(I don't know what kind of analysis this would fall under, mod/admin, change plz?)
This is my first analysis, so don't hurt me. :)
Well...you could say that the 00ber metagame is all about CM, CB Metagross, and weather, the OU Metagame is a pretty well balanced mix of walls and stalling, with a very stale mix of standards, and the UU Metagame is "All CB, All the time." But what about all the crap that everyone loves?
BRING IN THE NEVERUSED METAGAME!
THE NEVERUSED METAGAME
According to UUSF, which is a pretty reliable source for UU/NU Info, the following pokemon are considered NU...
Aipom, Ariados, Beautifly, Beedrill, Bellossom, Butterfree, Cacturne, Castform, Chimecho, Corsola, Crawdaunt, Delcatty, Dewgong, Ditto, Dustox, Farfetch'd, Flareon, Glalie, Hitmonchan, Huntail, Illumise, Kecleon, Kingler, Ledian, Likitung, Luvdisc, Magcargo, Masquerain, Mawile, Mightyena, Minun, Murkrow, Noctowl, Nosepass, Parasect, Pelliper, Pidgeot, Piloswine, Plusle, Raticate, Relicanth, Roselia, Seaking, Seviper, Spinda, Sudowoodo, Sunflora, Tangela, Togetic, Trapinch, Tropius, Unown, Venomoth, Volbeat, Wailord, Whiscash, Wigglytuff.
Some unevolved pokes could probably be considered NU, but using a poke like Kadabra, Chansey, Pikachu, etc. is frowned upon, because as a whole good unevos are considered UnderUsed, not NeverUsed.
A little bit about the general metagame: Well...the pokes are bad. Really bad. I'd say it's a fairly balanced metagame, as there are still pokes with good defenses (Whiscash, Bellossom, etc.) but good attackers are hard to come by. Choice Band still kinda rules. No TTar, so weather users and Flail/Reversal do work here.
Almost any poke can work. Seriously, I'm giving movesets for most of the best, but anything that isn't, like, Ditto/Unown/Etc. can usually do something. This isn't a hard metagame to figure out.
This is one of the most wide open and basic metagames, because if a poke had a combo that made it really good, or a useful thing...then it probably wouldn't be NU. Almost everything can work here.
Status works quite well here, the only good beller is Chimecho (Though Parasect is much cooler), and that doesn't have great defense until it uses Reflect. Sleep moves run amok. Spikes are non-existant, the only Spikers are Cacturne (Who has no defenses, even in NU) and Glalie (Who might actually make a decent Spiker in this metagame, since NO ONE uses Rapid Spin.)
There is NOTHING that resists BoltBeam or EQ + Rock Attack, excluding, like, Magnemite. This means that the only reason to use other attacks is for Super Effective. Because of this, I like Sleep Talk on several pokes.
THREATS:
(Before addressing the threats, let me say that I have NO idea how to EV NU, so EVs are crappy.)
GROUP ONE: CBers - You use these things the same way you use them in OU. Smack something and run.
Pidgeot (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Air Cutter/Aerial Ace
- Return/Double-Edge
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Quick Attack
Hey look, it's Dodrio/Fearow/Swellow, but worse! Basic CB Bird. Air Cutter is kind of novelty. CB Quick Attack is rather iffy, and just an invitation for something like Sudowoodo to come in and smack the next poke.
Murkrow (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Insomnia
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Drill Peck
- Shadow Ball
- Return/Double-Edge
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
See Pidgeot, but better attacking, worse defending. No Normal STAB is annoying, but it can do more damage with Drill Peck.
Sudowoodo (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Focus Punch
- Rock Slide
Sudowoodo is actually not bad. Nice high attack, good defense, decent CBing movepool. This thing can put giant dents into the NU metagame like CB Golem/Rhydon/Aerodactyl can in their respective metagames. No ground typing is both a blessing and a curse. STAB EQ is nice, but no 4x weaknesses means that it survives pretty well.
Raticate (M) @ Choice Band/??? (Salac? Liechi? Leftovers?)
