[SET]
name: The Duck (Normal)
move 1: Recover
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Discharge
move 4: Hidden Power Fire / Teleport
item: Eviolite
ability: Download / Trace
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Porygon2 is the premier physically defensive wall available for Normal teams due to its combination of stellar bulk, reliable recovery, and a movepool that's able to keep important threats in check. Recover is Porygon2's go-to move, allowing it to stay healthy and provide its utility throughout the match. Ice Beam works as Porygon2's main attack, keeping key Ice-weak targets like Dragonite, Gliscor, and Landorus-T at bay. Discharge has a decent chance to cripple the opposition with paralysis while dealing good damage to Pokemon such as Pelipper, Celesteela, and Gyarados. It also forms the BoltBeam coverage alongside Ice Beam, which is capable of heavily denting Flying teams. Hidden Power Fire rounds off the set, enabling Porygon2 to nail Steel-types that take little from its other moves like Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Mega Steelix. Alternatively, Teleport allows Porygon2 to work as a defensive pivot, generating momentum for the team at the cost of further coverage. Download is the preferred ability for Porygon2, reducing its overall passiveness and further threatening Flying-, Water-, Dragon-, and Steel-type teams should it get a Special Attack boost. However, one can opt for Trace to copy and take advantage of defensive abilities like Toxapex's Regenerator, Dragonite's Multiscale, and Landorus-T's Intimidate. Max HP and Defense investments in tandem with a Bold nature and Eviolite bolster Porygon2's physical bulk, permitting it to shrug assaults from the likes of Mega Sharpedo and Choice Band Excadrill. Eviolite in particular also lets Porygon2 take special attacks from Pokemon like Nidoking and Hydreigon with relative ease, despite the lack of EVs in Special Defense.
Together, Blissey and Porygon2 form a stellar defensive core for Normal teams that can stop most attackers in their tracks. Blissey can comfortably stomach attacks from special wallbreakers like Landorus and Mega Charizard Y that easily bypass Porygon2 and absorb status aliments for it by virtue of Natural Cure. In return, Porygon2 takes on powerful physical attackers like Dragonite and Mega Sharpedo for Blissey, and the pair can form an extremely effective pivoting backbone should Porygon2 be running Teleport. Ditto is an excellent teammate as well, as it can easily revenge kill sweepers that may use Porygon2 as setup fodder such as Swords Dance Excadrill and Z-Belly Drum Azumarill. It also switches into walls that beat Porygon2 one-on-one like Mega Sableye and Blissey by copying themselves and, thus, their status move immunities. Wallbreakers like Mega Lopunny and Diggersby greatly appreciate Porygon2's bulk to shrug off priority moves and its Teleport for them to come into the field safely. In return, they can beat threats to Porygon2 like Heatran, Mega Sableye, and Tyranitar. Mega Lopunny can also absorb Knock Offs for Porygon2. Defog users like defensive Staraptor and Mega Pidgeot remove entry hazards, allowing Porygon2 to better perform its walling and support duties by coming into the field unscathed. The former also takes hits from dangerous Fighting-types like Infernape and Heracross for Porygon2 and brings it safely into the field with U-turn, while the latter revenge kills Fighting-types and threatens Steel-types like Bisharp and Ferrothorn. Lastly, Porygon-Z's wide array of possible coverage moves allows it to threaten Psychic-types and certain Steel-types Porygon2 struggles dealing with.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Normal
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Porygon2 can run Toxic over Hidden Power Fire or Teleport to pose an even bigger threat versus Water-, Flying-, and Ground-type teams by crippling Slowking, Zapdos, and Gastrodon, respectively. However, losing either standard move isn't desired. With Trace, Foul Play can be used over Discharge as a way to broadly check setup sweepers, but Discharge's coverage and paralysis chance are greatly appreciated, and the sweepers it checks can be dealt with Ditto or Porygon2's other moves.
Checks and Counters
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Normal
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**Status**: Toxic poison puts Porygon2 on a timer, greatly reducing its overall effectiveness as a wall. Burns, while much less of an issue, still hamper Porygon2's defensive capabilities by taking away its health continuously due to its lack of passive recovery.
**Knock Off and Trick**: Knock Off users like Bisharp and Mega Sableye remove Porygon2's Eviolite, diminishing its sky-high bulk and making it much more vulnerable. In addition to doing that, Trick from Choice-locked Pokemon like Latios and Blacephalon also locks Porygon2 into a single move, turning it into a liability.
**Stallbreakers**: Stallbreakers like Taunt Mew and SubToxic Zapdos can easily beat Porygon2 by either disabling its Recover or PP stalling it.
**Powerful Wallbreakers**: Although Porygon2's insane bulk on both sides lets it take on most wallbreakers, extremely powerful ones like Choice Band Victini and Choice Specs Tapu Lele easily shred it by scoring clean 2HKOes with their STAB moves.
**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types like Terrakion and Urshifu-S are able to easily take down Porygon2 by virtue of their STAB super effective attacks. However, Porygon2 is able to take a hit from most and retaliate with paralysis from Discharge.
