
Pignite @ Eviolite
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- High Horsepower / Sucker Punch
It's game, set, and matchsticks with Unova's Fire-type starter! Pignite sets teams ablaze with its powerful offenses and STAB combination! Knock Off softens up walls like Koffing and Quaxwell while supporting offensive titans like Fraxure and Piloswine. High Horsepower tramples on Mareanie, a normally sturdy counter, while being safe against Koffing and Fire-types like Raboot and Monferno; alternatively, Sucker Punch strikes faster foes like Girafarig and Drakloak. Water-types like Quaxwell and Seadra can damper Pignite's wallbreaking potential, so Grass-types like Thwackey and Ivysaur can mow them down with powerful STAB moves while absorbing their attacks. Faster foes like Girafarig and Frogadier can extinguish Pignite before it gets going; Steel-types like Tinkatuff and Hisuian Sliggoo can help ward off their revenge killing attempts. Other walls like Gabite and Dusclops can put out Pignite's wildfire before it spreads, so special attackers like Choice Specs Drakloak and Girafarig can force them away.
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