[Overview]
<p>Despite Exeggutor's passive and somewhat dimwitted visage, it has established itself as a very capable offensive and defensive powerhouse. With two great abilities in Chlorophyll and Harvest, a bountiful movepool, and a good stat spread, Exeggutor is one of the most unpredictable and powerful Grass-types in NU. Unfortunately, Exeggutor's sluggish Speed stat holds it back. Even with its ability, Chlorophyll, doubling Exeggutor's Speed in the sun, it simply isn't fast enough to outpace one of the key Choice Scarf users, Jynx. Moreover, Exeggutor's low Special Defense and weakness to Bug-, Ice-, Dark-, and Flying-type moves makes it an open target for many of NU's powerful attackers. Nevertheless, so long as you capitalize on Exeggutor's prime characteristic—its immense versatility, then you're in for a sweet surprise.</p>
[SET]
name: LumRest
move 1: Rest
move 2: Sleep Powder
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic
item: Lum Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 176 SpA / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This set takes advantage of all of Exeggutor's best qualities, namely its amazing ability, Harvest, good bulk, and exceptional power. Lum Berry coupled with Harvest essentially makes Exeggutor impervious to status afflictions. Rest is one of the best ways to exploit Harvest, as it allows Exeggutor to fully heal itself in one turn. This makes Exeggutor a good counter to many weak walls such as Alomomola, Tangela, and Seismitoad. Sleep Powder makes Exeggutor even more annoying by crippling an incoming counter that can actually deal with its stalling ordeals. Giga Drain is the preferred STAB move because of its acceptable power and ability to regain copious amounts of HP from the likes of Alomomola. Psychic is Exeggutor's more powerful STAB so that it can deal with certain Grass-type resists and OHKO almost all Fighting-types in NU.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>0 Attack IVs ensure that Exeggutor takes minimal damage from Foul Play and confusion. The HP EV spread is tailored to survive Choice Band Sawk's Ice Punch, Life Orb Samurott's Ice Beam, and Choice Scarf Primape's U-turn. 84 Speed EVs allows Exeggutor to get the jump on the likes of Alomomola and thus effectively counter it.</p>
name: SubSeed
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Protect / Sleep Powder
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 176 Def / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>If you're looking for something that can annoy your opponent and stall out their entire team, this is it. Harvest makes this set possible, as it can restore Exeggutor's Sitrus Berry 50% of the time, allowing it to continually stall out its opponent. The combination of Substitute + Leech Seed allows Exeggutor to outstall entire teams. Psychic is Exeggutor's best STAB to deal with Grass-type resists such as Sawsbuck and Roselia. Protect can be used to further stall for Leech Seed recovery and even scout for moves, while Sleep Powder gives Exeggutor a free turn to set up or incapacitates one of the few Pokemon that can deal with this set, Mandibuzz.</p>
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Sleep Powder
move 4: Hidden Power Ground / Giga Drain
item: Choice Specs
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest
evs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Sunny Day
move 2: Solarbeam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Sleep Powder / Hidden Power Fire
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Toxic and Hidden Power Ice are both plausible on the Choice Specs set. With Toxic, Exeggutor can cripple common switch-ins such as Mandibuzz. With Hidden Power Ice, Exeggutor can demolish bulky Flying-types such as Mandibuzz, Braviary, and Altaria. A Swords Dance set or a mixed set can also work, but Exeggutor can sweep much easier with its special rather than its physical attacks. Speaking of physical attacks, Wood Hammer can be used in conjunction with a Specially Defensive spread so that it can lure out Jynx and smash her to pieces. A dual screens set can also work given Exeggutor access to Sleep Powder and Explosion, though its low Speed tends to get in the way of such an option. In regards to Exeggutor's low Speed, there are two other ways Exeggutor can fix this issue. The first involves a hilarious Choice Scarf set, which can catch many potential revenge killers or faster threats off guard. The second involves a Trick Room set, though just like the Choice Scarf set, there will still be a few