[OVERVIEW]
Water
========
* Tapu Fini is amazing support due to its abiity Misty Surge allowing to keep status off of its grounded teammates and It also has access to Defog to get rid of entry hazards and Trick shut down walls such as Ferrothorn.
* It also has a good Special Attack and bulk that allows to it to perform as a setup sweeper with Calm Mind.
* It can also perform the role as a Choice Scarf user due to its decent Speed allowing it to help greatly against fast Dragon and Dark-types like Garchomp and Hydreigon.
*Thanks to Tapu Fini's Fairy-tying it can greatly help Water-type teams with the Dragon- and Dark-type matchup, as it can use its Fairy-STAB to take care of threats such as Latias and Hydreigon.
* However, Tapu Fini has trouble with Grass-, Electric- and Poison-types, and Pokemon that carry Freeze-Dry such as Rillaboom, Tapu Koko, Dragalge, and Kyurem.
* It also struggles with faster Pokemon like Tornadus-T, Spectrier, and Tapu Lele due to them outpacing and threaten Tapu Fini with Knock Off, Taunt, or a strong Psyshock.
[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Surf
move 4: Draining Kiss
item: Leftovers
ability: Misty Surge
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* Tapu Fini is a great Calm Mind sweeper due to its Fairy-typing, Calm Mind, and Taunt to shut down opposing walls like Celesteela, Skarmory or Toxapex from using Leech Seed,being phazed out from Whirlwind, or getting its boost reset from Haze.
* Calm Mind enables Tapu Fini to become a fearsome Special Attacker setup sweeper that greatly makes the Dragon-, Dark-, and Poison-type matchup easier. It can find many set up moments against walls like Slowking, Celesteela, and Toxapex.
* Taunt allows Tapu Fini to shut down bulky walls from recovery like Amoongus and Mantine and avoid Tapu Fini from being phased out or have its boosts reset from Haze from Pokemon like Skarmory, Toaxpex, and Mantine.
* Surf is used to do major damage to Pokemon that resist Draining Kiss like Celesteela and Melmetal and can eventually beat Toxapex and Galarain Slowking with a few Calm Mind boost and Surf.
* Draining Kiss enables Tapu Fini to have some passive recovery while also greatly helping in the Dragon- and Dark-type matchup.
* A Timid nature with 252 Speed EVs enables Tapu Fini to outpace Bisharp, Togekiss, and Dragonite.
* All Tapu Fini's grounded teammates love it due to Misty Surge keeping status off of them and able to greatly help with threats such as Hydregion and Dragapult.
* Toxapex is a much needed partner, as it provides a switch in to Grass-types like Tapu Bulu and Rillaboom that Tapu Fini has trouble with and cripple these with Toxic or Poison Jab.
* Slowking is a great special wall, which Tapu Fini loves as it can come in on Poison-type attacks from Galarian Slowking and Dragagle. Slowkiing can also bring Tapu Fini in safely with Teleport and use Future Sight to help force Hydreigon to come out in the Dragon-type matchup, which allows Tapu Fini to come in and set up.
* Urshifu-R is an excellent partner for Tapu Fini, as it can take care of troubling Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Bisharp and provide a fast U-turn to bring Tapu Fini in safely.
* Pelipper is an excellent Ground immunity that can come in on Excadrill's Earthquake that can quickly wear down Tapu Fini, provide Defog support, and safely bring Tapu Fini in with its slow U-turn.
* Dracovish is a great wallbreaker, as it can take care of Pokemon that Tapu Fini struggle with like Celesteela, Galarian Slowking, and Drapion with Fisheous Rend and troublesome Poison-type Pokemon such as Nidoking and Dragalge.
* Gastrodon serves as an important Electric-type immunity thanks to its Ground-typing and allows it to take on Tapu Koko, Magnezone, and Zeraora that Tapu Fini struggle with.
* Swampert can provide Stealth Rock, a slow pivot with Flip Turn, and use its Ground-typing to take on Electric-types such as Magnezone and Zeraora.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Surf
move 3: Defog
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Misty Surge
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* Tapu Fini is a good Choice Scarf user on Water-type teams due to its decent Speed and Fairy-typing.
* Moonblast allows it to threaten Hydregion, Keldeo, and Kyurem.
* Surf enables it to take care of Excadrill and its main STAB attack to do decent damage against Celesteela and Jirachi.
* Defog allows Tapu Fini to get rid of entry hazards for the team.
* Trick is used to shut down walls like Ferrothorn, Celesteela, and Gastrodon.
