National Dex Rain Manaphy

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[SET]
Rain Wallbreaker (Manaphy) @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic / Ice Beam
- Rest

[SET COMMENTS]
Manaphy is an effective wallbreaker on rain teams, using Tail Glow to sharply boost its Special Attack and threaten bulky Pokemon like Alomomola, Toxapex, and Slowbro with a powerful rain-boosted Hydro Vortex. Thanks to Hydration and Rest, it also turns common status users into setup fodder, giving it free turns against defensive staples, such as Toxapex, that would normally cripple it with Toxic. However, despite its power, Manaphy can be difficult to fit on rain teams, which are already strapped for slots and often prioritize speed control, entry hazard removal, or stronger immediate wallbreakers. Psychic allows Manaphy to overwhelm Toxapex and Mega Venusaur without expending its Z-Move. Alternatively, Ice Beam can be used in order to preserve the Z-Move against the likes of Raging Bolt, Mega Latios, and Dragonite. Hydro Vortex is essential to Manaphy's wallbreaking power, allowing it to break through even the bulkiest of Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Galarian Slowking, and Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost in rain. Modest nature is preferred over Timid to enable valuable damage rolls with Hydro Vortex such as OHKOing Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost under rain.

Manaphy thrives exclusively on rain teams, where it can fully capitalize on its wallbreaking potential. As a result, rain support from Pelipper is mandatory, as it enables Manaphy to fully utilize Hydration alongside Rest for reliable recovery while significantly boosting Hydro Vortex's power, allowing Manaphy to secure key KOs after a Tail Glow boost against walls like Galarian Slowking and Blissey. Late-game cleaners like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda pair well with Manaphy, taking advantage of it using key checks like Slowbro and Alomomola as setup fodder. Mega Swampert, in particular, is mandatory on rain teams and also serves as a solid Electric-type check. Ferrothorn is a great partner for Manaphy, as it pivots into threats Manaphy struggles against, such as Tapu Koko and Ogerpon-W. Additionally, Ferrothorn supports Manaphy by offering Knock Off to remove key items from walls like Assault Vest Tornadus-T and Toxapex or by spreading Thunder Wave to slow down faster threats such as Mega Lopunny and Ogerpon-W, making it easier for Manaphy to break through. It also provides valuable entry hazard support like Stealth Rock and Spikes, which chips away at teams and helps Manaphy secure more KOs. Manaphy is vulnerable against faster Grass-types such as Kartana, Serperior, Ogerpon-W, and Grassy Glide Rillaboom. Therefore, Zapdos and Archaludon are good partners because of their ability to easily pivot into said Grass-types and threaten them out. In return, Manaphy helps break through bulky Ground-types that might otherwise slow down Zapdos and Archaludon, such as Ting-Lu, Gliscor, and Garchomp.

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[SET]
Rain Wallbreaker (Manaphy) @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic / Ice Beam
- Rest

[SET COMMENTS]
Manaphy functions as a devastating wallbreaker on rain teams, using Tail Glow to sharply boost its Special Attack and overwhelm bulky foes, such as Alomomola and Slowbro Toxapex worth a mention especially when running Psychic , with a near-unresisted Hydro Vortex boosted by rain I do not think unresisted is the right word try to reword it, while also taking advantage of Hydration and Rest for reliable recovery and status immunity under rain Mention the foes it avoids status from like Toxic from pex . Psychic allows Manaphy to overwhelm Toxapex and Mega Venusaur without expending its Z-Move. Alternatively, Ice Beam can be used in order to preserve the Z-Move against the likes of Garchomp, Mega Latios, and Zapdos Dragonite. Waterium Z is essential to Manaphy’s wallbreaking power, allowing it to break through even the bulkiest of Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Galarian Slowking, and Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost in rain Maybe add a calc here to emphasize how dangerous it is this is optional since you mention OHKOing Rotom below. Modest nature is preffered over Timid to enable valuable damage rolls with Hydro Vortex such as OHKOing Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost under rain.

Manaphy thrives exclusively on rain teams, where it can fully capitalize on its wallbreaking potential. As such, rain support from Pelipper is mandatory, enabling Manaphy to fully utilize Hydration alongside Rest for reliable recovery, while significantly boosting Hydro Vortex’s power—allowing it to secure key KOs after a Tail Glow boost against walls like Galarian Slowking and Blissey. Late-game cleaners that benefit from Manaphy's wallbreaking capabilities such as Mega Swampert, which is mandatory on rain teams, and Barraskewda make for excellent partners by effortlessly cleaning up once Manaphy has removed key checks to them such as Ferrothorn. Ferrothorn is a great partner for Manaphy, as it pivots into threats Manaphy struggles against, such as Tapu Koko and Ogerpon-W. Additionally, Ferrothorn supports Manaphy by offering Knock Off to remove key items from walls like Assault Vest Tornadus-T and Toxapex, or by spreading Thunder Wave to slow down faster threats such as Mega Lopunny and Ogerpon-W, making it easier for Manaphy to break through. It also provides valuable entry hazard support like Stealth Rock and Spikes, which chips away at opposing teams and helps Manaphy secure more KOs. Manaphy is valnurable against faster Grass-types such as Kartana, Serperior, and Rillaboom mention rillabooms's priority . Therefore, Zapdos and Archaludon are good partners because of their ability to easily pivot into said Grass-types and threaten them out.