other Pokemon capable of outspeeding and OHKOing Exeggutor. Instead of trying to speed up, Exeggutor can slow down its opponents with Stun Spore. By paralyzing its opponents, Exeggutor can give a slow wallbreaker such as Eelektross, plenty of opportunities to obliterate the opposing team. Unfortunately, Exeggutor has difficulty finding room for Stun Spore. In a similar vain, Exeggutor can use Wish to support its team, but its HP stat simply isn't high enough to make use of this move. Finally, Power Swap + Leaf Storm is another fun option. Once Exeggutor uses Leaf Storm, it can pass the -2 Special Attack drops to its opponent; this not only allows Exeggutor to whip out another full power Leaf Storm, but by weakening the opponent, it can potentially survive a super effective special attack.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Any Pokemon with insane offenses, versatility, and access to a sleep-inducing move is essentially without counters. The first step to counter Exeggutor is to flush out Sleep Powder, afterwords, there are a multitude of Pokemon that can handle it. The most prominent one is Mandibuzz. Mandibuzz can take anything from Exeggutor and easily Roost of the damage, from there, it can 2HKO Exeggutor with Brave Bird. Mandibuzz is crippled by the rare Toxic and Trick, so a little caution must be taken. Specially Defensive Zweilous is the next best counter because it sponge Exeggutor's STABs and most coverage attacks; however, it will be outstalled with a combination of Substitute + Leech Seed or like Mandibuzz, be crippled with Toxic or Trick.</p>
<p>Skuntank is the next best check, while it is 2HKO'd by a Choice Specs-boosted Leaf Storm, it can easily retaliate with a powerful Crunch or Pursuit trap a fleeing Exeggutor. Regice and Articuno are also great checks thanks to their fantastic defenses, though both of them are quite easy to wear down because of their crippling Stealth Rock weakness. Metang and Bronzor can also take on Exeggutor, though a Choice Specs-boosted Leaf Storm will doe a sizeable amount of damage. Sap Sipper Pokemon such as Miltank are of the few that don't care about Exeggutor's Choice specs Leaf Storm and because of its overall great defenses, access to reliable recovery, it also makes a good check. Altaria and Lickilicky can also check Exeggutor, though they risk being outstalled with Leech Seed or torn apart by a powerful Psychic.</p>
<p>Fortunately, checking Exeggutor isn't as difficult. Choice Scarf Jynx in particualar makes an excellent check as it can outspeed even Sunny Day varients and OHKO with Ice Beam. Charizard can easily switch into Exeggutor's Grass-type moves and OHKO with its powerful Fire-type STABs. Scolipede and Haunter have difficulty switching in, but they can also take Exeggutor down. Finally, priority attacks from Kangaskhan, Cacturne, and Shiftry can take Exeggutor out in desperate situations.</p>
<p>Despite Exeggutor's passive and somewhat dimwitted visage, it has established itself as a very capable offensive and defensive powerhouse. With two great abilities in Chlorophyll and Harvest, a bountiful movepool, and a good stat spread, Exeggutor is one of the most unpredictable and powerful Grass-types in NU. Unfortunately, Exeggutor's sluggish Speed stat holds it back. Even with its ability, Chlorophyll, doubling Exeggutor's Speed in the sun, it simply isn't fast enough to outpace one of the key Choice Scarf users, Jynx. Moreover, Exeggutor's low Special Defense and weakness to Bug-, Ice-, Dark-, and Flying-type moves makes it an open target for many of NU's powerful attackers. Nevertheless, so long as you capitalize on Exeggutor's prime characteristic—its immense versatility, then you're in for a sweet surprise.</p>
[SET]
name: LumRest
move 1: Rest
move 2: Sleep Powder
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic
item: Lum Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 176 SpA / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This set takes advantage of all of Exeggutor's best qualities, namely its amazing ability, Harvest, good bulk, and exceptional power. Lum Berry coupled with Harvest essentially makes Exeggutor impervious to status afflictions. Rest is one of the best ways to exploit Harvest, as it allows Exeggutor to fully heal itself in one turn. This makes Exeggutor a good counter to many weak walls such as Alomomola, Tangela, and Seismitoad. Sleep Powder makes Exeggutor even more annoying by crippling an incoming counter that can actually deal with its stalling ordeals. Giga Drain is the preferred STAB move because of its acceptable power and ability to regain copious amounts of HP from the likes of Alomomola. Psychic is Exeggutor's more powerful STAB so that it can deal with certain Grass-type resists and OHKO almost all Fighting-types in NU.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>0 Attack IVs ensure that Exeggutor takes minimal damage from Foul Play and confusion. The HP EV spread is tailored to survive Choice Band Sawk's Ice Punch, Life Orb Samurott's Ice Beam, and Choice Scarf Primape's U-turn. 84 Speed EVs allows Exeggutor to get the jump on the likes of Alomomola and thus effectively counter it.</p>
