1v1 Jynx (Mini) [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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[OVERVIEW]

Jynx carves out a niche in RBY 1v1 thanks to its STAB move combination, unique resistances, and immunity to freeze. Jynx can defeat important threats like Chansey and Articuno and still attempt to freeze other threats like Starmie, Alakazam, and Snorlax, which would usually counter it. What holds Jynx back are its low HP and Defense stats, which prevent it from survivng longer on the field without its trademark move, Lovely Kiss. Jynx's attacks are quite good in certain matchups, but other Psychic-type Pokemon have better traits, like Alakazam's great Speed, Starmie's outstanding bulk, and Exeggutor's combination of Leech Seed and Toxic, leaving Jynx as a niche but viable Pokemon in the metagame.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Rest

[SET COMMENTS]

STAB Blizzard is Jynx's main selling point, mainly OHKOing Rhydon and 2HKOing Zapdos and Exeggutor while also being able to freeze a Pokemon, though it's usually used for the damage. Ice Beam is used for better accuracy, higher PP, and more chances to fish for a freeze while still 2HKOing threats like Sandslash. Psychic is another great STAB move that lets it hit Gengar, Machamp, and Hitmonlee for super effective damage. The chance of lowering Special really comes in handy against opposing Jynx and Lapras. Finally, Rest is Jynx's last move because it improves reliability against the previous matchups, allowing Jynx to win without fear of counterplay or Toxic poison.

Jynx is usually found on teams where its weaknesses to the multiple Psychic- and Normal-types in the tier are cancelled out. Pokemon like Tauros and Snorlax appreciate its consistency into Articuno and Chansey, while being able to beat its many weaknesses to Starmie, Slowbro, and Tauros. Alakazam and Chansey are also great partners for Jynx, as they can defeat opposing threats like Jolteon and Starmie, while Jynx reliably beats Rhydon and Hitmonlee for them.

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bern said:
[OVERVIEW]

Jynx carves out a niche in RBY 1v1 thanks to its unique resistances, STAB combination and freeze immunity, allowing it to defeat certain top threats like Chansey, while still being able to attempt to freeze other threats like Starmie, Alakazam, and Snorlax, which would usually counter it. What holds Jynx back is that it doesn't have much else going on aside from the traits mentioned before. They are good, they allow you to beat Articuno reliably move this Articuno mention to the first sentence, but other Psychic-type Pokemon have better traits, like Alakazam's great speed, Starmie's outstanding bulk, and Exeggutor's combo of Leech Seed and Toxic, leaving Jynx as a niche but still not a bad Pokemon in the tier.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Rest

[SET COMMENTS]

STAB Blizzard is the main selling point, mainly OHKOing Rhydon and Sandslash Remove this Sandslash mention, since without a crit it cannot OHKO Jynx and Jynx safely 2HKOes it with Ice Beam and 2HKOing Zapdos and Exeggutor, while also being able to be used to freeze a Pokemon, though it's usually using it for the damage, unlike Ice Beam, which is used for reliability due to Blizzard's shaky lower accuracy mention the higher PP on Ice Beam as well giving Jynx more chances to freezefish, while also still 2HKOing threats like Venusaur this is a good place to move the Sandslash mention, since Psychic also can handle Venusaur. Psychic is another great STAB option that lets it hit Gengar, Machamp and Hitmonlee for super effective damage, and the chance of lowering Special really come in handy against Chansey Against Chansey you pretty much just want to spam your Ice moves, Psychic is only really useful if you never get a freeze, opposing Jynx, and Lapras. Finally, Rest is its last option due to its reliability against the previous matchups, allowing for it to beat them without fearing anything much from them.

Jynx usually finds itself on teams with Tauros or Snorlax with no Thunderbolt, as they don't like facing Articuno or Chansey, where it usually won't be the only Psychic-type on the team, as it is common to run two of them on the same team, like the Alakazam+Starmie core, which speaking of, Jynx matches up terribly against almost all the Psychic-types in the tier, with the exception of Exeggutor, so a Pokemon that can handle them consistently, like the previously mentioned Snorlax and Tauros, and other Pokemon like Alakazam, are appreciated for Jynx to benefit from its strengths and cancel out its weaknesses thanks to its partners. This whole paragraph is quite hard to follow and probably should be rewritten. Thunderbolt on Lax can be nice, since Jynx does like more Starmie answers on the team. Chansey is another solid example here.

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bern said:
[OVERVIEW]

Jynx carves out a niche in RBY 1v1 thanks to its STAB combination, unique resistances, STAB combination, and freeze immunity. allowing it to Jynx can defeat important threats like Chansey and Articuno, while and still being able to attempting to freeze other threats like Starmie, Alakazam, and Snorlax, which would usually counter it. What holds Jynx back are its low hp and defense stats, which prevent it from survivng long on the field without its trademark Lovely Kiss. is that it doesn't have much else going on aside from the traits mentioned before. They Jynx's attacks are quite good in certain matchups, but other Psychic-type Pokemon have better traits, like Alakazam's great speed, Starmie's outstanding bulk, and Exeggutor's combo of Leech Seed and Toxic, leaving Jynx as a niche but still not a bad viable Pokemon in the tier.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Rest

[SET COMMENTS]

STAB Blizzard is the Jynx's main selling point, mainly OHKOing Rhydon and 2HKOing Zapdos and Exeggutor, while also being able to be used to freeze a Pokemon, though it's usually using it for the damage. unlike Ice Beam, which is used for reliability due to Blizzard's shaky better accuracy, higher PP, and giving it more chances to fish for a freeze, while still 2HKOing threats like Sandslash. Psychic is another great STAB option that lets it hit Gengar, Machamp, Hitmonlee, and Venusaur for super effective damage., and The chance of lowering Special really comes in handy against opposing Jynx and Lapras. Finally, Rest is its Jynx's last option moveslot due to its because it improves reliability against the previous matchups, allowing for it to beat them Jynx to win without fear of counterplay.ing anything much from them.

