Pivot Grookey [QC 0/2] [GP 0/1]

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[SET]
Pivot (Grookey) @ Eviolite
Ability: Grassy Surge
Level: 5
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 236 Atk / 36 Def / 236 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wood Hammer
- Grassy Glide
- Knock Off
- U-turn

[SET COMMENTS]

Grookey re-enters this generation with the same benefits it provided in its debut generation — an ability to instantly set Grassy Terrain, a priority move and excellent utility moves that disrupt common Pokemon present in the Little Cup metagame, all while being able to pivot and monkey around opposing teams. Grass-typing is invaluable in this metagame, but Terrain's healing benefits while nerfing common Ground-type threats and Earthquake users. The flip-side however, between a nerfed Grassy Glide and ever-present Pokemon like Vullaby and Foongus is that Grookey often ends up passive and unable to offer progress outside of knocking items with Knock Off or pivoting with U-turn. Sharing the same speed tier as Mienfoo however means that it can often make progress versus LC's number one Pokemon with a hard-hitting boosted Wood Hammer, which often KOs after losing eviolite. The spread and Tera type are to ensure has maximum offensive power to offer something outside of its pivoting utility.

The ubiquitous duo of Vullaby and Mienfoo are also Grookey's best partners, helping to create pivoting cores or offering knock support if the former are also running the more offensive sets. Chinchou is another good partner, offering some ability to shore up each other's weaknesses while forming a proper volt-turn core. Setting up terrain means that Chinchou has an easier time pivoting into Ground-types to check them as it will take less from Earthquake, while Grookey can cover Alolan Diglett and pivot out with U-turn if the player is expecting a switch. Conversely, special care must be taken when a Ground-type or Earthquake user is on the same team, as these Pokemon will want alternative moves like High Horsepower to not be affected by terrain. As mentioned before, Grookey suffers a lot versus Pokemon that resist its STAB combination, mainly Vullaby and Foongus, meaning it is important to pair with Pokemon that can threaten those two such as Hisuain-Growlithe.

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Grookey re-enters this generation with the same benefits it provided in its debut generation — an ability to instantly set Grassy Terrain, a (newly-nerfed) can just get rid of this it isn't relevant for the context of the analysis. decently powerful or something along that should be okay priority move and excellent utility moves that disrupt common Pokemon present in the Little Cup metagame, all while being able to pivot and monkey around opposing teams. Grass-typing is invaluable in this metagame, but Terrain's healing benefits while nerfing common Ground-type threats and Earthquake users. The flip-side however, between a nerfed Grassy Glide and ever-present Pokemon like Vullaby and Foongus is that Grookey often ends up passive and unable to offer progress outside of knocking items or pivoting. Sharing the same speed tier as Mienfoo however means that it can often make progress versus LC's number one Pokemon with a hard-hitting boosted Wood Hammer, which often KOs after losing eviolite. The spread and Tera type are to ensure has maximum offensive power to offer something outside of its pivoting utility.

edit the above paragaph a little some to actually make mention of knock off and u turn on the set instead of just mentioning it having excellent utility moves as you did earlier on.

The ubiquitous duo of Vullaby and Mienfoo are also Grookey's best partners, helping to create pivoting cores or offering knock support if the former are also running the more offensive sets. Chinchou is another good partner, offering some ability to shore up each other's weaknesses while forming a proper volt-turn core. give examples of threats that grookey that chinchou covers and vice versa. chou would struggle with alolan diglett where grookey can threaten it. grookey could struggle with vullaby while chinchou can threaten it, etc. Special care must be taken when a Ground-type or Earthquake user is on the same team, as these Pokemon will want alternative moves like High Horsepower to not be affected by terrain. As mentioned before, Grookey suffers a lot versus Pokemon that resist its STAB combination, mainly Vullaby and Foongus, meaning it is important to pair with Pokemon that can threaten those two such as Growlithe-Hisui. Hisuian Growlithe is the correct gp term

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