Old Gens [DPP PU] Victreebel (GP: 0/1)

[Bella]

Victreebel @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Sucker Punch
- Sleep Powder

This Pitcher Trap is one of DPP PU's most threatening wallbreaker thanks to its high Attack, strong STAB allowing it to threaten most of the tier with notable targets like Relicanth and Rhydon, and useful utility options like Sleep Powder and Sucker Punch! With Sucker Punch, Victreebel can circumvent its somewhat middling Speed stat to revenge kill faster foes like Zangoose while also providing coverage against Pokemon like Choice Scarf Misdreavus and Xatu. Sleep Power provides Victreebel utility, helping it cripple switchins and checks such as Muk and Torkoal, while also allowing it to safely Swords Dance more. Alternatively, Return can deal with Grass- and Poison-types at the cost of utility. Victreebel does not have reliable Poison-type STAB, making opposing Grass-types like Bellossom and Tangela difficult to deal with Return. As such, counters to these walls such as Magmar, Muk, and Choice Band Pinsir are useful partners to have. Victreebel is relatively frail and slow, so having pivots such as Monferno and Purugly who can help it get it safely against Pokemon like Ampharos to set up are solid partners.

 

[Bella]

Drud zS Akir hey buddies

 

[Akir]

Victreebel @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Sucker Punch
- Sleep Powder / Return

This Pitcher Trap is one of DPP PU's most threatening setup sweepers wallbreakers (i think the toolkit better aligns with calling it a wallbreaker. it doesnt sweep with its speed really) thanks to its high Attack, strong STAB allowing it to threaten most of the tier with notable targets like Relicanth and Rhydon, and useful utility options like Sleep Powder and Sucker Punch! With Sucker Punch, Victreebel can circumvent its somewhat middling Speed stat to revenge kill faster foes like Purugly and (dont want to encourage ppl to keep their vic in on purugly for it to get bopped by fake out + faster sucker) Zangoose while also providing coverage against Pokemon like Choice Scarf Misdreavus and Xatu. Sleep Power provides Victreebel utility, helping it cripple switchins and checks such as Muk and Torkoal, while also allowing it to safely Swords Dance more. Victreebel does not have reliable Poison-type STAB, making opposing Grass-types like Bellossom and Tangela difficult to deal with, but can run Return over Sleep Powder to mitigate this at the cost of the arguably more impactful utility of Sleep. As such, counters to these walls such as Magmar, Muk, and Choice Band Pinsir (unsure about including cb pinsir but its probably fine. Muk being first is my compromise) are useful partners to have. Victreebel is relatively frail and slow, so having pivots such as Monferno and Purugly who can help it get it safely against Pokemon like Ampharos to set up are solid partners.

i am wordy like always but this was largely good, just some small suggestions for edits.

 

[Bella]

GP Team mrow (made a change in the post to make the benefits of return over sleep powder more clear)