
[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Taunt / Rest
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Rage Fist
item: Leftovers / Chesto Berry
ability: Defiant
nature: Careful
evs: 240 HP / 252 SpD / 16 Spe
tera type: Water / Fairy
[SET COMMENTS]
- Annihilape is a solid setup sweeper due to its good Attack stat, decent bulk, and unresisted STAB combination. It can take advantage of Pokemon such as Corviknight, Blissey, and Clodsire.
- Bulk Up gives Annihilape the potential to sweep while also making it progressively harder to KO.
- Taunt allows Annihilape to stay healthy and also stops bulkier Pokemon such as Corviknight, Clodsire, and Toxapex from recovering their health. Rest can alternatively be used with Chesto Berry to get rid of status and recover health, but it fails when Electric Terrain is up.
- Drain Punch allows Annihilape to recover health and damage foes such as Ting-Lu and Iron Treads.
- Rage Fist, along with Taunt, makes Annihilape incredibly threatening for slow walls such as Dondozo and Ting-Lu, as their attacks do little damage to Annilhilape while also boosting Rage Fist's power.
- Tera Water allows Annihilape to take hits from special attackers such as Iron Bundle, Chi-Yu, and Flutter Mane while also letting it resist Flare Blitz from Koraidon.
- Tera Fairy gives Annihilape an immunity against Dragon-type moves from Koraidon and Miraidon while also letting Annihilape take neutral damage from Ghost-type moves from Gholdengo and Flutter Mane, OHKOing them in return with boosted Rage Fist.
- Annihilape reaches its full potential on dual screens hyper offense teams, where it can easily take hits while setting up.
- Special walls such as Ting-Lu and Corviknight are good teammates on balance teams, as Pokemon such as Miraidon, Flutter Mane, and Iron Bundle threaten Annihilape. Corviknight is also able to remove entry hazards for Annihilape. Kingambit as a teammate overwhelms Alomomola and Skeledirge, which are common checks to it and Annihilape.
- Entry hazard setters such as Glimmora, Froslass, Toxapex, and Clodsire can lure in Corviknight, presenting Annhilape with a great setup opportunity by forcing Corviknight to either use Defog and activate Annihilape's Defiant or give Rage Fist a boost by attacking.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Frozoid, 532881]]
- Quality checked by: [[Eledyr, 415367], [corvere, 306317]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Aurora, 109385]]
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