VGC Covert Cloak Whimsicott

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[SET]
Prankster Support (Whimsicott) @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire / Water
EVs: 92 HP / 20 Def / 92 SpA / 52 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Tailwind
- Encore
- Light Screen

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott is a potent Tailwind setter in the Regulation G metagame thanks to Prankster in conjunction with its good supporting movepool, and its typing lets it take on staples such as Raging Bolt and both Urshifu formes. Moonblast lets Whimsicott consistently damage bulky Pokemon such as the aforementioned Raging Bolt while also chipping down Rillaboom and Incineroar. It also lets Whimsicott take full advantage of its good matchup against both Urshifu formes, threatening Urshifu-R with a 2HKO and Urshifu-S with an OHKO once its Focus Sash is broken. Whimsicott's ability to punish passive play like Protect via Encore allows fast-paced teammates like Choice Specs Miraidon and Choice Scarf Chi-Yu to safely output huge damage. Encore also has other immensely useful applications like forcing non-Dark-type Fake Out users like Rillaboom and Iron Hands to switch out if they choose to use the move and reversing Trick Room in the face of threats such as Calyrex-I; this is crucial, as Tailwind teams inherently struggle against Trick Room, especially when they have multiple Pokemon weak to the aforementioned Calyrex-I. Light Screen helps bolster Whimsicott and its allies' bulk against threats such as Calyrex-S and Choice Specs Terapagos. Covert Cloak lets Whimsicott safely ignore Fake Out and set up Tailwind, allowing it to threaten with Encore on the following turn. The physical bulk investment allows Whimsicott to avoid an OHKO from -1 Zamazenta-C's Heavy Slam while never being 2HKOed by +1 Body Press. The special bulk investment enables Whimsicott to never be OHKOed by Choice Specs Tera Stellar Terapagos-S's Tera Starstorm and Mystic Water Kyogre's Water Spout in rain even at full power. Maximum Speed is run in order to let Whimsicott have the best chance to force opposing Whimsicott to repeatedly use Tailwind with Encore, which is an interaction that can also be put to use against the slower Tornadus. Tera Fire rids Whimsicott of its weakness to Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and Incineroar's Flare Blitz among other powerful moves like Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance and Koraidon's sun-boosted Flare Blitz, crucially never getting 2HKOed by Glacial Lance. Alternatively, Tera Water lets it retain its initial resistance to Kyogre's Water Spout and Origin Pulse in addition to the resistances provided by Tera Fire in exchange for sacrificing the positive defensive matchup against Rillaboom and Raging Bolt. Tera Water also provides Whimsicott with a better matchup against Calyrex-I and Pelipper.

Whimsicott, being rather frail, is vulnerable to many relevant Pokemon, most notably Tornadus, as not only does it compete with Whimsicott as a Prankster Tailwind user on nearly every team apart from Miraidon hyper offense, but it also threatens an OHKO with Bleakwind Storm because Whimsicott lacks a Focus Sash. Thus, Miraidon makes for a good partner, as it can easily OHKO Tornadus. Whimsicott supports Choice Specs Miraidon exceptionally well, letting it dish out massive amounts of damage with Tera Electric uncontested under Tailwind. Encore punishes opposing Fake Out users, allowing Choice Specs Miraidon to stay on the field more safely. Whimsicott also helps Chi-Yu do great amounts of damage onto foes thanks to Tailwind and checks Raging Bolt for both it and Miraidon thanks to Beads of Ruin; this is of great value, as Miraidon is otherwise forced to lock into Draco Meteor. Whimsicott is susceptible to being removed by faster Pokemon like Calyrex-I under Trick Room and Chien-Pao, so you should be wise with managing its health and speed control. Iron Hands allows this to happen quite well, not only taking advantage of Trick Room with its low Speed but also heavily threatening Chien-Pao. Its good bulk, access to Fake Out, and healing from Drain Punch allow it to keep Whimsicott safe for multiple turns.