Trait: Guts
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Hidden Power [Fighting]/[Ground]
- Return/Facade
- Shadow Ball
- Sleep Talk/Super Fang
Super Fang is and will always be the coolest move ever, but being able to switch in on Noctowl Hypnosis or Bellossom Sleep Powder and then just tear the rest of their team in half is nice. Without CB, Super Fang is a godsend, especially on tough to take down pokes like Relicanth and Whiscash. CB Return/Facade from this thing hurts, especially with Guts. Raticate rules.
Hitmonchan (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Sky Uppercut/Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Mach Punch/Sleep Talk/Focus Punch
Probably a better set. CB STAB Sky Uppercut wrecks a lot of this metagame, but the miss factor gets annoying, so Brick Break might be better. I like Sleep Talk, but Mach Punch is probably better. Very, very common. Watch out for this thing.
Flareon (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Fire Blast
- Return
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power [Fighting]/Ground/Iron Tail
This thing has HUGE attack. A CB Return from Flareon is nothing to laugh at, and it's Fire Blast isn't bad either. Lame movepool is annoying, so it has some difficulty hurting things that resist Return. Iron Tail is ;_;, and it doesn't SE Relicanth so I highly recommend HP Fighting or Ground. This thing has crap speed but very good Special Defense, so I like to put my EVs there, as it walls the crap out of Bellossom/Grass types. Flareon is probably THE best NU and one of the most. Look. Out. For. It.
Relicanth (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge
- Sleep Talk/Surf/Hydro Pump
Takes CB hits and dishes 'em right back out. Sleep Talk is pure filler, but I can't think of when Hydro Pump or a Hidden Power would be more useful. Might do more to Sudowoodo. Relicanth is very cool.
GROUP TWO: Non-CB Physical Attackers/Flailers/Reversalers - Late game sweepers. Watch out for Quick Attack and Mach Punch, which are quite common.
Hitmonchan (M) @ Liechi Berry
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Agility
- Hi Jump Kick
- Mach Punch
- Rock Slide
I've tried this thing, and I've never had a lot of success with it. I don't like Hitmonchan :( I always get haxxed when I use it. Still, this things good attack, Fighting STAB and decent movepool make it a useful sweeper. This thing has surprsingly good Special Defense, too. I really wish he got Reversal.
Flareon (M) @ Salac Berry
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Endure
- Fire Blast
- Flail
- Hidden Power [Fighting]/Shadow Ball
Probably the best NU Flailer, but gets walled by Relicanth a little too badly for my tastes. Speed is annoyingly bad. Still, this thing can do a lot of damage. Fire Blast floors Tangela and does lots to Bellossom. HP Fighting to do a little more to Relicanth, Shadow Ball, for, uh, Haunter? Can't think of anything off the top of my head.
Raticate (M) @ Salac Berry
Trait: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Endure
- Reversal
- Return
- Quick Attack
The other Raticate. Reversal floors Relicanth pretty well, so you don't have to worry about that. Return for Bugs/Flying types. QA is useful as a whole. Super Fang could go somewhere, but Reversal and Return should be able to do more than 50% to anything.
Parasect (M) @ Salac/Liechi Berry
Trait: Effect Spore
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Flail
- Endure
- Swords Dance
- Spore
For lulz. Spore is always handy, Swords Danced Flail does a lot, but this thing NEEDS an Agility or at least another Salac Boost. If you BP it an Agility, then Liechi works, if not, Salac with a passed Salac. Parasect still sucks but whatever. It's cool. This thing needs Speed Boost imo. It has other options, but IMO this is the only set that this can kind of work. (read: it still doesn't.)
Seaking (M) @ Liechi Berry
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Flail
- Hydro Pump/Megahorn
- Agility/Rain Dance
- Endure
Hydro Pump works well with Rain Dance, and despite piss poor Sp Atk does a lot to Sudowoodo. Pretty lame imo.
GROUP THREE: Special Attackers - These things are freaking non-existant.
Bellossom/Tangela (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day
- Sleep Powder
- Hidden Power [Fire]
The dominant special attacking force in NU. Bellossom is best at it, though Tangela works too and has more physical defense, but has a special defense stat that makes me cry. These EVs suck and waste Bellossom's solid defenses, but eh. Try to make sure Flareon is down before you use it, as Flareon just laughs in its face then Fire Blasts it to high hell. You could use another Hidden Power but I can't really think of where anything other than Fire would help. Water could do a little to Flareon, but you have your own Sun against you. After Flareon, this is probably THE most used poke.
