RU Medicham

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[OVERVIEW]

Medicham is a powerful wallbreaker in RU due to its amazing offensive typing and great ability in Pure Power, which doubles Medicham's Attack stat. Boasting a great STAB combination, Medicham is one of the hardest Pokemon to wall in the tier, having just a few safe counters, such as Cresselia and Uxie. It takes good prediction and scouting to deal with Medicham after it gets on the field. Medicham makes up for its lackluster bulk of 60 / 75 / 75 with its great offensive presence and decent base 80 Speed stat, which allows it to Speed tie with Gardevoir and outspeed slower threats like Mega Blastoise and Tyrantrum. Alongside Medicham's STAB options, it has coverage such as Thunder Punch to deal with Flying-types and Slowbro, as well as Fake Out and Bullet Punch to pick off faster threats. However, its lack of defensive presence makes it hard to justify using over Fighting-types like Virizion, Bewear, and Toxicroak, which can offer useful resistances alongside their access to Swords Dance. Additionally, Pangoro and Machamp have raw power and can beat common Fighting-resistant Pokemon due to their access to Knock Off.

[SET]
name: All-Out Attacker
move 1: High Jump Kick
move 2: Zen Headbutt
move 3: Thunder Punch
move 4: Bullet Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Pure Power
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

High Jump Kick is Medicham's main STAB move and can 2HKO the majority of the tier, including Fighting-resistant Pokemon such as Florges, offensive Nidoqueen, and Necrozma after Stealth Rock. Zen Headbutt acts as a secondary STAB option to deal with Ghost-types that are immune to High Jump Kick like Alolan Marowak and Mismagius. Thunder Punch is Medicham's best coverage option, hitting the likes of Slowbro and Mantine for super effective damage. Ice Punch can also be used to OHKO Noivern. Bullet Punch is a great priority option to KO Gardevoir after some chip damage, as well as finish off faster Pokemon should they take a huge hit from Medicham's other moves.


Set Details
========

Pure Power boosts Medicham's Attack stat to stellar levels and is essential for its wallbreaking capabilities. Life Orb further boosts the power of Medicham's moves and turns a lot of rolls into guaranteed OHKOs or 2HKOs. Maximum Speed and Attack investment is crucial to make Medicham harder to revenge kill and hit as hard as possible. Jolly is the nature of choice to outspeed the likes of Necrozma and Feraligatr.

Usage Tips
========

When playing with Medicham, it should get as many opportunities to get safely into the field as possible by pivoting, double switching, or switching in after one of its partners is KOed by a slower opposing Pokemon. Medicham can put in work against both resilient and offensive builds due to its amazing power and decent Speed tier, so don't be afraid of punching holes with High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, since Medicham can usually hit the switch-in hard and KO it with another hit or with priority Bullet Punch. Be aware of Pokemon that usually run Protect, such as Bronzong and Registeel, which can force mind games against Medicham due to High Jump Kick's recoil damage upon failure.

Team Options
========

Faster Pokemon that can act as cleaners like Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir greatly appreciate Medicham's ability to weaken and remove defensive threats from play so they can sweep easier. Volt Switch and U-turn support is a great way of bringing Medicham safely into the field to use its power effectively. The likes of Flygon, Rotom-C, and Raikou can fill this role and provide speed control or entry hazard removal. Since most of the Pokemon capable of resisting Medicham's STAB combination are Ghost- and Psychic-types, Pursuit trapping can be a great choice to deal with Pokemon such as Cresselia and Slowbro. Drapion and Escavalier can offer great offensive presence alongside Medicham and beat the few threats that Medicham has problems breaking through. Special attackers like Gardevoir and Espeon are nice teammates for Medicham that can overcome shared checks with coverage options such as Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball, luring out and KOing these Pokemon so Medicham can wallbreak more efficiently.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fake Out can be used alongside Bullet Punch to chip faster threats with priority. Psycho Cut can also be used as a Psychic-type STAB move that is able to OHKO Bewear without a miss chance. Medicham can hold Choice Scarf to revenge kill a myriad of fast threats, such as Zygarde-10%, Lycanroc-D, and Raikou. Despite having the same Speed tier as other Choice Scarf users like Gardevoir and Goodra, Medicham sets itself apart from the competition due to great power with STAB High Jump Kick even without Life Orb.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ghost-types**: Mismagius, Hoopa-C, Alolan Marowak, and Jellicent can all switch into Medicham's High Jump Kick due to their immunity to Fighting-type moves.

