[SET]
Growth (Dipplin) @ Eviolite
Ability: Sticky Hold
Tera Type: Poison / Fairy / Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Relaxed Nature
- Growth
- Recover
- Dragon Tail
- Giga Drain
[SET COMMENTS]
Dipplin is a fantastic check to physical attackers like Hisuian Decidueye, Regirock, and Passimian thanks to its substantial physical bulk and ability to absorb Knock Off. Dipplin's walling capabilities give it many opportunities to set up Growth against passive or ineffective foes like Sandaconda and Brute Bonnet to function as a bulky sweeper. Dragon Tail phazes setup sweepers that might try to break through Dipplin such as Snorlax, Virizion, and Calm Mind Dudunsparce. Giga Drain keeps Dipplin healthy as it attacks to make it less reliant on Recover to quickly devour Pokemon weak to Grass like Regirock, Palossand, and Sandaconda. Sticky Hold distinguishes Dipplin from other NFE Pokemon dependent on their Eviolite such as Rhydon and Porygon2 by protecting Dipplin from Knock Off, Switcheroo, and Trick from users like Grafaiai and Mesprit. Tera Poison improves Dipplin's matchups against Fighting-types like Hisuian Sneasel, allowing it to maintain good matchups against Poison-types like Grafaiai and Hisuian Qwilfish as well as an immunity to poison at the cost of vulnerability to Mesprit and Farigiraf. Tera Fairy protects Dipplin from Dragon Tail users like Coil Dudunsparce and opposing Dipplin, and it improves Dipplin's vulnerability to Alolan Exeggutor and Appletun. Tera Steel turns the tables against checks like Glastrier, Sneasel, and Tera Fairy Mesprit and protects Dipplin from poison from Grafaiai, the Qwilfish formes, and Muk at the cost of worsening its matchups against Fighting-types.
Dipplin's capability to absorb Knock Off makes it a great partner to Pokemon that are reliant on their items, including Articuno, Regirock, and Hisuian Qwilfish. Snorlax is an excellent partner to handle threats to Dipplin like Articuno, Typhlosion, and Charizard, and Dipplin takes physical attacks and Knock Off from Hisuian Decidueye, Passimian, and Lycanroc for Snorlax in return. Dipplin amplifies residual damage from entry hazard stacking thanks to Dragon Tail, so hazard setters like Hisuian Qwilfish, Orthworm, Qwilfish, and Sandslash have great synergy with Dipplin. Knock Off users like Mesprit, Passimian, and Grafaiai can remove Heavy-Duty Boots from foes to ensure they take damage from entry hazards when Dipplin uses Dragon Tail. Teammates weak to Water and Grass like Regirock, Sandaconda, and Sandslash appreciate Dipplin taking on Floatzel, Brute Bonnet, Lanturn, and Virizion for them. Teammates like Charizard, Typhlosion, and Orthworm can handle special attackers with Fairy- and Ice-type coverage for Dipplin, offensively checking Whimsicott, Frosmoth, and Articuno. Regirock, Naclstack, and Rhydon help Dipplin by defensively answering Flying-types like Dodrio, Charizard, and the Oricorio formes for it. Dipplin is vulnerable to being overwhelmed by chip damage from hazards, so it depends on partners with hazard removal like Cramorant and Sandslash to mitigate this vulnerability.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Dipplin's shallow movepool leaves little room for variety. Tera Water eliminates its Ice weakness and defensively answers Floatzel and Glastrier, but it does not fix Dipplin's vulnerability to Articuno's Freeze-Dry and worsens its matchups against Grass-type physical attackers like Hisuian Decidueye, Virizion, and Brute Bonnet that it would otherwise check.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Whimsicott**: The Grass / Fairy typing leaves Whimsicott barely scratched by Dipplin's Giga Drain and immune to Dragon Tail. Even without Choice Specs, Whimsicott has a 93.4% chance to 2HKO Dipplin with Moonblast. Even if Dipplin Terastallizes, pivot Whimsicott sets can lock Dipplin into a non-damaging move with Encore and whittle it down.
