ZU [SS] Gourgeist [DONE]

[5Dots]

Trick or Treat
[OVERVIEW]
Gourgeist is completely eclipsed by its smaller forme due to its lower Speed, which causes it to get outpaced by threats like Sawk, the Silvally formes, and Rotom. Apart from its marginally better HP and Attack, which fails to net any noteworthy benchmarks, there is no reason to use Gourgeist over Gourgeist-S at all.

[SET]
name: Weakness Policy
move 1: Flame Charge
move 2: Poltergeist
move 3: Power Whip
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Frisk
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gourgeist can try to surprise foes with Weakness Policy, taking advantage of weak Knock Off users such as Throh and defensive Uxie and outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame at +1. However, this set relies more on surprise factor rather than possessing truly unique positives, and even at +1, it is slower than Choice Scarf users like Sawk and Silvally, while Gourgeist-S can outspeed them.

[SET CREDITS]
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Average in not just size

[OVERVIEW]
Gourgeist is completely eclipsed by its smaller forme due to its lower Speed, which causes it to get outpaced by threats like Sawk, the Silvally formes, and Rotom. Apart from its marginally better HP and Attack, which fails to net any noteworthy benchmarks, there is no reason to use Gourgeist over Gourgeist-S (adding in the Small forme's name for clarity) at all.

[SET]
name: Weakness Policy
move 1: Flame Charge
move 2: Poltergeist
move 3: Power Whip
move 4: Shadow Sneak
item: Weakness Policy
ability: Frisk
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Gourgeist can try to surprise foes with Weakness Policy, taking advantage of weak Knock Off users from such as Throh and defensive Uxie (RC) and can outspeeding the entire unboosted metagame at +1 Speed. However, this set relies more on surprise factor rather than possessing truly unique positives, and even at +1 Speed, it is slower than Choice Scarf users like Sawk and Silvally, while Gourgeist-Small can outspeed them.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user3.102/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/

 

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