**Psychic-types**: Slowking, Slowbro, and Cresselia are able to stomach any move from Medicham and provide utility or fire off powerful moves. Sigilyph and Espeon can switch into Medicham's STAB moves and threaten it due to their higher base Speed.

**Faster Attackers**: Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Shaymin, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir can outspeed and OHKO Medicham, but they have to be careful with Bullet Punch after some residual damage.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[GustavoYAY, 202363]]
- Quality checked by: [[roman, 396169], [MrAldo, 227521], [Chrisloud1, 332202]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Electrolyte, 148071], [frostration, 447027]]

 

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Heya, mind getting on this? <3

 

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[roman]

- Maximum Speed and Attack investment it's crucial to make Medicham harder to wall and revenge kill. Jolly is the ability of choice to tie with non-Choice Scarf Gardevoir and outspeed the likes of Necrozma and Feraligatr.

* bp does more, drop garde example

* drop tpunch down to oo on scarf
* pure power and evs explained in set details for scarf


rest is fine, qc 1/3

 

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done

 

[MrAldo]

Jesus Christ, this has been sitting for ages.

- Zen Headbutt over Psycho Cut on Life Orb Medicham tbh, can mention psycho cut on moves as an option
- Tbh, just put Scarf on OO and drop the analysis to just focus on the life orb cham. Not really the most practical scarfer atm, it sure works but not to the degree where a main set is justified.
- Can also put a mention on Thunder Punch for the LO set under Other Options since it can come handy at times for certain targets without risking hjk but psychic stab is generally better.

QC 2/3 when implemented. Hopefully there is still interest in this cause shouldnt be that hard to finish GustavoYAY

 

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chopped choice scarf to oo, added fake out and psycho cut on oo and changed many of the text to reflect recent tier shifts. im glad this is gonna get done!

 

[Chrisloud1]

[OVERVIEW]

- Medicham is a powerful wallbreaker in RU due to it's amazing offensive typing and great ability in Pure Power, which doubles Medicham's Attack stat.
- Boasting a great STAB combination, Medicham is one of the hardest Pokémon to wall in the tier, having just a few safe counters, such as Slowbro and Doublade. It takes good prediction and scouting to deal with Medicham after it gets on the field.
Remove mention of doublade.
- Medicham makes up for a lackluster bulk of 60/75/75 due to it's great offensive presence and a decent base Speed stat of 80, which allows it to tie with Gardevoir and outspeed slower threats like Mega Blastoise and Tyrantrum.
- Alongside Medicham's STAB options, it has coverage such as Ice Punch to deal with Flying-types, as well as Fake Out and Bullet Punch to pick off faster threats.
I would mention Thunder Punch here, its the best last slot now that gligar is gone and slowbro is getting more common.
- The lack of defensive presence Medicham has makes it hard to justify it's use over Fighting-types like Virizion, Bewear, and Toxicroak, which can offer useful resistances alongside their access to Swords Dance. In other hand, Pangoro and Machamp have raw power and can beat common Fighting-type resists with their access do Knock Off.

[SET]
name: All-Out Attacker
move 1: High Jump Kick
move 2: Zen Headbutt
move 3: Ice Punch Thunder Punch
move 4: Bullet Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Pure Power
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

Thunder Punch over Ice punch, as I said ice punch was mainly for gligar.