Plusle (M) @ Petaya Berry
Trait: Plus
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Encore/Fake Tears/Substitute/Thunder Wave
- Hidden Power [Grass]/[Fire]
- Baton Pass/Substitute
Plusle is probably the best NU special sweeper. Lots of options, it has a very good movepool. Encore is a good move in general, Fake Tears is pretty good, HP Grass lets it nail Whiscash pretty well, Substitute lets it get to Petaya better, and it can be passed. TWave is just generally good. HP Fire lets it run off of Sunny Day, which is pretty common in NU and also lets it kill Bellossom and Tangela. Baton Pass can pass the berry boost, Subs, or even Agility.
Abra (M) @ Salac Berry
Trait: Synchronize
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Encore
- Fire Punch
My personal brain child (lol psychic brain get it). Never seen this used, but hey, Abra's cool. It still has very good Special Attack and Speed, and I doubt anyone would have a problem with you using it. Switch in on a status move or sub, Encore it, CM on the switch and start smacking shit. Try not to get hit. Ever.
GROUP FOUR - DEFENSE: There aren't many defenders in this metagame, but they're actually good.
Relicanth (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Substitute/Filler/Surf/Hydro Pump
- Yawn
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
Great HP and defense. Yawn is a very, very cool move, and it gets 101 subs, which is always a good thing I guess. Really, this thing soaks attacks like crazy. Surf could go as Filler. Beware Plusle.
Bellossom/Tangela (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Grass]/[Fire]
- Leech Seed
- Moonlight
- Toxic
With a small handful of Bellers in NU, stalling can work to some extent. This thing stays alive pretty well, and takes attacks well from both sides. You could try to fit Sleep Powder in somewhere, but I don't know where it would go. This can be done with Tangela, too, but then you get murdered by any special attack. As far as I know I'm the only one that uses it X( but hey, it's annoying and moderately good. Beware Flareon, though it certainely doesn't like Toxic.
Whiscash (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Oblivious
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide/Rest/Ice Beam
- Surf
- Toxic
Great HP, nice typing, STAB EQ. However, Whicash has a terrible movepool and trait. Earthquake and Surf for double STAB, Toxic for decent damage and stalling, Rock Slide for Bugs and Flying types, Ice Beam for Bellossom and Flyers, Rest for more stalling. Absorbs hits but really his movepool is not good. At all. Not as good as Relicanth IMO, as it doesn't resist Fighting OR Normal.
Noctowl (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Insomnia
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Hypnosis
- Reflect
- Psychic
- Toxic/Filler
Good solid special wall, nice Sp Def and HP, not much else :( Toxic is pure filler. Hurting things is difficult.
GROUP FIVE - THE LEFTOVERS:
Chimecho (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Psychic
- Light Screen/Heal Bell
- Reflect/Heal Bell
- Yawn/Heal Bell
lol PPass. Chimecho has a decent number of option. PPassing is always moderately useful, and Heal Bell could save your ass. Decent poke.
Ledian (M) @ Starf/Liechi/Salac Berry
Trait: Early Bird
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Baton Pass
- Swords Dance/Reflect/Light Screen
- Agility/Reflect/Light Screen
- Toxic/Reflect/Light Screen
Ledian needs it's moment in the sun. Basic passer. Switch in on a special attacker, preferably one who can't kill you (350 special attack isn't bad, though). Use appropriate move, or PPass screen, then pass to something that can use it (Parasect plz). Don't use an attacking move, it's seriously not worth it. Starf for those who want to be cool. Makes a decent lead. Phazing is almost unheard of in NU (Whirlwind Pidgeot for the lose.)
Glalie (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spd / 4 SAtk
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Ice Beam
- Spikes
- Explosion
- Crunch/Light Screen/Hidden Power something
This is the single worst poke to EV, ever. Seriously. Spike up, hurt things with Ice Beam and go boom. Not hard. Glalie isn't all that bad.
Comments? I'll update this later.