**Ice-type Pokemon and Coverage**: Articuno 2HKOes Dipplin with Freeze-Dry, has great bulk and Roost, can remove Dipplin's boosts with Haze or Roar if it Terastallizes, and can PP stall Dipplin with Pressure. Cryogonal has Freeze-Dry, recovery, and Haze similar to Articuno but isn't as bulky. Sneasel, Glastrier, and Hisuian Avalugg overcome Dipplin's massive Defense by exploiting its 4x Ice weakness, but Dipplin Terastallizing sours their positive matchups against it. Frosmoth OHKOes Dipplin with Ice Beam and can still overpower it even if it Terastallizes thanks to its high Special Attack. Choice Band Floatzel 2HKOes Dipplin with Ice Spinner.
**Flying-types**: Charizard 2HKOes Dipplin with Hurricane and can switch in while Dipplin uses Growth, Recover, or Giga Drain. The Oricorio formes similarly 2HKO Dipplin with Hurricane, threaten to set up on Dipplin with Quiver Dance, and can Taunt Dipplin. Braviary can use Bulk Up and Brave Bird to power through Dipplin while avoiding Dragon Tail with Substitute. Uninvested Cramorant has a 49.2% chance to 2HKO Dipplin with Hurricane. Dodrio can cut through Dipplin's physical bulk if it gains a Swords Dance boost.
**Strong Special Attackers**: Choice Specs Jolteon 2HKOes Dipplin with Alluring Voice. Shaymin can exploit the Special Defense drops from Seed Flare and one of its coverage moves to break through Dipplin, and it has the bulk to take boosted hits from Dipplin. Alolan Exeggutor takes a big chunk of damage from Dragon Tail but can switch in on Recover, Growth, or Giga Drain and exploit the negative priority of Dragon Tail to blow Dipplin away with Draco Meteor. Vikavolt 2HKOes Dipplin with Bug Buzz and can comfortably take attacks from Dipplin. Clawitzer must be wary of Giga Drain but has a 68.8% chance to OHKO Dipplin with a Choice Specs-boosted Dragon Pulse.
**Tera Fairy Users**: Dipplin's dependence on Dragon Tail to phaze setup sweepers makes it setup fodder for Tera Fairy users like Nasty Plot Mesprit, Calm Mind Jolteon, and Mismagius. Coil Dudunsparce has a harder time breaking through Dipplin compared to Calm Mind users but can phaze Dipplin with Dragon Tail or fish for poison with Poison Jab to wear it down. Snorlax must fish for paralysis with Body Slam but can overcome Dipplin in the long run with luck.
**Residual Damage**: Dipplin relies on its Eviolite for its bulk and is vulnerable to damaging entry hazards, which force it to use its limited Recover more often and become more passive. Toxic from Dudunsparce, Hisuian Qwilfish, and Qwilfish puts Dipplin on a timer and prevents it from gaining enough boosts to sweep. Even burns from switching into ideal foes like Palossand hurt Dipplin's longevity and dampen the power of its Dagon Tail. Weezing can fish for a poison on Dipplin with Sludge Bomb, burn it with Will-O-Wisp, and wash away its boosts with Haze.
**Haze and Phazing**: Weezing and Muk can wipe Dipplin's boosts with Haze and threaten it with their Poison-type STAB moves, and they have the bulk to take even boosted hits from Dipplin. Dudunsparce can phaze Dipplin first with Dragon Tail before getting phazed itself.
