Moves

Confide lowers the foe's Special Attack stat and even goes through the Substitute of Pokemon such as Primarina and Greninja. Iron Defense allows Type: Null to boost its Defense by two stages, easing the matchup against certain physical attackers such as Golem, Choice-locked Garchomp, and physical Hoopa-U. Rest alleviates Type: Null's status and fully restores its health so it can take repeated hits from top-tier threats such as Mega Metagross. Rest also guarantees sleep turns for Type: Null to burn out the PP of opposing Pokemon such as Mega Slowbro. Flame Charge can be used to not only deal damage, but also eventually outspeed his opponents, allowing for Type: Null to be able to use Rest freely against offensive Taunt users like Krookodile, Mega Gardevoir, and bulky Tapu Lele, and therefore being able to more effectively PP them. Return, while not very strong due to the lack of Attack investment, prevents Type: Null from being completely shut down by Taunt and Substitute users such as Mega Gyarados and Tapu Lele while also slowly chipping away at Pokemon such as Mega Mawile and Golem that lack reliable recovery options. However, because Type: Null doesn't have Attack investment, Return may not be enough to defeat Taunt users with recovery.

Set Details

248 HP and 80 Defense EVs alongside and Impish nature allow Type: Null to take on a myriad of physical attackers such as Landorus-T and Choice Band Garchomp. The 180 EV in Special Defense allow Type: Null to prevent being 2HKOed by a Mega Charizard Y's Blast Burn after Confide, allowing Type: Null to safely rest off damage accumulated until the sun wears off. The given Defense and Special Defense EVs, alongside an Impish nature, also guarantee Download users such as Genesect raise their Attack instead of Special Attack, ensuring Type: Null avoids being 3HKOed after using Rest. Because Type: Null is not fully evolved, an Eviolite is equipped to further augment its defensive prowess. Battle Armor prevents Type: Null from being struck with a critical hit to make the foe incapable of overcoming Type: Null's Iron Defense's Defense boosts and Confide's Special Attack drops.

Usage Tips

Avoid picking Type: Null if the opposing team has certain Taunt users such as Mega Gyarados, wallbreakers such as non-Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, or dedicated PP stallers such as Mega Slowbro that can defeat it. Flame Charge is marginally useful against Genesect, as you can simply use Flame Charge twice against to win. If Type: Null is against a Pokemon that can potentially be either a physical or special attacker, such as Hoopa-U, determine if the rest of the opposing team is predominantly made up of physical or special attackers, and use your best judgment. Be careful to not use Rest prematurely, as Type: Null may not be able to win the matchup any longer if too many premature uses of Rest are used. Against opposing PP stallers, use Rest as soon as you get attacked so you can get the two free turns of guaranteed sleep. Do not attack the opposing PP staller, as then they would be able to use Rest and get their two free turns of guaranteed sleep.

Team Options

Faster Fighting-type checks such as Tapu Lele, Aegislash, and Landorus-T that can dissuade the opponent from sending in Fighting-types make good partners for Type: Null, as scaring the opponent from choosing their Mega Lopunny, Mega Blaziken, or Sawk is crucial for Type: Null to have a good matchup. Teammates such as Tapu Bulu, Mega Diancie, and Mega Metagross that can defeat common Taunt and Substitute users such as Mega Gyarados and Tapu Lele are essential in discouraging the opponent from choosing these threats to face Type: Null. Pokemon that beat common Ghost-types such as Mega Lopunny and Heatran are also incredibly useful.