PU whimsicott

[Meri Berry]

[OVERVIEW]
Whimsicott is a very versatile Pokemon; its good offensive Fairy typing and immaculate Speed tier let it revenge kill Pokemon such as Virizion and Swords Dance Gallade, and it has a defensive presence with its great typing, Prankster, and ability to annoy opposing Pokemon with status moves. It is difficult to play around due to the unpredictability that comes with the great variety of sets it can run and its Speed. However, Whimsicott lacks the Special Attack and coverage to deal much damage; it notably struggles to beat Virizion despite being a Fairy-type. This make it rely on utility and status moves to disrupt foes. It also lacks great defensive stats to constantly check threats such as Regirock.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Energy Ball
move 3: U-turn / Psychic / Hurricane
move 4: Switcheroo / Hurricane / Psychic
item: Choice Specs / Pixie Plate
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
U-turn is used to get Whimsicott out of bad matchups, especially after using Switcheroo, when its power is lower. It is especially useful against Silvally-Steel, which walls this set and is not affected by Switcheroo. Psychic hits Poison-types very hard, doing massive amounts of damage to Garbodor and Weezing, while being a reliable way to hit Fire-types neutrally. Hurricane hits Fire-types harder, with a high chance to 2HKO offensive Charizard and Talonflame, but is much less reliable than Psychic. Switcheroo is used to disrupt defensive cores, as Whimsicott can force in a Pokemon such as Charizard, Alolan Sandslash, or Talonflame that would otherwise wall it and limit the Pokemon's counterplay by giving it Choice Specs. Pixie Plate is an alternative to Choice Specs that sacrifices strength for flexibility, making prediction less of a factor. Whimsicott offensively pairs well with Pokemon that break Fire- and Steel-types, most notably Fighting-type Pokemon that can run Rock-type coverage such as Passimian and Virizion. Defensively, it appreciates support from Steel-types such as Silvally-Steel and Togedemaru to switch into Poison-, Flying-, and Ice-type moves, as well as a bulky Water-types such as Vaporeon and Lanturn to handle Fire-and Steel-types. With U-turn, Whimsicott can form solid VoltTurn cores with these partners.

[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Knock Off / Encore
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog / Stun Spore / Leech Seed
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Knock Off allows Whimsicott to remove important items such as Leftovers and Heavy-Duty Boots from defensive Pokemon such as Talonflame and Alolan Sandslash, making them much less effective at checking offensive threats, while Prankster Encore deals with offensive Pokemon such as Toxicroak by locking them into a setup move. U-turn is a crucial move for this set, allowing Whimsicott to let wallbreakers such as Lycanroc and Passimian in on its answers like Charizard and Togedemaru. Stun Spore provides speed control against fast Pokemon such as Talonflame and Choice Scarf Braviary on the switch so that Pokemon such as Virizion can sweep much more easily. Leech Seed gives Whimsicott a form of recovery, allowing it to exploit defensive Pokemon to increase its longevity. Whimsicott pairs very well with Pokemon that like its usual Steel-, Fire-, and Flying-type switch-ins crippled, such as Frosmoth and Scyther.

[SET]
name: SubSeed
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Psychic / Knock Off / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set uses Prankster to its fullest potential, catching opposing Pokemon with a Leech Seed and then using Substitute before they can act. The combination of Leftovers and Leech Seed recovery almost makes up for the HP loss of using Substitute every turn, slowly draining the opposing Pokemon's HP until it's in range of a Moonblast. Psychic can be used to annoy Poison-types that can easily break your Substitute, while Knock Off is used to disrupt defensive Pokemon with recovery that can stall Leech Seed. Encore can be used to prevent setup Pokemon such as Ribombee from taking advantage of this set's passive nature while also stalling out the recovery of defensive Pokemon such as Vaporeon and Palossand. This set struggles most against Grass-types such as Tangela and Tsareena, and Whimsicott must be wary of moves such as Dual Wingbeat from Archeops and Talonflame that both break its Substitute and damage it. Defensively, Whimsicott needs Pokemon such as Silvally-Steel and Stunfisk-Galar that can tank hits from Pokemon that can get past its Substitute, and these teammates can also benefit from the passive recovery that Leech Seed gives them. It also benefits from Flying-and Fire-types such as Talonflame, Charizard, and Magmortar that deal with the Grass-types it struggles against.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Meri Berry, 292388]]
- Quality checked by: [[UberSkitty, 355061], [MZ, 202117]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[UberSkitty]

