Pokémon Tapu Fini

[Katy]

Typing: Water / Fairy
Basestats: 70 HP / 75 Atk / 115 Def / 95 SpA / 130 SpD / 85 Spe (BST: 570)
Ability: Misty Surge
Hidden Ability: Telepathy
National-Dex: #788
Category: Guardian Deity

All Moves:

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Lvl Up:
Lvl 1 Disarming Voice
Lvl 1 Water Gun
Lvl 5 Withdraw
Lvl 10 Mist
Lvl 10 Haze
Lvl 15 Aqua Ring
Lvl 20 Water Pulse
Lvl 25 Brine
Lvl 30 Defog
Lvl 35 Heal Pulse
Lvl 40 Surf
Lvl 45 Muddy Water
Lvl 50 Mean Look
Lvl 55 Nature's Madness
Lvl 60 Moonblast
Lvl 65 Hydro Pump
Lvl 70 Soak
Lvl 75 Misty Terrain

TM:
TM04 Ice Punch
TM08 Hyper Beam
TM09 Giga Impact
TM17 Light Screen
TM18 Reflect
TM19 Safeguard
TM21 Rest
TM24 Snore
TM25 Protect
TM27 Icy Wind
TM33 Rain Dance
TM36 Whirlpool
TM39 Facade
TM45 Dive
TM55 Brine
TM59 Fling
TM61 Guard Swap
TM71 Wonder Room
TM72 Magic Room
TM76 Round
TM87 Draining Kiss
TM89 Misty Terrain
TM96 Smart Strike

TR:
TR03 Hydro Pump
TR04 Surf
TR05 Ice Beam
TR06 Blizzard
TR16 Waterfall
TR20 Substitute
TR26 Endure
TR27 Sleep Talk
TR33 Shadow Ball
TR37 Taunt
TR38 Trick
TR45 Muddy Water
TR46 Iron Defense
TR49 Calm Mind
TR77 Grass Knot
TR82 Stored Power
TR84 Scald
TR90 Play Rough
TR92 Dazzling Gleam

Move Tutor:
Terrain Pulse
Misty Explosion

Transfer Moves:
Toxic
Double Team
Torment
Echoed Voice
Psych Up
Swagger
Nature Power
Confide
Magic Coat
Gravity
Knock Off

Newly Gained Moves (Gen8 Moves):
Dive
Play Rough
Disarming Voice
Draining Kiss
Stored Power
Endure
Guard Swap
Rest
Terrain Pulse
Misty Explosion

Egg Moves:
None

Notable Moves:
Haze
Defog
Surf
Nature's Madness
Moonblast
Draining Kiss
Taunt
Scald
Calm Mind
Substitute
Knock Off
Rest
Whirlpool

Pros & Cons of Tapu Fini!

Pros:

1. Good Type combination of Water / Fairy makes it a great defensive Tool for many teams especially Bulky Offense and Balance-Teams
2. Good Stat-Distribution with 115 Defense and 130 Special Defense
3. A good Defogger with a lot of Utility-Options such as Haze, Nature's Madness, Draining Kiss, Taunt
4. Great check to many threatening pokemon such as Blaziken, Zygarde, Urshifu (both formes), Cinderace, Crawdaunt, Heatran, Mandibuzz, and Pheromosa
5. Good Stallbreaker with the combination of Taunt, Nature's Madness and Moonblast (can help vs. Toxapex and Reuniclus)

Cons:

1. A rather mediocre HP stat with base 70 (A lot of Invest has to go into the HP so Tapu Fini can perform its role as a defensive pokemon properly)
2. Can drain Momentum
3. Lack of recovery except Leftovers and Draining Kiss
4. Vulnerable to Entry Hazards as a Defogger

