[SET]
name: Trick Room Support
move 1: Trick Room
move 2: Recover
move 3: Eerie Impulse / Tri Attack
move 4: Ice Beam / Foul Play / Tri Attack
item: Eviolite
ability: Download / Trace
nature: Relaxed
evs: 252 HP / 124 Def / 132 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Porygon2 is the metagame's best Trick Room setter with its incredible bulk, mere one weakness, and ability to keep top-tier Pokemon at bay, such as Calyrex-S and Landorus-T. Trick Room is invaluable speed control for almost any team, and Porygon2 sets Trick Room reliably thanks to its immense bulk. Recover gives Porygon2 longevity, letting it stall out Dynamax turns and potentially help it serve as a late-game wincon, outlasting foes. Eerie Impulse is immensely useful to impede the metagame's various special attackers such as Calyrex-S, Rotom-H, and Kyogre. Tri Attack is oftentimes less critical than Porygon2's other options, but its the best option versus Pokemon such as Urshifu-R and Incineroar that aren't vulnerable to Porygon2's coverage or Eerie Impulse. Ice Beam makes Porygon2 one of the best checks to one of the metagame's most potent threats, Landorus-T, and it also deals decent damage to the likes of Groudon and Venusaur. Foul Play allows Porygon2 to threaten a 2HKO onto Calyrex-S and hit boosted Weakness Policy users such as Solgaleo, Calyrex-I, and Metagross quite hard. Download is good because it gives Porygon2 a Special Attack boost pretty often, considering common Pokemon such as Incineroar, both Urshifu formes, and Landorus-T have higher Defense stats. Trace should only be run if Porygon2 chooses Eerie Impulse and Foul Play as its last two moves. Trace will be more advantageous than disadvantageous most of the time, mainly due to the potential of copying Intimidate from users such as Incineroar and Landorus-T. Thunderbolt is an option for Porygon2's third moveslot, giving Porygon2 BoltBeam coverage with Ice Beam and allowing it to more immediately threaten the likes of Charizard, Blastoise, and Kyogre, and unlike Eerie Impulse, its not shut down by Taunt. However, its overall less useful then Eerie Impulse. Note that when running Thunderbolt, Porygon2 should elect for a Modest nature to best make use of its BoltBeam coverage. Icy Wind is alternative speed control over Trick Room, though oftentimes Trick Room is simply going to be more valuable. Shadow Ball has the advantage over Foul Play of being able to OHKO Calyrex-S after a Download boost, but it's worse versus boosted Weakness Policy users. Ally Switch is an option over one of the last two moveslots, giving Porygon2 the ability to redirect attacks from its teammates, though its incredibly difficult to justify Ally Switch due to it taking a valuable slot. A physically defensive EV spread is preferred for Porygon2 to better set Trick Room in the face of powerful physical attackers such as Urshifu-S and Zacian-C, and the given EVs allow Porygon2 to survive Adamant Zacian-C's Close Combat with the remainder thrown into Special Defense. A specially defensive EV spread such as 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 SpD with a Sassy nature is also a good option, which allows Porygon2 to live extremely powerful special attacks such as Calyrex-S's Helping Hand- and Life Orb-boosted Max Mindstorm and Kyogre's Mystic Water-boosted 150 BP Max Geyser. A Modest nature with some Special Attack investment can make Porygon2 notably more threatening with a Download boost, though this of course compromises its bulk.
Porygon2 makes a great fit on sun teams with either Torkoal or Groudon alongside Venusaur because they greatly appreciate its role compression as a check to Landorus-T with Ice Beam, as well as Calyrex-S and Rotom-H with Eerie Impulse. Furthermore, the combination of Porygon2 with the aforementioned Pokemon is quite flexible between Porygon2's ability to set Trick Room or swap into a Drought setter to activate Venusaur's Chlorophyll, which has the threat of both Dynamax and Sleep Powder at its disposal. Incineroar pairs extremely well with Porygon2 with its Fake Out capable of helping it set Trick Room. Other good Restricted Pokemon to pair with Porygon2 are Kyogre and Zacian-C, the former being a heavy hitter that can benefit greatly from Trick Room and the latter appreciating its ability to check Landorus-T.
[SET]
name: Offensive Support
move 1: Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
move 2: Trick Room / Icy Wind
move 3: Shadow Ball / Ice Beam
move 4: Recover / Ally Switch
item: Eviolite
ability: Download / Analytic
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 4 Spa / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Contradictory to Porygon2's massive bulk with Eviolite, it can run a more niche, albeit effective offensive set. Download and Analytic activate fairly consistently, and alongside Special Attack investment and occasionally Dynamax Porygon2 can be a threat in of itself. Tri Attack is simply a consistent STAB move, whereas Hyper Beam gives Porygon2 the strongest possible Max Strike, though it's less flexible outside of Dynamax and Porygon2 tends to stay on the field for a long time. Shadow Ball threatens Calyrex-S, one of the metagame's most dangerous Pokemon. Ice Beam on the other hand lethally threatens Landorus-T and deals good damage to the likes of Groudon and Venusaur. Running either Trick Room or Icy Wind is invaluable for speed control and should be used respectively of which would benefit your team more. Recover is incredibly useful, granting Porygon2 longevity and allowing it to serve as a late-game wincon by outlasting foes and stalling out Dynamax turns. Alternatively, Ally Switch allows Porygon2 to redirect attacks from its partners, but this gives up Recover's longevity. Thunderbolt is a coverage option that slams the likes of Charizard, Tapu Fini, and Blastoise fairly hard, though its difficult to justify over Porygon2's generally more important coverage options. Download should be used if Porygon2 has Trick Room, and it should instead have Analytic instead when running Icy Wind, as Analytic will not consistently activate under Trick Room.
Porygon2 is generally seen on compositions with Zacian-C, Gigantamax Lapras, and sometimes Grimmsnarl. Offensive Porygon2 compromises its bulk, so dual screens setters such as the aforementioned Gigantamax Lapras and Grimmsnarl are good partners. The former has a great Landorus-T matchup, freeing Porygon2 from running Ice Beam, while the latter also packs other useful support moves like Fake Tears to help Porygon2. Note that Lapras and Grimmsnarl can be run together, but Grimmsnarl should not be running dual screens when doing so.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Quality checked by: [[Giokio, 517038]]
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