[OVERVIEW]
Whimsicott is a very versatile mon, serving with both an offensive presence using Fairy type moves (just say decent offensive typing or something)and its speed tier to revenge kill Pokemon such as Virizion and Swords Dance Gallade, and a defensive presence with its great typing and Prankster allowing it to annoy opposing Pokemon with status moves. It is difficult to play around due to the unpredictability that comes with the mass variety of sets it can run, along with its immaculate speed tier only rivaled by Talonflame and Ribombee. However, it is overall quite weak, lacking Special Attack and coverage to deal much damage and relying on status moves to disrupt the opponent, as well as lacking great defensive stats to match its typing.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Energy Ball
move 3: Hurricane/Psychic/U-Turn
move 4: Switcheroo/Hurricane/Psychic
item: Choice Specs/Pixie Plate
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 SpD / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moonblast and Energy Ball are both strong moves that hit hard against most neutral targets, and are a must for this set. (dont have to mention stabs, remove) An alternative to Energy Ball is Grass Knot, which hits most Ground types harder, but most bulky Water types such as Vaporeon.(this last part isn't a complete sentence, tho I wouldn't run grass knot anyway so remove) Hurricane is used as a powerful tool to hit Fire types neutrally with a high chance to 2HKO offensive Charizard, as well as hitting Roserade for a guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock damage. Psychic can be used to hit Poison types much harder, doing massive amounts of damage to Roserade (u technically hit rose harder with hurricane)and Weezing while being much more reliable than Hurricane. Switcheroo is used to disrupt defensive cores, forcing in a Pokemon such as Charizard, Sandslash-Alola, or Talonflame that would otherwise wall Whimsicott and limiting their counterplay by giving them Choice Specs. U-Turn is used to get Whimsicott out of bad matchups, especially after a Switcheroo when its power is lower. (this comes before switcheroo in the set so move it before switcheroo in the description)This is most notable with Silvally-Steel, which both walls all of its moves and is not affected by Switcheroo.(also move this then I guess) Pixie Plate is an alternative to Choice Specs, which sacrifices strength for flexibility, making prediction less of a factor. Whimsicott offensively pairs well with Pokemon that break Fire and Steel types, most notably Fighting type mons that can run Rock type coverage such as Passimian and Virizion. Defensively, it appreciates support from Steel types such as Silvally-Steel and Togedemaru to switch into Poison, Flying, and Ice type moves, as well as a bulky Water type such as Vaporeon or Lanturn to handle Fire and Steel types.(all of these bar virizion can also form a voltturn core with whimsicott if running uturn)

[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Knock Off/Encore
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog/Leech Seed/Stun Spore
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set highlights Whimsicott's versatility, supporting its team in various ways to create opportunities for its teammates to shine. (this sentence doesn't really add anything, remove) Moonblast is its premier damaging move, allowing it to hit most of the tier for decent damage. (dont have to specify why ur running mooblast, remove) Knock Off allows Whimsicott to remove important items such as Leftovers and Heavy-Duty Boots from defensive Pokemon(such as?), making them much more ineffective at checking offensive threats, while Encore deals with offensive Pokemon (such as?)by using Prankster to lock them into a setup move. U-Turn is a crucial move for this set, allowing Whimsicott to let other ('other' suggests that whimsicott is also a wallbreaker, remove)breakers in on Steel types, such as Passimian and Virizion. Whimsicott isn't the best Defog user as it gets no passive recovery or recovery moves outside of Leech Seed(but you arent running leech seed if u run defog, so remove that detail), but it gives Pokemon such as Scarf Braviary, Specs Vikavolt, and Pokemon hit with a Knock Off that are weak to Stealth Rocks guaranteed removal in a pinch. (this part can be simplified to just "helps whimsicott better support x and y") Leech Seed gives Whimsicott a form of recovery, allowing it to exploit defensive mons to give itself increased longevity. Stun Spore helps create speed control, bringing fast mons such as Scarf Braviary and Archeops(i wouldnt hard switch an archeops in on whimsicott, replace with talonflame or something) down to much lower speeds on the switch so that Pokemon such as Virizion can sweep much easier. Whimsicott pairs very well with Pokemon that like Whimsicott's usual Steel, Fire, and Flying checks crippled such as Scyther and Roserade.