**Encore**: Sableye can switch in as Dipplin sets up and lock it into a non-damaging move like Growth or Recover. Even if Dipplin Terastallizes to improve its matchups against them, Mesprit and Grafaiai can still disrupt it.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Growth (Dipplin) @ Eviolite
Ability: Sticky Hold
Tera Type: Poison / Fairy / Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Relaxed Nature
- Growth
- Recover
- Dragon Tail
- Giga Drain
[SET COMMENTS]
Dipplin is a fantastic check to physical attackers like Hisuian Decidueye, Regirock, and Passimian thanks to its substantial physical bulk and ability to absorb Knock Off. Dipplin's walling capabilities give it many opportunities to set up Growth against passive or ineffective foes like Sandaconda and Brute Bonnet to function as a bulky sweeper. Dragon Tail phazes setup sweepers that might try to break through Dipplin such as Snorlax, Virizion, and Calm Mind Dudunsparce. Giga Drain keeps Dipplin healthy as it attacks to make it less reliant on Recover to quickly devour Pokemon weak to Grass like Regirock, Palossand, and Sandaconda. Sticky Hold distinguishes Dipplin from other NFE Pokemon dependent on their Eviolite such as Rhydon and Porygon2 by protecting Dipplin from Knock Off, Switcheroo, and Trick from users like Grafaiai and Mesprit. Tera Poison improves Dipplin's matchups against Fighting-types like Hisuian Sneasel, allowing it to maintain good matchups against Poison-types like Grafaiai and Hisuian Qwilfish as well as an immunity to poison at the cost of vulnerability to Mesprit and Farigiraf. Tera Fairy protects Dipplin from Dragon Tail users like Coil Dudunsparce and opposing Dipplin, and it improves Dipplin's vulnerability to Alolan Exeggutor and Appletun. Tera Steel turns the tables against checks like Glastrier, Sneasel, and Tera Fairy Mesprit and protects Dipplin from poison from Grafaiai, the Qwilfish formes, and Muk at the cost of worsening its matchups against Fighting-types.
Dipplin's capability to absorb Knock Off makes it a great partner to Pokemon that are reliant on their items, including Articuno, Regirock, and Hisuian Qwilfish. Snorlax is an excellent partner to handle threats to Dipplin like Articuno, Typhlosion, and Charizard, and Dipplin takes physical attacks and Knock Off from Hisuian Decidueye, Passimian, and Lycanroc for Snorlax in return. Dipplin amplifies residual damage from entry hazard stacking thanks to Dragon Tail, so hazard setters like Hisuian Qwilfish, Orthworm, Qwilfish, and Sandslash have great synergy with Dipplin. Knock Off users like Mesprit, Passimian, and Grafaiai can remove Heavy-Duty Boots from foes to ensure they take damage from entry hazards when Dipplin uses Dragon Tail. Teammates weak to Water and Grass like Regirock, Sandaconda, and Sandslash appreciate Dipplin taking on Floatzel, Brute Bonnet, Lanturn, and Virizion for them. Teammates like Charizard, Typhlosion, and Orthworm can handle special attackers with Fairy- and Ice-type coverage for Dipplin, offensively checking Whimsicott, Frosmoth, and Articuno. Regirock, Naclstack, and Rhydon help Dipplin by defensively answering Flying-types like Dodrio, Charizard, and the Oricorio formes for it. Dipplin is vulnerable to being overwhelmed by chip damage from hazards, so it depends on partners with hazard removal like Cramorant and Sandslash to mitigate this vulnerability.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Dipplin's shallow movepool leaves little room for variety. Tera Water eliminates its Ice weakness and defensively answers Floatzel and Glastrier, but it does not fix Dipplin's vulnerability to Articuno's Freeze-Dry and worsens its matchups against Grass-type physical attackers like Hisuian Decidueye, Virizion, and Brute Bonnet that it would otherwise check.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Whimsicott**: The Grass / Fairy typing leaves Whimsicott barely scratched by Dipplin's Giga Drain and immune to Dragon Tail. Even without Choice Specs, Whimsicott has a 93.4% chance to 2HKO Dipplin with Moonblast. Even if Dipplin Terastallizes, pivot Whimsicott sets can lock Dipplin into a non-damaging move with Encore and whittle it down.
