Aaronboyer
Something Worth Fighting For
[OVERVIEW]
At first glance, Igglybuff has a gargantuan HP stat and a wide movepool. However, all of its other stats are extremely poor, and it lacks enough unique utility options to distinguish itself at all from Spritzee. In a metagame dominated by Fighting-types such as Timburr, Mienfoo, and Croagunk, not having that key Fighting-type resistance due to its Normal typing is brutal for Igglybuff, and its abysmal defensive stats are just another reason why Igglybuff is fully outclassed by Spritzee. Igglybuff does sport Competitive and Fire Blast, but these traits are not enough to warrant its use whatsoever when its overall stats and movepool are just abysmal.
[SET]
name: Wish + Protect
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Hyper Voice
move 4: Fire Blast / Psychic
item: Eviolite
ability: Competitive
nature: Calm
evs: 196 HP / 116 SpA / 196 SpD
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Igglybuff's best strategy is to utilize its absurd HP stat and access to Wish to chip away at the opposition. Igglybuff can attempt to switch into Defog users such as Vullaby to obtain Special Attack boosts from Competitive; however, Igglybuff is just so poor offensively, it's hard to capitalize on those Special Attack boosts. Overall, Little Cup has way better Wish passers such as Spritzee and Lickitung that are more capable of fulfilling this role.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Aaronboyer, 239454]]
- Quality checked by: [[Fiend, 108173], [Nineage, 195129]]
- Grammar checked by: [[frostration, 447027]]
At first glance, Igglybuff has a gargantuan HP stat and a wide movepool. However, all of its other stats are extremely poor, and it lacks enough unique utility options to distinguish itself at all from Spritzee. In a metagame dominated by Fighting-types such as Timburr, Mienfoo, and Croagunk, not having that key Fighting-type resistance due to its Normal typing is brutal for Igglybuff, and its abysmal defensive stats are just another reason why Igglybuff is fully outclassed by Spritzee. Igglybuff does sport Competitive and Fire Blast, but these traits are not enough to warrant its use whatsoever when its overall stats and movepool are just abysmal.
[SET]
name: Wish + Protect
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Hyper Voice
move 4: Fire Blast / Psychic
item: Eviolite
ability: Competitive
nature: Calm
evs: 196 HP / 116 SpA / 196 SpD
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Igglybuff's best strategy is to utilize its absurd HP stat and access to Wish to chip away at the opposition. Igglybuff can attempt to switch into Defog users such as Vullaby to obtain Special Attack boosts from Competitive; however, Igglybuff is just so poor offensively, it's hard to capitalize on those Special Attack boosts. Overall, Little Cup has way better Wish passers such as Spritzee and Lickitung that are more capable of fulfilling this role.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Aaronboyer, 239454]]
- Quality checked by: [[Fiend, 108173], [Nineage, 195129]]
- Grammar checked by: [[frostration, 447027]]
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