[SET]
name: SubSeed
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: Psychic/Knock Off/Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set takes advantage of Whimsicott's Prankster ability to the fullest potential, catching opposing Pokemon with a Leech Seed and then Substituting before they can act. The combination of Leftovers recovery and Leech Seed almost makes up for the HP loss of using Substitute every turn, slowly draining the opposing Pokemon's HP until they're in range to be killed by a Moonblast. Psychic can be used to 2HKO Roserade(psychic doesn't 2hko roserade, 0 SpA Whimsicott Psychic vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Roserade: 102-120 (39 - 45.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO), which is an extremely hard Pokemon for Whimsicott to deal with otherwise, while Knock Off is used to disrupt defensive mons with recovery that can stall Whimsicott's Leech Seed. Encore can be used to prevent Pokemon from taking advantage of this set's passive nature by preventing setup moves (examples?)from being used effectively, while also serving as a way to stall out a defensive Pokemon's recovery(examples?). This set struggles most against Grass types such as Roserade and Tsareena, and Whimsicott must be wary of moves such as Dual WIngbeat from Archeops and Talonflame that will damage it from behind a Substitute(well they dont damage it behind the sub, they remove the sub then do more damage. if u want to talk about being damaged behind the sub mention sound moves like vikavolt's bug buzz and heliolisk's hyper voice). Defensively, Whimsicott needs Pokemon such as Silvally-Steel and Stunfisk-Galar that can tank hits from Pokemon that can get past Whimsicott's Substitute, and can also benefit from the passive recovery that Leech Seed gives them.(also mention grass checks)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[username1, userid1]]
- Quality checked by: [[UberSkitty, 355061], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

There were a lotta double spaces in here, so might wanna go back and remove those, tho otherwise QC 1/2

 

[MZ]

ending up doing a little extra gp stuff but ig it'll help them out after

[OVERVIEW]
Whimsicott is a very versatile mon, its good offensive Fairy typing and speed tier to revenge kill Pokemon such as Virizion and Swords Dance Gallade, and a defensive presence with its great typing and Prankster allowing it to annoy opposing Pokemon with status moves. It is difficult to play around due to the unpredictability that comes with the mass variety of sets it can run, along with its immaculate speed tier only rivaled by Talonflame and Ribombee not really true, you've got other pretty usable mons like accelgor and Jolteon, I know it's mostly a technicality but it's still not quite right. However, it is overall quite weak, lacking Special Attack and coverage to deal much damage and relying on status moves to disrupt the opponent, I feel like this is the point where GP would step in to fix a run-on sentence, could expand on the point slightly like "the typing is quite useful for pivoting into xyz but the stats dont back it up" or something as well as lacking great defensive stats to match its typing.

[SET]
name: Choice Specs if we're slashing pixie plate then maybe call it offensive and not specs
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Energy Ball
move 3: Hurricane/Psychic/U-Turn always put spaces between words and slashes (Hurricane / Psychic) and the t in U-turn isn't capitalized
move 4: Switcheroo/Hurricane/Psychic spaces
item: Choice Specs/Pixie Plate spaces
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 SpD / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Hurricane is used as a powerful tool to hit Fire types neutrally with a high chance to 2HKO offensive Charizard and Talonflame. Psychic can be used to hit Poison types much harder, doing massive amounts of damage to Garbodor and Weezing while being much more reliable than Hurricane to hit Fire types neutrally. U-Turn is used to get Whimsicott out of bad matchups, especially after a Switcheroo when its power is lower. This is most notable with Silvally-Steel, which both walls all of its moves and is not affected by Switcheroo. Switcheroo is used to disrupt defensive cores, forcing in a Pokemon such as Charizard, Sandslash-Alola, or Talonflame that would otherwise wall Whimsicott and limiting their counterplay by giving them Choice Specs. Pixie Plate is an alternative to Choice Specs, which sacrifices strength for flexibility, making prediction less of a factor. Whimsicott offensively pairs well with Pokemon that break Fire and Steel types, most notably Fighting type mons that can run Rock type coverage such as Passimian and Virizion. Defensively, it appreciates support from Steel types such as Silvally-Steel and Togedemaru to switch into Poison-, Flying-, and Ice- type moves I added those hyphens, as well as a bulky Water type such as Vaporeon or Lanturn to handle Fire and Steel types. extra space here With U-Turn lowercase t, Whimsicott can form potent don't know about potent, it's a pretty defensive version of VoltTurn VoltTurn cores with these partners.

