[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Draco Meteor / Hurricane
move 2: Flamethrower / U-turn
move 3: Taunt / Defog
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Noivern's fantastic Speed tier and great movepool, including utility options like Taunt and coverage in Flamethrower, make it an excellent revenge killer, stallbreaker, and anti-offense threat in the tier. Noivern's great typing boasts many notable resistances, allowing it to pivot into threats such as Golisopod, Cobalion, and Roserade and providing it with multiple opportunities to clear entry hazards with Defog. Draco Meteor allows Noivern to revenge kill threats like Haxorus, does respectable damage to foes like Rhyperior and Gigalith, and, when paired with Flamethrower, gives Noivern an unresisted combination. On the other hand, Hurricane lets Noivern revenge kill threats like Machamp, Roserade, and Araquanid more easily. Flamethrower allows it to hit Steel-types like Doublade, Escavalier, and Lucario that would otherwise be able to take a Draco Meteor. Alternatively, U-turn is helpful to generate momentum off common switch-ins like Vaporeon, Mantine, and Gigalith. Toxic is an option and should be used alongside Taunt to punish and shut down the aforementioned defensive Pokemon, but it comes at the cost of not having the coverage to punish Steel-types like Bronzong.
Roserade and Drapion provide Noivern with Spikes and Toxic Spikes support, which helps it break past Pokemon like Milotic and Vaporeon with Taunt easier, as well as putting Pokemon like Gigalith and Rhyperior in range of Draco Meteor. In return, Noivern can help keep their entry hazards up by preventing a potential Defog with Taunt, and it can bring in Roserade safely with U-turn against foes like Rhyperior and Milotic. Entry hazard removers like Tsareena and Galarian Weezing are greatly appreciated because they allow Noivern to run Taunt. Tsareena can also break through a majority of Noivern's defensive checks and bring it in safely against Cobalion and Virizion with U-turn. Wallbreakers like Araquanid, Machamp, and Gardevoir appreciate Noivern bringing them in safely with U-turn and, in return, they can remove its defensive checks like Gigalith and Bronzong. Mamoswine and Choice Scarf Flygon are some of the best revenge killers for Noivern, so partners like Bronzong, Mantine, and Golisopod are greatly appreciated, the former also checking offensive Fairy-types like Gardevoir and Ribombee that force Noivern out. Cobalion also makes for a phenomenal partner because it can provide Stealth Rock support, offensively check Mamoswine, pressure a majority of Noivern's defensive checks like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing, and bring in Noivern safely with Volt Switch against foes like Araquanid and Doublade.
[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Hurricane / U-turn
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Life Orb
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This Noivern set attempts to take advantage of its STAB moves paired with Flamethrower to heavily pressure offensive teams and more reliably break past traditional responses like Rhyperior and Galarian Weezing with its unresisted coverage. Furthermore, a Life Orb allows it to OHKO Pokemon like Chandelure and Heliolisk and OHKO bulky Drapion after Stealth Rock. If U-turn is being run, it is recommended to use Heavy-Duty Boots to prevent entry hazards from wearing Noivern down. Infiltrator allows Noivern to revenge kill Pokemon like Araquanid and Salazzle behind a Substitute and gives it a great matchup against dual screens teams. Frisk can also be considered to help scout for items on Pokemon Noivern attempts to revenge kill such as Heliolisk, which has the ability to carry a multitude of different items to meet its requirements.
If opting for Life Orb, then entry hazard removal from the likes of Silvally-Steel and Galarian Weezing is essential to prevent Noivern from being easily worn down. Galarian Weezing can also punish Noivern's checks like Gigalith and Rhyperior with Toxic, helping put them in range of Draco Meteor, while Silvally-Steel can use Parting Shot to bring Noivern in safely against Pokemon like Lucario and Chandelure. Fighting-types like Lucario, Pangoro, and Machamp make for fantastic partners, as they appreciate a free pivot in with U-turn and can remove walls such as Umbreon and Gigalith for a Noivern late-game sweep. Spikes support from Roserade and Golisopod helps wear down foes into range of Noivern's coverage and threatens a majority of Noivern's defensive checks like Gigalith and Bronzong. Likewise, Stealth Rock users such as Cobalion, Rhyperior, and Necrozma make great partners, as Stealth Rock can put foes like Toxtricity and Chandelure in range of a Draco Meteor.