Jynx is usually found on teams where its weaknesses to the multiple Psychic- and Normal-types in the tier are cancelled out., with Pokemon like Tauros and Snorlax appreciate ing its consistency into Articuno and Chansey, while being able to beat its many weaknesses to Starmie, Slowbro, Moltres and Tauros. Alakazam and Chansey are also great partners for Jynx, as they can defeat beat opposing threats like Jolteon and Moltres while Jynx reliably beats Rhydon and Hitmonlee for them.

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QC 1/2
 
[OVERVIEW]

Jynx carves out a niche in RBY 1v1 thanks to its STAB combination, unique resistances, and freeze immunity. Jynx can defeat important threats like Chansey and Articuno and still attempting to freeze other threats like Starmie, Alakazam, and Snorlax, which would usually counter it. What holds Jynx back are its low HP and Defense stats, which prevent it from survivng long on the field without its trademark Lovely Kiss. Jynx's attacks are quite good in certain matchups, but other Psychic-type Pokemon have better traits, like Alakazam's great speed, Starmie's outstanding bulk (Starmie isn't especially bulky, it just appears that way due to its access to Reflect and Recover alongside its Speed, I would world this differently to make it more clear, you don't have to mention everything but make sure Reflect is mentioned), and Exeggutor's combo of Leech Seed and Toxic, leaving Jynx as a niche but still viable Pokemon in the tier.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Rest

[SET COMMENTS]

STAB Blizzard is Jynx's main selling point, mainly OHKOing Rhydon and 2HKOing Zapdos and Exeggutor, while also being able to be used to freeze a Pokemon, though it's usually using it for the damage. Ice Beam is used for better accuracy, higher PP, and more chances to fish for a freeze while still 2HKOing threats like Sandslash. Psychic is another great STAB that lets it hit Gengar, Machamp, Hitmonlee, and Venusaur (remove Venusaur here since Jynx can also hit it SE with its Ice moves) for super effective damage. The chance of lowering Special really comes in handy against opposing Jynx and Lapras. Finally, Rest is Jynx's last moveslot because it improves reliability against the previous matchups, allowing for Jynx to win without fear of counterplay (mention Toxic here).

Jynx is usually found on teams where its weaknesses to the multiple Psychic- and Normal-types in the tier are cancelled out. Pokemon like Tauros and Snorlax appreciate its consistency into Articuno and Chansey, while being able to beat its many weaknesses to Starmie, Slowbro, Moltres (remove Moltres, as its not really super relevant and Snorlax can handle it with most Amnesia sets) and Tauros. Alakazam and Chansey are also great partners for Jynx, as they can defeat opposing threats like Jolteon and Moltres (replace Moltres with a more relevant Pokemon like Starmie) while Jynx reliably beats Rhydon and Hitmonlee for them.

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[OVERVIEW]

Jynx carves out a niche in RBY 1v1 thanks to its STAB move combination, unique resistances, and immunity to freeze immunity. Jynx can defeat important threats like Chansey and Articuno and still attempting attempt to freeze other threats like Starmie, Alakazam, and Snorlax, which would usually counter it. What holds Jynx back are its low HP and Defense stats, which prevent it from survivng long longer on the field without its trademark move, (AC) Lovely Kiss. Jynx's attacks are quite good in certain matchups, but other Psychic-type Pokemon have better traits, like Alakazam's great Speed, Starmie's outstanding bulk, and Exeggutor's combo combination of Leech Seed and Toxic, leaving Jynx as a niche but still viable Pokemon in the tier metagame.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Rest

[SET COMMENTS]

STAB Blizzard is Jynx's main selling point, mainly OHKOing Rhydon and 2HKOing Zapdos and Exeggutor (RC) while also being able to be used to freeze a Pokemon, though it's usually using it used for the damage. Ice Beam is used for better accuracy, higher PP, and more chances to fish for a freeze while still 2HKOing threats like Sandslash. Psychic is another great STAB move that lets it hit Gengar, Machamp, and Hitmonlee for super effective damage. The chance of lowering Special really comes in handy against opposing Jynx and Lapras. Finally, Rest is Jynx's last moveslot move because it improves reliability against the previous matchups, allowing for Jynx to win without fear of counterplay or Toxic poison.

Jynx is usually found on teams where its weaknesses to the multiple Psychic- and Normal-types in the tier are cancelled out. Pokemon like Tauros and Snorlax appreciate its consistency into Articuno and Chansey, while being able to beat its many weaknesses to Starmie, Slowbro, and Tauros. Alakazam and Chansey are also great partners for Jynx, as they can defeat opposing threats like Jolteon and Starmie, while Jynx reliably beats Rhydon and Hitmonlee for them.

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