- High Jump Kick is Medicham's main STAB move and can 2HKO the majority of the tier, including resists such as Defensive Florges, Offensive Nidoqueen, and Necrozma after Stealth Rock.
- Zen Headbutt acts as a secondary STAB option to deal with Ghost-types that are immune to High Jump Kick, like Alolan Marowak and Mismagius.
- Ice Punch is Medicham's best coverage option, OHKOing Noivern. Thunder Punch and Fire Punch can be used to better deal with Slowbro and Doublade.
remove mention of Fire punch and doublade
- Bullet Punch is a great priority option to KO Gardevoir after some chip damage, as well as dealing with faster Pokémon taking a huge hit from High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, which can be KOed right after with priority.

Set Details
========

- Pure Power boosts Medicham's Attack stat to stellar levels and its an essential trait for it's wallbreaking capabilities.
- Life Orb further boosts Medicham's moves and turns a lot of rolls into guaranteed OHKOs or 2HKOs.
- Maximum Speed and Attack investment it's crucial to make Medicham harder to revenge kill. Jolly is the ability of choice to outspeed the likes of Necrozma and Feraligatr.

I would say something like "and to hit as hard as possible" on the first sentence, since first it mentions both attack and speed but you only say
a reason to speed.
Usage Tips
========

- When playing with Medicham, it should might get as much opportunities to get it safely into the field and hit hard as possible, by pivoting or after one of it's partners is fainted by a slower opposing Pokémon.
You can mention doubles too.
- Medicham can put in work both against resilient builds and offensive ones due to amazing power and a decent speed tier, so don't be afraid of punching holes with High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, since Medicham can usually hit the switch hard and KO it with another hit or with priority in Bullet Punch.
- Be aware of Pokémon that usually run Protect such as Bronzong and Registeel, which can force mindgames against Medicham due to High Jump Kick's recoil damage on failure.

Team Options
========

- Faster Pokémon which can act as cleaners like Salazzle, Swellow, Choice Scarf Gardevoir, Zygarde-10% and Z-Celebrate Meloetta greatly appreciate Medicham's ability of weakening and removing defensive threats from play so they can sweep more easier.
- Volt Switch and U-Turn support is a great way of bringing Medicham safely into the field to use it's power efficiently. The likes of Flygon, Rotom-C, and Raikou can fill this role and provide speed control or hazard removal.
- Since most of the Pokémon capable of resisting Medicham's STAB combination are Ghost- and Psychic-types, Pursuit trapping can be a great choice to deal with resists such as Doublade and Slowbro. Drapion and Escavalier can offer great offensive presence alongside Medicham and beat the few threats that Medicham has problems breaking through.
Remove mention of Doublade.
- Special attackers like Gardevoir and Meloetta are nice teammates to Medicham that can overcome shared resists with coverage options such as Thunderbolt or Shadow Ball, luring out these Pokémon so Medicham can wallbreak more efficiently.

Add another example over meloetta since its banned.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

- Fake Out can be used alongside Bullet Punch to chip out faster threats with priority.
- Psycho Cut can also be used as a Psychic-type STAB, that is able to OHKO Bewear without a miss chance.
- Medicham can hold a Choice Scarf to revenge kill a myriad of fast threats, such as Zygarde-10%, Lycanroc-D, and Raikou. Despite having the same speed tier as other Choice Scarf users like Gardevoir and Goodra, Medicham sets itself apart from the competition due to great power with STAB High Jump Kick, even without holding a Life Orb.
Probably mention ice punch somewhere here.
Checks and Counters
===================

**Ghost-types:** Doublade, Mismagius, Hoopa-C, Marowak-A, and Jellicent can all switch into Medicham's High Jump Kick due to their immunity to Fighting-type moves. Doublade in special is able to resist both of Medicham's STAB moves and set up Swords Dance or Pursuit trap it.
Remove mention of doublade.
**Psychic-types:** Slowking, Slowbro, and Cresselia are able to stomach any move from Medicham and provide utility or fire off powerful moves. Sigilyph and Espeon can switch into Medicham's STAB moves and threaten it due to their higher base Speed.

**Faster Attackers:** Salazzle, Swellow, Choice Scarf Gardevoir, Zygarde-10%, Noivern, and Shaymin can outspeed and OHKO Medicham, but they have to be careful with Bullet Punch after some residual damage.