* 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature and a Choice Scarf makes Tapu Fini able to outpace Kyurem, Garchomp, Galarian Moltres, and Weavile.
* All teammates love Tapu Fini for taking care of troubling Pokemon such as Kyurem, Zarude, and Hydreigon. and providing Misty Surge.
* Pelipper is great for its Flying-typing allowing it to switch into powerful Ground-type attacks from Excadrill, Mamoswine, and Diggersby.
* Barrakawska is a powerful wallbreaker that can deal with Pokemon that can trouble Tapu Fini like Dragagle, Ferrothorn, and Galarian Slowking and can be a fast pivot with Flip Turn to safely bring in Tapu Fini.
* Urushifu-R is an excellent wallbreaker to take care care of Ferrothorn, Excadrill, and Celesteela and can bring Tapu Fini via U-turn.
* Crawdaunt is a great wallbreaker that loves Tapu Fini for threatening Fighting-types and providing Misty Surge to not get burn by Galarian Corsola or Toxapex's Scald as it can greatly help in the Psychic- and Ghost-type matchup with its Dark-typing.
* Swampert is a much needed Electric-type immunity to the team while being able to threaten Tapu Koko, Magnezone and Zeraora with Earthquake and support Tapu Fini with Stealth Rock and its slow Flip Turn to bring it safely in.
* Slowking is an excellent special attack switch as it can tank special attacks from Tapu Lele, Dragalge, and Galarian Slowking, force Hydreigon and Drapion to come out when it uses Future Sight, and safely bring in Tapu Fini with Teleport.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Water
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* Tapu Fini has no other viable options.
Checks and Counters
===================
Water
--------
**Kyurem and Alolan Ninetales**: Kyurem and Alolan Ninetales can take care of Tapu Fini with Freeze Dry.
**Super-Effective Attacks**: Pokemon such as Gengar, Rillaboom, and Zeraora can outpace and OHKO Tapu Fini with their STAB attacks.
**Strong Attackers**: Strong wallbreakers like Diggersby, Mamoswine, Dragalge, and Tapu Lele can heavily dent Tapu Fini with their Strong attacks.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]
- Water analysis by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>], [<username3>, <userid3>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]
Water
========
* Tapu Fini is amazing support due to its abiity Misty Surge allowing to keep status off of its grounded teammates and It also has access to Defog to get rid of entry hazards and Trick shut down walls such as Ferrothorn.
* It also has a good Special Attack and bulk that allows to it to perform as a setup sweeper with Calm Mind.
* It can also perform the role as a Choice Scarf user due to its decent Speed allowing it to help greatly against fast Dragon and Dark-types like Garchomp and Hydreigon.
*Thanks to Tapu Fini's Fairy-tying it can greatly help Water-type teams with the Dragon- and Dark-type matchup, as it can use its Fairy-STAB to take care of threats such as Latias and Hydreigon.
* However, Tapu Fini has trouble with Grass-, Electric- and Poison-types, and Pokemon that carry Freeze-Dry such as Rillaboom, Tapu Koko, Dragalge, and Kyurem.
* It also struggles with faster Pokemon like Tornadus-T, Spectrier, and Tapu Lele due to them outpacing and threaten Tapu Fini with Knock Off, Taunt, or a strong Psyshock.
[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Surf
move 4: Draining Kiss
item: Leftovers
ability: Misty Surge
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* Tapu Fini is a great Calm Mind sweeper due to its Fairy-typing, Calm Mind, and Taunt to shut down opposing walls like Celesteela, Skarmory or Toxapex from using Leech Seed,being phazed out from Whirlwind, or getting its boost reset from Haze.
* Calm Mind enables Tapu Fini to become a fearsome Special Attacker setup sweeper that greatly makes the Dragon-, Dark-, and Poison-type matchup easier. It can find many set up moments against walls like Slowking, Celesteela, and Toxapex.
* Taunt allows Tapu Fini to shut down bulky walls from recovery like Amoongus and Mantine and avoid Tapu Fini from being phased out or have its boosts reset from Haze from Pokemon like Skarmory, Toaxpex, and Mantine.
* Surf is used to do major damage to Pokemon that resist Draining Kiss like Celesteela and Melmetal and can eventually beat Toxapex and Galarain Slowking with a few Calm Mind boost and Surf.
* Draining Kiss enables Tapu Fini to have some passive recovery while also greatly helping in the Dragon- and Dark-type matchup.
