Gen 5 Chinchou [QC 1/1] [GP 1/1] [DONE]

[Akir]

[OVERVIEW]

Chinchou is a Pokemon that looks far better on paper than it is in PU. Chinchou's resistances to Water, Ice, and Fire and an incredibly valuable immunity to Electric-type attacks are all highly sought-after in PU, and Chinchou's impressive Specially Defensive sets the stage for a successful wall that is seen in bulkier teams. However, its extreme passiveness, its general lack of support options for helping its team, and desperate wish for a fifth moveslot all make for a Pokemon that can be challenging but rewarding to fit on teams.

[SET]
name: Special Wall
move 1: Rest
move 2: Sleep Talk / Discharge
move 3: Scald
move 4: Volt Switch / Discharge
item: Eviolite
ability: Volt Absorb
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Rest and Sleep Talk keeps Chinchou healthy without making Chinchou too passive, and Scald is the primary STAB option for spreading burn against normally safe switch-ins like Torterra. The last option is a choice for an Electric-type STAB attack; Volt Switch is good for keeping momentum up, and Discharge is for spreading paralysis against Pokemon like Stoutland and beating Water-types Chinchou is meant to wall such as Swanna. Discharge can also be run instead of Sleep Talk, with that tradeoff being making Chinchou deadweight when asleep but having the ability to threaten Pokemon such as Golduck that Chinchou attempts to wall. Volt Absorb is chosen as the ability because Electric-immune Pokemon that aren't thwarted by common coverage options on Zebstrika are exceedingly rare.

Chinchou needs a lot of support such as Aromatherapy from Vileplume and Wish from Audino in order to remain healthy throughout the match. It also needs teammates such as Torterra and Bronzor to take the Ground- and Grass-type attacks frequently thrown at it. Chinchou's resistances to Water and Fire and its immunity to Electric-type attacks are heavily appreciated by partners like Stunfisk, Klang, and Swanna. Chinchou tends to invite in many setup sweepers such as Scraggy and Duosion, so Pokemon that can take care of them such as Jumpluff and Articuno are good picks.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/akir.231726/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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[Bella]

[OVERVIEW]

Chinchou is a Pokemon that looks far better on paper than it is in PU. Chinchou's resistances to Water-, Ice-, Fire-, and an incredibly valuable immunity to Electric-type attacks are all highly sought-after in PU, and Chinchou's impressive Specially Defensive bulk sets the stage for a successful wall that sees success in bulkier teams on occasion. However, Chinchou's extreme passiveness, its general lack of support options for helping its team, and desperate wish for a 5th moveslot all force Chinchou into relative obscurity. (I get that your trying to mention how its mediocre but its still a niche enough option. Just say that while obscure and extremely niche, if built on correct teams it is an ok pick.)

[SET]
name:
move 1: Rest
move 2: Sleep Talk / Discharge
move 3: Scald
move 4: Volt Switch / Discharge
item: Eviolite
ability: Volt Absorb
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpDef

[SET COMMENTS]
Rest and Sleep Talk is to keep Chinchou healthy without making Chinchou too passive, and Scald is the primary STAB option for spreading burn (maybe mention some examples that may switch in? Tort could be ok, as it probably would wanna swap in to tank volt switch.). The last option is a choice for Electric-type STAB; Volt Switch is good for keeping momentum up and Discharge is for spreading paralysis (against Pokemon like?) and beating Water-types Chinchou is meant to wall such as Swanna. Discharge can also be run instead of Sleep Talk, with that tradeoff being between making Chinchou deadweight when asleep or having the ability to threaten Pokemon such as Golduck that Chinchou attempts to wall. Volt Absorb is chosen as the ability because Electric-type immunities that aren't thwarted by common coverage options on Zebstrika are exceedingly rare.

Chinchou needs a lot of support such as Aromatherapy from Vileplume and Wish from Audino in order to remain healthy throughout the match. It also needs teammates such as Torterra and Bronzor to take the Ground- and Grass-type attacks frequently thrown at it. Chinchou's resistances to Water-, Fire-, and immunity to Electric-type attacks is heavily appreciated by partners like Stunfisk, Klang, and Swanna. Chinchou also tends to invite in many setup sweepers such as Scraggy and Duosion, so Pokemon that can take care of them such as Jumpluff and Articuno are good picks.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/akir.231726/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
Grammar checked by:

barely anything to say, nice work, 1/1!

GP Team

 

[adorluigi]

Spoiler

[OVERVIEW]

Chinchou is a Pokemon that looks far better on paper than it is in PU. Chinchou's resistances to Water-, Ice-, Fire-, (remove comma) Water, Ice, and Fire and an incredibly valuable immunity to Electric-type attacks are all highly sought-after in PU, and Chinchou's impressive Specially Defensive bulk Special Defense sets the stage for a successful wall that sees success in bulkier teams on occasion. (remove double space) However, Chinchou's its extreme passiveness, its general lack of support options for helping its team, and desperate wish for a fifth 5th moveslot all make for a Pokemon that can be challenging but rewarding to fit on teams.

[SET]
name: Special Wall
move 1: Rest
move 2: Sleep Talk / Discharge
move 3: Scald
move 4: Volt Switch / Discharge
item: Eviolite
ability: Volt Absorb
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD SpDef

[SET COMMENTS]
Rest and Sleep Talk is to keep Chinchou healthy without making Chinchou too passive, and Scald is the primary STAB option for spreading burn against normally safe switch-ins (add hyphen) like Torterra. The last option is a choice for an Electric-type STAB attack; Volt Switch is good for keeping momentum up, (comma) and Discharge is for spreading paralysis against Pokemon like Stoutland and beating Water-types Chinchou is meant to wall such as Swanna. Discharge can also be run instead of Sleep Talk, with that tradeoff being between making Chinchou deadweight when asleep or but having the ability to threaten Pokemon such as Golduck that Chinchou attempts to wall. Volt Absorb is chosen as the ability because Electric-immune Pokemon -type immunities that aren't thwarted by common coverage options on Zebstrika are exceedingly rare.

Chinchou needs a lot of support such as Aromatherapy from Vileplume and Wish from Audino in order to remain healthy throughout the match. It also needs teammates such as Torterra and Bronzor to take the Ground- and Grass-type attacks frequently thrown at it. Chinchou's resistances to Water-, Fire-, Water and Fire and its immunity to Electric-type attacks are is heavily appreciated by partners like Stunfisk, Klang, and Swanna. Chinchou also tends to invite in many setup sweepers such as Scraggy and Duosion, so Pokemon that can take care of them such as Jumpluff and Articuno are good picks.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/akir.231726/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
Grammar checked by:

I swear this grey badged contributor has qc'd like 500 billion trillion analyses recently
GP Team done