QC 3/3, also my first QC check

 

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did the changes

 

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amcheck
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correct me if i'm wrong, but this should be written up, no?

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[OVERVIEW]

- Medicham is a powerful wallbreaker in RU due to it's its amazing offensive typing and great ability in Pure Power, which doubles Medicham's Attack stat.
- Boasting a great STAB combination, Medicham is one of the hardest Pokémon Pokemon to wall in the tier, having just a few safe counters, such as Cresselia and Uxie. It takes good prediction and scouting to deal with Medicham after it gets on the field.
- Medicham makes up for a lackluster bulk of 60/75/75 60 / 75 / 75 due to it's its great offensive presence and a decent base 80 Speed stat of 80, which allows it to Speed tie with Gardevoir and outspeed slower threats like Mega Blastoise and Tyrantrum.
- Alongside Medicham's STAB options, it has coverage such as Thunder Punch to deal with Flying-types and Slowbro, as well as Fake Out and Bullet Punch to pick off faster threats.
- The lack of defensive presence Medicham has makes it hard to justify it's its use over Fighting-types like Virizion, Bewear, and Toxicroak, which can offer useful resistances alongside their access to Swords Dance. In On the other hand, Pangoro and Machamp have raw power and can beat common Fighting-type resists Fighting-resistant Pokemon with their access do to Knock Off.

[SET]
name: All-Out Attacker
move 1: High Jump Kick
move 2: Zen Headbutt
move 3: Thunder Punch
move 4: Bullet Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Pure Power
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

- High Jump Kick is Medicham's main STAB move and can 2HKO the majority of the tier, including resists such as Defensive defensive Florges, Offensive offensive Nidoqueen, and Necrozma after Stealth Rock.
- Zen Headbutt acts as a secondary STAB option to deal with Ghost-types that are immune to High Jump Kick, (RC) like Alolan Marowak and Mismagius.
- Thunder Punch is Medicham's best coverage option, making it able to hit the likes of Slowbro and Mantine for super effective damage. Ice Punch can also be used to OHKO Noivern.
- Bullet Punch is a great priority option to KO Gardevoir after some chip damage, as well as dealing with faster Pokémon taking a huge hit from High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, which can be KOed right after with priority.

Set Details
========

- Pure Power boosts Medicham's Attack stat to stellar levels, (AC) and its it is an essential trait for it's its wallbreaking capabilities.
- Life Orb further boosts Medicham's moves and turns a lot of rolls into guaranteed OHKOs or 2HKOs.
- Maximum Speed and Attack investment it's is crucial to make Medicham harder to revenge kill and hit as hard as possible. (fixed format) Jolly is the ability nature of choice to outspeed the likes of Necrozma and Feraligatr.

Usage Tips
========

- When playing with Medicham, it should might get as much many opportunities to get it safely into the field and hit hard as possible, (RC) by pivoting or after one of it's its partners is fainted KOed by a slower opposing Pokémon Pokemon.
- Medicham can put in work both against resilient builds and offensive ones due to amazing power and a decent speed Speed tier, so don't be afraid of punching holes with High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, since Medicham can usually hit the switch-in hard and KO it with another hit or with priority in Bullet Punch.
- Be aware of Pokémon Pokemon that usually run Protect, (AC) such as Bronzong and Registeel, which can force mindgames mind games against Medicham due to High Jump Kick's recoil damage on failure.

