposing Chien-Pao. Crunch is a more consistent option for a Dark-type STAB move, knocking out Indeedee-F through Psychic Terrain and threatening Pokemon such as Cresselia that are using status moves.
- Life Orb is used to push Chien-Pao's offenses to dizzying heights, OHKOing bulky Rillaboom and Flutter Mane with Ice Spinner and Sucker Punch, respectively. Focus Sash gets around Chien-Pao's poor defenses and allows it to survive a hit against strong, fast attackers such as Flutter Mane and Choice Scarf Chi-Yu. However, the item is rendered useless by Stealth Rock, a relatively common sight.
- Jolly Chien-Pao Speed ties Flutter Mane and opposing Chien-Pao. An Adamant nature can be used for more power, giving Life Orb Chien-Pao a chance to OHKO Cresselia with Crunch.
- Tera Dark boosts the damage of Sucker Punch, allowing it to more effectively pick off weakened foes and score an OHKO on all variants of Flutter Mane. Tera Ghost provides an immunity to Normal-type priority moves such as Fake Out and Extreme Speed, as well as an immunity to Fighting-type moves, improving Chien-Pao's matchup into Iron Hands.
- In addition to other physical attackers, Chien-Pao appreciates partners that can cover its defensive shortcomings, notably teammates with resistances to Fire, Fairy, and Fighting. Volcanion and Heatran perform well against Fairy-types such as Flutter Mane and can hold off opposing Fire-types. Amoonguss and Landorus-T can be used to switch into Fighting-type attacks from Iron Hands aimed at Chien-Pao.
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