**Setup Sweepers**: Certain setup sweepers like Mega Latias and Mega Gallade use Porygon2 as setup fodder, easily powering through it once they rack up a few boosts.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Mateeus, 321991]]
- Normal analysis by: [[Mateeus, 321991]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
name: The Duck (Normal)
move 1: Recover
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Discharge
move 4: Hidden Power Fire / Teleport
item: Eviolite
ability: Download / Trace
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Porygon2 is the premier physically defensive wall available for Normal teams due to its combination of stellar bulk, reliable recovery, and a movepool that's able to keep important threats in check. Recover is Porygon2's go-to move, allowing it to stay healthy and provide its utility throughout the match. Ice Beam works as Porygon2's main attack, keeping key Ice-weak targets like Dragonite, Gliscor, and Landorus-T at bay. Discharge has a decent chance to cripple the opposition with paralysis while dealing good damage to Pokemon such as Pelipper, Celesteela, and Gyarados. It also forms the BoltBeam coverage alongside Ice Beam, which is capable of heavily denting Flying teams. Hidden Power Fire rounds off the set, enabling Porygon2 to nail Steel-types that take little from its other moves like Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor, and Mega Steelix. Alternatively, Teleport allows Porygon2 to work as a defensive pivot, generating momentum for the team at the cost of further coverage. Download is the preferred ability for Porygon2, reducing its overall passiveness and further threatening Flying-, Water-, Dragon-, and Steel-type teams should it get a Special Attack boost. However, one can opt for Trace to copy and take advantage of defensive abilities like Toxapex's Regenerator, Dragonite's Multiscale, and Landorus-T's Intimidate. Max HP and Defense investments in tandem with a Bold nature and Eviolite bolster Porygon2's physical bulk, permitting it to shrug assaults from the likes of Mega Sharpedo and Choice Band Excadrill. Eviolite in particular also lets Porygon2 take special attacks from Pokemon like Nidoking and Hydreigon with relative ease, despite the lack of EVs in Special Defense.
Together, Blissey and Porygon2 form a stellar defensive core for Normal teams that can stop most attackers in their tracks. Blissey can comfortably stomach attacks from special wallbreakers like Landorus and Mega Charizard Y that easily bypass Porygon2 and absorb status aliments for it by virtue of Natural Cure. In return, Porygon2 takes on powerful physical attackers like Dragonite and Mega Sharpedo for Blissey, and the pair can form an extremely effective pivoting backbone should Porygon2 be running Teleport. Ditto is an excellent teammate as well, as it can easily revenge kill sweepers that may use Porygon2 as setup fodder such as Swords Dance Excadrill and Z-Belly Drum Azumarill. It also switches into walls that beat Porygon2 one-on-one like Mega Sableye and Blissey by copying themselves and, thus, their status move immunities. Wallbreakers like Mega Lopunny and Diggersby greatly appreciate Porygon2's bulk to shrug off priority moves and its Teleport for them to come into the field safely. In return, they can beat threats to Porygon2 like Heatran, Mega Sableye, and Tyranitar. Mega Lopunny can also absorb Knock Offs for Porygon2. Defog users like defensive Staraptor and Mega Pidgeot remove entry hazards, allowing Porygon2 to better perform its walling and support duties by coming into the field unscathed. The former also takes hits from dangerous Fighting-types like Infernape and Heracross for Porygon2 and brings it safely into the field with U-turn, while the latter revenge kills Fighting-types and threatens Steel-types like Bisharp and Ferrothorn. Lastly, Porygon-Z's wide array of possible coverage moves allows it to threaten Psychic-types and certain Steel-types Porygon2 struggles dealing with.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Normal
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Porygon2 can run Toxic over Hidden Power Fire or Teleport to pose an even bigger threat versus Water-, Flying-, and Ground-type teams by crippling Slowking, Zapdos, and Gastrodon, respectively. However, losing either standard move isn't desired. With Trace, Foul Play can be used over Discharge as a way to broadly check setup sweepers, but Discharge's coverage and paralysis chance are greatly appreciated, and the sweepers it checks can be dealt with Ditto or Porygon2's other moves.
Checks and Counters
===================
Normal
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**Status**: Toxic poison puts Porygon2 on a timer, greatly reducing its overall effectiveness as a wall. Burns, while much less of an issue, still hamper Porygon2's defensive capabilities by taking away its health continuously due to its lack of passive recovery.
**Knock Off and Trick**: Knock Off users like Bisharp and Mega Sableye remove Porygon2's Eviolite, diminishing its sky-high bulk and making it much more vulnerable. In addition to doing that, Trick from Choice-locked Pokemon like Latios and Blacephalon also locks Porygon2 into a single move, turning it into a liability.
**Stallbreakers**: Stallbreakers like Taunt Mew and SubToxic Zapdos can easily beat Porygon2 by either disabling its Recover or PP stalling it.
**Powerful Wallbreakers**: Although Porygon2's insane bulk on both sides lets it take on most wallbreakers, extremely powerful ones like Choice Band Victini and Choice Specs Tapu Lele easily shred it by scoring clean 2HKOes with their STAB moves.
**Fighting-types**: Fighting-types like Terrakion and Urshifu-S are able to easily take down Porygon2 by virtue of their STAB super effective attacks. However, Porygon2 is able to take a hit from most and retaliate with paralysis from Discharge.
**Setup Sweepers**: Certain setup sweepers like Mega Latias and Mega Gallade use Porygon2 as setup fodder, easily powering through it once they rack up a few boosts.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Mateeus, 321991]]
- Normal analysis by: [[Mateeus, 321991]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [maroon, 305839]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
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