Will this Cresselia work? (Wi-Fi/Local Battles)

IloveslakingIGN

I wanted a Decent "Mixed" Wall and my Cresselia turned out Sassy (Ugh!), so Moonlight becomes a lesser option.

Cresselia @ Leftovers
Sassy
EVs: 208 HP/48 Def/252 Sp. Def
Moonlight/Protect
Toxic
Substitute
Hidden Power (Fire)

208 HP EVs hits 433 HP, or one point over Maximum leftovers recovery/Not divisible by four. Substitute has and has the added bonus of "I can't get Statused! Nyah Nyah!" and Protect for a longer lasting Cresselia and more leftovers recovery. HP Fire is there for steel types that may try to switch in on you.

Basically, Set up Substitute, Toxic, and Fix your HP Problem. HP fire is mainly for skarm.


Cresselia as a whole is fucked in sandstorm though, but since everyone uses ubers at events and around me its all good in that respect. I don't let people use ubers over wifi so I only fear Abomasnow/T-tar/Hippowdon, but my team has Sunny Day so I can fix that.

Oh, and if this doesn't work, can someone help me out with a set for a sassy Cresselia? There isn't one listed in the analysis index.
 
Taunt pretty much screws it over. And walls really don't want to wasting valuable HP on Subs. Moonlight will only work 8 times max, and you're going to want to heal a lot if you're Subbing, as well as taking hits.
 
I always wanted a skarm with hp fire. I'd ditch substitute, there's not much point for it, although it saves you from getting toxic. Go for ice beam maybe, or thunder wave for double status. The EV spread is nice too.
 
Hmm, would HP Ground work on Skarm these days? Highly doubt it without some serious SpAtt investment, but then you are mainly trying to hit that 4 x ground weakness of Magnezone.
 
Magnezone isn't common enough for Skarmory to waste a moveslot on HP Ground. A better alternative would be to whirlwind the first turn skarmory is out in order to scout. Another option would be to just carry shed shell.

I don't see how Cresselia is unable to use moonlight with a sp.def+, speed- nature. Cresselia's special attack is less than mediocre especially with no ev investments. Cress is a free switch in for Heatran every time. Cress is one of the few walls that can switch in safely to dragons every time at full health and scare them off with ice beam. This set is easily beaten by taunters with stat boosting moves such as Floatzel, Gyarados, and Tyranitar.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top