1v1 Whimsicott [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

[SET]
name: Leech Seed Stall
move 1: Leech Seed
move 2: Protect
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Taunt / Moonblast
item: Occa Berry / Babiri Berry
ability: Prankster
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 152 Def / 108 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott’s ability Prankster, along with the combination of Leech Seed, Substitute, and Protect, allows it to Leech Seed stall most non-Leech Seed-immune Pokemon, given that it can survive an attack. Protect and Substitute are essential to make the most of Leech Seed recovery, while Protect has the added bonus of being used to scout for moves such as Trick and Taunt, with Prankster Substitute and Taunt serving to neutralize those threats respectively. Taunt also serves the purpose of preventing the use of recovery from opposing Pokemon such as Galarian Corsola and stall Snorlax with the option of Moonblast to help against Pokemon that otherwise beat Whimsicott, such as Urshifu-S, Mandibuzz, and Grass-types such as Rillaboom and opposing Whimsicott. Occa Berry alongside 248 HP EVs, 152 Defense EVs, and a Bold nature allows Whimiscott to always survive Alolan Marowak's Flare Blitz and Choice Specs Rotom-H's Overheat at -2. The remaining EVs are invested into Special Defense for maximum special bulk. Babiri Berry is another option, allowing Whimsicott to set up on Steel-types such as Aegislash and Magnezone. If Babiri Berry is used, an alternative spread of 248 HP / 140 Def / 120 SpD is required to survive against the aforementioned Steel-types, as well as Moonblast from Choice Specs Primarina.

When using Whimsicott, most positive matchups are won by using Leech Seed Turn 1 and alternating between clicking Protect and Substitute. If you survive the first hit, Leech Seed stalling with Protect into Substitute will usually let you regain around 25% every two turns, allowing you to avoid all damage behind a Protect or a Prankster Substitute until the foe has lost its HP. Protect should always be used immediately to scout for Trick from common Choice-item Pokemon such as Rotom-H and Togekiss. If Rotom-H uses Overheat instead of Trick, using Substitute twice on Overheat followed by Leech Seed is optimal to minimize Whimsicott's chance of losing to poor RNG. It should also be noted that Gardevoir is an outlier, as it is a Choice item Trick user that is able to defeat Whimsicott due to Trace, which allows for a Prankster Trick. Whimsicott primarily struggles with Grass-types that are immune to Leech Seed, so Fire-types such as Arcanine and Incineroar make great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps with their weak matchups against Water-types such as Primarina and Dracovish. Whimsicott also struggles with Ice-types and Dark-types not weak to Moonblast such as Avalugg, Galarian Darmanitan, and Incineroar, making Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Sawk great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps them against Fairy-types such as Primarina.

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- Written by: [Mubs, 442711]]
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new meta new spreads!
Whimsicott @ Occa Berry
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 248 HP / 152 Def / 108 SpD
Bold Nature

Lives 252+ thick club alowak flare blitz, and wins vs rotom-h because you sub T1 and leech t2 (survives -2 252+ modest specs with occa)
Whimsicott @ Babiri Berry
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 248 HP / 140 Def / 120 SpD
Bold Nature

Lives specs primarina moonblast and specs magnezone flash cannon, the defense with bold nature is just a dump but is still optimal
We've removed mention of Kebia as it's completely useless for anything outside of sawk. Make sure to remove cinderace and other irrelevant mentions for the current meta. Let me know if you need any help with this
 
solid analysis, here's a qc

[SET]
name: Leech Seed Stall
move 1: Protect
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: Taunt / Moonblast
item: Occa Berry / Kebia Berry
ability: Prankster
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 152 Def / 108 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott’s Prankster, along with the combination of Leech Seed, Substitute, and Protect, allows it to Leech Seed stall most non-Leech Seed Immune Pokemon, given that it can survive an attack. Protect can be used to scout for moves such as Trick and Taunt, with Prankster Substitute and Taunt serving to neutralize those threats respectively. Taunt also serves the purpose of preventing the use of recovery from the opposing Pokemon, with the option of Moonblast to help against Fairy-weak Pokemon that otherwise beat Whimsicott such as Poison Jab Kommo-o and Hydreigon.