- works quite well with Pokemon who have difficulty with mola + tangela or roselia core
- of them, carrocosta, kangskhan, and samurott all appreciates eggy's support
- it can even work as a wonderful counter to defensive seismitoed
- this helps pokemon like golurk and piloswine
- in general, it serves as a great counter to defensive water-types
- so any teams that likes them removed while wanting to maintain offensive presence benefit from this set
- Substitute + Sitrus Berry allows eggy to dodge status and attacks like sucker punch
name: SubSeed
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Protect / Sleep Powder
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 176 Def / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>If you're looking for something that can annoy your opponent and stall out their entire team, this is it. Harvest makes this set possible, as it can restore Exeggutor's Sitrus Berry 50% of the time, allowing it to continually stall out its opponent. The combination of Substitute + Leech Seed allows Exeggutor to outstall entire teams. Psychic is Exeggutor's best STAB to deal with Grass-type resists such as Sawsbuck and Roselia. Protect can be used to further stall for Leech Seed recovery and even scout for moves, while Sleep Powder gives Exeggutor a free turn to set up or incapacitates one of the few Pokemon that can deal with this set, Mandibuzz.</p>
- One of the most annoying sets you could possibly face
- With the combination of Sub + Leech Seed + Lum Berry + Harvest, eggy has the potential to outstall Pokemon who hit it for super effective damage,
- including, (but not limited to), Jynx, Charizard, Scolipede, and skuntank.
- Psychic targets Pokemon that are immune to leech seed, including Vileplume, Roselia, and Tangela
- Protect can provide even more stalling shenanigans
- Sleep Powder on the other hand can helps eggy take out a counter and give it a free set up turns
- 0 atk ivs to take minimal foul play damage
- evs allow it to outspeed uninvested base 65 speed pokemon such as Roselia and Alomomola
- physical defensive spread is best b/c of its good bulk and resistances
- paralysis or toxic spikes support works exceptionally well with this set, by either giving eggy more free turns or allowing it to stall more easily
- scolipede and garbodor make are the best partners for setting up t-spikes up
- liepard and rotom-s can provide t-wave support and also have decent synergy
- defensive partners like alomomola and metang appreciate eggy's ability to take on electric- and ground-type attackers
- Heal Bell support from Audino and Lickilicky
- Alomomola to take on scolipede
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Sleep Powder
move 4: Hidden Power Ground / Giga Drain
item: Choice Specs
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest
evs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Has the capability of 2HKOing the entire tier (bar mandibuz)
- Leaf Storm hits like a nuke, capable of shredding through resists such as skuntank
- Psychic works well in targeting Grass resistant threats, such as Sawsbuck
- Sleep Powder seems odd on a specs set, but it gives eggy the ability to guarantee no safe switch-ins
- Hidden Power Ground can be used to target bulky Skuntank and Metang
- While Giga Drain can work as a reliable stab alternative to Leaf Storm
- Speed evs allow it to outspeed max speed golem and put it sleep or OHKO
- max speed with timid nature
- due to its ability to force switches, stealth rock support is highly recommended
- golem and golurk in particular have good synergy and can set up the move
- pairs quite well with offensive seismitoad, as both cover each other's weaknesses quite well and have great offensive synergy
- scarf sawk also makes a good partner as it benefits from eggy's ability to punch holes in the team, allowing to sweep late-game
- scarf primeape and swellow also makes good partners for the same reason as sawk
