[overview]
**Draft order**: Round 2 onwards
**Price range**: 16-17 points
**Overview**: Enamorus is a strong Fairy-type that hits foes with its powerful STAB Moonblast and has access to good coverage options, allowing it to beat some of its checks. It also has access to setup moves that allow it to pose a great threat to teams; it even has physical options with Superpower, which utilizes Contrary, and Play Rough. However, what holds it back is its base Speed, and while it's above average, it makes it susceptible to Choice Scarf users and Pokemon with higher Speed. It's also physically frail, it weak to common priority attacks, which can further be exacerbated with its weakness to Stealth Rock. While it can struggle to get good opportunities to switch in safely due to functionally serving as a glass cannon, it can be an overwhelming offensive presence with teams lacking good Fairy resistances and a potent sweeper that needs to be carefully prepared for in team building.
[strategy comments]
Common Roles
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**Wallbreaker**: When given an offensive damage-boosting item, such as Choice Specs or Life Orb, Enamorus can be a strong wallbreaker that few teams can handle effectively, though its drawbacks are that it is weak to Stealth Rock and easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf users and faster threats.
**Setup sweeper**: By utilizing set up moves, such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense, and Agility, it can become a potent sweeper that can end games right on the spot. While it's not weak by its own, it can lack some immediate power when its EVs are invested defensively and can be prone to anti-setup options such as Encore or Taunt.
**Contrary sweeper**: A strong physical set that is enabled by Contrary and Superpower can allow it to take advantage of its decent Attack and can surprise teams preparing for Enamorus's more common special sets, having the potential to snowball into a difficult-to-KO sweeper. The downsides to using Contrary + Superpower are its lack of good physical coverage options besides Play Rough and relying on Choice Scarf or Tailwind for any speed control due to Contrary preventing the use of Agility or Salac Berry.
*Late-game cleaner**: With Agility or Choice Scarf, Enamorus can clean up games, using its strong coverage and Speed to KO the remaining Pokemon on the opponent’s side. However, keep in mind priority move users that can stop it from cleaning up, as well as opposing Choice Scarf users that have a higher base Speed.
Common Moves
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**Primary STAB moves**: Moonblast, Alluring Voice, Springtide Storm, Draining Kiss, Play Rough
**Setup moves**: Calm Mind, Iron Defense, Agility
**Utility moves**: Taunt, Healing Wish, Substitute
**Coverage**: Earth Power, Mystical Fire, Psychic, Grass Knot, Sludge Bomb, Focus Blast, Superpower, Zen Headbutt, Iron Head
Niche Moves
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**Misty Explosion**: Misty Explosion is one of Enamorus's stronger STAB moves but with the effect of sacrificing itself after using the move. This could have merit in cases where it needs to secure a trade against a foe, and Enamorus is too weak to do anything else, or it could set up the next Pokemon to come in for free.
**Tailwind**: Tailwind helps support Enamorus when it can't use Agility or Salac Berry due to Contrary and can help its teammates with good speed control.
**Weather Ball**: When Enamorus is paired up with weather setters, or if sets it up by itself, Weather Ball can provide additional coverage it doesn't get access to normally, allowing it to hit certain Pokemon that usually wall its common coverage options, such as Moltres and Rotom-H.
**Endure**: Endure enables Enamorus to use items such as Custap Berry or Salac Berry, allowing it to activate them easier. It can also be used to activate Weakness Policy on super effective attacks that would normally KO it.
Common Items
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**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Heavy-Duty Boots gives Enamorus protection against Stealth Rock, enabling it to utilize its defensive qualities and have better opportunities to set up. It loses out on power and speed from the Choice items but makes up for it with being able to choose its moves freely, as well as the ability to switch in and out without taking entry hazard damage.
**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf lets Enamorus outspeed Pokemon that are usually faster than it and clean games with relative ease with its natural power. This does leave it prone to priority attacks and faster Choice Scarf users.
**Choice Specs**: Enamorus becomes a difficult Pokemon to switch into with lackluster Fairy resistances, allowing it to hit harder with its STAB moves or hone in on an opposing team’s weaknesses. It does mean it has to rely on its base Speed, making it easy to revenge kill by foes that use Choice Scarf, naturally faster threats, and priority move users.