* A Timid nature with 252 Speed EVs enables Tapu Fini to outpace Bisharp, Togekiss, and Dragonite.
* All Tapu Fini's grounded teammates love it due to Misty Surge keeping status off of them and able to greatly help with threats such as Hydregion and Dragapult.
* Toxapex is a much needed partner, as it provides a switch in to Grass-types like Tapu Bulu and Rillaboom that Tapu Fini has trouble with and cripple these with Toxic or Poison Jab.
* Slowking is a great special wall, which Tapu Fini loves as it can come in on Poison-type attacks from Galarian Slowking and Dragagle. Slowkiing can also bring Tapu Fini in safely with Teleport and use Future Sight to help force Hydreigon to come out in the Dragon-type matchup, which allows Tapu Fini to come in and set up.
* Urshifu-R is an excellent partner for Tapu Fini, as it can take care of troubling Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Bisharp and provide a fast U-turn to bring Tapu Fini in safely.
* Pelipper is an excellent Ground immunity that can come in on Excadrill's Earthquake that can quickly wear down Tapu Fini, provide Defog support, and safely bring Tapu Fini in with its slow U-turn.
* Dracovish is a great wallbreaker, as it can take care of Pokemon that Tapu Fini struggle with like Celesteela, Galarian Slowking, and Drapion with Fisheous Rend and troublesome Poison-type Pokemon such as Nidoking and Dragalge.
* Gastrodon serves as an important Electric-type immunity thanks to its Ground-typing and allows it to take on Tapu Koko, Magnezone, and Zeraora that Tapu Fini struggle with.
* Swampert can provide Stealth Rock, a slow pivot with Flip Turn, and use its Ground-typing to take on Electric-types such as Magnezone and Zeraora.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Surf
move 3: Defog
move 4: Trick
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Misty Surge
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* Tapu Fini is a good Choice Scarf user on Water-type teams due to its decent Speed and Fairy-typing.
* Moonblast allows it to threaten Hydregion, Keldeo, and Kyurem.
* Surf enables it to take care of Excadrill and its main STAB attack to do decent damage against Celesteela and Jirachi.
* Defog allows Tapu Fini to get rid of entry hazards for the team.
* Trick is used to shut down walls like Ferrothorn, Celesteela, and Gastrodon.
* 252 Speed EVs with a Timid nature and a Choice Scarf makes Tapu Fini able to outpace Kyurem, Garchomp, Galarian Moltres, and Weavile.
* All teammates love Tapu Fini for taking care of troubling Pokemon such as Kyurem, Zarude, and Hydreigon. and providing Misty Surge.
* Pelipper is great for its Flying-typing allowing it to switch into powerful Ground-type attacks from Excadrill, Mamoswine, and Diggersby.
* Barrakawska is a powerful wallbreaker that can deal with Pokemon that can trouble Tapu Fini like Dragagle, Ferrothorn, and Galarian Slowking and can be a fast pivot with Flip Turn to safely bring in Tapu Fini.
* Urushifu-R is an excellent wallbreaker to take care care of Ferrothorn, Excadrill, and Celesteela and can bring Tapu Fini via U-turn.
* Crawdaunt is a great wallbreaker that loves Tapu Fini for threatening Fighting-types and providing Misty Surge to not get burn by Galarian Corsola or Toxapex's Scald as it can greatly help in the Psychic- and Ghost-type matchup with its Dark-typing.
* Swampert is a much needed Electric-type immunity to the team while being able to threaten Tapu Koko, Magnezone and Zeraora with Earthquake and support Tapu Fini with Stealth Rock and its slow Flip Turn to bring it safely in.
* Slowking is an excellent special attack switch as it can tank special attacks from Tapu Lele, Dragalge, and Galarian Slowking, force Hydreigon and Drapion to come out when it uses Future Sight, and safely bring in Tapu Fini with Teleport.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Water
--------
* Tapu Fini has no other viable options.
Checks and Counters
===================
Water
--------
**Kyurem and Alolan Ninetales**: Kyurem and Alolan Ninetales can take care of Tapu Fini with Freeze Dry.
**Super-Effective Attacks**: Pokemon such as Gengar, Rillaboom, and Zeraora can outpace and OHKO Tapu Fini with their STAB attacks.
**Strong Attackers**: Strong wallbreakers like Diggersby, Mamoswine, Dragalge, and Tapu Lele can heavily dent Tapu Fini with their Strong attacks.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]
- Water analysis by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>], [<username3>, <userid3>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]
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