1_TrickPhony
BSS Circuit Co-host
[SET]
name: Mono-Attacking Trapper
move 1: Stored Power
move 2: Calm Mind / Taunt
move 3: Cosmic Power
move 4: Rest
item: Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Gothitelle can successfully trap many defensive Pokemon with its good bulk and great setup moves. It has little to fear from the common cores featuring Ferrothorn, Toxapex, or Gastrodon, easily sweeping or stalling out many passive Pokemon with its boosting moves and Rest.
Calm Mind with STAB Stored Power allows Gothitelle to build up a frightening level of damage quickly. Cosmic Power allows Gothitelle to set up on strong physical attackers while further augmenting Stored Power's damage. Rest provides healing while also allowing Gothitelle to stall out Toxapex's PP for Haze and Recover. It is possible for Gotithelle to run a non-STAB attack over Stored Power with Calm Mind, such as Dark Pulse or Energy Ball, allowing it to still have decent coverage while not being walled by Dark-types. Finally, Taunt allows Gothitelle to block off status moves from slower Pokemon such as Toxapex and can be used in place of Calm Mind.
Sitrus Berry is chosen over Leftovers to avoid a 2HKO from stronger attackers, allowing Gothitelle to set up more easily; however, Leftovers is also an option for more passive health recovery. You can consider investing in Speed in order to Taunt certain Pokemon, such as slower Taunt Corviknight, allowing Gothitelle to trap and beat them one-on-one.
Gothitelle has a healthy fear of Dark-type Pokemon, as it has no way of touching them with only Stored Power. Make sure to have an answer prepared in your Pokemon selection to handle Dark-type foes, and bring in Gothitelle on a pivot or predicted switch only. Pokemon such as Mimikyu, Sylveon, Whimsicott, and Grimmsnarl can check Dark-types, and slow pivots, such as Rotom-W, Corviknight, and Rillaboom can bring Gothitelle in safely to trap foes.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf Trapper
move 1: Stored Power
move 2: Trick
move 3: Cosmic Power
move 4: Rest
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Gothitelle can be used to cripple various Pokemon with Trick. It can still effectively trap defensive cores, but it also alleviates pressure from setup Pokemon such as Snorlax and allows Gothitelle to trap Pokemon with a pivot move, such as U-turn Corviknight and Volt Switch Rotom-H. This set is preferred on more offensive team variants, as it allows Gothitelle's teammates to get by certain Pokemon such as Corviknight or and Toxapex that would otherwise wall them. Stored Power works in combination with Cosmic Power to build up damage while increasing its defenses. Rest allows Gothitelle to PP stall and alleviate status conditions, which could otherwise prevent Gothitelle from setting up.
The EV spread can be modified; for example, 132 Speed EVs allows Gothitelle to outspeed maximum Speed Rotom-A. Dark-type checks, such as Mimikyu, Sylveon, Whimsicott, and Grimmsnarl, and slow pivots such as Rotom-W, Rotom-H, Corviknight, and Rillaboom, will all help Gothitelle come in and do its job well without being walled.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[1_TrickPhony, 434111]]
- Quality checked by: [[Marilli, 70760], [Theorymon, 29010]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing a Hat, 388157]]
name: Mono-Attacking Trapper
move 1: Stored Power
move 2: Calm Mind / Taunt
move 3: Cosmic Power
move 4: Rest
item: Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Gothitelle can successfully trap many defensive Pokemon with its good bulk and great setup moves. It has little to fear from the common cores featuring Ferrothorn, Toxapex, or Gastrodon, easily sweeping or stalling out many passive Pokemon with its boosting moves and Rest.
Calm Mind with STAB Stored Power allows Gothitelle to build up a frightening level of damage quickly. Cosmic Power allows Gothitelle to set up on strong physical attackers while further augmenting Stored Power's damage. Rest provides healing while also allowing Gothitelle to stall out Toxapex's PP for Haze and Recover. It is possible for Gotithelle to run a non-STAB attack over Stored Power with Calm Mind, such as Dark Pulse or Energy Ball, allowing it to still have decent coverage while not being walled by Dark-types. Finally, Taunt allows Gothitelle to block off status moves from slower Pokemon such as Toxapex and can be used in place of Calm Mind.
Sitrus Berry is chosen over Leftovers to avoid a 2HKO from stronger attackers, allowing Gothitelle to set up more easily; however, Leftovers is also an option for more passive health recovery. You can consider investing in Speed in order to Taunt certain Pokemon, such as slower Taunt Corviknight, allowing Gothitelle to trap and beat them one-on-one.
Gothitelle has a healthy fear of Dark-type Pokemon, as it has no way of touching them with only Stored Power. Make sure to have an answer prepared in your Pokemon selection to handle Dark-type foes, and bring in Gothitelle on a pivot or predicted switch only. Pokemon such as Mimikyu, Sylveon, Whimsicott, and Grimmsnarl can check Dark-types, and slow pivots, such as Rotom-W, Corviknight, and Rillaboom can bring Gothitelle in safely to trap foes.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf Trapper
move 1: Stored Power
move 2: Trick
move 3: Cosmic Power
move 4: Rest
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Shadow Tag
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Scarf Gothitelle can be used to cripple various Pokemon with Trick. It can still effectively trap defensive cores, but it also alleviates pressure from setup Pokemon such as Snorlax and allows Gothitelle to trap Pokemon with a pivot move, such as U-turn Corviknight and Volt Switch Rotom-H. This set is preferred on more offensive team variants, as it allows Gothitelle's teammates to get by certain Pokemon such as Corviknight or and Toxapex that would otherwise wall them. Stored Power works in combination with Cosmic Power to build up damage while increasing its defenses. Rest allows Gothitelle to PP stall and alleviate status conditions, which could otherwise prevent Gothitelle from setting up.
The EV spread can be modified; for example, 132 Speed EVs allows Gothitelle to outspeed maximum Speed Rotom-A. Dark-type checks, such as Mimikyu, Sylveon, Whimsicott, and Grimmsnarl, and slow pivots such as Rotom-W, Rotom-H, Corviknight, and Rillaboom, will all help Gothitelle come in and do its job well without being walled.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[1_TrickPhony, 434111]]
- Quality checked by: [[Marilli, 70760], [Theorymon, 29010]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing a Hat, 388157]]
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