Niche Items
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**Expert Belt or Life Orb**: These items can be used to boost Enamorus's damage output while still retaining the ability to swap moves freely. However, without the protection of Heavy-Duty Boots, these sets will get worn down by Stealth Rock, so having entry hazard removal will be important.
**Choice Band**: Choice Band makes use of its decent Attack to surprise its usual specially defensive checks and hit them with physical STAB Play Rough or Contrary + Superpower. However, it lacks additional coverage needed in some matchups.
**Leftovers**: Leftovers gives better longevity to bulkier sets that use Calm Mind and Iron Defense to increase its durability, making it more difficult for the foe to KO. This does mean that it will lack damage output given its reliance on survivability.
**Weakness Policy**: Weakness Policy can be used in conjunction with its good defensive setup options to tank super effective attacks and maximize Enamorus's offensive output, enabling it to sweep effortlessly.
**Mental Herb**: Mental Herb helps Enamorus beat disruption moves, such as Encore and Taunt, that can stop it from setting up freely.
**Salac Berry**: Salac Berry can be used alongside Substitute or Endure to give Enamorus the Speed boost it needs to sweep teams.
**Custap Berry**: Custap Berry can be used to enable use of its utility moves, such as Healing Wish and Tailwind, or to catch faster threats by surprise.
Tera
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Enamorus-I is usually Tera-banned. However, whenever it's allowed, Enamorus is a great Tera Captain because of the amount of Tera types it can use to fit any situation. Tera types like Tera Fairy and Flying are great to further boost damage for its STAB options, Tera Ground and Fire to give Enamorus good offensive and defensive typing to handle its checks, Tera Stellar to use the combination of Contrary + Tera Blast to keep boosting so that it can snowball into a powerful sweeper, and Tera Water and Steel to receive better defensive typing for setup variants.
Draft Strategy
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Enamorus shines at being able to find opportunities to switch in freely on Pokemon that it can set up on or pressure with its STAB Moonblast and coverage. It works well with Pokemon that appreciate its strong special attacks and can help enable its other options.
**Physical wallbreakers**: Since Enamorus is primarily a special attacker, you want to have physical wallbreakers that can pressure the specially defensive walls that Enamorus can struggle to break. Pokemon such as Urshifu-S, Palafin, and Iron Hands provide strong physical options that have good offensive presence in most games.
**Speed control**: Though Enamorus is a good user of Choice Scarf with its base Speed, having better speed control is important when you’re not relying on Choice Scarf and need naturally faster Pokemon. Greninja, Meowscarada, and Sneasler are great options for having a fast Speed tier and the ability to pivot in Enamorus safely.
**Entry hazard removal**: Enamorus's weakness to Stealth Rock can be a detriment to sets not relying on Heavy-Duty Boots for protection, so having entry hazard removal is important in this regard. Rapid Spin options, such as Great Tusk and Terapagos, or alternatively Defog support from Corviknight and Talonflame, can alleviate the need to run Heavy-Duty Boots most games.
**Momentum**: Enamorus is a strong offensive presence that can struggle to switch in given its frailty, so having numerous options for pivoting is important. Pokemon that have access to U-turn, Volt Switch, or other forms of building or keeping momentum are good options so that Enamorus is able to get on the field safely.
Checks and Counters
========
**Special walls**: Pokemon with really good special bulk are able to switch into Enamorus's attacks, especially those with resistances to Fairy, which include Fire-, Steel-, and Poison-types. Enamorus is usually able to slot in Earth Power, Mystical Fire, and Superpower for these types, but sometimes it will run into matchups where it can struggle to break them or have proper coverage.
**Faster threats**: Enamorus's Speed leaves it susceptible to getting revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Latios, Sneasler, and Ogerpon-H. It can rely on Choice Scarf to better fix its Speed issue, but it can find itself still being outpaced by those same Pokemon when they're also using Choice Scarf.
**Priority moves**: Enamorus is a frail Pokemon, especially given its Stealth Rock weakness, so it can be prone to getting knocked out by strong priority attacks such as Jet Punch from Palafin-H, Extreme Speed from Dragonite, and Bullet Punch from Scizor.
