[SET]
name: Celebrate
move 1: Celebrate
move 2: Seed Flare
move 3: Air Slash
move 4: Earth Power
item: Normalium Z
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Celebrate, coupled with Normalium Z, allows Shaymin to become a terrifying late-game sweeper.
- Seed Flare acts as Shaymin's powerful STAB move and has a nifty chance to lower Special Defense.
- Air Slash lets Shaymin hit Grass- and Bug-types such as Roserade, Virizion, and Yanmega, which could otherwise pose an issue to Shaymin.
- Earth Power prevents Steel-, Fire-, and Poison-types like Registeel, Entei, and Dragalge from walling Shaymin.
- Hidden Power [Fire] is an option that nails Steel-types that are neutral or immune to Earth Power, such as Bronzong and Escavalier
- Alternatively, Hidden Power [Rock] hits Fire- and Flying-types that can take Air Slash such as Moltres, Entei, and Noivern.
- Synthesis grants Shaymin with more longevity and makes it a reliable Ice Beam Milotic counter. However, it requires it to forgo important coverage.
- Protect allows a better matchup against Golisopod. although it faces the same issues as Synthesis and is situational at best.
Set Details
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- Special Attack and Speed are maximized to strengthen its offensive presence.
- However, a bulkier spread of x HP / 252 SpA / x Spe with Modest can be used if running Synthesis.
- Timid allows Shaymin to outspeed base 90 Choice Scarf users, such as Moltres, Roserade, and Meloetta.
- Modest can be used if you prefer the extra power behind its attacks and have reliable counterplay against base 90 Speed Choice Scarf users.
- Although not an amazing ability by any means, Natural Cure can let Shaymin absorb status for its teammates.
- Normalium Z is mandatory to power up Celebrate and boosts all of Shaymin's stats by one.
Usage Tips
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Team Options
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- depends a lot on coverage
- pursuiters
- spikes
- screens / memento
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- alolem lol
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