Light Sanctity
The Usurper
[OVERVIEW]
Porygon2 manages to stand out as a reliable Trick Room setter and threatening late-game wincon thanks to its Eviolite-boosted defenses, access to Recover, and single weakness in Fighting. Download can allow it to provide some offensive pressure with its good coverage in Thunderbolt and Ice Beam should it get a Special Attack boost. Porygon2 is appreciated on semi-Trick Room teams. On these teams, Rillaboom provides Fake Out support and checks Urshifu-R, while Volcanion and Diancie benefit from Trick Room, with Diancie being a secondary setter. However, if lacking a Download boost, Porygon2 can find itself being ignored due providing subpar offensive pressure. Porygon2 also has to be cautious of Knock Off from Incineroar and Toxic from Blastoise, which can severely cripple it. Despite having one weakness, Porygon2 can be OHKOed by Life Orb Urshifu-R and overwhelmed by combinations of strong attacks from Pokemon like Zygarde and Heatran.
[SET]
name: Trick Room
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Recover
move 4: Trick Room
item: Eviolite
ability: Download
nature: Quiet
evs: 248 HP / 40 Def / 156 SpA / 64 SpD
ivs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* Ice Beam is a good coverage option that allows Porygon2 to hit foes such as Rillaboom, Zygarde, and Dragapult. In combination with Thunderbolt, it can hit the entire tier for at least neutral damage.
* Thunderbolt enables Porygon2 to pressure Tapu Fini, Volcanion, and Urshifu-R with super effective damage, while Toxic puts bulky walls like Assault Vest Kyurem-B and Porygon2, and setup sweepers such as Dragon Dance Kyurem-B and Calm Mind Tapu Fini outside of Misty Terrain, on a timer.
* Recover enables Porygon2 to stay healthy and consistently set up Trick Room, making it difficult to remove late-game once its main checks have been removed, such as Urshifu-R and Heatran.
* Trick Room makes Porygon2 an excellent form of speed control, as it can turn the tables against faster threats such as Urshifu-R and deters setup sweepers like Dragon Dance Kyurem-B from setting up. Allies in Volcanion and Diancie benefit greatly from Trick Room support, as they then underspeed the majority of the metagame.
* Download can often boost Porygon2's Special Attack due to the prevalence of Zygarde and Urshifu-R, which greatly improves its special moves, allowing it to OHKO Urshifu-R, Zygarde, and Dragapult at +1.
* The given EV spread allows Porygon2 to OHKO Zygarde and Dragapult at +1, as well as making Choice Band Zygarde's Thousand Arrows into a 4HKO and Modest Charcoal Heatran only able to 3HKO.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Icy Wind Porygon2 fits on more offensive teams that do not need Trick Room support. It can also use Ally Switch to cause the opponent to pay attention to it or make unnecessary reads, which can rectify its passivity problem. However, running Ally Switch means you need to give up either valuable coverage or pressure with Toxic.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Light Sanctity, 491200]]
- Quality checked by: [[emma, 294304], [zeefable, 501951]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
Porygon2 manages to stand out as a reliable Trick Room setter and threatening late-game wincon thanks to its Eviolite-boosted defenses, access to Recover, and single weakness in Fighting. Download can allow it to provide some offensive pressure with its good coverage in Thunderbolt and Ice Beam should it get a Special Attack boost. Porygon2 is appreciated on semi-Trick Room teams. On these teams, Rillaboom provides Fake Out support and checks Urshifu-R, while Volcanion and Diancie benefit from Trick Room, with Diancie being a secondary setter. However, if lacking a Download boost, Porygon2 can find itself being ignored due providing subpar offensive pressure. Porygon2 also has to be cautious of Knock Off from Incineroar and Toxic from Blastoise, which can severely cripple it. Despite having one weakness, Porygon2 can be OHKOed by Life Orb Urshifu-R and overwhelmed by combinations of strong attacks from Pokemon like Zygarde and Heatran.
[SET]
name: Trick Room
move 1: Ice Beam
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Recover
move 4: Trick Room
item: Eviolite
ability: Download
nature: Quiet
evs: 248 HP / 40 Def / 156 SpA / 64 SpD
ivs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* Ice Beam is a good coverage option that allows Porygon2 to hit foes such as Rillaboom, Zygarde, and Dragapult. In combination with Thunderbolt, it can hit the entire tier for at least neutral damage.
* Thunderbolt enables Porygon2 to pressure Tapu Fini, Volcanion, and Urshifu-R with super effective damage, while Toxic puts bulky walls like Assault Vest Kyurem-B and Porygon2, and setup sweepers such as Dragon Dance Kyurem-B and Calm Mind Tapu Fini outside of Misty Terrain, on a timer.
* Recover enables Porygon2 to stay healthy and consistently set up Trick Room, making it difficult to remove late-game once its main checks have been removed, such as Urshifu-R and Heatran.
* Trick Room makes Porygon2 an excellent form of speed control, as it can turn the tables against faster threats such as Urshifu-R and deters setup sweepers like Dragon Dance Kyurem-B from setting up. Allies in Volcanion and Diancie benefit greatly from Trick Room support, as they then underspeed the majority of the metagame.
* Download can often boost Porygon2's Special Attack due to the prevalence of Zygarde and Urshifu-R, which greatly improves its special moves, allowing it to OHKO Urshifu-R, Zygarde, and Dragapult at +1.
* The given EV spread allows Porygon2 to OHKO Zygarde and Dragapult at +1, as well as making Choice Band Zygarde's Thousand Arrows into a 4HKO and Modest Charcoal Heatran only able to 3HKO.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Icy Wind Porygon2 fits on more offensive teams that do not need Trick Room support. It can also use Ally Switch to cause the opponent to pay attention to it or make unnecessary reads, which can rectify its passivity problem. However, running Ally Switch means you need to give up either valuable coverage or pressure with Toxic.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Light Sanctity, 491200]]
- Quality checked by: [[emma, 294304], [zeefable, 501951]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
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