Team Options
========

- Faster Pokémon which Pokemon that can act as cleaners like Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, (AC) and Choice Scarf Gardevoir, and Zygarde-10% greatly appreciate Medicham's ability of weakening and removing defensive threats from play so they can sweep more easier.
- Volt Switch and U-Turn U-turn support is a great way of bringing Medicham safely into the field to use it's its power efficiently. The likes of Flygon, Rotom-C, and Raikou can fill this role and provide speed control or hazard removal.
- Since most of the Pokémon Pokemon capable of resisting Medicham's STAB combination are Ghost- and Psychic-types, Pursuit trapping can be a great choice to deal with resists Pokemon that resist its STAB combination such as Cresselia and Slowbro. Drapion and Escavalier can offer great offensive presence alongside Medicham and beat the few threats that Medicham has problems breaking through.
- Special attackers like Gardevoir and Espeon are nice teammates to for Medicham that can overcome shared resists (idk what resists is referring to so replace it with what it means) with coverage options such as Thunderbolt or and Shadow Ball, luring out these Pokémon Pokemon so Medicham can wallbreak more efficiently.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

- Fake Out can be used alongside Bullet Punch to chip out faster threats with priority.
- Psycho Cut can also be used as a Psychic-type STAB, (RC) move that is able to OHKO Bewear without a miss chance.
- Medicham can hold a Choice Scarf to revenge kill a myriad of fast threats, such as Zygarde-10%, Lycanroc-D, and Raikou. Despite having the same speed Speed tier as other Choice Scarf users like Gardevoir and Goodra, Medicham sets itself apart from the competition due to great power with STAB-boosted High Jump Kick, (RC) even without holding a Life Orb.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ghost-types:** Mismagius, Hoopa-C, Marowak-A, and Jellicent can all switch into Medicham's High Jump Kick due to their immunity to Fighting-type moves.

**Psychic-types:** Slowking, Slowbro, and Cresselia are able to stomach any move from Medicham and provide utility or fire off powerful moves. Sigilyph and Espeon can switch into Medicham's STAB moves and threaten it due to their higher base Speed.

**Faster Attackers:** Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Shaymin, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir, Zygarde-10%, Noivern, and Shaymin can outspeed and OHKO Medicham, but they have to be careful with Bullet Punch after some residual damage.

 

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[OVERVIEW]

Medicham is a powerful wallbreaker in RU due to its amazing offensive typing and great ability in Pure Power, which doubles Medicham's Attack stat. Boasting a great STAB combination, Medicham is one of the hardest Pokemon to wall in the tier, having just a few safe counters, such as Cresselia and Uxie. It takes good prediction and scouting to deal with Medicham after it gets on the field. Medicham makes up for a its lackluster bulk of 60 / 75 / 75 due to with its great offensive presence and decent base 80 Speed stat, which allows it to get a Speed tie with Gardevoir and outspeed slower threats like Mega Blastoise and Tyrantrum. Alongside Medicham's STAB options, it has coverage such as Thunder Punch to deal with Flying-types and Slowbro, as well as Fake Out and Bullet Punch to pick off faster threats. However, its the lack of defensive presence Medicham has makes it hard to justify its use using over Fighting-types like Virizion, Bewear, and Toxicroak, which can offer useful resistances alongside their access to Swords Dance. On the other hand, Additionally, Pangoro and Machamp have raw power and can beat common Fighting-resistant Pokemon due to their access to Knock Off.

[SET]
name: All-Out Attacker
move 1: High Jump Kick
move 2: Zen Headbutt
move 3: Thunder Punch
move 4: Bullet Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Pure Power
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

High Jump Kick is Medicham's main STAB move and can 2HKO the majority of the tier, including resists such as Florges, offensive Nidoqueen, and Necrozma after Stealth Rock. Zen Headbutt acts as a secondary STAB option to deal with Ghost-types that are immune to High Jump Kick like Alolan Marowak and Mismagius. Thunder Punch is Medicham's best coverage option, making it able to hitting the likes of Slowbro and Mantine for super effective damage. Ice Punch can also be used to OHKO Noivern. Bullet Punch is a great priority option to KO Gardevoir after some chip damage, as well as deal with finish off faster Pokémon Pokemon (no accent in C&C analyses) should they take a huge hit from Medicham's other moves. taking a huge hit from High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, which can be KOed right after with priority. (this way is just more concise)

Set Details
========

Pure Power boosts Medicham's Attack stat to stellar levels, and it is an essential trait for its wallbreaking capabilities. Life Orb further boosts the power of Medicham's moves and turns a lot of rolls into guaranteed OHKOs or 2HKOs. Maximum Speed and Attack investment is crucial to make Medicham harder to revenge kill and hit as hard as possible. Jolly is the nature of choice to outspeed the likes of Necrozma and Feraligatr.