An Occa Berry allows Whimsicott to set up on the various Fire-types in the tier such as Alolan Marowak and Centiskorch, with the spread of 248 HP and 152 Defense with a Bold nature serves serving to help Whimiscott tank a Flare Blitz from Thick Club Alolan Marowak, with the rest being put in Special Defense. Babiri Berry is another option, allowing Whimsicott to set up on Pokemon that use Steel-type moves such as Aegislash and Magnezone. An alternative spread of 248 HP / 140 Def / 120 SpD is used to tank moves such as Choice Specs Primarina's Moonblast and Choice Specs Magnezone's Flash Cannon.

We want to add a quick tutorial on how to use Whimsi here, so I'll write an example one. feel free to implement mine unless you want to paraphrase.
When using Whimsicott, most positive matchups are won by using Leech Seed turn 1 and alternating between clicking Protect and Substitute. If you survive the first hit, Leech Seed stalling with Protect into Substitute will usually let you regain around 25% every two turns, allowing you to avoid all damage behind a Protect or a Prankster Substitute until the opposing mon has lost its HP. Protect can be used Turn 1 as well to check for mons using Trick such as Rotom or Togekiss, and clicking Prankster Substitute next turn will render their Trick worthless. Against Rotom-Heat, clicking Substitute on Overheat twice and then using Leech Seed is optimal. Whimsicott primarily struggles with Grass-types that are immune to Leech Seed, so Fire-Types such as Arcanine and Incineroar make great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps with their weak matchups against Water-types such as Milotic and Primarina. Whimsicott also Struggles with Ice-types and Dark-types not weak to Moonblast such as Avalugg, Galarian Darmanitan, and Incineroar, making Fighting-types such as Sawk and Conkeldurr great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps them against Fairy-types such as Primarina.
good analysis. unfortunately a bit wasn't updated fully but no worries, implement changes for QC 1/2

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[SET]
name: Leech Seed Stall
move 1: Protect Leech Seed (Leech seed stall is the name, so Leech Seed should be the first slot.)
move 2: Substitute Protect
move 3: Leech Seed Substitute
move 4: Taunt / Moonblast
item: Occa Berry / Kebia Berry
ability: Prankster
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 152 Def / 108 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott’s Prankster, along with the combination of Leech Seed, Substitute, and Protect, allows it to Leech Seed stall most non-Leech Seed Immune Pokemon, given that it can survive an attack. Protect and Substitute are can be essential to make the most of Leech Seed recovery, while Protect has the added bonus of being used to scout for moves such as Trick and Taunt, with Prankster Substitute and Taunt serving to neutralize those threats respectively. Taunt also serves the purpose of preventing the use of recovery from the opposing Pokemon, (examples?) with the option of Moonblast to help against Fairy-weak Pokemon that otherwise beat Whimsicott such as Poison Jab Kommo-o, Urshifu-S, Mandibuzz, and Grass-types such as Rillaboom and opposing Whimsicott. Hydreigon. An Occa Berry allows Whimsicott to set up on Fire-types in the tier such as Alolan Marowak and Centiskorch Rotom-H, with the Occa Berry alongside the spread of 248 HP / and 152 Defense with and a Bold nature serving to help allows Whimiscott to always survive tank a Flare Blitz from Thick Club Alolan Marowak's Flare Blitz and Choice Specs Rotom-H's Overheat at -2. The remaining EVs are invested into with the rest being put in Special Defense for maximum special bulk. Babiri Berry is another option, allowing Whimsicott to set up on Pokemon that use Steel-type moves such as Steel-type Pokemon such as Aegislash and Magnezone. If Babiri berry is used, an alternative spread of 248 HP / 140 Def / 120 SpD is used to is required to survive against the aforementioned Steel-types, as well as Moonblast from Choice Specs Primarina. tank moves such as Choice Specs Primarina's Moonblast and Choice Specs Magnezone's Flash Cannon.