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Sunny Day
move 2: Solarbeam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Sleep Powder / Hidden Power Fire
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Fixes eggy's speed issues
- Sunny Day is what allows it to boost its speed, not only that but it can support fire-types such as charizard and juices up eggy's own attacks
- SolarBeam is eggy's best stab in the sunlight and can be used constantly with no drawbacks
- Psychic nails the like of Brivairy and Charizard
- A sun-boosted Hidden Power Fire has the capability of doing serious damage to Steel-types like metang
- On the other hand, Sleep Powder allows it to dodge suck punch from skuntank, kangaskhan, and shiftry
- stealth rock support is helpful to snag a KO on Rotom-S with psychic
- golem, carrocosta, and metang can all set up rocks
- can work as either a stand alone sweeper or on dedictated sun teams
- if on sun teams, volbeat, Regirock, and liepard can all set up sunny day reliably
- Regirock even has the added benefit of luring in Pokemon that eggy can come in on, such as fighting- and ground-type attackers like golem and sawk
- other sun teammates include charizard, as it can get past skuntank and metang easily
- shiftry is also a good partner for its ability to take out bulky psychic-types such as gardevoir and musharna, more reliably
- other usable moves include substitute, giga drain, and nature power
- substitute is useful to dodge priority attacks like sucker punch, while making it much harder to revenge kill
- giga drain can be used as a more reliable grass-type stab, which is especially useful when sunny day is not up
- nature's power on the other hand provides eggy with the ability to destroy both metang and skuntank
- the move also has the added benefit of not allowing sucker punch to activate
- finally, heat rock can be used to extend the duration of sunny day
<p>Toxic and Hidden Power Ice are both plausible on the Choice Specs set. With Toxic, Exeggutor can cripple common switch-ins such as Mandibuzz. With Hidden Power Ice, Exeggutor can demolish bulky Flying-types such as Mandibuzz, Braviary, and Altaria. A Swords Dance set or a mixed set can also work, but Exeggutor can sweep much easier with its special rather than its physical attacks. Speaking of physical attacks, Wood Hammer can be used in conjunction with a Specially Defensive spread so that it can lure out Jynx and smash her to pieces. A dual screens set can also work given Exeggutor access to Sleep Powder and Explosion, though its low Speed tends to get in the way of such an option. In regards to Exeggutor's low Speed, there are two other ways Exeggutor can fix this issue. The first involves a hilarious Choice Scarf set, which can catch many potential revenge killers or faster threats off guard. The second involves a Trick Room set, though just like the Choice Scarf set, there will still be a few other Pokemon capable of outspeeding and OHKOing Exeggutor. Instead of trying to speed up, Exeggutor can slow down its opponents with Stun Spore. By paralyzing its opponents, Exeggutor can give a slow wallbreaker such as Eelektross, plenty of opportunities to obliterate the opposing team. Unfortunately, Exeggutor has difficulty finding room for Stun Spore. In a similar vain, Exeggutor can use Wish to support its team, but its HP stat simply isn't high enough to make use of this move. Finally, Power Swap + Leaf Storm is another fun option. Once Exeggutor uses Leaf Storm, it can pass the -2 Special Attack drops to its opponent; this not only allows Exeggutor to whip out another full power Leaf Storm, but by weakening the opponent, it can potentially survive a super effective special attack.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Any Pokemon with insane offenses, versatility, and access to a sleep-inducing move is essentially without counters. The first step to counter Exeggutor is to flush out Sleep Powder, afterwords, there are a multitude of Pokemon that can handle it. The most prominent one is Mandibuzz. Mandibuzz can take anything from Exeggutor and easily Roost of the damage, from there, it can 2HKO Exeggutor with Brave Bird. Mandibuzz is crippled by the rare Toxic and Trick, so a little caution must be taken. Specially Defensive Zweilous is the next best counter because it sponge Exeggutor's STABs and most coverage attacks; however, it will be outstalled with a combination of Substitute + Leech Seed or like Mandibuzz, be crippled with Toxic or Trick.</p>
