Status: 1 more GP check untl ths is officially done ;)
QC: 1/3(Delta2777) 2/3(Bloo) 3/3(Iconic)
GP: 1/2(NatGeo) 2/2(???)
Parasect
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[Overview]
<p> Parasect definitely has a one-of-a-kind Rags to Riches story. Who knew that one day a Pokemon will rise from the fallen depths of the Neverused tier to join some of the greats in the Overused tier. Gen 5 has been very kind to Parasect due to the banning of the Drizzle and Swift Swim combo. This allows room for Parasect in a Rain team because of its Ability, Dry Skin. Combine that with Leech Seed, Leftovers, and a couple of turns to spare while the opponent is asleep with Spore, Parasect can be a massive headache to deal with on Rain teams. Parasect's typing, Grass/Bug, resists the two most painful weaknesses that Rain teams share: Grass- and Electric-type moves. Parasect also resists two of the most used types in the OU metagame: Ground and Fighting. Unluckily for Parasect, the fun stops there. Its unique typing also opens it up to quadruple weaknesses to Fire and Flying, a Stealth Rock weakness, and a weakness to Ice and Bug. <p>
<p> Overall, Parasect is one of the only Grass types that fit well in a Rain team, and with a couple of unique moves to back it up, Parasect can become An effective staller. <p>
[Set]
Name: SubSeed
move 1: Spore
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: X-Scissor / Protect
item: Leftovers
nature: Careful
ability: Dry Skin
evs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpDef
[SET COMMENTS]
<p> Parasect is one of only three SubSeeders out there that can learn one of the best moves in the game: Spore. A 100% accuracy move that induces sleep will give Parasect a couple of free turns to regenerate your HP, or at least one turn of free healing if the opponent decides to switch out. If you combine Leech Seed, Dry Skin, and Leftovers recovery, that's a lot of HP recovered each turn. Two moves are vying for the last moveslot. X-Scissor is a great move for dealing with those pesky Grass-type Pokemon who immune to Leech Seed, and X-Scissor is a great way for hitting them forsuper effective damage. It also allows Parasect to defeat Ferrothorn in the rain. Ferrothorn cannot break Parasect's Substistutes easily as Parasect resists Power Whip and Gyro Ball. This works well because Ferrothorn is immune to Parasect's Leech Seed and Toxic Spikes. Protect also works as a pseudo healing move if you plan on going full stall, which will come in handy for healing a lot of your HP. <p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p> Just like Leavanny and Wormadam it will be taking more Special hits than Physical. The defensive EVs plus a Careful nature provide slightly higher Special Defense than Defense. You may also take away 28 Defense EVs and put them into Speed to be able to outspeed Wobbuffet. Aromatherapy is a very interesting move to use over Spore to be able to heal any status conditions that Parasect or its teammates possess.Politoed is a must, as it is the only Pokemon in OU to have the ability Drizzle which will make it permenantly Rain as Rain Dance users will only make it Rain to the maximum of 8 turns, which won't work as Parasect is a staller. In the rain, Parasect has a couple of teammates that really shine: one of them is Lanturn, as Parasect covers its only weakness: Ground-type. Lanturn also covers one of Parasects 4x weakness, which is Fire-type. Another great Partner is Omastar, as it covers all of Parasects weaknesses, with the exception of Rock. And Parasect also covers some of its weaknesses, such as Fighting-, Ground and Electric-types. A Pokemon that can learn Toxic Spikes works very well with Parasect as it makes Parasect's job of stalling a whole lot easier. Keep in mind that you won't be able to use Spore due to the fact that once the opponent switches in it will be poisoned. <p>
[Other Options]
<p>Apart from stalling on a Rain team, there isn't much that Parasect can do. Some other useful moves that are in Parasect's move-pool are Swords Dance, Growth, and Light Screen. Another set that Parasect could utilize into its vast arsenal of sets is a Double Powder set, which uses Spore and Stun Spore to spread status to the opposing team. <p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p> Anything that is able to change the weather is very threatening for Parasect, especially Sun as it increases Parasects 4x weakness to Fire-type attacks and gradually decreases its health because of Parasects' Ability, Dry Skin. If you are running Parasect without X-Scissor, you will also have a very hard time dealing with Xatu and Espeon as they both posses the ability Magic Bounce, which will reflect any status condition back to Parasect. Very few Pokemon are able to know Herbivore, and even fewer actually use it, but you must be aware of it as it raises the Pokemon's Attack by one stage if hit by a Grass-type move. Any Substitute/Taunt user is very dangerous as it doesn't allow Parasect to use any moves to it other than an attacking move, and even then X-Scissor wont be doing much as of Parasects low Attack stat. <p>
[Dream World]
<p> Parasect learns Damp. There is absolutely no reason to use this ability because Explosion has been nerfed in this generation.<p>
QC: 1/3(Delta2777) 2/3(Bloo) 3/3(Iconic)
GP: 1/2(NatGeo) 2/2(???)
