[SET]
name: Offensive Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Psychic / Psyshock
move 3: Ice Beam / Power Gem
move 4: Earth Power
item: Life Orb / Colbur Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Lunatone has the rare rock/psychic typing, something that only its partner, Solrock can take claim to. This typing gives Lunatone some key resistances, such as Fire and Normal. Levitate also gives Lunatone a useful immunity to ground, which also allows it to dodge Spikes and Toxic Spikes. Lunatone's niche in PU is to be a stealth rock lead that is meant to defeat as much as possible before going down. However, that unique typing it has is also its weakness, making it weak to common moves such as Scald and Knock Off, also leaving it vulnerable to priority such as Sucker Punch, making it harder for Lunatone to do anything. It also has a lot of good coverage and support moves at its disposal, but it requires lots of team support to be effective, as Lunatone doesnt have that good of an attacking stat, even with Life Orb.
Stealth Rock is the main point of this set, punishing the enemy for switching too much, and just generally being useful. Psychic is Lunatone's strongest special STAB move, hitting Poison and Fighting types such as Roselia and Throh for decent damage. Psyshock is an alternative option that allows for Lunatone to easily kill special walls. Ice Beam allows it to beat up Grass and Ground types, such as Thwackey and Stunfisk. Power Gem is Lunatone's main Rock STAB move, allowing it to nail Fire, Bug, Flying, and Ice types for major damage, such as Heatmor, Silvally-Bug, Vepsiquen, and Silvally-Ice super effectively. Earth power cleans up Steel Types such as Mawile and Pawniard, who either are immune to and/or resist both STABs of Lunatone.
Maximum Special Attack with a Modest nature and a Life Orb allows Lunatone to OHKO Pawniard with Earth Power, while still naturally outspeeding . Maximum Speed with a Timid Nature allows Lunatone to outspeed everything up to Drilbur with a speed increasing nature.
Lunatone can form a hazard stacking core with Pokemon such as Vepsiquen and Pinchurchin, doing serious damage to the enemy, allowing your team to have an easier time sweeping. Vepsiquen in particular is also a great defensive pokemon, tanking most Physical attacks easily. Pokemon that appreciate entry hazard support, such as Mr Rime, are useful, because they can capitalize off of the chip damage and sweep easier. Pokemon that can check Dark types, such as Mawile and Hitmontop are useful because they can easily stop Lunatone in its tracks.
Lunatone is very prone to being worn down, so Healing Wish support from the likes of Musharna are appreciated, as they can allow a weakened Lunatone a second chance to sweep.
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name: Offensive Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Psychic / Psyshock
move 3: Ice Beam / Power Gem
move 4: Earth Power
item: Life Orb / Colbur Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Lunatone has the rare rock/psychic typing, something that only its partner, Solrock can take claim to. This typing gives Lunatone some key resistances, such as Fire and Normal. Levitate also gives Lunatone a useful immunity to ground, which also allows it to dodge Spikes and Toxic Spikes. Lunatone's niche in PU is to be a stealth rock lead that is meant to defeat as much as possible before going down. However, that unique typing it has is also its weakness, making it weak to common moves such as Scald and Knock Off, also leaving it vulnerable to priority such as Sucker Punch, making it harder for Lunatone to do anything. It also has a lot of good coverage and support moves at its disposal, but it requires lots of team support to be effective, as Lunatone doesnt have that good of an attacking stat, even with Life Orb.
Stealth Rock is the main point of this set, punishing the enemy for switching too much, and just generally being useful. Psychic is Lunatone's strongest special STAB move, hitting Poison and Fighting types such as Roselia and Throh for decent damage. Psyshock is an alternative option that allows for Lunatone to easily kill special walls. Ice Beam allows it to beat up Grass and Ground types, such as Thwackey and Stunfisk. Power Gem is Lunatone's main Rock STAB move, allowing it to nail Fire, Bug, Flying, and Ice types for major damage, such as Heatmor, Silvally-Bug, Vepsiquen, and Silvally-Ice super effectively. Earth power cleans up Steel Types such as Mawile and Pawniard, who either are immune to and/or resist both STABs of Lunatone.
Maximum Special Attack with a Modest nature and a Life Orb allows Lunatone to OHKO Pawniard with Earth Power, while still naturally outspeeding . Maximum Speed with a Timid Nature allows Lunatone to outspeed everything up to Drilbur with a speed increasing nature.
Lunatone can form a hazard stacking core with Pokemon such as Vepsiquen and Pinchurchin, doing serious damage to the enemy, allowing your team to have an easier time sweeping. Vepsiquen in particular is also a great defensive pokemon, tanking most Physical attacks easily. Pokemon that appreciate entry hazard support, such as Mr Rime, are useful, because they can capitalize off of the chip damage and sweep easier. Pokemon that can check Dark types, such as Mawile and Hitmontop are useful because they can easily stop Lunatone in its tracks.
Lunatone is very prone to being worn down, so Healing Wish support from the likes of Musharna are appreciated, as they can allow a weakened Lunatone a second chance to sweep.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[iLiekMudkipz_, 487050]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]L
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