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1/2 after implementation really sorry for the delay good work
 
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[SET]
Rain Wallbreaker (Manaphy) @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic / Ice Beam
- Rest

[SET COMMENTS]
Manaphy functions as a devastating wallbreaker on rain teams, using Tail Glow to sharply boost its Special Attack and overwhelm bulky foes, such as Alomomola, Toxapex, and Slowbro, with a powerful Hydro Vortex boosted by rain, while also benefiting from Hydration and Rest for reliable recovery and immunity to status conditions like Toxic from Toxapex when under rain. You can definitely break this down into smth like “Manaphy is an effective wallbreaker on rain teams… It also uses Hydration + Rest to use mulriple defenwive pieces such x, y, z as setup fodder. It might also be worth talking about Manaphy’s downsides which make it difficult to fit on rain which is a constrained archetype already Psychic allows Manaphy to overwhelm Toxapex and Mega Venusaur without expending its Z-Move. Alternatively, Ice Beam can be used in order to preserve the Z-Move against the likes of Garchomp folds to +3 Surf even without rain, feel free to replace (rbolt?) but most of the rain threats are mentioned, Mega Latios, and Dragonite. Waterium Z is essential to Manaphy’s wallbreaking power, allowing it to break through even the bulkiest of Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Galarian Slowking, and Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost in rain. Modest nature is preffered over Timid to enable valuable damage rolls with Hydro Vortex such as OHKOing Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost under rain.

Manaphy thrives exclusively on rain teams, where it can fully capitalize on its wallbreaking potential. As such, rain support from Pelipper is mandatory, enabling Manaphy to fully utilize Hydration alongside Rest for reliable recovery, while significantly boosting Hydro Vortex’s power, allowing it to secure key KOs after a Tail Glow boost against walls like Galarian Slowking and Blissey. Late-game cleaners that benefit from Manaphy's wallbreaking capabilities such as Mega Swampert, which is mandatory on rain teams, and Barraskewda make for excellent partners by effortlessly cleaning up once Manaphy has removed key checks to them such as Ferrothorn. May want to mention mpert is s nice Electric check, and it also appreciates Mana using alot of physical walls (Slowbro and Mola) as fodder Ferrothorn is a great partner for Manaphy, as it pivots into threats Manaphy struggles against, such as Tapu Koko and Ogerpon-W. Additionally, Ferrothorn supports Manaphy by offering Knock Off to remove key items from walls like Assault Vest Tornadus-T and Toxapex, or by spreading Thunder Wave to slow down faster threats such as Mega Lopunny and Ogerpon-W, making it easier for Manaphy to break through. It also provides valuable entry hazard support like Stealth Rock and Spikes, which chips away at opposing teams and helps Manaphy secure more KOs. Manaphy is valnurable against faster Grass-types such as Kartana, Serperior, and Rillaboom's Grassy Glide. Waterpon is big here, Mana can only chip it at best with coverage Therefore, Zapdos and Archaludon are good partners because of their ability to easily pivot into said Grass-types and threaten them out. Would also mention what Manaphy would do in return for these guys

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Good Work, 2/2
 
[SET]
Rain Wallbreaker (Manaphy) @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic / Ice Beam
- Rest

[SET COMMENTS]
Manaphy is an effective wallbreaker on rain teams, using Tail Glow to sharply boost its Special Attack and threaten bulky defensive Pokémon Pokemon keep only bulky or defensive, not both like Alomomola, Toxapex, and Slowbro with a powerful rain-boosted Hydro Vortex. Thanks to Hydration and Rest, it also turns common status users into setup fodder, giving it free turns against defensive staples, such as Toxapex, that would normally cripple it with Toxic. However, despite its power, Manaphy can be difficult to fit on rain teams, which are already strapped for slots and often prioritize speed control, entry hazard removal, or stronger immediate wallbreakers. Psychic allows Manaphy to overwhelm Toxapex and Mega Venusaur without expending its Z-Move. Alternatively, Ice Beam can be used in order to preserve the Z-Move against the likes of Raging Bolt, Mega Latios, and Dragonite. Waterium Z Hydro Vortex is essential to Manaphy’s Manaphy's wallbreaking power, allowing it to break through even the bulkiest of Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Galarian Slowking, and Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost in rain. Modest nature is preffered preferred over Timid to enable valuable damage rolls with Hydro Vortex such as OHKOing Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost under rain.