Usage Tips
========

When playing with Medicham, it should get as many opportunities to get safely into the field and hit hard as possible (i don't think this part is relevant to the rest of the sentence, nor should it be because there isn't much you can do to necessarily make it hit harder) by pivoting, double switching, or switching in (parallelism error) after one of its partners is KOed by a slower opposing Pokemon. Medicham can put in work both against both resilient builds and offensive ones builds due to its amazing power and decent Speed tier, so don't be afraid of punching holes with High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, since Medicham can usually hit the switch-in hard and KO it with another hit or with priority in Bullet Punch. Be aware of Pokemon that usually run Protect, such as Bronzong and Registeel, which can force mind games against Medicham due to High Jump Kick's recoil damage upon failure.

Team Options
========

Faster Pokemon that can act as cleaners like Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir greatly appreciate Medicham's ability of to weakening and removeing defensive threats from play so they can sweep easier. Volt Switch and U-turn support is a great way of bringing Medicham safely into the field to use its power efficiently effectively. The likes of Flygon, Rotom-C, and Raikou can fill this role and provide speed control or hazard removal. Since most of the Pokemon capable of resisting Medicham's STAB combination are Ghost- and Psychic-types, Pursuit trapping can be a great choice to deal with Pokemon that resist its STAB combination such as Cresselia and Slowbro. Drapion and Escavalier can offer great offensive presence alongside Medicham and beat the few threats that Medicham has problems breaking through. Special attackers like Gardevoir and Espeon are nice teammates for Medicham that can overcome shared checks with coverage options such as Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball, luring out these Pokemon so Medicham can wallbreak more efficiently.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fake Out can be used alongside Bullet Punch to chip faster threats with priority. Psycho Cut can also be used as a Psychic-type STAB move that is able to OHKO Bewear without a miss chance. Medicham can hold Choice Scarf to revenge kill a myriad of fast threats, such as Zygarde-10%, Lycanroc-D, and Raikou. Despite having the same Speed tier as other Choice Scarf users like Gardevoir and Goodra, Medicham sets itself apart from the competition due to great power with STAB-boosted (STAB means boosted) High Jump Kick even without holding a Life Orb.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ghost-types:** Mismagius, Hoopa-C, Marowak-A, and Jellicent can all switch into Medicham's High Jump Kick due to their immunity to Fighting-type moves.

**Psychic-types:** Slowking, Slowbro, and Cresselia are able to stomach any move from Medicham and provide utility or fire off powerful moves. Sigilyph and Espeon can switch into Medicham's STAB moves and threaten it due to their higher base Speed.

**Faster Attackers:** Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Shaymin, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir can outspeed and OHKO Medicham, but they have to be careful with Bullet Punch after some residual damage.

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[OVERVIEW]

Medicham is a powerful wallbreaker in RU due to its amazing offensive typing and great ability in Pure Power, which doubles Medicham's Attack stat. Boasting a great STAB combination, Medicham is one of the hardest Pokemon to wall in the tier, having just a few safe counters, such as Cresselia and Uxie. It takes good prediction and scouting to deal with Medicham after it gets on the field. Medicham makes up for its lackluster bulk of 60 / 75 / 75 with its great offensive presence and decent base 80 Speed stat, which allows it to Speed tie with Gardevoir and outspeed slower threats like Mega Blastoise and Tyrantrum. Alongside Medicham's STAB options, it has coverage such as Thunder Punch to deal with Flying-types and Slowbro, as well as Fake Out and Bullet Punch to pick off faster threats. However, its lack of defensive presence makes it hard to justify using over Fighting-types like Virizion, Bewear, and Toxicroak, which can offer useful resistances alongside their access to Swords Dance. Additionally, Pangoro and Machamp have raw power and can beat common Fighting-resistant Pokemon due to their access to Knock Off.

