[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Scald
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Defog
item: Leftovers
ability: Misty Surge
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 12 SpA / 56 SpD / 192 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Tapu Fini shines as a unique defensive piece because of its Misty Terrain ability; good bulk and typing that gives great resistances to Dragon, Water, and Fire. Its typing allows it to come in and Defog on many prevalent hazard setters such as Heatran, Greninja-Ash, and both Tyranitar forms. Tapu Finis STAB coverage combined with its great bulk let it fare well against other hazard setters such as Gliscor, Landorus-Therian, and Garchomp, forcing their defensive sets out and getting a Defog off while taking little from their attacks due to Tapu Finis great bulk. Offensive sets of these pokemon can throw Tapu Fini off because of their ability to Swords Dance and deal massive damage. Otherwise, it can force out other threats like Weavile and Hydreigon to get crucial Knock Offs on common switch-ins like Toxapex, Blissey, Ferrothorn, and many Magearna sets. While Surf seems to be an appealing option over Scald due to Misty Terrain taking away Scalds burn chance, Scald can burn some important non-grounded opponents, most noticeably Landorus-Therian and Rillaboom, who takes away Misty Terrain with its own Grassy Terrain, while having no opportunity cost other than 10 base power. Taunt is a great option over Knock Off as it can deal with more passive Pokemon better such as Toxapex or Blissey. Tapu Finis EV spread is designed to outspeed modest Heatran and everything slower than it for instance Timid Magearna and 12 EVs are put into SpAtk to 2HKO offensive Heatrans, the rest of the EVs are placed into HP and SpD to maximize overall bulk, preferring special bulk to deal with Greninja-Ash and Heatran even better.
Because of Tapu Finis Misty Surges ability being able to prevent status, physical Pokemon susceptible to burn and Pokemon who are weak to toxic such as Tangrowth, Garchomp, and Tyranitar are amazing partners. Powerful, physically attacking teammates such as Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile benefit from the provided burn immunity. Because Tapu Fini dislikes the presence of Grass-Types and Electric-Types like Tapu Koko and Kartana on the opposing team, a Ferrothorn, Tangrowth, or Garchomp can take good care of checking them. In return, Tapu Fini resists Fire Attacks from the likes of Heatran and also prevents Scald burns from Water-Types. Setup Sweepers benefit greatly from Tapu Finis support. Teammates such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Garchomp, Swords Dance Kartana, and Mega Scizor benefit greatly from Tapu Finis Misty Terrain and the status immunity that comes with it. Ground-Types such as Garchomp or Landorus-Therian can be used as great partners to Tapu Fini due to being immune to threatening Volt Switches and checking Cinderace for it.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Nature's Madness can be used over one of Tapu Finis STABs. It benefits in many matchups where Tapu Fini would normally struggle to make any progress in such as the Toxapex and Ferrothorn matchup, especially when paired with Taunt over Knock Off. Choice Scarf as a held item can be used on Tapu Fini to hold a very different niche. Its new fast speed tier matched with its impressive bulk lets it switch in on and kill many offensive threats in the meta including Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham. It runs its STABs along with options such as Trick, Ice Beam or Defog on this Choice Scarf set. Trick is utilized to cripple common switch-ins such as Toxapex and Slowbro, Ice Beam is notably used to OHKO Garchomp, and Defog is used for the same utility it has on Tapu Finis more common sets. Sacrificing Tapu Finis longevity and defensive niche while being subpar as a Choice Scarf attacker makes this set not worth using on most teams.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Grass-Types**: Kartana and Serperior can switch in and get great offensive opportunities off of Tapu Fini with their Grass STAB. Rillaboom can come in but it risks getting burned by Scald since it sets Grassy Terrain
**Electric Moves**: Electric STAB moves from the likes of Magnezone, Tapu Koko, Dracozolt, and Zapdos and coverage from Mega Mawile, Victini, and Magearna all threaten Tapu Fini with massive chip damage. Magnezone and Tapu Koko can even threaten Tapu Fini with OHKOs on certain sets.