This is my first analysis, so don't hurt me. :)
Well...you could say that the 00ber metagame is all about CM, CB Metagross, and weather, the OU Metagame is a pretty well balanced mix of walls and stalling, with a very stale mix of standards, and the UU Metagame is "All CB, All the time." But what about all the crap that everyone loves?
BRING IN THE NEVERUSED METAGAME!
THE NEVERUSED METAGAME
According to UUSF, which is a pretty reliable source for UU/NU Info, the following pokemon are considered NU...
Aipom, Ariados, Beautifly, Beedrill, Bellossom, Butterfree, Cacturne, Castform, Chimecho, Corsola, Crawdaunt, Delcatty, Dewgong, Ditto, Dustox, Farfetch'd, Flareon, Glalie, Hitmonchan, Huntail, Illumise, Kecleon, Kingler, Ledian, Likitung, Luvdisc, Magcargo, Masquerain, Mawile, Mightyena, Minun, Murkrow, Noctowl, Nosepass, Parasect, Pelliper, Pidgeot, Piloswine, Plusle, Raticate, Relicanth, Roselia, Seaking, Seviper, Spinda, Sudowoodo, Sunflora, Tangela, Togetic, Trapinch, Tropius, Unown, Venomoth, Volbeat, Wailord, Whiscash, Wigglytuff.
Some unevolved pokes could probably be considered NU, but using a poke like Kadabra, Chansey, Pikachu, etc. is frowned upon, because as a whole good unevos are considered UnderUsed, not NeverUsed.
A little bit about the general metagame: Well...the pokes are bad. Really bad. I'd say it's a fairly balanced metagame, as there are still pokes with good defenses (Whiscash, Bellossom, etc.) but good attackers are hard to come by. Choice Band still kinda rules. No TTar, so weather users and Flail/Reversal do work here.
Almost any poke can work. Seriously, I'm giving movesets for most of the best, but anything that isn't, like, Ditto/Unown/Etc. can usually do something. This isn't a hard metagame to figure out.
This is one of the most wide open and basic metagames, because if a poke had a combo that made it really good, or a useful thing...then it probably wouldn't be NU. Almost everything can work here.
Status works quite well here, the only good beller is Chimecho (Though Parasect is much cooler), and that doesn't have great defense until it uses Reflect. Sleep moves run amok. Spikes are non-existant, the only Spikers are Cacturne (Who has no defenses, even in NU) and Glalie (Who might actually make a decent Spiker in this metagame, since NO ONE uses Rapid Spin.)
There is NOTHING that resists BoltBeam or EQ + Rock Attack, excluding, like, Magnemite. This means that the only reason to use other attacks is for Super Effective. Because of this, I like Sleep Talk on several pokes.
THREATS:
(Before addressing the threats, let me say that I have NO idea how to EV NU, so EVs are crappy.)
GROUP ONE: CBers - You use these things the same way you use them in OU. Smack something and run.
Pidgeot (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Air Cutter/Aerial Ace
- Return/Double-Edge
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
- Quick Attack
Hey look, it's Dodrio/Fearow/Swellow, but worse! Basic CB Bird. Air Cutter is kind of novelty. CB Quick Attack is rather iffy, and just an invitation for something like Sudowoodo to come in and smack the next poke.
Murkrow (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Insomnia
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Drill Peck
- Shadow Ball
- Return/Double-Edge
- Hidden Power [Fighting]
See Pidgeot, but better attacking, worse defending. No Normal STAB is annoying, but it can do more damage with Drill Peck.
Sudowoodo (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Focus Punch
- Rock Slide
Sudowoodo is actually not bad. Nice high attack, good defense, decent CBing movepool. This thing can put giant dents into the NU metagame like CB Golem/Rhydon/Aerodactyl can in their respective metagames. No ground typing is both a blessing and a curse. STAB EQ is nice, but no 4x weaknesses means that it survives pretty well.
Raticate (M) @ Choice Band/??? (Salac? Liechi? Leftovers?)
Trait: Guts
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Hidden Power [Fighting]/[Ground]
- Return/Facade
- Shadow Ball
- Sleep Talk/Super Fang
Super Fang is and will always be the coolest move ever, but being able to switch in on Noctowl Hypnosis or Bellossom Sleep Powder and then just tear the rest of their team in half is nice. Without CB, Super Fang is a godsend, especially on tough to take down pokes like Relicanth and Whiscash. CB Return/Facade from this thing hurts, especially with Guts. Raticate rules.