[SET]
name: All-Out Attacker
move 1: High Jump Kick
move 2: Zen Headbutt
move 3: Thunder Punch
move 4: Bullet Punch
item: Life Orb
ability: Pure Power
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========

High Jump Kick is Medicham's main STAB move and can 2HKO the majority of the tier, including resists Fighting-resistant Pokemon such as Florges, offensive Nidoqueen, and Necrozma after Stealth Rock. Zen Headbutt acts as a secondary STAB option to deal with Ghost-types that are immune to High Jump Kick like Alolan Marowak and Mismagius. Thunder Punch is Medicham's best coverage option, hitting the likes of Slowbro and Mantine for super effective damage. Ice Punch can also be used to OHKO Noivern. Bullet Punch is a great priority option to KO Gardevoir after some chip damage, as well as finish off faster Pokemon should they take a huge hit from Medicham's other moves.


Set Details
========

Pure Power boosts Medicham's Attack stat to stellar levels [RC] and is essential for its wallbreaking capabilities. Life Orb further boosts the power of Medicham's moves and turns a lot of rolls into guaranteed OHKOs or 2HKOs. Maximum Speed and Attack investment is crucial to make Medicham harder to revenge kill and hit as hard as possible. Jolly is the nature of choice to outspeed the likes of Necrozma and Feraligatr.

Usage Tips
========

When playing with Medicham, it should get as many opportunities to get safely into the field as possible by pivoting, double switching, or switching in after one of its partners is KOed by a slower opposing Pokemon. Medicham can put in work against both resilient and offensive builds due to its amazing power and decent Speed tier, so don't be afraid of punching holes with High Jump Kick or Zen Headbutt, since Medicham can usually hit the switch-in hard and KO it with another hit or with priority Bullet Punch. Be aware of Pokemon that usually run Protect, such as Bronzong and Registeel, which can force mind games against Medicham due to High Jump Kick's recoil damage upon failure.

Team Options
========

Faster Pokemon that can act as cleaners like Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir greatly appreciate Medicham's ability to weaken and remove defensive threats from play so they can sweep easier. Volt Switch and U-turn support is a great way of bringing Medicham safely into the field to use its power effectively. The likes of Flygon, Rotom-C, and Raikou can fill this role and provide speed control or entry hazard removal. Since most of the Pokemon capable of resisting Medicham's STAB combination are Ghost- and Psychic-types, Pursuit trapping can be a great choice to deal with Pokemon such as Cresselia and Slowbro. Drapion and Escavalier can offer great offensive presence alongside Medicham and beat the few threats that Medicham has problems breaking through. Special attackers like Gardevoir and Espeon are nice teammates for Medicham that can overcome shared checks with coverage options such as Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball, luring out and KOing these Pokemon so Medicham can wallbreak more efficiently.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Fake Out can be used alongside Bullet Punch to chip faster threats with priority. Psycho Cut can also be used as a Psychic-type STAB move that is able to OHKO Bewear without a miss chance. Medicham can hold Choice Scarf to revenge kill a myriad of fast threats, such as Zygarde-10%, Lycanroc-D, and Raikou. Despite having the same Speed tier as other Choice Scarf users like Gardevoir and Goodra, Medicham sets itself apart from the competition due to great power with STAB High Jump Kick even without Life Orb.

Checks and Counters
===================
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**Ghost-types** Mismagius, Hoopa-C, Marowak-A Alolan Marowak, and Jellicent can all switch into Medicham's High Jump Kick due to their immunity to Fighting-type moves.

**Psychic-types** Slowking, Slowbro, and Cresselia are able to stomach any move from Medicham and provide utility or fire off powerful moves. Sigilyph and Espeon can switch into Medicham's STAB moves and threaten it due to their higher base Speed.

**Faster Attackers** Salazzle, Swellow, Zygarde-10%, Noivern, Shaymin, and Choice Scarf Gardevoir can outspeed and OHKO Medicham, but they have to be careful with Bullet Punch after some residual damage.

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