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**Draft order**: Round 2 onwards
**Price range**: 16-17 points
**Overview**: Enamorus is a strong Fairy-type that hits foes with its powerful STAB Moonblast and has access to good coverage options, allowing it to beat some of its checks. It also has access to setup moves that allow it to pose a great threat to teams; it even has physical options with Superpower, which utilizes Contrary, and Play Rough. However, what holds it back is its base Speed, and while it's above average, it makes it susceptible to Choice Scarf users and Pokemon with higher Speed. It's also physically frail, it weak to common priority attacks, which can further be exacerbated with its weakness to Stealth Rock. While it can struggle to get good opportunities to switch in safely due to functionally serving as a glass cannon, it can be an overwhelming offensive presence with teams lacking good Fairy resistances and a potent sweeper that needs to be carefully prepared for in team building.
[strategy comments]
Common Roles
========
**Wallbreaker**: When given an offensive damage-boosting item, such as Choice Specs or Life Orb, Enamorus can be a strong wallbreaker that few teams can handle effectively, though its drawbacks are that it is weak to Stealth Rock and easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf users and faster threats.
**Setup sweeper**: By utilizing set up moves, such as Calm Mind, Iron Defense, and Agility, it can become a potent sweeper that can end games right on the spot. While it's not weak by its own, it can lack some immediate power when its EVs are invested defensively and can be prone to anti-setup options such as Encore or Taunt.
**Contrary sweeper**: A strong physical set that is enabled by Contrary and Superpower can allow it to take advantage of its decent Attack and can surprise teams preparing for Enamorus's more common special sets, having the potential to snowball into a difficult-to-KO sweeper. The downsides to using Contrary + Superpower are its lack of good physical coverage options besides Play Rough and relying on Choice Scarf or Tailwind for any speed control due to Contrary preventing the use of Agility or Salac Berry.
*Late-game cleaner**: With Agility or Choice Scarf, Enamorus can clean up games, using its strong coverage and Speed to KO the remaining Pokemon on the opponent’s side. However, keep in mind priority move users that can stop it from cleaning up, as well as opposing Choice Scarf users that have a higher base Speed.
Common Moves
========
**Primary STAB moves**: Moonblast, Alluring Voice, Springtide Storm, Draining Kiss, Play Rough
**Setup moves**: Calm Mind, Iron Defense, Agility
**Utility moves**: Taunt, Healing Wish, Substitute
**Coverage**: Earth Power, Mystical Fire, Psychic, Grass Knot, Sludge Bomb, Focus Blast, Superpower, Zen Headbutt, Iron Head
Niche Moves
========
**Misty Explosion**: Misty Explosion is one of Enamorus's stronger STAB moves but with the effect of sacrificing itself after using the move. This could have merit in cases where it needs to secure a trade against a foe, and Enamorus is too weak to do anything else, or it could set up the next Pokemon to come in for free.
**Tailwind**: Tailwind helps support Enamorus when it can't use Agility or Salac Berry due to Contrary and can help its teammates with good speed control.
**Weather Ball**: When Enamorus is paired up with weather setters, or if sets it up by itself, Weather Ball can provide additional coverage it doesn't get access to normally, allowing it to hit certain Pokemon that usually wall its common coverage options, such as Moltres and Rotom-H.
**Endure**: Endure enables Enamorus to use items such as Custap Berry or Salac Berry, allowing it to activate them easier. It can also be used to activate Weakness Policy on super effective attacks that would normally KO it.
Common Items
========
**Heavy-Duty Boots**: Heavy-Duty Boots gives Enamorus protection against Stealth Rock, enabling it to utilize its defensive qualities and have better opportunities to set up. It loses out on power and speed from the Choice items but makes up for it with being able to choose its moves freely, as well as the ability to switch in and out without taking entry hazard damage.
**Choice Scarf**: Choice Scarf lets Enamorus outspeed Pokemon that are usually faster than it and clean games with relative ease with its natural power. This does leave it prone to priority attacks and faster Choice Scarf users.
**Choice Specs**: Enamorus becomes a difficult Pokemon to switch into with lackluster Fairy resistances, allowing it to hit harder with its STAB moves or hone in on an opposing team’s weaknesses. It does mean it has to rely on its base Speed, making it easy to revenge kill by foes that use Choice Scarf, naturally faster threats, and priority move users.