Parasect
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[Overview]
<p> Parasect definitely has a one-of-a-kind Rags to Riches story. Who knew that one day a Pokemon will rise from the fallen depths of the Neverused tier to join some of the greats in the Overused tier. Gen 5 has been very kind to Parasect due to the banning of the Drizzle and Swift Swim combo. This allows room for Parasect in a Rain team because of its Ability, Dry Skin. Combine that with Leech Seed, Leftovers, and a couple of turns to spare while the opponent is asleep with Spore, Parasect can be a massive headache to deal with on Rain teams. Parasect's typing, Grass/Bug, resists the two most painful weaknesses that Rain teams share: Grass- and Electric-type moves. Parasect also resists two of the most used types in the OU metagame: Ground and Fighting. Unluckily for Parasect, the fun stops there. Its unique typing also opens it up to quadruple weaknesses to Fire and Flying, a Stealth Rock weakness, and a weakness to Ice and Bug. <p>
<p> Overall, Parasect is one of the only Grass types that fit well in a Rain team, and with a couple of unique moves to back it up, Parasect can become An effective staller. <p>
[Set]
Name: SubSeed
move 1: Spore
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: X-Scissor / Protect
item: Leftovers
nature: Careful
ability: Dry Skin
evs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 SpDef
[SET COMMENTS]
<p> Parasect is one of only three SubSeeders out there that can learn one of the best moves in the game: Spore. A 100% accuracy move that induces sleep will give Parasect a couple of free turns to regenerate your HP, or at least one turn of free healing if the opponent decides to switch out. If you combine Leech Seed, Dry Skin, and Leftovers recovery, that's a lot of HP recovered each turn. Two moves are vying for the last moveslot. X-Scissor is a great move for dealing with those pesky Grass-type Pokemon who immune to Leech Seed, and X-Scissor is a great way for hitting them forsuper effective damage. It also allows Parasect to defeat Ferrothorn in the rain. Ferrothorn cannot break Parasect's Substistutes easily as Parasect resists Power Whip and Gyro Ball. This works well because Ferrothorn is immune to Parasect's Leech Seed and Toxic Spikes. Protect also works as a pseudo healing move if you plan on going full stall, which will come in handy for healing a lot of your HP. <p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p> Just like Leavanny and Wormadam it will be taking more Special hits than Physical. The defensive EVs plus a Careful nature provide slightly higher Special Defense than Defense. You may also take away 28 Defense EVs and put them into Speed to be able to outspeed Wobbuffet. Aromatherapy is a very interesting move to use over Spore to be able to heal any status conditions that Parasect or its teammates possess.Politoed is a must, as it is the only Pokemon in OU to have the ability Drizzle which will make it permenantly Rain as Rain Dance users will only make it Rain to the maximum of 8 turns, which won't work as Parasect is a staller. In the rain, Parasect has a couple of teammates that really shine: one of them is Lanturn, as Parasect covers its only weakness: Ground-type. Lanturn also covers one of Parasects 4x weakness, which is Fire-type. Another great Partner is Omastar, as it covers all of Parasects weaknesses, with the exception of Rock. And Parasect also covers some of its weaknesses, such as Fighting-, Ground and Electric-types. A Pokemon that can learn Toxic Spikes works very well with Parasect as it makes Parasect's job of stalling a whole lot easier. Keep in mind that you won't be able to use Spore due to the fact that once the opponent switches in it will be poisoned. <p>
[Other Options]
<p>Apart from stalling on a Rain team, there isn't much that Parasect can do. Some other useful moves that are in Parasect's move-pool are Swords Dance, Growth, and Light Screen. Another set that Parasect could utilize into its vast arsenal of sets is a Double Powder set, which uses Spore and Stun Spore to spread status to the opposing team. <p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p> Anything that is able to change the weather is very threatening for Parasect, especially Sun as it increases Parasects 4x weakness to Fire-type attacks and gradually decreases its health because of Parasects' Ability, Dry Skin. If you are running Parasect without X-Scissor, you will also have a very hard time dealing with Xatu and Espeon as they both posses the ability Magic Bounce, which will reflect any status condition back to Parasect. Very few Pokemon are able to know Herbivore, and even fewer actually use it, but you must be aware of it as it raises the Pokemon's Attack by one stage if hit by a Grass-type move. Any Substitute/Taunt user is very dangerous as it doesn't allow Parasect to use any moves to it other than an attacking move, and even then X-Scissor wont be doing much as of Parasects low Attack stat. <p>
[Dream World]
<p> Parasect learns Damp. There is absolutely no reason to use this ability because Explosion has been nerfed in this generation.<p>