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[SET]
Whimsicott @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire / Water (Good amount of them, with two taking recent day 2.)
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe (You probably want bulk investment without Ficus Sash. It's a support Pokemon so I cant imagine going for a speed tie and max SpA is maximum value.)
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Tailwind
- Encore
- Light Screen

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott is a potent Tailwind setter in the Regulation G metagame thanks to Prankster and its good synergy with Restricted Pokemon like Miraidon in particular (This is kind of because of Prankster Tailwind and is stronger in the Checks/Partners section, I imagine good utility movepool + typng are worth the mention.), making it a mainstay on those teams. Moonblast lets Whimsicott consistently chip down bulky Pokemon such as Raging Bolt, Rillaboom, and Incineroar, while letting it take full advantage of its good matchup against both Urshifu formes, threatening Urshifu-S for an OHKO and Urshifu-R for a 2HKO. Whimsicott's ability to punish passive play like Protect via Encore is of great value, allowing fast-paced teammates like Choice Specs Miraidon and Choice Scarf Chi-Yu to safely output huge damage. Encore also has other immensely useful applications like forcing non-Dark-type Fake Out users like Rillaboom and Iron Hands to switch out if they choose to use the move, while also reversing Trick Room in the face of threats such as Calyrex-I; this is crucial, as Tailwind teams inherently struggle against Trick Room, especially when having multiple Pokemon weak to the aforementioned Calyrex-I. Light Screen helps bolster Whimsicott and its allies' bulk against threats such as Calyrex-S and Choice Specs Terapagos-Terastal. Covert Cloak provides Whimsicott with great value, letting it safely ignore Fake Out and set up Tailwind, allowing it to threaten with Encore on the following turn. Maximum Speed is run in order to let Whimsicott have the best chance to Encore other Whimsicott into repeatedly using Tailwind, which is an interaction that can also be put to use against Tornadus. Tera Fire rids Whimicott of its weakness to Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and Incineroar's Flare Blitz, among other powerful moves like Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance and Koraidon's sun-boosted Flare Blitz, crucially never getting 2HKOed by the former. As an added bonus, it also resists Tornadus's Bleakwind Storm. (Fire vs Flying.)

Whimsicott, being rather frail, is vulnerable to many relevant Pokemon, most notably Tornadus, as it not only competes with Whimsicott for the Prankster Tailwind slot on nearly every team apart from Miraidon Hyper Offense, but also threatens an OHKO with Bleakwind Storm since Whimsicott lacks a Focus Sash. Whimsicott is also susceptible to being removed by naturally faster Pokemon like Calyrex-I under Trick Room and Chien-Pao, so one should be wise with managing its health and speed control. Whimsicott supports Choice Specs Miraidon exceptionally well, letting it dish out massive amounts of damage with Tera Electric uncontested under Tailwind. Encore punishes passive plays like Protect, allowing Miraidon to stay on the field nigh unanswerable. Whimsicott also helps Chi-Yu do great amounts of damage onto foes thanks to Tailwind and checks Raging Bolt for it thanks to Beads of Ruin. (Probably good to slide in how Miraidon can delete Tornadus and how Chi-Yu can threaten Calyrex-I and Chien-Pao. Raging Bolt is also troublesome for Miraidon since you don't want to lock into Draco Meteor, good to clarify that it helps both.)

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hi this is really good, sorry I didn't see this earlier for it to get QC'd
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[SET]
Prankster Support (Whimsicott) @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire / Water
EVs: 92 HP / 20 Def / 92 SpA / 52 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Tailwind
- Encore
- Light Screen

