[OVERVIEW]
Hisuian Decidueye's unique bag of tricks, including its powerful Triple Arrows, rare utility in Defog, Swords Dance, U-turn, and Sucker Punch gives it a unique place as either a fearsome setup sweeper that tears through defensive teams or a defensive Defog-packing pivot that removes entry hazards in the face of the most common setters like Orthworm and Sandaconda. Its typing makes defensive sets adept at checking many threats like Brute Bonnet, Floatzel, and Lycanroc. However, Hisuian Decidueye's low speed makes it difficult for it to face up against offensive teams, as many revenge killers like Passimian and Virizion can easily take it out without fearing offensive sets's priority attacks. Hisuian Decidueye has trouble fitting every move it wants, especially on offensive sets, often leaving it walled by common foes like Charizard and Qwilfish. Lastly, Hisuian Decidueye faces competition from other Grass-types like Whimsicott and other Fighting-types like Passimian; it especially faces competition from Virizion, which shares its typing.
[SET]
Swords Dance (Decidueye-Hisui) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Dark
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Triple Arrows
- Leaf Blade / Knock Off
- Sucker Punch / Knock Off / Shadow Sneak
[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Decidueye can take advantage of the many switches it forces to set up Swords Dance. Triple Arrows is the prefered Fighting-type STAB option for its lack of drawback and capability to brute force past foes with its myriad secondary effects. Leaf Blade threatens Ground-types like Sandaconda and Palossand. Knock Off annoys common switch-ins like Charizard and Rotom and allows Hisuian Decidueye to force progress before it's primed to sweep. Sucker Punch picks off faster Pokemon like Mespirit and Oricorio-G. Shadow Sneak hits some foes that resist Sucker Punch like Passimian, Hisuian Sneasel, and Hitmonlee. slightly harder but is generally not worth the loss of power against neutral targets. On certain teams like Sticky Webs offense, Hisuian Decidueye may opt to drop priority. Lum Berry lets Hisuian Decidueye shrug off status conditions like Will-O-Wisp from Weezing and Charizard once. Tera Dark boosts the power of Sucker Punch and Knock Off while giving Hisuian Decidueye a Psychic immunity, improving its matchup against Mesprit. Scrappy lets Hisuian Decidueye hit Ghost-types like Froslass, Spiritomb, and Sableye with Triple Arrows, with the added benefit of blocking Intimidate from Qwilfish and Hisuian Qwilfish.
Hisuian Decidueye's unique capability to tear defensive Pokemon apart makes it a great pick on many teams ranging from semistall to hyper offense. Fellow Fighting-types like Passimian and Hisuian Sneasel enjoy teaming up with Hisuian Decidueye, overwhelming the few Fighting-type checks like Weezing and Charizard. Special attacking teammates like Mesprit and Whimsicott enjoy Hisuian Decidueye pressuring their checks like Snorlax, Dudunsparce, and Orthworm, and in return, they threaten physical walls like Qwilfish and Dipplin, respectively. Switch-ins to Fire-types like Lanturn and Regirock help Hisuian Decidueye deal with the likes of Charizard and Typhlosion. As Hisuian Decidueye can't touch Weezing, Pokemon that can deal with it such as Mesprit, Farigiraf and Magneton are great teammates. Entry hazard setters like Froslass, Qwilfish, and Orthworm greatly help Hisuian Decidueye sweep, especially if it's running Knock Off to remove Heavy-duty Boots. Whimsicott is a notable threat that easily switches into Hisuian Decidueye and threatens it back; as such, defensive answers to it like Charizard and Articuno are great partners. Dipplin can take Hisuian Decidueye's attacks and phaze it with Dragon Tail, so teammates that can scare it out like Whimsicott and Charizard make for great teammates. Pivots like Articuno, Jolteon and Grafaiai help bring Hisuian Decidueye in on foes like Orthworm and Dudunsparce, giving it setup opportunities.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Brave Bird seems tempting to nail Whimsicott on the switch-in but is quite bad otherwise and hard to fit. Scope Lens is a potential option on Swords Dance sets, letting Hisuian Decidueye have near-guarenteed critical hits on Triple Arrows and Leaf Blade, but this lacks the utility of Lum Berry. Defensive sets can invest varying degrees of speed to outpace threats like Glastrier, Orthworm, and Sandaconda.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Poison-types**: Weezing is a near-perfect wall to Hisuian Decidueye, taking minimal damage from its attacks and threatening it in return with super effective attacks or status conditions. Grafaiai threatens Hisuian Decidueye with Gunk Shot, or it can use encore to lock Hisuian Decidueye into an unfavorable move and force it to switch out, potentially gaining momentum with U-turn. Qwilfish greatly annoys defensive sets, easily setting up entry hazards on it, but must be wary of Swords Dance, since Intimidate is blocked by Scrappy, and a +2 Leaf Blade deals huge damage. Hisuian Qwilfish is unthreathened by Sucker Punch and can take Hisuian Decidueye out with a Poison-type attack, but it doesn't take Triple Arrows very well and hates having its Eviolte removed by Knock Off.
