[SET]
Defog (Decidueye-Hisui) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Tera Type: Steel
Impish Nature
- Defog
- Triple Arrows
- Roost
- U-turn / Knock Off
[SET COMMENTS]
With its great matchups into many of the tier's hazard setters like Sandaconda and Orthworm, Hisuian Decidueye is an excellent user of the rare Defog while also serving as a good check to several offensive threats like Floatzel, Brute Bonnet, and Rhydon. Roost provides Hisuian Decidueye with reliable recovery. U-turn lets Hisuian Decidueye grab momentum against the switches it forces against Pokemon like Dudunsparce and Regirock. Knock Off removes items from otherwise-safe switch-ins like Charizard and Cramorant. Scrappy lets Triple Arrows nail Ghost-types like Spiritomb and Sableye and also blocks Intimidate from both Qwilfish. Tera Steel improves Hisuian Decidueye's matchup into hazard setters like Froslass and Qwilfish as well as threats like Whimsicott, Mesprit, and Sneasel.
Hisuian Decidueye is immensely helpful for balance teams to remove hazards that would otherwise pressure them greatly. Defensive walls that struggle with hazards, such as Regirock and Porygon-2, love Hisuian Decidueye removing hazards to make them far harder to be taken down. Regirock in particular is an excellent partner in crime, with it stonewalling the Fire- and Flying-types like Typhlosion, Charizard, and Oricorio-G that greatly threaten Hisuian Decidueye while Hisuian Decidueye handles the Grass-, Ground-, and Water-types that Regirock struggles to handle, notably Virizion, Pallosand, and Floatzel. Snorlax also helps cover Fire-types for Hisuian Decidueye while appreciating the removal of entry hazards as well as Hisiuan Decidueye's positive matchup into counters like Orthworm and Regirock. Typhlosion is another notable teammate that enjoys Hisuian Decidueye's hazard removal and slow pivoting as well as its capability to deal with Rock- and Water-types like Rhydon and Lanturn that check Typhlosion. Psychic-types like Mesprit and Farigiraf can use Hisuian Decidueye as setup fodder, so teammates that deal with them like Hisuian Qwilfish and Magneton are useful teammates for Hisuian Decidueye. Weezing and Qwilfish can easily enter on Hisuian Decidueye and spread status or reestablish hazards, annoying it greatly, so teammates like Magneton and Mesprit are helpful in scaring them back. Whimsicott is a notable threat that can liberally switch into Hisuian Decidueye and start firing off attacks, so special walls that deal with it like Articuno and Dudunsparce help immensely. Hisuian Sneasel can take advantage of Hisuian Decidueye to start setting up, so teammates that can deal with it such as Pallosand and Weezing, are useful partners. Other pivots such as Grafaiai, Floatzel, and Jolteon, can form a powerful VoltTurn core with Hisuian Decidueye and appreciate it removing hazards to allow them to come in more times over the course of a game.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Defog (Decidueye-Hisui) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Tera Type: Steel
Impish Nature
- Defog
- Triple Arrows
- Roost
- U-turn / Knock Off
[SET COMMENTS]
With its great matchups into many of the tier's hazard setters like Sandaconda and Orthworm, Hisuian Decidueye is an excellent user of the rare Defog while also serving as a good check to several offensive threats like Floatzel, Brute Bonnet, and Rhydon. Roost provides Hisuian Decidueye with reliable recovery. U-turn lets Hisuian Decidueye grab momentum against the switches it forces against Pokemon like Dudunsparce and Regirock. Knock Off removes items from otherwise-safe switch-ins like Charizard and Cramorant. Scrappy lets Triple Arrows nail Ghost-types like Spiritomb and Sableye and also blocks Intimidate from both Qwilfish. Tera Steel improves Hisuian Decidueye's matchup into hazard setters like Froslass and Qwilfish as well as threats like Whimsicott, Mesprit, and Sneasel.
Hisuian Decidueye is immensely helpful for balance teams to remove hazards that would otherwise pressure them greatly. Defensive walls that struggle with hazards, such as Regirock and Porygon-2, love Hisuian Decidueye removing hazards to make them far harder to be taken down. Regirock in particular is an excellent partner in crime, with it stonewalling the Fire- and Flying-types like Typhlosion, Charizard, and Oricorio-G that greatly threaten Hisuian Decidueye while Hisuian Decidueye handles the Grass-, Ground-, and Water-types that Regirock struggles to handle, notably Virizion, Pallosand, and Floatzel. Snorlax also helps cover Fire-types for Hisuian Decidueye while appreciating the removal of entry hazards as well as Hisiuan Decidueye's positive matchup into counters like Orthworm and Regirock. Typhlosion is another notable teammate that enjoys Hisuian Decidueye's hazard removal and slow pivoting as well as its capability to deal with Rock- and Water-types like Rhydon and Lanturn that check Typhlosion. Psychic-types like Mesprit and Farigiraf can use Hisuian Decidueye as setup fodder, so teammates that deal with them like Hisuian Qwilfish and Magneton are useful teammates for Hisuian Decidueye. Weezing and Qwilfish can easily enter on Hisuian Decidueye and spread status or reestablish hazards, annoying it greatly, so teammates like Magneton and Mesprit are helpful in scaring them back. Whimsicott is a notable threat that can liberally switch into Hisuian Decidueye and start firing off attacks, so special walls that deal with it like Articuno and Dudunsparce help immensely. Hisuian Sneasel can take advantage of Hisuian Decidueye to start setting up, so teammates that can deal with it such as Pallosand and Weezing, are useful partners. Other pivots such as Grafaiai, Floatzel, and Jolteon, can form a powerful VoltTurn core with Hisuian Decidueye and appreciate it removing hazards to allow them to come in more times over the course of a game.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sinnabyss.626095/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sleid.601970/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/missangelic.452572/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zrp200.327515/
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