[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Knock Off/Encore spaces
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog/Leech Seed/Stun Spore spaces also personally I would swap leech and stun and swap their sentences in set comments too. leech kinda meh
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Knock Off allows Whimsicott to remove important items such as Leftovers and Heavy-Duty Boots from defensive Pokemon such as Talonflame and Sandslash-Alola, making them much more ineffective at checking offensive threats, while Encore deals with offensive Pokemon such as Toxicroak by using Prankster to lock them into a setup move. U-Turn is a crucial move for this set, allowing Whimsicott to let breakers in on Steel types, such as Passimian and Virizion should be more like "breakers, such as those dudes, in on steels". Whimsicott isn't the best Defog user as it gets no passive recovery or recovery moves, but supports Pokemon such as Scarf Braviary and Specs Vikavolt I dont rly see the need for this sentence, it's fine enough at defog and this doesn't really add anything other than explain what likes defog which we sorta all get. Leech Seed gives Whimsicott a form of recovery, allowing it to exploit defensive mons to give itself increased longevity. Stun Spore helps create speed control, bringing fast mons such as Scarf Braviary and Talonflame down to much lower speeds on the switch so that Pokemon such as Virizion can sweep much easier. Whimsicott pairs very well with Pokemon that like Whimsicott's usual Steel, Fire, and Flying checks crippled such as Scyther and Tsareena can't say id be likely to double up on grasses with these two, would prefer another example.

[SET]
name: SubSeed
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Leech Seed
move 4: Psychic/Knock Off/Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set takes advantage of Whimsicott's Prankster ability to the fullest potential, catching opposing Pokemon with a Leech Seed and then Substituting before they can act. The combination of Leftovers recovery and Leech Seed almost makes up for the HP loss of using Substitute every turn, slowly draining the opposing Pokemon's HP until they're in range to be killed by a Moonblast. Psychic can be used to annoy Poison types that can easily break your Substitute, while Knock Off is used to disrupt defensive mons with recovery that can stall Whimsicott's Leech Seed. Encore can be used to prevent Pokemon from taking advantage of this set's passive nature such as Toxicroak by preventing setup moves from being used effectively Toxicroak is not a good example, it's not likely to be NPing on a whims behind a sub even if they know you're not psychic, while also serving as a way to stall out a defensive Pokemon's recovery against Pokemon such as Vaporeon and Palossand. This set struggles most against Grass types such as Tangela and Tsareena, and Whimsicott must be wary of moves such as Dual Wingbeat from Archeops and Talonflame both break its Substitute and damage it. Defensively, Whimsicott needs Pokemon such as Silvally-Steel and Stunfisk-Galar that can tank hits from Pokemon that can get past Whimsicott's Substitute, and can also benefit from the passive recovery that Leech Seed gives them. extra spaces It also benefits from Flying and Fire types such as Talonflame, Charizard, and Magmortar that deal with the Grass types it struggles against.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Meri Berry, 292388]]
- Quality checked by: [[UberSkitty, 355061], [username2, userid2]] my user ID is 202117
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[Adeleine]

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[OVERVIEW]
Whimsicott is a very versatile Pokemon; (comma -> semicolon) its good offensive Fairy typing and immaculate Speed tier to let it revenge kill Pokemon such as Virizion and Swords Dance Gallade, and it has a defensive presence with its great typing, (AC) and Prankster, (AC) allowing it and ability to annoy opposing Pokemon with status moves. It is difficult to play around due to the unpredictability that comes with the mass great variety of sets it can run (RC) along with its immaculate speed tier and its Speed. However, it is overall quite weak, lacking Whimsicott lacks the Special Attack and coverage to deal much damage; it notably struggles to beat Virizion despite being a Fairy-type. (optional/QC-y but i assume this makes sense and it would make this more clear) This make it rely on utility and status moves to disrupt the opponent, as well as lacking foes. It also lacks great defensive stats to constantly check threats such as Regirock.