**Flying-types**: Hisuian Decidueye's 4x weakness to Flying makes it incredibly threatened by the likes of Dodrio, Oricorio-G, Oricorio-F, and Braviary, which can use it as an opportunity to set up. Cramorant is a shakier switch-in but can assist its team in pivoting around Triple Arrows. However, these Pokemon must think twice about switching in directly in fear of Knock Off or Triple Arrows.
**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Charizard and Pyroar put immense pressure on Hisuian Decidueye with their super effective STAB attacks. Will-O-Wisp lets them dance around Sucker Punch, reducing the effectiveness of Hisuian Decidueye's sweeping potential. Typhlosion doesn't enjoy Sucker Punch but likewise scares Hisuian Decidueye out. Knock Off ruins these Pokemon, however, making them wary of switching in.
**Psychic-types**: Mesprit offensively threatens Hisuian Decidueye with Psychic-type STAB moves, sets up Stealth Rock, can use Encore to lock it into a status move. Nasty Plot sets can set up a Substitute on Swords Dance Hisuian Decidueye's Sucker Punch, but Mesprit has to be wary of Knock Off, Shadow Sneak, and even U-turn from defensive sets. Farigiraf's Armor Tail and Indeedee-Fs Psychic Terrain block Sucker Punch completely, allowing them to fire at Decidueye unhindered. Knock Off does remove their items and greatly damages them, however, and U-turn also deals good damage while potentially putting them into precarious positions.
**Ice-types**: Sneasel and Frosmoth outpace Hisuian Decidueye and can destroy it with super effective attacks. They can also play around Sucker Punch with Ice Shard and Substitute, respectively. Glastrier has the bulk to take a Triple Arrows from Hisuian Decidueye and hit back with Icicle Crash. All of them are unable to switch in directly, however.
**Faster Attackers**: Several faster revenge killers like Whimsicott, Passimian, and Virizion outspeed Hisuian Decidueye and resist Sucker Punch, letting them retaliate with their own powerful attacks. Other faster special attackers like Jolteon and Magneton outspeed and threaten Hisuian Decidueye.
**Status Conditions**: Will-o-Wisp from Weezing and Charizard takes Hisuian Decidueye out of commision, severely weakening its attacks. Toxic from Qwilfish and Hisuian Qwilfish eats away at Hisuian Decidueye's HP and stops potential sweeps in their tracks. Lum Berry on Swords Dance sets can alleviate this problem once a game, but defensive sets can't afford to use this item.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sinnabyss.626095/
Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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Hisuian Decidueye's unique bag of tricks, including its powerful Triple Arrows, rare utility in Defog, Swords Dance, U-turn, and Sucker Punch gives it a unique place as either a fearsome setup sweeper that tears through defensive teams or a defensive Defog-packing pivot that removes entry hazards in the face of the most common setters like Orthworm and Sandaconda. Its typing makes defensive sets adept at checking many threats like Brute Bonnet, Floatzel, and Lycanroc. However, Hisuian Decidueye's low speed makes it difficult for it to face up against offensive teams, as many revenge killers like Passimian and Virizion can easily take it out without fearing offensive sets's priority attacks. Hisuian Decidueye has trouble fitting every move it wants, especially on offensive sets, often leaving it walled by common foes like Charizard and Qwilfish. Lastly, Hisuian Decidueye faces competition from other Grass-types like Whimsicott and other Fighting-types like Passimian; it especially faces competition from Virizion, which shares its typing.
[SET]
Swords Dance (Decidueye-Hisui) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Dark
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Triple Arrows
- Leaf Blade / Knock Off
- Sucker Punch / Knock Off / Shadow Sneak
[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Decidueye can take advantage of the many switches it forces to set up Swords Dance. Triple Arrows is the prefered Fighting-type STAB option for its lack of drawback and capability to brute force past foes with its myriad secondary effects. Leaf Blade threatens Ground-types like Sandaconda and Palossand. Knock Off annoys common switch-ins like Charizard and Rotom and allows Hisuian Decidueye to force progress before it's primed to sweep. Sucker Punch picks off faster Pokemon like Mespirit and Oricorio-G. Shadow Sneak hits some foes that resist Sucker Punch like Passimian, Hisuian Sneasel, and Hitmonlee. slightly harder but is generally not worth the loss of power against neutral targets. On certain teams like Sticky Webs offense, Hisuian Decidueye may opt to drop priority. Lum Berry lets Hisuian Decidueye shrug off status conditions like Will-O-Wisp from Weezing and Charizard once. Tera Dark boosts the power of Sucker Punch and Knock Off while giving Hisuian Decidueye a Psychic immunity, improving its matchup against Mesprit. Scrappy lets Hisuian Decidueye hit Ghost-types like Froslass, Spiritomb, and Sableye with Triple Arrows, with the added benefit of blocking Intimidate from Qwilfish and Hisuian Qwilfish.