Hitmonchan (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Sky Uppercut/Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Mach Punch/Sleep Talk/Focus Punch
Probably a better set. CB STAB Sky Uppercut wrecks a lot of this metagame, but the miss factor gets annoying, so Brick Break might be better. I like Sleep Talk, but Mach Punch is probably better. Very, very common. Watch out for this thing.
Flareon (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Fire Blast
- Return
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power [Fighting]/Ground/Iron Tail
This thing has HUGE attack. A CB Return from Flareon is nothing to laugh at, and it's Fire Blast isn't bad either. Lame movepool is annoying, so it has some difficulty hurting things that resist Return. Iron Tail is ;_;, and it doesn't SE Relicanth so I highly recommend HP Fighting or Ground. This thing has crap speed but very good Special Defense, so I like to put my EVs there, as it walls the crap out of Bellossom/Grass types. Flareon is probably THE best NU and one of the most. Look. Out. For. It.
Relicanth (M) @ Choice Band
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge
- Sleep Talk/Surf/Hydro Pump
Takes CB hits and dishes 'em right back out. Sleep Talk is pure filler, but I can't think of when Hydro Pump or a Hidden Power would be more useful. Might do more to Sudowoodo. Relicanth is very cool.
GROUP TWO: Non-CB Physical Attackers/Flailers/Reversalers - Late game sweepers. Watch out for Quick Attack and Mach Punch, which are quite common.
Hitmonchan (M) @ Liechi Berry
Trait: Keen Eye
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Agility
- Hi Jump Kick
- Mach Punch
- Rock Slide
I've tried this thing, and I've never had a lot of success with it. I don't like Hitmonchan :( I always get haxxed when I use it. Still, this things good attack, Fighting STAB and decent movepool make it a useful sweeper. This thing has surprsingly good Special Defense, too. I really wish he got Reversal.
Flareon (M) @ Salac Berry
Trait: Flash Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Endure
- Fire Blast
- Flail
- Hidden Power [Fighting]/Shadow Ball
Probably the best NU Flailer, but gets walled by Relicanth a little too badly for my tastes. Speed is annoyingly bad. Still, this thing can do a lot of damage. Fire Blast floors Tangela and does lots to Bellossom. HP Fighting to do a little more to Relicanth, Shadow Ball, for, uh, Haunter? Can't think of anything off the top of my head.
Raticate (M) @ Salac Berry
Trait: Guts
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Endure
- Reversal
- Return
- Quick Attack
The other Raticate. Reversal floors Relicanth pretty well, so you don't have to worry about that. Return for Bugs/Flying types. QA is useful as a whole. Super Fang could go somewhere, but Reversal and Return should be able to do more than 50% to anything.
Parasect (M) @ Salac/Liechi Berry
Trait: Effect Spore
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Flail
- Endure
- Swords Dance
- Spore
For lulz. Spore is always handy, Swords Danced Flail does a lot, but this thing NEEDS an Agility or at least another Salac Boost. If you BP it an Agility, then Liechi works, if not, Salac with a passed Salac. Parasect still sucks but whatever. It's cool. This thing needs Speed Boost imo. It has other options, but IMO this is the only set that this can kind of work. (read: it still doesn't.)
Seaking (M) @ Liechi Berry
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Flail
- Hydro Pump/Megahorn
- Agility/Rain Dance
- Endure
Hydro Pump works well with Rain Dance, and despite piss poor Sp Atk does a lot to Sudowoodo. Pretty lame imo.
GROUP THREE: Special Attackers - These things are freaking non-existant.
Bellossom/Tangela (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day
- Sleep Powder
- Hidden Power [Fire]
The dominant special attacking force in NU. Bellossom is best at it, though Tangela works too and has more physical defense, but has a special defense stat that makes me cry. These EVs suck and waste Bellossom's solid defenses, but eh. Try to make sure Flareon is down before you use it, as Flareon just laughs in its face then Fire Blasts it to high hell. You could use another Hidden Power but I can't really think of where anything other than Fire would help. Water could do a little to Flareon, but you have your own Sun against you. After Flareon, this is probably THE most used poke.