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott is a potent Tailwind setter in the Regulation G metagame thanks to Prankster in conjunction with its good supporting movepool, and its typing which lets it take on staples such as Raging Bolt and both Urshifu formes. Moonblast lets Whimsicott consistently damage bulky Pokemon such as the aformentioned Raging Bolt, while also chipping down Rillaboom and Incineroar. It also lets Whimsicott take full advantage of its good matchup against both Urshifu formes, threatening Urshifu-S for an OHKO (a bit skeptical on this since sash darkfu is the only relevant one, up to you though) and Urshifu-R for a 2HKO. Whimsicott's ability to punish passive play like Protect via Encore is of great value, allowing fast-paced teammates like Choice Specs Miraidon and Choice Scarf Chi-Yu to safely output huge damage. Encore also has other immensely useful applications like forcing non-Dark-type Fake Out users like Rillaboom and Iron Hands to switch out if they choose to use the move, while also reversing Trick Room in the face of threats such as Calyrex-I; this is crucial, as Tailwind teams inherently struggle against Trick Room, especially when having multiple Pokemon weak to the aforementioned Calyrex-I. Light Screen helps bolster Whimsicott and its allies' bulk against threats such as Calyrex-S and Choice Specs Terapagos-Terastal (it helps against both pagos formes). Covert Cloak provides Whimsicott with great value, letting it safely ignore Fake Out and set up Tailwind, allowing it to threaten with Encore on the following turn. The physical bulk allows Whimsicott to avoid an OHKO from -1 Zamazenta-C's Heavy Slam, while never being 2HKOed by +1 Body Press. The special bulk enables Whimsicott to never be OHKOed by Choice Specs Tera Stellar Terapagos-Stellar's Tera Starstorm or Mystic Water Kyogre's Water Spout in rain, even when at full power. Maximum Speed is run in order to let Whimsicott have the best chance to Encore opposing Whimsicott into repeatedly using Tailwind, which is an interaction that can also be put to use against the slower Tornadus. Tera Fire rids Whimicott of its weakness to Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and Incineroar's Flare Blitz, among other powerful moves like Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance and Koraidon's sun-boosted Flare Blitz, crucially never getting 2HKOed by the former. Alternatively, Tera Water lets it resist Kyogre's Water Spout and Origin Pulse (this makes it seem as if you don't resist kyogre in the first place when that's not true. Maybe talk about how it's better against Caly-I and pelli? Not sure, I don't love ogre as an example and how it's worded, I think shifu would be a better to talk about water types as a whole or urshifu-r or smth) in addition to the resistances provided by Tera Fire in exchange for sacrificing the positive defensive matchup against Rillaboom and Raging Bolt.

Whimsicott, being rather frail, is vulnerable to many relevant Pokemon, most notably Tornadus, as it not only competes with Whimsicott for the Prankster Tailwind slot on nearly every team apart from Miraidon Hyper Offense, but also threatens an OHKO with Bleakwind Storm since Whimsicott lacks a Focus Sash. Whimsicott is also susceptible to being removed by naturally faster Pokemon like Calyrex-I under Trick Room and Chien-Pao, so one should be wise with managing its health and speed control. (mention a mon that helps with these weaknesses, like miraidon and iron hands or whatever else you can think of)Whimsicott supports Choice Specs Miraidon exceptionally well, letting it dish out massive amounts of damage with Tera Electric uncontested under Tailwind. Encore punishes passive plays like Protect, allowing Miraidon to stay on the field nigh unanswerable. (you already mentioned this in paragraph 1, probably not necescary to keep it in both. Also how does miraidon specifically benefit from encore support? Basically all pokemon benefit from it. I'd reccomend mentioning fake out since that's a big weakness for mirai.)Whimsicott also helps Chi-Yu do great amounts of damage onto foes thanks to Tailwind and checks Raging Bolt for both it and Miraidon thanks to Beads of Ruin; this is of great value, as Miraidon is otherwise forced to lock into Draco Meteor. In return, Miraidon threatens to OHKO Tornadus. (move this up to where you talk about how torn checks whims)

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[SET]
Prankster Support (Whimsicott) @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fire / Water
EVs: 92 HP / 20 Def / 92 SpA / 52 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Tailwind
- Encore
- Light Screen