**Hazard Damage and Chip**: Tapu Fini does not have access to any reliable recovery outside of Leftovers. This makes it hard to repeatedly come in on hazards to defog and also hard to repeatedly come in on hard hits and Volt Switches. Knock Off threatens Tapu Fini greatly as Leftovers is its only source of recovery and it relies on Leftovers for its durability.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[413x, 427083]]
- Quality checked by: [sputnik, 475916, [username2, userid2]]
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name: Utility
move 1: Scald
move 2: Moonblast
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Defog
item: Leftovers
ability: Misty Surge
nature: Calm
evs: 248 HP / 12 SpA / 56 SpD / 192 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Tapu Fini shines as a unique defensive piece because of its Misty Terrain ability; good bulk and typing that gives great resistances to Dragon, Water, and Fire. Its typing allows it to come in and Defog on many prevalent hazard setters such as Heatran, Greninja-Ash, and both Tyranitar forms. Tapu Finis STAB coverage combined with its great bulk let it fare well against other hazard setters such as Gliscor, Landorus-Therian, and Garchomp, forcing their defensive sets out and getting a Defog off while taking little from their attacks due to Tapu Finis great bulk. Offensive sets of these pokemon can throw Tapu Fini off because of their ability to Swords Dance and deal massive damage. Otherwise, it can force out other threats like Weavile and Hydreigon to get crucial Knock Offs on common switch-ins like Toxapex, Blissey, Ferrothorn, and many Magearna sets. While Surf seems to be an appealing option over Scald due to Misty Terrain taking away Scalds burn chance, Scald can burn some important non-grounded opponents, most noticeably Landorus-Therian and Rillaboom, who takes away Misty Terrain with its own Grassy Terrain, while having no opportunity cost other than 10 base power. Taunt is a great option over Knock Off as it can deal with more passive Pokemon better such as Toxapex or Blissey. Tapu Finis EV spread is designed to outspeed modest Heatran and everything slower than it for instance Timid Magearna and 12 EVs are put into SpAtk to 2HKO offensive Heatrans, the rest of the EVs are placed into HP and SpD to maximize overall bulk, preferring special bulk to deal with Greninja-Ash and Heatran even better.
Because of Tapu Finis Misty Surges ability being able to prevent status, physical Pokemon susceptible to burn and Pokemon who are weak to toxic such as Tangrowth, Garchomp, and Tyranitar are amazing partners. Powerful, physically attacking teammates such as Mega Medicham and Mega Mawile benefit from the provided burn immunity. Because Tapu Fini dislikes the presence of Grass-Types and Electric-Types like Tapu Koko and Kartana on the opposing team, a Ferrothorn, Tangrowth, or Garchomp can take good care of checking them. In return, Tapu Fini resists Fire Attacks from the likes of Heatran and also prevents Scald burns from Water-Types. Setup Sweepers benefit greatly from Tapu Finis support. Teammates such as Mega Charizard X, Mega Garchomp, Swords Dance Kartana, and Mega Scizor benefit greatly from Tapu Finis Misty Terrain and the status immunity that comes with it. Ground-Types such as Garchomp or Landorus-Therian can be used as great partners to Tapu Fini due to being immune to threatening Volt Switches and checking Cinderace for it.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Nature's Madness can be used over one of Tapu Finis STABs. It benefits in many matchups where Tapu Fini would normally struggle to make any progress in such as the Toxapex and Ferrothorn matchup, especially when paired with Taunt over Knock Off. Choice Scarf as a held item can be used on Tapu Fini to hold a very different niche. Its new fast speed tier matched with its impressive bulk lets it switch in on and kill many offensive threats in the meta including Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham. It runs its STABs along with options such as Trick, Ice Beam or Defog on this Choice Scarf set. Trick is utilized to cripple common switch-ins such as Toxapex and Slowbro, Ice Beam is notably used to OHKO Garchomp, and Defog is used for the same utility it has on Tapu Finis more common sets. Sacrificing Tapu Finis longevity and defensive niche while being subpar as a Choice Scarf attacker makes this set not worth using on most teams.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Grass-Types**: Kartana and Serperior can switch in and get great offensive opportunities off of Tapu Fini with their Grass STAB. Rillaboom can come in but it risks getting burned by Scald since it sets Grassy Terrain
**Electric Moves**: Electric STAB moves from the likes of Magnezone, Tapu Koko, Dracozolt, and Zapdos and coverage from Mega Mawile, Victini, and Magearna all threaten Tapu Fini with massive chip damage. Magnezone and Tapu Koko can even threaten Tapu Fini with OHKOs on certain sets.
**Hazard Damage and Chip**: Tapu Fini does not have access to any reliable recovery outside of Leftovers. This makes it hard to repeatedly come in on hazards to defog and also hard to repeatedly come in on hard hits and Volt Switches. Knock Off threatens Tapu Fini greatly as Leftovers is its only source of recovery and it relies on Leftovers for its durability.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[413x, 427083]]
- Quality checked by: [sputnik, 475916, [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
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