Plusle (M) @ Petaya Berry
Trait: Plus
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SAtk
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Encore/Fake Tears/Substitute/Thunder Wave
- Hidden Power [Grass]/[Fire]
- Baton Pass/Substitute
Plusle is probably the best NU special sweeper. Lots of options, it has a very good movepool. Encore is a good move in general, Fake Tears is pretty good, HP Grass lets it nail Whiscash pretty well, Substitute lets it get to Petaya better, and it can be passed. TWave is just generally good. HP Fire lets it run off of Sunny Day, which is pretty common in NU and also lets it kill Bellossom and Tangela. Baton Pass can pass the berry boost, Subs, or even Agility.
Abra (M) @ Salac Berry
Trait: Synchronize
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 HP
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Encore
- Fire Punch
My personal brain child (lol psychic brain get it). Never seen this used, but hey, Abra's cool. It still has very good Special Attack and Speed, and I doubt anyone would have a problem with you using it. Switch in on a status move or sub, Encore it, CM on the switch and start smacking shit. Try not to get hit. Ever.
GROUP FOUR - DEFENSE: There aren't many defenders in this metagame, but they're actually good.
Relicanth (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Substitute/Filler/Surf/Hydro Pump
- Yawn
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
Great HP and defense. Yawn is a very, very cool move, and it gets 101 subs, which is always a good thing I guess. Really, this thing soaks attacks like crazy. Surf could go as Filler. Beware Plusle.
Bellossom/Tangela (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Hidden Power [Grass]/[Fire]
- Leech Seed
- Moonlight
- Toxic
With a small handful of Bellers in NU, stalling can work to some extent. This thing stays alive pretty well, and takes attacks well from both sides. You could try to fit Sleep Powder in somewhere, but I don't know where it would go. This can be done with Tangela, too, but then you get murdered by any special attack. As far as I know I'm the only one that uses it X( but hey, it's annoying and moderately good. Beware Flareon, though it certainely doesn't like Toxic.
Whiscash (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Oblivious
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Relaxed Nature (+Def, -Spd)
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide/Rest/Ice Beam
- Surf
- Toxic
Great HP, nice typing, STAB EQ. However, Whicash has a terrible movepool and trait. Earthquake and Surf for double STAB, Toxic for decent damage and stalling, Rock Slide for Bugs and Flying types, Ice Beam for Bellossom and Flyers, Rest for more stalling. Absorbs hits but really his movepool is not good. At all. Not as good as Relicanth IMO, as it doesn't resist Fighting OR Normal.
Noctowl (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Insomnia
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Hypnosis
- Reflect
- Psychic
- Toxic/Filler
Good solid special wall, nice Sp Def and HP, not much else :( Toxic is pure filler. Hurting things is difficult.
GROUP FIVE - THE LEFTOVERS:
Chimecho (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Psychic
- Light Screen/Heal Bell
- Reflect/Heal Bell
- Yawn/Heal Bell
lol PPass. Chimecho has a decent number of option. PPassing is always moderately useful, and Heal Bell could save your ass. Decent poke.
Ledian (M) @ Starf/Liechi/Salac Berry
Trait: Early Bird
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Spd / 252 SDef
Careful Nature (+SDef, -SAtk)
- Baton Pass
- Swords Dance/Reflect/Light Screen
- Agility/Reflect/Light Screen
- Toxic/Reflect/Light Screen
Ledian needs it's moment in the sun. Basic passer. Switch in on a special attacker, preferably one who can't kill you (350 special attack isn't bad, though). Use appropriate move, or PPass screen, then pass to something that can use it (Parasect plz). Don't use an attacking move, it's seriously not worth it. Starf for those who want to be cool. Makes a decent lead. Phazing is almost unheard of in NU (Whirlwind Pidgeot for the lose.)
Glalie (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spd / 4 SAtk
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Ice Beam
- Spikes
- Explosion
- Crunch/Light Screen/Hidden Power something
This is the single worst poke to EV, ever. Seriously. Spike up, hurt things with Ice Beam and go boom. Not hard. Glalie isn't all that bad.
Comments? I'll update this later.
