[SET]
name: Offensive Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Nasty Plot
move 3: Psyshock / Psychic
move 4: Tera Blast
item: Leftovers
ability: Armor Tail
nature: Quiet
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
ivs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Fire / Electric
[SET COMMENTS]
Farigiraf is a relatively niche, but potentially very lethal Trick Room sweeper in PU. Although suffering stiff competition from other, more reliable offensive Psychic-types such as Espeon, Hoopa, and Hisuian Braviary, Farigiraf makes up for it thanks to having incredible bulk, solid typing giving it opening to set up on Pokemon like Hoopa, Espeon, and Palossand, and most notably Armor Tail, allowing it to completely bypass Sucker Punch attempts from the likes of Skuntank, Zoroark, and Brute Bonnet, as well as other priority from Pawmot and Arcanine. Psyshock allows Farigarif to be able to muscle through specially defensive threats like Goodra and Florges easier. An alternative can be Psychic, which trades off a tougher matchup against special walls in exchange for allowing Farigiraf to hit Rhydon without Terastallizing, as well as a stronger hit on Amoonguss and Qwilfish. With Tera Blast, Farigiraf has a stab move before Terastalizing. Tera Fairy allows Farigiraf to resist Knock Off while also slamming Pokemon like Bombirdier and Tatsugiri with Tera Blast. An alternative is Tera Fire, allowing Farigiraf to target otherwise reliable checks like Alolan Sandslash and Orthworm. Finally, Electric is a more specialized option that allows Farigiraf to hit Milotic and Cramorant.
Farigiraf is a solid option on offense and hyper offense teams looking for a late game setup sweeper that can turn the tables on an opposing team thanks to Trick Room. Farigiraf can often struggle to take down two of the most common defensive Pokemon in the tier, Milotic and Rhydon. As such, teammates who threaten these two like Brute Bonnett and Hisuian Decidueye or have shared checks with them like Arcanine and Delphox can be useful to get these Pokemon worn down to allow Farigiraf to sweep. Having pivots like Bruxish and Jolteon can help Farigiraf find safe positions to set up for a sweep vs Pokemon like Espeon, non Encore Alolan Ninetales, and Rotom-H. Knock Off resists like Paldean Tauros-F and Skuntank can be helpful to have due to Farigiraf's extreme weakness to the move, and can chip down its checks like Goodra and Alolan Sandslash into range for Farigiraf. Finally, Farigiraf pairs well with other slow teammates that benefit from Trick Room like Golurk and Glastrier. In fact, Farigiraf can serve as a setter and sweeper for the uncommon dedicated Trick Room teams.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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name: Offensive Trick Room
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Nasty Plot
move 3: Psyshock / Psychic
move 4: Tera Blast
item: Leftovers
ability: Armor Tail
nature: Quiet
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
ivs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Fire / Electric
[SET COMMENTS]
Farigiraf is a relatively niche, but potentially very lethal Trick Room sweeper in PU. Although suffering stiff competition from other, more reliable offensive Psychic-types such as Espeon, Hoopa, and Hisuian Braviary, Farigiraf makes up for it thanks to having incredible bulk, solid typing giving it opening to set up on Pokemon like Hoopa, Espeon, and Palossand, and most notably Armor Tail, allowing it to completely bypass Sucker Punch attempts from the likes of Skuntank, Zoroark, and Brute Bonnet, as well as other priority from Pawmot and Arcanine. Psyshock allows Farigarif to be able to muscle through specially defensive threats like Goodra and Florges easier. An alternative can be Psychic, which trades off a tougher matchup against special walls in exchange for allowing Farigiraf to hit Rhydon without Terastallizing, as well as a stronger hit on Amoonguss and Qwilfish. With Tera Blast, Farigiraf has a stab move before Terastalizing. Tera Fairy allows Farigiraf to resist Knock Off while also slamming Pokemon like Bombirdier and Tatsugiri with Tera Blast. An alternative is Tera Fire, allowing Farigiraf to target otherwise reliable checks like Alolan Sandslash and Orthworm. Finally, Electric is a more specialized option that allows Farigiraf to hit Milotic and Cramorant.
Farigiraf is a solid option on offense and hyper offense teams looking for a late game setup sweeper that can turn the tables on an opposing team thanks to Trick Room. Farigiraf can often struggle to take down two of the most common defensive Pokemon in the tier, Milotic and Rhydon. As such, teammates who threaten these two like Brute Bonnett and Hisuian Decidueye or have shared checks with them like Arcanine and Delphox can be useful to get these Pokemon worn down to allow Farigiraf to sweep. Having pivots like Bruxish and Jolteon can help Farigiraf find safe positions to set up for a sweep vs Pokemon like Espeon, non Encore Alolan Ninetales, and Rotom-H. Knock Off resists like Paldean Tauros-F and Skuntank can be helpful to have due to Farigiraf's extreme weakness to the move, and can chip down its checks like Goodra and Alolan Sandslash into range for Farigiraf. Finally, Farigiraf pairs well with other slow teammates that benefit from Trick Room like Golurk and Glastrier. In fact, Farigiraf can serve as a setter and sweeper for the uncommon dedicated Trick Room teams.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/yunie.414072/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/uberskitty.355061/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
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