Manaphy thrives exclusively on rain teams, where it can fully capitalize on its wallbreaking potential. As such a result, rain support from Pelipper is mandatory, enabling as it enables Manaphy to fully utilize Hydration alongside Rest for reliable recovery (RC) while significantly boosting Hydro Vortex’s Vortex's power, allowing it Manaphy to secure key KOs after a Tail Glow boost against walls like Galarian Slowking and Blissey. Late-game cleaners like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda pair well with Manaphy, taking advantage of Manaphy it using key checks like Slowbro and Alomomola as setup fodder. Mega Swampert, in particular, is mandatory on rain teams and also serves as a solid Electric-type check. Ferrothorn is a great partner for Manaphy, as it pivots into threats Manaphy struggles against, such as Tapu Koko and Ogerpon-W. Additionally, Ferrothorn supports Manaphy by offering Knock Off to remove key items from walls like Assault Vest Tornadus-T and Toxapex (RC) or by spreading Thunder Wave to slow down faster threats such as Mega Lopunny and Ogerpon-W, making it easier for Manaphy to break through foes. It also provides valuable entry hazard support like Stealth Rock and Spikes, which chips away at opposing teams and helps Manaphy secure more KOs. Manaphy is valnurable vulnerable against faster Grass-types such as Kartana, Serperior, Ogerpon-W, and Rillaboom's Grassy Glide Rillaboom. Therefore, Zapdos and Archaludon are good partners because of their ability to easily pivot into said Grass-types and threaten them out. In return, Manaphy helps break through bulky Ground-types that might otherwise slow down Zapdos or Archaludon, such as Ting-Lu, Gliscor, and Garchomp. you can change the "or" to "and" if these ground types slow both zap and arch down + u use both of these in 1 team

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
GP Team done
gnna do a quick recheck after implementation
 
adorluigi said:
[SET]
Rain Wallbreaker (Manaphy) @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic / Ice Beam
- Rest

[SET COMMENTS]
Manaphy is an effective wallbreaker on rain teams, using Tail Glow to sharply boost its Special Attack and threaten bulky defensive Pokémon Pokemon keep only bulky or defensive, not both like Alomomola, Toxapex, and Slowbro with a powerful rain-boosted Hydro Vortex. Thanks to Hydration and Rest, it also turns common status users into setup fodder, giving it free turns against defensive staples, such as Toxapex, that would normally cripple it with Toxic. However, despite its power, Manaphy can be difficult to fit on rain teams, which are already strapped for slots and often prioritize speed control, entry hazard removal, or stronger immediate wallbreakers. Psychic allows Manaphy to overwhelm Toxapex and Mega Venusaur without expending its Z-Move. Alternatively, Ice Beam can be used in order to preserve the Z-Move against the likes of Raging Bolt, Mega Latios, and Dragonite. Waterium Z Hydro Vortex is essential to Manaphy’s Manaphy's wallbreaking power, allowing it to break through even the bulkiest of Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Galarian Slowking, and Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost in rain. Modest nature is preffered preferred over Timid to enable valuable damage rolls with Hydro Vortex such as OHKOing Rotom-W after a Tail Glow boost under rain.

Manaphy thrives exclusively on rain teams, where it can fully capitalize on its wallbreaking potential. As such a result, rain support from Pelipper is mandatory, enabling as it enables Manaphy to fully utilize Hydration alongside Rest for reliable recovery (RC) while significantly boosting Hydro Vortex’s Vortex's power, allowing it Manaphy to secure key KOs after a Tail Glow boost against walls like Galarian Slowking and Blissey. Late-game cleaners like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda pair well with Manaphy, taking advantage of Manaphy it using key checks like Slowbro and Alomomola as setup fodder. Mega Swampert, in particular, is mandatory on rain teams and also serves as a solid Electric-type check. Ferrothorn is a great partner for Manaphy, as it pivots into threats Manaphy struggles against, such as Tapu Koko and Ogerpon-W. Additionally, Ferrothorn supports Manaphy by offering Knock Off to remove key items from walls like Assault Vest Tornadus-T and Toxapex (RC) or by spreading Thunder Wave to slow down faster threats such as Mega Lopunny and Ogerpon-W, making it easier for Manaphy to break through foes. It also provides valuable entry hazard support like Stealth Rock and Spikes, which chips away at opposing teams and helps Manaphy secure more KOs. Manaphy is valnurable vulnerable against faster Grass-types such as Kartana, Serperior, Ogerpon-W, and Rillaboom's Grassy Glide Rillaboom. Therefore, Zapdos and Archaludon are good partners because of their ability to easily pivot into said Grass-types and threaten them out. In return, Manaphy helps break through bulky Ground-types that might otherwise slow down Zapdos or Archaludon, such as Ting-Lu, Gliscor, and Garchomp. you can change the "or" to "and" if these ground types slow both zap and arch down + u use both of these in 1 team

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lialiabeast.564420/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wildfiree.542295/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solaros-lunaris.471780/
Grammar checked by:
GP Team done
gnna do a quick recheck after implementation
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Implemented, lmk if it looks good
 
Hydro Vortex is essential to Manaphy’s Manaphy's wallbreaking power, allowing it to break through even the bulkiest of Pokemon like Ferrothorn,

As a result, rain support from Pelipper is mandatory, as it enables Manaphy to fully utilize Hydration alongside Rest for reliable recovery while significantly boosting Hydro Vortex’s Vortex's power, allowing Manaphy to secure key KOs after a Tail Glow boost against walls like Galarian Slowking and Blissey.
Lialiabeast just fix these two apostrophes and we're good to go :blobthumbsup:
 
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