[OVERVIEW]
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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name: Choice Band
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: U-Turn
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Choice Band
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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**Fairy-Types**: Fairy-Types like Florges and Gardevoir can switch in to Close Combat safely but they must be aware of Gunk Shot
**Physically Defensive Walls**: Physically sturdy threats such as Slowbro and Donphan may all switch into Passimian once and proceed to either cripple Passimian with their status moves or threaten to KO it with their respective STAB attacks.
**Poison-Types**: Poison types like Golbat and Dragalge resist Close Combat and can status Passimian or heavily dent with their attacks. Golbat doesn't appreciate Knock off, however.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[WMAR, 273646]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
- Passimians Fighting-type, solid speed, and access to U-turn allows it to act as an offensive pivot on both Offense and Bulky Offense.
- With Choice Scarf, Passimian is able to act as a revenge killer in the tier outspeeding the likes of Salazzle and Virizion
- Passimian has an really great Attack stat and access to Defiant, allowing it to abuse Intimidate and Defog users
- Its Fighting typing allows Passimian to pressure the hazard setters in the tier such as Registeel and Rhyperior while Knock Off threatens Metagross.
- Knock Off and Gunk Shot provide amazing coverage to hit the Ghost-, Fairy-, and Psychic-type Pokemon that resist Close Combat
- Passimian has a low speed stat and can be outpaced by other Choice Scarfers like Salazzle.
- Passimian also has fierce competition with other fighting types like Bewear and Machamp.
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Close Combat is Passimians most useful STAB move and spammable in most scenarios.
- U-turn lets Passimian pivot around its counters and bad matchups
- Knock Off is used as coverage for Psychic-, and Ghost-type Pokemon but also cripples Pokemon by removing items.
- Gunk Shot is coverage for Fairy- and Grass-type Pokemon like Florges and Virizion.
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- Choice Scarf with Jolly and max Speed maximises Passimians ability to revenge kill Pokemon, out speeding as much as it possibly can.
- Max Attack is to enhance its wall breaking capabilities
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- Passimian should make use of U-turn especially when obvious checks are coming out such as Slowbro or Cresselia. Especially as Close Combat has only 8 PP and can easily be wasted on obvious checks.
- Bring Passimian in to revenge kill fragile Pokemon such as Zygarde-10%, Espeon, Swellow, and Lycanroc-Dusk as much as possible to make use of it.
- Passimian is weak defensively and as such should only be brought in on weak or resisted attacks.
- Passimian should also be used to revenge kill weakened Pokemon who are on low health
- Be careful of priority users when using Close Combat as the defense drops can come into play versus it.
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- Passmian works as a pivot and would very much like to pivot into Pokemon that can deal with its checks like Slowbro and Cresselia. Pokemon like Mega Blastoise, Golisopod, Drapion, and Yanmega.
- Passimian is appreciative of hazards to chip away at Pokemon it wants to later revenge kill or clean. Hazard setters that work really well with Passimian are Registeel and Bronzong as they are able to check Flying-, Psychic-, and Fairy-type Pokemon that threaten out Passimian.
- Passimian can also make use of a defensive backbone that check faster revenge killers. Gigalith can check both Choiced Salazzle and Noivern while offering hazard support. Florges is able to take care of other faster threats such as Yanmega and Mega Sceptile.
- Wallbreakers like Tyrantrum and Goodra make for good partners to Passimian as they can punch holes in teams and put Pokemon in range of it.
- Healing Wish is useful for Passimian to be useful at the latte stages of the match and Pokemon such as Gardevoir and Shaymin are able to assist with this comfortably.
name: Choice Band
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: U-Turn
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Gunk Shot
item: Choice Band
ability: Defiant
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Close Combat is Passimians best STAB and hits extremely hard and very splashable, capable of breaking through Pokemon who can normally eat Close Combat from the Scarf set like Milotic
- U-Turn provides momentum and due to Passimians slow nature is more used when its checks that outspeed like Salazzle and Virizion can revenge kill
- Knock Off is a safe option to cripple its checks by removing their item and enforcing tons of damage
- Gunk Shot allows Passimian to break through its normal Fighting type resists like Florges and Grass types like Virizion
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- Choice Band trades Speed for more fire power using the same moves and investment
- Jolly allows Passimian to outpace base 70 giving the jump to Tyrantrum and Metagross
- Adamant gives Passimian an easier time wall breaking at a cost of Speed
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- Against defensive teams, Passimian finds more opportunities to come in for free on passive Pokemon and do some massive damage.
- Against offensive teams, Passimian prefers being brought in safely with U-turn or Volt Switch
- Passimian must be aware on its moves as if clicking Close Combat can make Passimian vulnerable to Ghost Types
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- Passimian is appreciative of hazards to chip away at Pokemon it wants to wallbreak or clean. Hazard setters that work really well with Passimian are Registeel and Bronzong as they are able to check Flying-, Psychic-, and Fairy-type Pokemon that threaten out Passimian.
- Healing Wish is useful for Passimian to be useful at the latte stages of the match and Pokemon such as Gardevoir and Shaymin are able to assist with this comfortably.
- Revenge killers like Salazzle and Zygarde-10% can help Passimian handle faster threats so Passimian doesn't be revenge killed and Passimian works as a slow pivot to allow the faster revenge killer to come in safely
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Fightinium Z can give Passimian a one turn nuke to bust through or weaken its counters but this set is outclassed by Sawk
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**Fairy-Types**: Fairy-Types like Florges and Gardevoir can switch in to Close Combat safely but they must be aware of Gunk Shot
**Physically Defensive Walls**: Physically sturdy threats such as Slowbro and Donphan may all switch into Passimian once and proceed to either cripple Passimian with their status moves or threaten to KO it with their respective STAB attacks.
**Poison-Types**: Poison types like Golbat and Dragalge resist Close Combat and can status Passimian or heavily dent with their attacks. Golbat doesn't appreciate Knock off, however.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[WMAR, 273646]]
- Quality checked by: [[, ], [, ], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ], [, ]]
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