BSS Gengar

[Theorymon]

Gengar is good again, but I liked his role in Bayonetta 3 more!

[SET]
name: Disruptor
move 1: Encore
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Destiny Bond / Sludge Bomb / Dazzling Gleam / Focus Blast
move 4: Thunder Wave / Sludge Bomb / Dazzling Gleam / Focus Blast
item: Focus Sash
ability: Cursed Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal / Fairy / Flying

[SET COMMENTS]

* Gengar's useful immunities and fast Encore give it a niche as an incredibly disruptive Pokemon, especially if taking the corrective predictive risks.

* Destiny Bond is excellent at making foes second guess attacking Gengar. When slower foes don't take the bait and use a setup move, Gengar can punish them with Encore.

* Thunder Wave is great at crippling faster sweepers if Gengar's Focus Sash is intact, and punishing fast, common switch-ins such as Hydreigon.

* Sludge Bomb covers Meowscarada and Fairy-types, in addition to being Gengar's most powerful attack.

* Dazzling Gleam OHKOes Hydreigon after Stealth Rock damage and is an appealing secondary STAB move when using Tera Fairy.

* Focus Blast is Gengar's best shot at beating Kingambit outside of Destiny Bond.

* Will-O-Wisp does a great job of crippling bulky sweepers that Gengar can be forced to Destiny Bond against, such as Dragonite and Tera Annihilape.

Tera Types
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* **Normal**: Tera Normal Gengar can turn slower Ghost-types such as Mimikyu and Annihilape into easy Encore targets.

* **Fairy**: A Dragon-type immunity gives Gengar new Encore targets and better threatens Dragon-types.

* **Flying**: Earthquake is a common attack against Gengar, so Tera Flying can turn the tables effectively. It also takes advantage of common Fissure users such as Dondozo and Garganacl.

* **Dark**: A Dark Tera type lets Gengar surprise Espathra, letting it Encore Stored Power and potentially ruin its sweep.

[CREDITS]

- Written by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[DerpySuX, 528485]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]

 

[DerpySuX]

I feel like you could slash in another offensive move in the third move slot as well. Not to say that destiny bond isn’t good, but a more offensive use of encore could really turn a game around too.

I would also note that with a flying tera you’re able to encore fissure mons and get entirely free turns on them, which is a pretty big deal, almost bigger than the EQ immunity.

Apart from that, solid as always. QC APPROVED

 

[Theorymon]

Implemented the stuff! Yeah I've seen "3 offensive moves" Gengar before, probably better it's this set rather than making a new set, because it still does the crazy Encore stuff lol.

Anyways, thanks for the check, this is ready for GP!

GP Team

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture

GP Check

[SET]
name: Disruptor
move 1: Encore
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Destiny Bond / Sludge Bomb / Dazzling Gleam / Focus Blast
move 4: Thunder Wave / Sludge Bomb / Dazzling Gleam / Focus Blast
item: Focus Sash
ability: Cursed Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal / Fairy / Flying

[SET COMMENTS]

* Gengar's useful immunities and access to a fast Encore give it a niche as an incredibly disruptive Pokemon, especially if taking the corrective predictive risks.

* Destiny Bond is excellent at making foes second guess attacking Gengar. When slower foes don't take the bait and use a setup one word move, Gengar can punish them back with Encore.

* Thunder Wave is great at crippling faster sweepers if Gengar's Focus Sash is intact, and punishing fast, common switch-ins such as Hydreigon.

* Sludge Bomb covers Meowscarada and Fairy-types, in addition to being Gengar's most powerful attack.

* Dazzling Gleam OHKOes Hydreigon after Stealth Rock damage, remove comma and is an appealing secondary STAB move when using Tera Fairy.

* Focus Blast is Gengar's best shot at beating Kingambit outside of Destiny Bond.

* Will-O-Wisp does a great job of crippling bulky sweepers that Gengar can be forced to Destiny Bond against, such as Dragonite and Tera Annihilape.

Tera Types
========

* **Normal**: Tera Normal Gengar can make turn slower Ghost-types such as Mimikyu and Annihilape into easy Encore targets.

* **Fairy**: A Dragon-type immunity gives Gengar new Encore targets, and the boosted power of Dazzling Gleam does much more damage against Dragon-types and better threatens Dragon-types.

* **Flying**: Earthquake is a common attack against Gengar, so Tera Flying can turn the tables effectively. It also makes Gengar take advantage takes advantage of common Fissure users such as Dondozo and Garganacl.

* **Dark**: A Dark Tera type lets Gengar surprise Espathra, letting it Encore Stored Power and potentially ruin its sweep.

GP 1/1! Noticed credits are missing, don't forget those (I am 523866)

GP Team done

 

[Theorymon]

Thanks a lot for the check, time for Gengar to reveal itself from the shadows onsite!