When using Whimsicott, most positive matchups are won by using Leech Seed turn 1 and alternating between clicking Protect and Substitute. If you survive the first hit, Leech Seed stalling with Protect into Substitute will usually let you regain around 25% every two turns, allowing you to avoid all damage behind a Protect or a Prankster Substitute until the opposing mon opponent has lost its HP. Protect can be used Turn 1 as well to check for mons using should always be used immediately to scout for Trick from common Choice-item Pokemon Trick such as Rotom or Togekiss. and clicking Prankster Substitute next turn will render their Trick worthless. Against Rotom-Heat if they use Overheat instead of Trick, clicking using Substitute twice on Overheat twice and then using followed by Leech Seed is optimal to minimize Whimsicott's chance of losing to poor RNG. It should also be noted that Gardevoir is an outlier as it is a Choice-item Trick user that is able to defeat Whimsicott due to Trace which allows for a Prankster-boosted Trick. Whimsicott primarily struggles with Grass-types that are immune to Leech Seed, so Fire-Types such as Arcanine and Incineroar make great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps with their weak matchups against Water-types such as Milotic and Primarina and Dracovish. Whimsicott also Struggles with Ice-types and Dark-types not weak to Moonblast such as Avalugg, Galarian Darmanitan, and Incineroar, making Fighting-types such as Sawk and Conkeldurr Urshifu-R and Sawk great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps them against Fairy-types such as Primarina.
let me know when implemented edit: 2/2
 
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[SET]
name: Leech Seed Stall
move 1: Leech Seed
move 2: Protect
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Taunt / Moonblast
item: Occa Berry / Kebia Berry Babiri Berry
ability: Prankster
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 152 Def / 108 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott’s ability Prankster, along with the combination of Leech Seed, Substitute, and Protect, allows it to Leech Seed stall most non-Leech Seed Immune non-Leech Seed-immune Pokemon, given that it can survive an attack. Protect and Substitute are essential to make the most of Leech Seed recovery, while Protect has the added bonus of being used to scout for moves such as Trick and Taunt, with Prankster Substitute and Taunt serving to neutralize those threats respectively. Taunt also serves the purpose of preventing the use of recovery from opposing Pokemon, (RC) such as Galarian Corsola and stall Snorlax with the option of Moonblast to help against Pokemon that otherwise beat Whimsicott, (AC) such as Urshifu-S, Mandibuzz, and Grass-types such as Rillaboom and opposing Whimsicott. Occa Berry alongside the spread of 248 HP / 152 Defense 248 HP EVs, 152 Defense EVs, (AC) and a Bold nature allows Whimiscott to always survive Alolan Marowak's Flare Blitz and Choice Specs Rotom-H's Overheat at -2. The remaining EVs are invested into Special Defense for maximum special bulk. Babiri Berry is another option, allowing Whimsicott to set up on Steel-types Pokemon such as Aegislash and Magnezone. If Babiri Berry is used, an alternative spread of 248 HP / 140 Def / 120 SpD is required to survive against the aforementioned Steel-types, as well as Moonblast from Choice Specs Primarina.

When using Whimsicott, most positive matchups are won by using Leech Seed Turn 1 and alternating between clicking Protect and Substitute. If you survive the first hit, Leech Seed stalling with Protect into Substitute will usually let you regain around 25% every two turns, allowing you to avoid all damage behind a Protect or a Prankster Substitute until the opponent foe has lost its HP. Protect should always be used immediately to scout for Trick from common Choice-item Pokemon such as Rotom (which forme?) or and Togekiss. Against Rotom-Heat if they use If Rotom-H uses Overheat instead of Trick, using Substitute twice on Overheat followed by Leech Seed is optimal to minimize Whimsicott's chance of losing to poor RNG (i've never seen RNG used in an analysis but i guess it's okay). It should also be noted that Gardevoir is an outlier, (AC) as it is a Choice-item (RH) Trick user that is able to defeat Whimsicott due to Trace, (AC) which allows for a Prankster-boosted Trick. Whimsicott primarily struggles with Grass-types that are immune to Leech Seed, so Fire-types such as Arcanine and Incineroar make great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps with their weak matchups against Water-types such as Primarina and Dracovish. Whimsicott also struggles with Ice-types and Dark-types not weak to Moonblast such as Avalugg, Galarian Darmanitan, and Incineroar, making Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Sawk great partners. Whimsicott, in return, helps them against Fairy-types such as Primarina.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [Mubs, 442711]]
- Quality checked by: [[Waylaid, 474883], [username2, userid2]] (do this)
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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