[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: U-turn / Switcheroo
item: Choice Specs
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Noivern is a great wallbreaker capable of 2HKOing the likes of Rhyperior even after the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor. Choice Specs also significantly improves its ability to break past Bronzong and Milotic, with it being able to 2HKO both after Stealth Rock with Flamethrower and Hurricane, respectively. Switcheroo is an option in the last slot to cripple defensive pivots like Gigalith, Umbreon, and Bronzong. Air Slash can be used in the last slot instead for a more reliable Flying-type STAB move, which, while significantly weaker than Hurricane, is capable of OHKOing all of the tier's Fighting- and Grass-types, but it isn't very strong against neutral targets.
Pivots like Heliolisk and Tsareena make great partners for Noivern, as they can bring it in safely against Pokemon like Roserade and Galarian Weezing as well as wear down or remove Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern to spam its Flying-type STAB moves more easily. Tsareena can also help wear down Bronzong and Doublade, provide Noivern with entry hazard removal support, and check Adamant Mamoswine by virtue of Queenly Majesty. Chandelure and Doublade are great partners that benefit from Noivern being able to break through or wear down their shared checks like Milotic, Rhyperior, and Gigalith. Entry hazard support from the likes of Cobalion, Rhyperior, and Roserade is essential to help Noivern achieve some of the previously mentioned 2HKOs while also helping it be less prediction reliant. Late-game sweepers such as Celebi and Necrozma make great partners, as they appreciate Noivern weakening their checks like Bronzong and Umbreon, both of which it can also cripple with Switcheroo.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157], [Hilomilo, 313384]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
name: Utility
move 1: Draco Meteor / Hurricane
move 2: Flamethrower / U-turn
move 3: Taunt / Defog
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Noivern's fantastic Speed tier and great movepool, including utility options like Taunt and coverage in Flamethrower, make it an excellent revenge killer, stallbreaker, and anti-offense threat in the tier. Noivern's great typing boasts many notable resistances, allowing it to pivot into threats such as Golisopod, Cobalion, and Roserade and providing it with multiple opportunities to clear entry hazards with Defog. Draco Meteor allows Noivern to revenge kill threats like Haxorus, does respectable damage to foes like Rhyperior and Gigalith, and, when paired with Flamethrower, gives Noivern an unresisted combination. On the other hand, Hurricane lets Noivern revenge kill threats like Machamp, Roserade, and Araquanid more easily. Flamethrower allows it to hit Steel-types like Doublade, Escavalier, and Lucario that would otherwise be able to take a Draco Meteor. Alternatively, U-turn is helpful to generate momentum off common switch-ins like Vaporeon, Mantine, and Gigalith. Toxic is an option and should be used alongside Taunt to punish and shut down the aforementioned defensive Pokemon, but it comes at the cost of not having the coverage to punish Steel-types like Bronzong.
Roserade and Drapion provide Noivern with Spikes and Toxic Spikes support, which helps it break past Pokemon like Milotic and Vaporeon with Taunt easier, as well as putting Pokemon like Gigalith and Rhyperior in range of Draco Meteor. In return, Noivern can help keep their entry hazards up by preventing a potential Defog with Taunt, and it can bring in Roserade safely with U-turn against foes like Rhyperior and Milotic. Entry hazard removers like Tsareena and Galarian Weezing are greatly appreciated because they allow Noivern to run Taunt. Tsareena can also break through a majority of Noivern's defensive checks and bring it in safely against Cobalion and Virizion with U-turn. Wallbreakers like Araquanid, Machamp, and Gardevoir appreciate Noivern bringing them in safely with U-turn and, in return, they can remove its defensive checks like Gigalith and Bronzong. Mamoswine and Choice Scarf Flygon are some of the best revenge killers for Noivern, so partners like Bronzong, Mantine, and Golisopod are greatly appreciated, the former also checking offensive Fairy-types like Gardevoir and Ribombee that force Noivern out. Cobalion also makes for a phenomenal partner because it can provide Stealth Rock support, offensively check Mamoswine, pressure a majority of Noivern's defensive checks like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing, and bring in Noivern safely with Volt Switch against foes like Araquanid and Doublade.