<p>Skuntank is the next best check, while it is 2HKO'd by a Choice Specs-boosted Leaf Storm, it can easily retaliate with a powerful Crunch or Pursuit trap a fleeing Exeggutor. Regice and Articuno are also great checks thanks to their fantastic defenses, though both of them are quite easy to wear down because of their crippling Stealth Rock weakness. Metang and Bronzor can also take on Exeggutor, though a Choice Specs-boosted Leaf Storm will doe a sizeable amount of damage. Sap Sipper Pokemon such as Miltank are of the few that don't care about Exeggutor's Choice specs Leaf Storm and because of its overall great defenses, access to reliable recovery, it also makes a good check. Altaria and Lickilicky can also check Exeggutor, though they risk being outstalled with Leech Seed or torn apart by a powerful Psychic.</p>
<p>Fortunately, checking Exeggutor isn't as difficult. Choice Scarf Jynx in particualar makes an excellent check as it can outspeed even Sunny Day varients and OHKO with Ice Beam. Charizard can easily switch into Exeggutor's Grass-type moves and OHKO with its powerful Fire-type STABs. Scolipede and Haunter have difficulty switching in, but they can also take Exeggutor down. Finally, priority attacks from Kangaskhan, Cacturne, and Shiftry can take Exeggutor out in desperate situations.</p>
[Overview]
name: LumRest
move 1: Rest
move 2: Sleep Powder
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic
item: Lum Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 176 SpA / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
name: SubSeed
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Protect / Sleep Powder
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 176 Def / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Sleep Powder
move 4: Hidden Power Ground / Giga Drain
item: Choice Specs
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest
evs: 84 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Sunny Day
move 2: Solarbeam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Sleep Powder / Hidden Power Fire
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Two great abilities
- Expansive movepool; versatile, can run a lot of different sets as a result
- Access to sleep powder makes it even more potent
- Very slow outside of chlorophyll, making it easy to kill
- Somewhat slow even with Chlorophyll
- Weak to common attacking types like Bug-, Ice-, Flying-, and Dark-type
- Weak Special Defense doesn't help either
- Its wide variety of sets allow it patch up its flaws, it also makes it a good fit on pretty much every type of team, making it a great Pokemon overall
name: LumRest
move 1: Rest
move 2: Sleep Powder
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic
item: Lum Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 176 SpA / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
- Takes full advantage of it's great ability, Harvest and its solid bulk
- Great pivot on offensive teams, functioning as a great status absorber while still maintaining respectable offensive presensce
- Rest is a given with Lum Berry, allowing eggy to outstall the likes of metang
- Sleep Powder works well in crippling a counter and has great utility in general
- Giga Drain and Psychic are the most reliable STAB moves, hitting most threats for at least neutral damage
- HP evs allow it to survive sawk's CB Ice punch after rocks. LO Samurott's Ice Beam, and Scarf Primape's u-turn
- 84 speed allows it to outspeed the like of alomomola and effectively counter it
- works quite well with Pokemon who have difficulty with mola + tangela or roselia core
- of them, carrocosta, kangskhan, and samurott all appreciates eggy's support
- it can even work as a wonderful counter to defensive seismitoed
- this helps pokemon like golurk and piloswine
- in general, it serves as a great counter to defensive water-types
- so any teams that likes them removed while wanting to maintain offensive presence benefit from this set
- Substitute + Sitrus Berry allows eggy to dodge status and attacks like sucker punch
name: SubSeed
move 1: Substitute
move 2: Leech Seed
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Protect / Sleep Powder
item: Sitrus Berry
ability: Harvest
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 176 Def / 84 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
- One of the most annoying sets you could possibly face
- With the combination of Sub + Leech Seed + Lum Berry + Harvest, eggy has the potential to outstall Pokemon who hit it for super effective damage,
- including, (but not limited to), Jynx, Charizard, Scolipede, and skuntank.