Niche Items
========
**Expert Belt or Life Orb**: These items can be used to boost Enamorus's damage output while still retaining the ability to swap moves freely. However, without the protection of Heavy-Duty Boots, these sets will get worn down by Stealth Rock, so having entry hazard removal will be important.
**Choice Band**: Choice Band makes use of its decent Attack to surprise its usual specially defensive checks and hit them with physical STAB Play Rough or Contrary + Superpower. However, it lacks additional coverage needed in some matchups.
**Leftovers**: Leftovers gives better longevity to bulkier sets that use Calm Mind and Iron Defense to increase its durability, making it more difficult for the foe to KO. This does mean that it will lack damage output given its reliance on survivability.
**Weakness Policy**: Weakness Policy can be used in conjunction with its good defensive setup options to tank super effective attacks and maximize Enamorus's offensive output, enabling it to sweep effortlessly.
**Mental Herb**: Mental Herb helps Enamorus beat disruption moves, such as Encore and Taunt, that can stop it from setting up freely.
**Salac Berry**: Salac Berry can be used alongside Substitute or Endure to give Enamorus the Speed boost it needs to sweep teams.
**Custap Berry**: Custap Berry can be used to enable use of its utility moves, such as Healing Wish and Tailwind, or to catch faster threats by surprise.
Tera
========
Enamorus-I is usually Tera-banned. However, whenever it's allowed, Enamorus is a great Tera Captain because of the amount of Tera types it can use to fit any situation. Tera types like Tera Fairy and Flying are great to further boost damage for its STAB options, Tera Ground and Fire to give Enamorus good offensive and defensive typing to handle its checks, Tera Stellar to use the combination of Contrary + Tera Blast to keep boosting so that it can snowball into a powerful sweeper, and Tera Water and Steel to receive better defensive typing for setup variants.
Draft Strategy
========
Enamorus shines at being able to find opportunities to switch in freely on Pokemon that it can set up on or pressure with its STAB Moonblast and coverage. It works well with Pokemon that appreciate its strong special attacks and can help enable its other options.
**Physical wallbreakers**: Since Enamorus is primarily a special attacker, you want to have physical wallbreakers that can pressure the specially defensive walls that Enamorus can struggle to break. Pokemon such as Urshifu-S, Palafin, and Iron Hands provide strong physical options that have good offensive presence in most games.
**Speed control**: Though Enamorus is a good user of Choice Scarf with its base Speed, having better speed control is important when you’re not relying on Choice Scarf and need naturally faster Pokemon. Greninja, Meowscarada, and Sneasler are great options for having a fast Speed tier and the ability to pivot in Enamorus safely.
**Entry hazard removal**: Enamorus's weakness to Stealth Rock can be a detriment to sets not relying on Heavy-Duty Boots for protection, so having entry hazard removal is important in this regard. Rapid Spin options, such as Great Tusk and Terapagos, or alternatively Defog support from Corviknight and Talonflame, can alleviate the need to run Heavy-Duty Boots most games.
**Momentum**: Enamorus is a strong offensive presence that can struggle to switch in given its frailty, so having numerous options for pivoting is important. Pokemon that have access to U-turn, Volt Switch, or other forms of building or keeping momentum are good options so that Enamorus is able to get on the field safely.
Checks and Counters
========
**Special walls**: Pokemon with really good special bulk are able to switch into Enamorus's attacks, especially those with resistances to Fairy, which include Fire-, Steel-, and Poison-types. Enamorus is usually able to slot in Earth Power, Mystical Fire, and Superpower for these types, but sometimes it will run into matchups where it can struggle to break them or have proper coverage.
**Faster threats**: Enamorus's Speed leaves it susceptible to getting revenge killed by faster Pokemon such as Latios, Sneasler, and Ogerpon-H. It can rely on Choice Scarf to better fix its Speed issue, but it can find itself still being outpaced by those same Pokemon when they're also using Choice Scarf.
**Priority moves**: Enamorus is a frail Pokemon, especially given its Stealth Rock weakness, so it can be prone to getting knocked out by strong priority attacks such as Jet Punch from Palafin-H, Extreme Speed from Dragonite, and Bullet Punch from Scizor.
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