Old Gens [ORAS OU] Manaphy

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Manaphy @ Leftovers
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 240 HP / 160 SpA / 108 Spe
Modest Nature
- Tail Glow
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Ice Beam

Manaphy is one of the best wallbreakers in OU because of the rare Tail Glow. Tail Glow lets it break past common Water-resistant foes such as Ferrothorn, Rotom-W, and Amoonguss and clear the way for teammates to clean. Rain Dance + Hydration continually clears Manaphy's status conditions, granting it more longevity and making it harder to revenge kill. Rain also lets it break through special tanks such as Chansey, which can't utilize status to whittle it down, after Tail Glow. Ice Beam hits Grass-types like Serperior, Amoonguss, and Tangrowth, and Dragon-types like Latios, Mega Altaria, and Mega Latias. Manaphy shines on hyper offense teams with Serperior's dual screens, which help it set up and make it harder to revenge kill. Other common hyper offense partners include Mega Gyarados and Bisharp, which both benefit from Manaphy removing shared checks like Tangrowth and Rotom-W, letting them freely clean after setting up. Volcarona and Thundurus-T are also extremely dangerous after Manaphy breaks through Dragon-types like Mega Altaria, and Thundurus-T also absorbs Electric-type moves from common revenge killers like Choice Scarf Magnezone and Choice Scarf Rotom-W.

 

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because of its signature move, Tail Glow.

would not say tail glow is "signature" cuz other mons have access to it. Reword it.

a monstrous 757,

don't really need to specify the number here, just boosting to wallbreak is enough. also mention pokemon manaphy threatens, allowing for setup opportunities. for example talk about +6 surf in the rain is able to break chansey, while being able to be immune to status ailment from it (twave and toxic).

Ice Beam grants it coverage to hit Grass-types like Amoonguss and Tangrowth, and Dragon-types like Latios and Mega Altaria.

add in serperior for the grass-types and mega latias for the dragon-types

Another common partner is Mega Gyarados, who benefits from Manaphy's removal of common Water-resists, giving it free reign to clean up teams after Dragon Dance boosts.

Teammates such as Thundurus-T to absorb Electric moves, Volcarona and Bisharp are also common teammates on screens/webs teams (also describe why they are good teammates.

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[Adeleine]

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Manaphy @ Leftovers
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 240 HP / 160 SpA / 108 Spe
Modest Nature
- Tail Glow
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Ice Beam

Manaphy is one of the best wallbreakers in OU because of its unique move, Tail Glow. Tail Glow boosts Manaphy's average Special Attack stat by three stages, letting it the rare Tail Glow. Tail Glow lets it break past common Water-type resists in the tier Water-resistant foes such as Ferrothorn, Rotom-Wash, and Amoonguss (RC) and clearing the way for teammates to finish off a weakened team. This set uniquely utilizes Manaphy's ability, Hydration, to grant it more longevity when Rain Dance is used by clearing status conditions at the end of each turn and making it harder to revenge kill, in addition to increasing the power of its Water-type moves. Rain Dance clean. Rain Dance + Hydration continually clears Manaphy's status conditions, granting it more longevity and making it harder to revenge kill. Rain also lets it break through special tanks such as Chansey, who which can't (I assume, bc Hydration) utilize status to whittle it down, with help from after Tail Glow boosts. Ice Beam grants it coverage to hits Grass-types like Serperior, Amoonguss, and Tangrowth, and Dragon-types like Latios, Mega Altaria, and Mega Latias. Manaphy shines on hyper offense teams along dual screens support from Serperior with Serperior's dual screens, which help it set up more easily and make it harder to revenge kill. Other common partners on hyper offense teams hyper offense partners include Mega Gyarados or Bisharp, who and Bisharp, which both benefit from Manaphy's removal of common Manaphy removing shared checks like Tangrowth or Rotom-Wash, giving them free reign to clean teams after Dragon Dance or Swords Dance boosts respectively. and Rotom-W, letting them freely clean after setting up. Volcarona and Thundurus-T are also extremely dangerous after Manaphy breaks through Dragon-types like Mega Altaria, while and Thundurus-T in particular can also help absorbs Electric-type moves from common revenge killers like Choice Scarf Magnezone or and Choice Scarf Rotom-Wash.

Char count: 999. If you want to revert some condensing, you'll probably have to remove some info.

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[Eisenherz]