[SET COMMENTS]
Whimsicott is a potent Tailwind setter in the Regulation G metagame thanks to Prankster in conjunction with its good supporting movepool, and its typing which lets it take on staples such as Raging Bolt and both Urshifu formes. Moonblast lets Whimsicott consistently damage bulky Pokemon such as the aforementioned Raging Bolt (RC) while also chipping down Rillaboom and Incineroar. It also lets Whimsicott take full advantage of its good matchup against both Urshifu formes, threatening Urshifu-R for with a 2HKO and Urshifu-S for with an OHKO once its Focus Sash is broken. Whimsicott's ability to punish passive play like Protect via Encore is of great value, (fluff) allowing allows fast-paced teammates like Choice Specs Miraidon and Choice Scarf Chi-Yu to safely output huge damage. Encore also has other immensely useful applications like forcing non-Dark-type Fake Out users like Rillaboom and Iron Hands to switch out if they choose to use the move, while also and reversing Trick Room in the face of threats such as Calyrex-I; this is crucial, as Tailwind teams inherently struggle against Trick Room, especially when having they have multiple Pokemon weak to the aforementioned Calyrex-I. Light Screen helps bolster Whimsicott and its allies' bulk against threats such as Calyrex-S and Choice Specs Terapagos. Covert Cloak provides Whimsicott with great value, (fluff) letting it lets Whimsicott safely ignore Fake Out and set up Tailwind, allowing it to threaten with Encore on the following turn. The physical bulk investment allows Whimsicott to avoid an OHKO from -1 Zamazenta-C's Heavy Slam (RC) while never being 2HKOed by +1 Body Press. The special bulk investment enables Whimsicott to never be OHKOed by Choice Specs Tera Stellar Terapagos-Stellar's Tera Starstorm or and Mystic Water Kyogre's Water Spout in rain (RC) even when at full power. Maximum Speed is run in order to let Whimsicott have the best chance to Encore (move names shouldn't generally be used as verbs) force opposing Whimsicott into repeatedly using use Tailwind with Encore, which is an interaction that can also be put to use against the slower Tornadus. Tera Fire rids Whimsicott of its weakness to Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash and Incineroar's Flare Blitz (RC) among other powerful moves like Calyrex-I's Glacial Lance and Koraidon's sun-boosted Flare Blitz, crucially never getting 2HKOed by the former Glacial Lance. (It's ambiguous on which move "the former" refers to.) Alternatively, Tera Water lets it retain its initial resistance to Kyogre's Water Spout and Origin Pulse in addition to the resistances provided by Tera Fire (RC) in exchange for sacrificing the positive defensive matchup against Rillaboom and Raging Bolt. Tera Water also provides Whimsicott with a better matchup against Calyrex-I and Pelipper.

Whimsicott, being rather frail, is vulnerable to many relevant Pokemon, most notably Tornadus, as it not only does it competes with Whimsicott for the as a Prankster Tailwind slot user on nearly every team apart from Miraidon Hyper Offense hyper offense, but it also threatens an OHKO with Bleakwind Storm since because Whimsicott lacks a Focus Sash. Thus, Miraidon makes for a good partner, (AC) as it can easily OHKO Tornadus. Whimsicott supports Choice Specs Miraidon exceptionally well, letting it dish out massive amounts of damage with Tera Electric uncontested under Tailwind. Encore punishes opposing Fake Out users, (you can't really punish the move itself, but you can punish the Pokemon using it) allowing Choice Specs Miraidon to stay on the field more safely. Whimsicott also helps Chi-Yu do great amounts of damage onto foes thanks to Tailwind and checks Raging Bolt for both it and Miraidon thanks to Beads of Ruin; this is of great value, as Miraidon is otherwise forced to lock into Draco Meteor. (Moved these three sentences here because they were talking about how Whimsicott helps out Miraidon in return.) Whimsicott is also susceptible to being removed by naturally (this goes against Trick Room by definition) faster Pokemon like Calyrex-I under Trick Room and Chien-Pao, so one you should be wise with managing its health and speed control. Iron Hands allows this to happen quite well, not only taking advantage of Trick Room with its low Speed (RC) but also heavily threatening Chien-Pao. Its good bulk, (AC) in conjunction with access to Fake Out, (AC) and healing from Drain Punch allow (reworded a bit for subject-verb agreement) it to keep Whimsicott safe for multiple turns. Whimsicott supports Choice Specs Miraidon exceptionally well, letting it dish out massive amounts of damage with Tera Electric uncontested under Tailwind. Encore punishes Fake Out, allowing Choice Specs Miraidon to stay on the field more safely. Whimsicott also helps Chi-Yu do great amounts of damage onto foes thanks to Tailwind and checks Raging Bolt for both it and Miraidon thanks to Beads of Ruin; this is of great value, as Miraidon is otherwise forced to lock into Draco Meteor.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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