[OVERVIEW]
It's hard to find much use for Petilil in the Little Cup metagame. It's slow and not very bulky, and aside from access to Sleep Powder and niche options like Healing Wish is completely outclassed by fellow offensive Grass-type Snivy, which has a great ability in Contrary, much better Speed, and nice utility moves like Defog and Knock Off. The closest thing Petilil has to a niche is that of a self-setting sun sweeper due to the power of Solar Beam coupled with a good Special Attack stat, but such a niche is rather subpar seeing as setting up Sunny Day leaves Petilil vulnerable for a whole turn, which is especially bad for a Pokemon with the aforementioned issues of poor bulk and Speed. Even in this role, it's outclassed by Bulbasaur, Bellsprout, and even Oddish, which have better typings that make setting up easier, in addition to better bulk, power, Speed, or coverage.
[SET]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Sunny Day
move 2: Solar Beam / Giga Drain
move 3: Hidden Power Fire
move 4: Sleep Powder
item: Eviolite / Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 36 Def / 200 SpA / 36 SpD / 200 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Petilil can use its pure Grass typing combined with Sleep Powder to gain opportunities to set up Sunny Day. However, it's very hard for Petilil to set up properly due to its poor defenses and Speed, and despite the slight advantages brought on by its typing its very outclassed by Oddish, Bulbasaur, and Bellsprout. Petilil also fails to do much damage outside of sun, especially variants that run Solar Beam over Giga Drain. Healing Wish is another option but is rather hard to fit in and Petilil is very easy to take out outside of the sun, so it usually can't even get off a Healing Wish.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Melons-N-Soda, 206635]]
- Quality checked by: [[Nineage, 195129]]
- Grammar checked by: [[frenzyplant, 185509]]
It's hard to find much use for Petilil in the Little Cup metagame. It's slow and not very bulky, and aside from access to Sleep Powder and niche options like Healing Wish is completely outclassed by fellow offensive Grass-type Snivy, which has a great ability in Contrary, much better Speed, and nice utility moves like Defog and Knock Off. The closest thing Petilil has to a niche is that of a self-setting sun sweeper due to the power of Solar Beam coupled with a good Special Attack stat, but such a niche is rather subpar seeing as setting up Sunny Day leaves Petilil vulnerable for a whole turn, which is especially bad for a Pokemon with the aforementioned issues of poor bulk and Speed. Even in this role, it's outclassed by Bulbasaur, Bellsprout, and even Oddish, which have better typings that make setting up easier, in addition to better bulk, power, Speed, or coverage.
[SET]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Sunny Day
move 2: Solar Beam / Giga Drain
move 3: Hidden Power Fire
move 4: Sleep Powder
item: Eviolite / Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 36 Def / 200 SpA / 36 SpD / 200 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Petilil can use its pure Grass typing combined with Sleep Powder to gain opportunities to set up Sunny Day. However, it's very hard for Petilil to set up properly due to its poor defenses and Speed, and despite the slight advantages brought on by its typing its very outclassed by Oddish, Bulbasaur, and Bellsprout. Petilil also fails to do much damage outside of sun, especially variants that run Solar Beam over Giga Drain. Healing Wish is another option but is rather hard to fit in and Petilil is very easy to take out outside of the sun, so it usually can't even get off a Healing Wish.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Melons-N-Soda, 206635]]
- Quality checked by: [[Nineage, 195129]]
- Grammar checked by: [[frenzyplant, 185509]]
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