[SET]
Trick Room Setter (Cresselia) @ Mental Herb
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Poison / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Lunar Dance
- Moonlight
- Ice Beam / Moonblast
[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia functions as a niche Trick Room setter due to its excellent natural bulk that allows it to get off Trick Room reliably across a game, as well as its access to supporting moves such as Lunar Dance, which allows Cresselia to safely bring in its teammates to take advantage of Trick Room more easily while also healing them, and restoring their PP to give them more opportunities for a late-game sweep. Moonlight lets Cresselia leverage its excellent bulk to set Trick Room more reliably. Ice Beam is used in order to hit Ground-types such as Landorus-T and Gliscor, while Moonblast allows Cresselia to pressure Dark-type switch-ins such as Darkrai and Hisuian Samurott. Mental Herb allows Cresselia to bypass Taunt from Pokemon such as Landorus-T and Deoxys-S. Tera Poison gives Cresselia a solid defensive typing, removing its weakness to U-turn and giving it an immunity to poison, greatly improving its longevity while also pairing well with Levitate, while Tera Fairy removes Cresselia's Dark weakness and powers up its Moonblast, allowing it to flip common matchups against threats such as the aforementioned Darkrai, which it can now 2HKO.
Cresselia's ability to set Trick Room is greatly appreciated by slow, bulky wallbreakers such as Ursaluna, Iron Hands, and Kingambit, all of which find opportunities to break under Trick Room easily with their low Speed. Iron Hands is able to break down common defensive pieces such as Alomomola and Gliscor, which would otherwise stall out Trick Room turns, with its STAB combination and Ice Punch. Iron Hands also provides Cresselia with a switch-in against common Dark-type threats such as Kingambit, Darkrai, and Hisuian Samurott. Kingambit also handles Darkrai as well as handling Gholdengo. Other excellent partners under Trick Room include Raging Bolt and Enamorus-T, due to their low Speed, high bulk, and ability to break through defensive Pokemon, with the former dealing with certain Steel-types such as Corviknight and Skarmory and the latter threatening Dark-types such as Ting-Lu. Cresselia also appreciates other Trick Room setters to set it multiple times in a game; Hatterene is its best partner, due to its ability to deny entry hazards from Pokemon such as Great Tusk and Ting-Lu. In return, Cresselia can use Lunar Dance in order to keep Hatterene alive so it can continue to deny hazards and set Trick Room again. Lunar Dance is also able to heal teammates such as Iron Hands and Kingambit after a burn and allow Ursaluna to stay alive and break for longer. Cresselia also finds itself vulnerable to Ghost-types such as Dragapult, Gholdengo, and Pecharunt, meaning checks such as Hoopa-U, Assault Vest Hisuian Samurott, and Ting-Lu are appreciated. Ting-Lu also sets Stealth Rock, chipping down defensive pieces for some of the aforementioned Trick Room sweepers to make the most of the turns Cresselia can give. Faster partners include Iron Valiant, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-Wellspring, with the former two threatening Dark-types for Cresselia, while in return, Cresselia is able to keep them healthy using Lunar Dance.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Trick Room Setter (Cresselia) @ Mental Herb
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Poison / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Trick Room
- Lunar Dance
- Moonlight
- Ice Beam / Moonblast
[SET COMMENTS]
Cresselia functions as a niche Trick Room setter due to its excellent natural bulk that allows it to get off Trick Room reliably across a game, as well as its access to supporting moves such as Lunar Dance, which allows Cresselia to safely bring in its teammates to take advantage of Trick Room more easily while also healing them, and restoring their PP to give them more opportunities for a late-game sweep. Moonlight lets Cresselia leverage its excellent bulk to set Trick Room more reliably. Ice Beam is used in order to hit Ground-types such as Landorus-T and Gliscor, while Moonblast allows Cresselia to pressure Dark-type switch-ins such as Darkrai and Hisuian Samurott. Mental Herb allows Cresselia to bypass Taunt from Pokemon such as Landorus-T and Deoxys-S. Tera Poison gives Cresselia a solid defensive typing, removing its weakness to U-turn and giving it an immunity to poison, greatly improving its longevity while also pairing well with Levitate, while Tera Fairy removes Cresselia's Dark weakness and powers up its Moonblast, allowing it to flip common matchups against threats such as the aforementioned Darkrai, which it can now 2HKO.
Cresselia's ability to set Trick Room is greatly appreciated by slow, bulky wallbreakers such as Ursaluna, Iron Hands, and Kingambit, all of which find opportunities to break under Trick Room easily with their low Speed. Iron Hands is able to break down common defensive pieces such as Alomomola and Gliscor, which would otherwise stall out Trick Room turns, with its STAB combination and Ice Punch. Iron Hands also provides Cresselia with a switch-in against common Dark-type threats such as Kingambit, Darkrai, and Hisuian Samurott. Kingambit also handles Darkrai as well as handling Gholdengo. Other excellent partners under Trick Room include Raging Bolt and Enamorus-T, due to their low Speed, high bulk, and ability to break through defensive Pokemon, with the former dealing with certain Steel-types such as Corviknight and Skarmory and the latter threatening Dark-types such as Ting-Lu. Cresselia also appreciates other Trick Room setters to set it multiple times in a game; Hatterene is its best partner, due to its ability to deny entry hazards from Pokemon such as Great Tusk and Ting-Lu. In return, Cresselia can use Lunar Dance in order to keep Hatterene alive so it can continue to deny hazards and set Trick Room again. Lunar Dance is also able to heal teammates such as Iron Hands and Kingambit after a burn and allow Ursaluna to stay alive and break for longer. Cresselia also finds itself vulnerable to Ghost-types such as Dragapult, Gholdengo, and Pecharunt, meaning checks such as Hoopa-U, Assault Vest Hisuian Samurott, and Ting-Lu are appreciated. Ting-Lu also sets Stealth Rock, chipping down defensive pieces for some of the aforementioned Trick Room sweepers to make the most of the turns Cresselia can give. Faster partners include Iron Valiant, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-Wellspring, with the former two threatening Dark-types for Cresselia, while in return, Cresselia is able to keep them healthy using Lunar Dance.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/medasus.632421/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ninth.612443/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kd458.633798/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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