Lilligant has been a part of the tier since the second DLC shifts took hold, and has been a lowkey presence within the tier for much of it. However, much like Salamence, it started taking a foothold with the departure of Galarian Weezing and Fezandipiti. Back with those two around, Lilligant often ran a set with Tera Blast Psychic. Since then, its more standard sets have taken off. Tera Fire Victory Dance is the most prevalent, with Tera Blast Psychic remaining an effective choice. Set variety splashed alongside with alternative options like the non-contact Petal Blizzard, Synthesis or its choice of Ice coverage makes H-Lilligant an incredibly versatile threat.
Of course, that's just the half of it. Backed by Hustle, its damage output it ludicrous, and its speed of base 105 is faster than a swath of the tiers scarf options, barring picks like Gengar. Resists like Talonflame take roughly 75% from a +1 CC, and that ignores Tera Fire turning it into setup fodder.
That's not to say its uncounterable. Players have began stacking checks, Talonflame + Scarf Gengar is a common core that should give teams enough leeway to not fold to it outright, more lesser seen options like Vileplume, Scarf Munkidori, as well as Tera Poison users like Slowbro and Whirlwind Hippowdon. However, while this is effective, it's highly constraining, and often times even this isn't enough. As such, the Council has put Hisuian Lilligant up for the suspect test!
The instructions to participate in this test are as follows:
- Create a new account on PS. You do not have to follow any specific naming convention, but your suspect account must have never played a game in RU before this suspect test went up or you will not receive valid requirements (resetting W/L does not count for this - the account you use must never have played RU before the test, full stop.)
- At any point on your new account, use the command /linksmogon on Pokemon Showdown! You will receive instructions on what to do once you run this command.
- Double check that you're listed as a voter below! If you aren't listed as a voter despite having valid reqs, please contact myself, TheFranklin, Rarelyme, or a member of staff.
If you have any questions about this new process, feel free to PM me or post here!
The requirement to vote in this suspect test is a COIL value of 2800 with a B-value of 7. The deadline for getting requirements will be Friday, December 5th, 23:59 GMT -5. Good luck to all!