**Ice-type Pokemon and Coverage**: Articuno 2HKOes Dipplin with Freeze-Dry, has great bulk and Roost, can remove Dipplin's boosts with Haze or Roar if it Terastallizes, and can PP stall Dipplin with Pressure. Cryogonal has Freeze-Dry, recovery, and Haze similar to Articuno but isn't as bulky. Sneasel, Glastrier, and Hisuian Avalugg overcome Dipplin's massive Defense by exploiting its 4x Ice weakness, but Dipplin Terastallizing sours their positive matchups against it. Frosmoth OHKOes Dipplin with Ice Beam and can still overpower it even if it Terastallizes thanks to its high Special Attack. Choice Band Floatzel 2HKOes Dipplin with Ice Spinner.
**Flying-types**: Charizard 2HKOes Dipplin with Hurricane and can switch in while Dipplin uses Growth, Recover, or Giga Drain. The Oricorio formes similarly 2HKO Dipplin with Hurricane, threaten to set up on Dipplin with Quiver Dance, and can Taunt Dipplin. Braviary can use Bulk Up and Brave Bird to power through Dipplin while avoiding Dragon Tail with Substitute. Uninvested Cramorant has a 49.2% chance to 2HKO Dipplin with Hurricane. Dodrio can cut through Dipplin's physical bulk if it gains a Swords Dance boost.
**Strong Special Attackers**: Choice Specs Jolteon 2HKOes Dipplin with Alluring Voice. Shaymin can exploit the Special Defense drops from Seed Flare and one of its coverage moves to break through Dipplin, and it has the bulk to take boosted hits from Dipplin. Alolan Exeggutor takes a big chunk of damage from Dragon Tail but can switch in on Recover, Growth, or Giga Drain and exploit the negative priority of Dragon Tail to blow Dipplin away with Draco Meteor. Vikavolt 2HKOes Dipplin with Bug Buzz and can comfortably take attacks from Dipplin. Clawitzer must be wary of Giga Drain but has a 68.8% chance to OHKO Dipplin with a Choice Specs-boosted Dragon Pulse.
**Tera Fairy Users**: Dipplin's dependence on Dragon Tail to phaze setup sweepers makes it setup fodder for Tera Fairy users like Nasty Plot Mesprit, Calm Mind Jolteon, and Mismagius. Coil Dudunsparce has a harder time breaking through Dipplin compared to Calm Mind users but can phaze Dipplin with Dragon Tail or fish for poison with Poison Jab to wear it down. Snorlax must fish for paralysis with Body Slam but can overcome Dipplin in the long run with luck.
**Residual Damage**: Dipplin relies on its Eviolite for its bulk and is vulnerable to damaging entry hazards, which force it to use its limited Recover more often and become more passive. Toxic from Dudunsparce, Hisuian Qwilfish, and Qwilfish puts Dipplin on a timer and prevents it from gaining enough boosts to sweep. Even burns from switching into ideal foes like Palossand hurt Dipplin's longevity and dampen the power of its Dagon Tail. Weezing can fish for a poison on Dipplin with Sludge Bomb, burn it with Will-O-Wisp, and wash away its boosts with Haze.
**Haze and Phazing**: Weezing and Muk can wipe Dipplin's boosts with Haze and threaten it with their Poison-type STAB moves, and they have the bulk to take even boosted hits from Dipplin. Dudunsparce can phaze Dipplin first with Dragon Tail before getting phazed itself.
**Encore**: Sableye can switch in as Dipplin sets up and lock it into a non-damaging move like Growth or Recover. Even if Dipplin Terastallizes to improve its matchups against them, Mesprit and Grafaiai can still disrupt it.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/missangelic.452572/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sleid.601970/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bloodace.435539/
Grammar checked by:
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