- Psychic targets Pokemon that are immune to leech seed, including Vileplume, Roselia, and Tangela
- Protect can provide even more stalling shenanigans
- Sleep Powder on the other hand can helps eggy take out a counter and give it a free set up turns
- 0 atk ivs to take minimal foul play damage
- evs allow it to outspeed uninvested base 65 speed pokemon such as Roselia and Alomomola
- physical defensive spread is best b/c of its good bulk and resistances
- paralysis or toxic spikes support works exceptionally well with this set, by either giving eggy more free turns or allowing it to stall more easily
- scolipede and garbodor make are the best partners for setting up t-spikes up
- liepard and rotom-s can provide t-wave support and also have decent synergy
- defensive partners like alomomola and metang appreciate eggy's ability to take on electric- and ground-type attackers
- Heal Bell support from Audino and Lickilicky
- Alomomola to take on scolipede
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Psychic
move 3: Sleep Powder
move 4: Hidden Power Ground / Giga Drain
item: Choice Specs
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest
evs: 84 HP / 252 SpA / 176 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Has the capability of 2HKOing the entire tier (bar mandibuz)
- Leaf Storm hits like a nuke, capable of shredding through resists such as skuntank
- Psychic works well in targeting Grass resistant threats, such as Sawsbuck
- Sleep Powder seems odd on a specs set, but it gives eggy the ability to guarantee no safe switch-ins
- Hidden Power Ground can be used to target bulky Skuntank and Metang
- While Giga Drain can work as a reliable stab alternative to Leaf Storm
- Speed evs allow it to outspeed max speed golem and put it sleep or OHKO
- max speed with timid nature
- due to its ability to force switches, stealth rock support is highly recommended
- golem and golurk in particular have good synergy and can set up the move
- pairs quite well with offensive seismitoad, as both cover each other's weaknesses quite well and have great offensive synergy
- scarf sawk also makes a good partner as it benefits from eggy's ability to punch holes in the team, allowing to sweep late-game
- scarf primeape and swellow also makes good partners for the same reason as sawk
name: Sun Sweeper
move 1: Sunny Day
move 2: Solarbeam
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Sleep Powder / Hidden Power Fire
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
- Fixes eggy's speed issues
- Sunny Day is what allows it to boost its speed, not only that but it can support fire-types such as charizard and juices up eggy's own attacks
- SolarBeam is eggy's best stab in the sunlight and can be used constantly with no drawbacks
- Psychic nails the like of Brivairy and Charizard
- A sun-boosted Hidden Power Fire has the capability of doing serious damage to Steel-types like metang
- On the other hand, Sleep Powder allows it to dodge suck punch from skuntank, kangaskhan, and shiftry
- stealth rock support is helpful to snag a KO on Rotom-S with psychic
- golem, carrocosta, and metang can all set up rocks
- can work as either a stand alone sweeper or on dedictated sun teams
- if on sun teams, volbeat, Regirock, and liepard can all set up sunny day reliably
- Regirock even has the added benefit of luring in Pokemon that eggy can come in on, such as fighting- and ground-type attackers like golem and sawk
- other sun teammates include charizard, as it can get past skuntank and metang easily
- shiftry is also a good partner for its ability to take out bulky psychic-types such as gardevoir and musharna, more reliably
- other usable moves include substitute, giga drain, and nature power
- substitute is useful to dodge priority attacks like sucker punch, while making it much harder to revenge kill
- giga drain can be used as a more reliable grass-type stab, which is especially useful when sunny day is not up
- nature's power on the other hand provides eggy with the ability to destroy both metang and skuntank
- the move also has the added benefit of not allowing sucker punch to activate
- finally, heat rock can be used to extend the duration of sunny day
- Toxic or HP Ice on Choice Specs for Mandibuzz or other common switch-ins
- Swords Dance w/physical moves like Wood Hammer
- Dual Screens
- Choice Scarf
- Mixed
- Stun Spore
- Wish
- SpD set w/wood hammer to lure out jynx
- Trick Room
- Power Swap + Leaf Storm
- Sleep powder limits it
- even then, it has very few that can take all of its attacks
- Mandibuzz
- Specially Defensive Zweilous
- Skuntank can't take repeated hits, but it doesn't need to w/pursuit
- Articuno / Regice (easy to wear down)
- Easy to check though
- Jynx, Charizard, Braviary, Scoliped, Haunter, can all make quick work of it
- Anything faster with a strong attack really, though none of those can switch-in or even outspeed it (w/o a scarf) if it's a Chlorophyll variant
- Defensive checks include altaria, metang, miltank, and lickilicky
- can be revenge killed by priority moves from shiftry, cacturne, and kangaskhan
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