General Explanation:
Tapu Fini fits best on Bulky Offensive or Balance with a great Typing, good Stats and the ability to perform the role as a Defogger for them to get rid off annoying Entry Hazards during the game. Tapu Fini also makes up for a great check to dangerous Pokemon for those archetypes such as Blaziken, Zygarde, Urshifu, Heatran, and also Pheromosa with resisting most of their STABs and coverage options. Tapu Fini can also work as some kind of a Stallbreaker with the great combination of Taunt to shut down Recovery / Roost and with the help of Nature's Madness alongside Moonblast to slowly wear those pokemon down, such as Toxapex as example.
However, Tapu Fini is vulnerable to many faster threats like Kartana, Rillaboom, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Koko, and Rotom-Heat if it carries no Water-Type STAB, so teammates which checks these threats are necessary. These teammates include Corviknight, Skarmory, Celesteela, Tangrowth, Heatran, and Amoonguss furthermore it appreciates a good electric-immunity like Landorus-Therian, Garchomp, and Zygarde. Tapu Fini also appreciates other bulky pokemon as partners, Ferrothorn can come to mind with setting up Entry Hazards, they also synergize well together as Tapu Fini can check problematic pokemon such as Heatran for it and in return Ferrothorn provides itself as a grass- and electric-resists.

Possible Set(s):

Bulky Defog
Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Defog
- Taunt
- Nature's Madness
- Moonblast / Scald

Explanation: Leftovers helps to maintain some longevity during the course of the game. Defog can provide the necessary removal for the rest of the team and the strong combination of Taunt + Nature's Madness can shut down opposing pokemon like Toxapex and makes Tapu Fini really annoying to deal with. Moonblast can be used to hit Zygarde, Urshifu, and Pheromosa really hard, if not straight up OHKOe them. Scald could also be an option to help vs. Blaziken, Rotom-Heat, and Heatran. Furthermore Scald can cripple non-grounded Pokemon with a burn.

Sub + Calm Mind
Tapu Fini @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpA or 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Substitute
- Draining Kiss
- Scald

Explanation: This set allows Tapu Fini to act as a bulkier version of a Primarina with setting up a Substitute and a Calm Mind. It can do a Setup on pokemon such as Heatran, which it can abuse as an opportunity to Set-up. The nature Modest is used to provide the maximum of damage output alongside Draining Kiss which gives Tapu Fini some longevity alongside its item Leftovers. Scald is as mentioned before an amazing move due to the possible burn-chance and crippling effect on a lot of pokemon. Moonblast can be used over Draining Kiss but it is on this set the suboptimal choice. The same mention goes for Surf over Scald, Surf is the suboptimal choice.

Other Options:
Knock Off: to remove annoying items such as Leftovers, heavy-Duty Boots, occosionally Berries.
Haze: can remove status-boosts such as Calm Mind, Swords Dance, Coil or Nasty Plots.
Surf: as another forme of Water-Type STAB.
Rest: could see some usage on Sets with Telepathy instead of Misty Terrain to provide more longevity.

S/o to Perish Song for your help and ideas.​

 

[Caionamax]

There is also whirlpool as a notable move, it's very good in a lot of matchups

 

[Shmirko]

I prefer Taunt over Sun om CM as you can prevent Pex from recovering. At least slash it with Sub.

 

[Katy]

There is also whirlpool as a notable move, it's very good in a lot of matchups

Good point you stated, I think Whirlpool def is worth looking into as it traps Toxapex and then Tapu Fini is able to shut it down completly and can get rid off it in the long term. Thanks for pointing that out! :)

 

[Chemical_Jackfruit]

Hey for bulky defog shouldn't fini have some speed so it can outspeed tran

 

[Vengeance417]

Something to keep in mind for the Defog set that should definitely be mentioned in this analysis. Defog now removes terrains from the field as of Gen 8, meaning Tapu Fini gets rid of its own Misty Terrain after using Defog. Whether this is a good or bad thing for Tapu Fini itself is up to the player because it has its pros and cons. Removing Misty Terrain gets rid of Tapu Fini's immunity to status moves like Toxic/Thunder Wave, but this will allow Tapu Fini's Scald to burn grounded targets, and allow Fini to reset the terrain sooner rather than later.