[OVERVIEW]
Automatically setting Psychic Terrain makes Indeedee-F a threatening Choice Scarf user in the NU metagame. Not fearing priority moves, such as First Impression and Sucker Punch, it is free to spam a nuke in Expanding Force, which 2HKOes many top-tier threats like Talonflame, Rotom-C, and Mudsdale. Additionally, coverage moves like Mystical Fire and Dazzling Gleam effectively hit its Steel- and Dark-type checks like Copperajah, Escavalier, and Guzzlord. Along with its coverage, it also gets access to support moves in Healing Wish and Trick. Indeedee-F does face some competition from other Choice Scarf users like Rotom-C and Heliolisk, both of which outspeed it and provide much more utility to the team as pivots. Furthermore, even with Expanding Force, it struggles to deal enough damage to special walls that have recovery like Snorlax, Vaporeon, and Sylveon, with the latter two being able to stall out Psychic Terrain turns via Protect. Due to its limited coverage, Indeedee-F struggles to revenge kill specific threats like Drapion and Stakataka.
[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Expanding Force
move 2: Mystical Fire
move 3: Dazzling Gleam
move 4: Healing Wish / Trick
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Psychic Surge
nature: Modest / Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Mystical Fire hits Steel-types like Stakataka, Copperajah, Escavalier, and Doublade, while Dazzling Gleam nails Dark-types like Guzzlord and Scrafty, which wall Expanding Force. Healing Wish is a great way to revitalize teammates that have worn themselves down, whereas Trick cripples specially defensive Pokemon like Snorlax, Vaporeon, and Sylveon. A Modest nature is preferred, as a Timid nature only lets Indeedee-F outspeed Choice Scarf Passimian compared to other Choice Scarf users.
While it can threaten most Steel-types with Mystical Fire, Indeedee-F appreciates a partner like Silvally-Ground, Passimian, or Salazzle to whittle them down into Expanding Force range or just take them out. Similarly, Dark-types like Guzzlord and Drapion can take advantage of Indeedee-F locking itself into Expanding Force. Physically defensive teammates like Vileplume and Mudsdale can switch in on these threats. Silvally-Ground and Copperajah are great Healing Wish recipients, and walls like Sylveon, Vaporeon, and Snorlax that can tank an Expanding Force and get their HP back via Wish or Rest with little issue are crippled by Trick. Toxicroak works well as a partner here to easily dispose of such threats, and it also enjoys Healing Wish support should it get statused or low on HP.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Choice Specs is a viable option to make Indeedee-F a powerful wallbreaker. However, this set is susceptible to getting outsped and OHKOed by threats like Silvally-Ground and Tauros. Hyper Voice can be used as a secondary STAB move and 2HKOes Drapion, but only at the cost of one of Indeedee-F's utility or coverage moves.
Checks and Counters
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**Steel-types**: Should Indeedee-F be locked into Expanding Force or Dazzling Gleam, Steel-types like Stakataka, Copperajah, Escavalier, and Silvally-Steel can take advantage of this and pressure it and its team. Copperajah and Stakataka can also use opportunities like this to set up Stealth Rock. However, all of them need to be wary of switching into Mystical Fire, besides Stakataka, which merely gets tickled by it.
**Specially Defensive Walls**: Sylveon, Vaporeon, Mantine, and Snorlax are just a few special walls that don't mind coming in on any of Indeedee-F's attacks, since they can eat two hits and reliably restore their HP, but, if Indeedee-F predicts this, they can be crippled by Trick.
**Dark-types**: Guzzlord and Grimmsnarl are immune to Expanding Force and eat up Mystical Fire, but neither one wants to take a Dazzling Gleam, however.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Oathkeeper, 83980]]
- Quality checked by: [[Rabia, 336073], [S1nn0hC0nfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429], [deetah, 297659]]
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