Hisuian Decidueye's unique capability to tear defensive Pokemon apart makes it a great pick on many teams ranging from semistall to hyper offense. Fellow Fighting-types like Passimian and Hisuian Sneasel enjoy teaming up with Hisuian Decidueye, overwhelming the few Fighting-type checks like Weezing and Charizard. Special attacking teammates like Mesprit and Whimsicott enjoy Hisuian Decidueye pressuring their checks like Snorlax, Dudunsparce, and Orthworm, and in return, they threaten physical walls like Qwilfish and Dipplin, respectively. Switch-ins to Fire-types like Lanturn and Regirock help Hisuian Decidueye deal with the likes of Charizard and Typhlosion. As Hisuian Decidueye can't touch Weezing, Pokemon that can deal with it such as Mesprit, Farigiraf and Magneton are great teammates. Entry hazard setters like Froslass, Qwilfish, and Orthworm greatly help Hisuian Decidueye sweep, especially if it's running Knock Off to remove Heavy-duty Boots. Whimsicott is a notable threat that easily switches into Hisuian Decidueye and threatens it back; as such, defensive answers to it like Charizard and Articuno are great partners. Dipplin can take Hisuian Decidueye's attacks and phaze it with Dragon Tail, so teammates that can scare it out like Whimsicott and Charizard make for great teammates. Pivots like Articuno, Jolteon and Grafaiai help bring Hisuian Decidueye in on foes like Orthworm and Dudunsparce, giving it setup opportunities.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Brave Bird seems tempting to nail Whimsicott on the switch-in but is quite bad otherwise and hard to fit. Scope Lens is a potential option on Swords Dance sets, letting Hisuian Decidueye have near-guarenteed critical hits on Triple Arrows and Leaf Blade, but this lacks the utility of Lum Berry. Defensive sets can invest varying degrees of speed to outpace threats like Glastrier, Orthworm, and Sandaconda.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Poison-types**: Weezing is a near-perfect wall to Hisuian Decidueye, taking minimal damage from its attacks and threatening it in return with super effective attacks or status conditions. Grafaiai threatens Hisuian Decidueye with Gunk Shot, or it can use encore to lock Hisuian Decidueye into an unfavorable move and force it to switch out, potentially gaining momentum with U-turn. Qwilfish greatly annoys defensive sets, easily setting up entry hazards on it, but must be wary of Swords Dance, since Intimidate is blocked by Scrappy, and a +2 Leaf Blade deals huge damage. Hisuian Qwilfish is unthreathened by Sucker Punch and can take Hisuian Decidueye out with a Poison-type attack, but it doesn't take Triple Arrows very well and hates having its Eviolte removed by Knock Off.
**Flying-types**: Hisuian Decidueye's 4x weakness to Flying makes it incredibly threatened by the likes of Dodrio, Oricorio-G, Oricorio-F, and Braviary, which can use it as an opportunity to set up. Cramorant is a shakier switch-in but can assist its team in pivoting around Triple Arrows. However, these Pokemon must think twice about switching in directly in fear of Knock Off or Triple Arrows.
**Fire-types**: Fire-types like Charizard and Pyroar put immense pressure on Hisuian Decidueye with their super effective STAB attacks. Will-O-Wisp lets them dance around Sucker Punch, reducing the effectiveness of Hisuian Decidueye's sweeping potential. Typhlosion doesn't enjoy Sucker Punch but likewise scares Hisuian Decidueye out. Knock Off ruins these Pokemon, however, making them wary of switching in.
**Psychic-types**: Mesprit offensively threatens Hisuian Decidueye with Psychic-type STAB moves, sets up Stealth Rock, can use Encore to lock it into a status move. Nasty Plot sets can set up a Substitute on Swords Dance Hisuian Decidueye's Sucker Punch, but Mesprit has to be wary of Knock Off, Shadow Sneak, and even U-turn from defensive sets. Farigiraf's Armor Tail and Indeedee-Fs Psychic Terrain block Sucker Punch completely, allowing them to fire at Decidueye unhindered. Knock Off does remove their items and greatly damages them, however, and U-turn also deals good damage while potentially putting them into precarious positions.
**Ice-types**: Sneasel and Frosmoth outpace Hisuian Decidueye and can destroy it with super effective attacks. They can also play around Sucker Punch with Ice Shard and Substitute, respectively. Glastrier has the bulk to take a Triple Arrows from Hisuian Decidueye and hit back with Icicle Crash. All of them are unable to switch in directly, however.
**Faster Attackers**: Several faster revenge killers like Whimsicott, Passimian, and Virizion outspeed Hisuian Decidueye and resist Sucker Punch, letting them retaliate with their own powerful attacks. Other faster special attackers like Jolteon and Magneton outspeed and threaten Hisuian Decidueye.
**Status Conditions**: Will-o-Wisp from Weezing and Charizard takes Hisuian Decidueye out of commision, severely weakening its attacks. Toxic from Qwilfish and Hisuian Qwilfish eats away at Hisuian Decidueye's HP and stops potential sweeps in their tracks. Lum Berry on Swords Dance sets can alleviate this problem once a game, but defensive sets can't afford to use this item.
[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/autumn.384270/
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