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[SET]
name: Chople Berry
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hyper Beam
move 3: Eerie Impulse
move 4: Recover
item: Chople Berry
ability: Adaptability
nature: Bold / Modest
evs: 132 HP / 252 Def / 52 SpA / 72 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This Porygon-Z set functions as a menacing wallbreaker due to Nasty Plot and a terrifying Adaptability-boosted STAB move in Hyper Beam. Nasty Plot boosts Porygon-Z's Special Attack to astronomical levels, letting it power through walls like Arcanine, Chansey, Corviknight, and Slowbro. Hyper Beam is Porygon-Z's strongest STAB move and can OHKO certain Pokemon without a boost, such as non-Unnerve Haxorus and Rillaboom. Eerie Impulse, when used with Recover, allows Porygon-Z to break through Primarina and Choice Specs Magnezone. 132 EVs in HP and 252 EVs in Defense alongside Chople Berry allow Porygon-Z to survive a Close Combat from Choice Band Urshifu-R, with Bold beating Adamant variants and Modest only beating Jolly variants, as well as an Outrage from Choice Band Mold Breaker Haxorus. 72 EVs in Speed are run to outspeed non-Jolly Corviknight as well as Pokemon like Choice Specs Modest Magnezone and bulky Rillaboom. The rest is put into Special Attack to maximize damage output. Alternatively, Porygon-Z can run Electroweb instead of Eerie Impulse and a spread of 92 HP / 252 Def / 28 SpA / 136 Spe to beat Choice Band Sawk and Avalugg while outspeeding Choice Band Adamant Dracovish. Another spread it can use is 184 HP / 248 Def / 32 SpA / 44 Spe with Speed Swap and Uproar replacing Eerie Impulse and Recover to reliably defeat Zeraora, stall Rotom-A, and Substitute users like Whimsicott.
You want to think carefully when using this Porygon-Z set, as it has many matchups requiring specific play. Against Primarina, Porygon-Z should always use Eerie Impulse immediately to survive the possible Choice Specs Hydro Cannon. If it is an Assault Vest or Chilan Berry variant, Porygon-Z only needs to use Eerie Impulse until it's at -4, heal off damage taken shortly afterwards, Nasty Plot till at least +4, and OHKO with Hyper Beam. To figure out whether the Primarina is Choice Specs or not, if -2 Hydro Cannon deals 58% of damage or more against the standard EV spread, that indicates that it is using Choice Specs, so you can end the battle after one use of Nasty Plot instead of two. Against Choice Specs Magnezone, the same process comes into play; however, you do not need to set up with Nasty Plot, as Hyper Beam 2HKOes. Against stall Arcanine, use Nasty Plot once, as +1 Hyper Beam OHKOes even if they use Snarl. Usually, you will use Hyper Beam first against particular Pokemon that aren't naturally specially defensive, such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and non-Unnerve Choice Band Haxorus. Porygon-Z appreciates Chilan Berry Primarina as a partner, which handles wallbreakers like opposing Choice item Porygon-Z, Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan, and Shell Smash Crustle. In return, Porygon-Z can deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Chansey, Slowbro, and Goodra. Porygon-Z is relatively frail even with this set's bulkier spread and cannot take many hits; thus, bulkier partners such as Magnezone and Arcanine are appreciated. Having partners that can take on Ghost-types like Dragapult, Galarian Corsola, and Gengar is imperative, as Porygon-Z has no moves capable of hitting them. Dark-types like Mandibuzz and Taunt Incineroar help alleviate this weakness. In return, Porygon-Z can handle one of their biggest issues: Urshifu-R.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[PA, 430787]]
- Quality checked by: [[dogknees, 317056], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
name: Chople Berry
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Hyper Beam
move 3: Eerie Impulse
move 4: Recover
item: Chople Berry
ability: Adaptability
nature: Bold / Modest
evs: 132 HP / 252 Def / 52 SpA / 72 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This Porygon-Z set functions as a menacing wallbreaker due to Nasty Plot and a terrifying Adaptability-boosted STAB move in Hyper Beam. Nasty Plot boosts Porygon-Z's Special Attack to astronomical levels, letting it power through walls like Arcanine, Chansey, Corviknight, and Slowbro. Hyper Beam is Porygon-Z's strongest STAB move and can OHKO certain Pokemon without a boost, such as non-Unnerve Haxorus and Rillaboom. Eerie Impulse, when used with Recover, allows Porygon-Z to break through Primarina and Choice Specs Magnezone. 132 EVs in HP and 252 EVs in Defense alongside Chople Berry allow Porygon-Z to survive a Close Combat from Choice Band Urshifu-R, with Bold beating Adamant variants and Modest only beating Jolly variants, as well as an Outrage from Choice Band Mold Breaker Haxorus. 72 EVs in Speed are run to outspeed non-Jolly Corviknight as well as Pokemon like Choice Specs Modest Magnezone and bulky Rillaboom. The rest is put into Special Attack to maximize damage output. Alternatively, Porygon-Z can run Electroweb instead of Eerie Impulse and a spread of 92 HP / 252 Def / 28 SpA / 136 Spe to beat Choice Band Sawk and Avalugg while outspeeding Choice Band Adamant Dracovish. Another spread it can use is 184 HP / 248 Def / 32 SpA / 44 Spe with Speed Swap and Uproar replacing Eerie Impulse and Recover to reliably defeat Zeraora, stall Rotom-A, and Substitute users like Whimsicott.
You want to think carefully when using this Porygon-Z set, as it has many matchups requiring specific play. Against Primarina, Porygon-Z should always use Eerie Impulse immediately to survive the possible Choice Specs Hydro Cannon. If it is an Assault Vest or Chilan Berry variant, Porygon-Z only needs to use Eerie Impulse until it's at -4, heal off damage taken shortly afterwards, Nasty Plot till at least +4, and OHKO with Hyper Beam. To figure out whether the Primarina is Choice Specs or not, if -2 Hydro Cannon deals 58% of damage or more against the standard EV spread, that indicates that it is using Choice Specs, so you can end the battle after one use of Nasty Plot instead of two. Against Choice Specs Magnezone, the same process comes into play; however, you do not need to set up with Nasty Plot, as Hyper Beam 2HKOes. Against stall Arcanine, use Nasty Plot once, as +1 Hyper Beam OHKOes even if they use Snarl. Usually, you will use Hyper Beam first against particular Pokemon that aren't naturally specially defensive, such as Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan and non-Unnerve Choice Band Haxorus. Porygon-Z appreciates Chilan Berry Primarina as a partner, which handles wallbreakers like opposing Choice item Porygon-Z, Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan, and Shell Smash Crustle. In return, Porygon-Z can deal with specially defensive Pokemon like Chansey, Slowbro, and Goodra. Porygon-Z is relatively frail even with this set's bulkier spread and cannot take many hits; thus, bulkier partners such as Magnezone and Arcanine are appreciated. Having partners that can take on Ghost-types like Dragapult, Galarian Corsola, and Gengar is imperative, as Porygon-Z has no moves capable of hitting them. Dark-types like Mandibuzz and Taunt Incineroar help alleviate this weakness. In return, Porygon-Z can handle one of their biggest issues: Urshifu-R.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[PA, 430787]]
- Quality checked by: [[dogknees, 317056], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
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