[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Energy Ball
move 3: U-turn / Psychic / Hurricane
move 4: Switcheroo / Hurricane / Psychic
item: Choice Specs / Pixie Plate
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
U-Turn U-turn is used to get Whimsicott out of bad matchups, especially after a using Switcheroo, (AC) when its power is lower. This is most notable with It is especially useful against Silvally-Steel, which walls all of its moves this set and is not affected by Switcheroo. Hurricane is used as a powerful tool to hit Fire types neutrally with a high chance to 2HKO offensive Charizard and Talonflame. Psychic can be used to hit Poison types much harder, Psychic hits Poison-types very hard, doing massive amounts of damage to Garbodor and Weezing, (AC) while being much more reliable than Hurricane a reliable way to hit Fire-types (added hyphen) neutrally. Hurricane hits Fire-types harder, with a high chance to 2HKO offensive Charizard and Talonflame, but is much less reliable than Psychic. Switcheroo is used to disrupt defensive cores, forcing as Whimsicott can force in a Pokemon such as Charizard, Sandslash-Alola Alolan Sandslash, or Talonflame that would otherwise wall Whimsicott and limiting their it and limit the Pokemon's counterplay by giving them it Choice Specs. Pixie Plate is an alternative to Choice Specs (RC) which that sacrifices strength for flexibility, making prediction less of a factor. Whimsicott offensively pairs well with Pokemon that break Fire- and Steel-types, most notably Fighting-type mons Pokemon that can run Rock-type coverage such as Passimian and Virizion. Defensively, it appreciates support from Steel-types such as Silvally-Steel and Togedemaru to switch into Poison-, Flying-, and Ice-type moves, as well as a bulky Water-types such as Vaporeon or and Lanturn to handle Fire- (added hyphen) and Steel-types. (added hyphen) With U-turn, Whimsicott can form solid VoltTurn cores with these partners.

[SET]
name: Utility
move 1: Moonblast
move 2: Knock Off / Encore
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Defog / Stun Spore / Leech Seed
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Knock Off allows Whimsicott to remove important items such as Leftovers and Heavy-Duty Boots from defensive Pokemon such as Talonflame and Sandslash-Alola Alolan Sandslash, making them much more ineffective less effective at checking offensive threats, while Prankster Encore deals with offensive Pokemon such as Toxicroak by using Prankster to locking them into a setup move. U-turn is a crucial move for this set, allowing Whimsicott to let wallbreakers (you could also do more general like "offensive threats") in such as Lycanroc and Passimian in on its answers like Charizard and Togedemaru. Stun Spore helps create speed control, bringing fast mons provides speed control against fast Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Braviary and Talonflame down to much lower Speed tiers on the switch so that Pokemon such as Virizion can sweep much easier more easily. Leech Seed gives Whimsicott a form of recovery, allowing it to exploit defensive mons to give itself increased Pokemon to increase its longevity. Whimsicott pairs very well with Pokemon that like Whimsicott's its usual Steel-, Fire-, and Flying-type switch-ins (added hyphen) crippled, (AC) such as Frosmoth and Scyther.

[SET]
name: SubSeed
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Psychic / Knock Off / Encore
item: Leftovers
ability: Prankster
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
This set takes advantage of Whimsicott's Prankster ability to the uses Prankster to its fullest potential, catching opposing Pokemon with a Leech Seed and then Substituting using Substitute before they can act. The combination of Leftovers recovery and Leech Seed recovery almost makes up for the HP loss of using Substitute every turn, slowly draining the opposing Pokemon's HP until they're it's in range to be killed by of a Moonblast. Psychic can be used to annoy Poison-types (added hyphen) that can easily break your Substitute, while Knock Off is used to disrupt defensive mons Pokemon with recovery that can stall Whimsicott's Leech Seed. Encore can be used to prevent setup Pokemon such as Ribombee from taking advantage of this set's passive nature such as Ribombee by preventing setup moves from being used effectively (RC) while also serving as a way to stall out a defensive Pokemon's recovery against stalling out the recovery of defensive Pokemon such as Vaporeon and Palossand. This set struggles most against Grass-types (added hyphen) such as Tangela and Tsareena, and Whimsicott must be wary of moves such as Dual Wingbeat from Archeops and Talonflame that both break its Substitute and damage it. Defensively, Whimsicott needs Pokemon such as Silvally-Steel and Stunfisk-Galar that can tank hits from Pokemon that can get past Whimsicott's its Substitute, and these teammates can also benefit from the passive recovery that Leech Seed gives them. It also benefits from Flying- (added hyphen) and Fire-types (added hyphen) such as Talonflame, Charizard, and Magmortar that deal with the Grass-types (added hyphen) it struggles against.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Meri Berry, 292388]]
- Quality checked by: [[UberSkitty, 355061], [MZ, 202117]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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