[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Hurricane / U-turn
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Life Orb
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This Noivern set attempts to take advantage of its STAB moves paired with Flamethrower to heavily pressure offensive teams and more reliably break past traditional responses like Rhyperior and Galarian Weezing with its unresisted coverage. Furthermore, a Life Orb allows it to OHKO Pokemon like Chandelure and Heliolisk and OHKO bulky Drapion after Stealth Rock. If U-turn is being run, it is recommended to use Heavy-Duty Boots to prevent entry hazards from wearing Noivern down. Infiltrator allows Noivern to revenge kill Pokemon like Araquanid and Salazzle behind a Substitute and gives it a great matchup against dual screens teams. Frisk can also be considered to help scout for items on Pokemon Noivern attempts to revenge kill such as Heliolisk, which has the ability to carry a multitude of different items to meet its requirements.
If opting for Life Orb, then entry hazard removal from the likes of Silvally-Steel and Galarian Weezing is essential to prevent Noivern from being easily worn down. Galarian Weezing can also punish Noivern's checks like Gigalith and Rhyperior with Toxic, helping put them in range of Draco Meteor, while Silvally-Steel can use Parting Shot to bring Noivern in safely against Pokemon like Lucario and Chandelure. Fighting-types like Lucario, Pangoro, and Machamp make for fantastic partners, as they appreciate a free pivot in with U-turn and can remove walls such as Umbreon and Gigalith for a Noivern late-game sweep. Spikes support from Roserade and Golisopod helps wear down foes into range of Noivern's coverage and threatens a majority of Noivern's defensive checks like Gigalith and Bronzong. Likewise, Stealth Rock users such as Cobalion, Rhyperior, and Necrozma make great partners, as Stealth Rock can put foes like Toxtricity and Chandelure in range of a Draco Meteor.
[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Draco Meteor
move 2: Hurricane
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: U-turn / Switcheroo
item: Choice Specs
ability: Infiltrator
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Specs Noivern is a great wallbreaker capable of 2HKOing the likes of Rhyperior even after the Special Attack drop from Draco Meteor. Choice Specs also significantly improves its ability to break past Bronzong and Milotic, with it being able to 2HKO both after Stealth Rock with Flamethrower and Hurricane, respectively. Switcheroo is an option in the last slot to cripple defensive pivots like Gigalith, Umbreon, and Bronzong. Air Slash can be used in the last slot instead for a more reliable Flying-type STAB move, which, while significantly weaker than Hurricane, is capable of OHKOing all of the tier's Fighting- and Grass-types, but it isn't very strong against neutral targets.
Pivots like Heliolisk and Tsareena make great partners for Noivern, as they can bring it in safely against Pokemon like Roserade and Galarian Weezing as well as wear down or remove Rhyperior and Gigalith for Noivern to spam its Flying-type STAB moves more easily. Tsareena can also help wear down Bronzong and Doublade, provide Noivern with entry hazard removal support, and check Adamant Mamoswine by virtue of Queenly Majesty. Chandelure and Doublade are great partners that benefit from Noivern being able to break through or wear down their shared checks like Milotic, Rhyperior, and Gigalith. Entry hazard support from the likes of Cobalion, Rhyperior, and Roserade is essential to help Noivern achieve some of the previously mentioned 2HKOs while also helping it be less prediction reliant. Late-game sweepers such as Celebi and Necrozma make great partners, as they appreciate Noivern weakening their checks like Bronzong and Umbreon, both of which it can also cripple with Switcheroo.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157], [Hilomilo, 313384]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
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