[SET]
name: Primordial Sea
move 1: Weather Ball
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Specs
ability: Primordial Sea
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Inteleon possesses a great Speed tier and powerful, rain-boosted STAB moves including Weather Ball. With Primordial Sea, its Water-type moves are devastating to switch into, 2HKOing special walls like Blissey and RegenVest Jirachi with minimal chip damage. Weather Ball bypasses Desolate Land swtich-ins like Heatran and hits them hard. Hydro Pump is a slightly more powerful, but less accurate, move that is useful for wearing down switch-ins such as Chansey. Ice Beam nails Grass-types like Dhelmise and Tapu Bulu on a predicted switch in, while U-turn pivots out of hard counters like Water Absorb Skarmory. Choice Specs provides Inteleon with the necessary power to break through opposing walls, and a Timid nature lets it outpace fast Pokemon like Cinderace and Latios.
Despite its good Speed tier, Inteleon is forced out by common Pokemon like Tapu Koko, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Genesect. Due to this, partners that can switch into these Pokemon, such as Ferrothorn and Volt Absorb Corviknight, are greatly appreciated. In addition, Ferrothorn provides entry hazard support and item removal with Knock Off to wear down Inteleon's switch-ins. Corviknight can bring Inteleon in safely with a slow pivot and remove entry hazards, which can otherwise wear Inteleon down quickly. Other slow pivots such as Silvally-Dragon and Blissey can also bring Inteleon in safely, which is useful considering its poor defensive utility. Physically offensive partners like Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Choice Band Zarude can revenge kill and threaten out Inteleon's checks; additionally, Inteleon and these partners can pivot into each other's switch-ins, like Corviknight and Chansey, respectively, to weaken or remove them. Sweepers like Belly Drum Kommo-o and Tinted Lens Genesect can often setup on Inteleon's switch-ins, like RegenVest Swampert and Chansey, and make good partners.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Inteleon has no other viable options.
Checks and Counters
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**Toxapex**: Toxapex resists all of Inteleon's moves and can use free turns to lay Toxic Spikes, burn a switch-in with Scald, or remove an item with Knock Off. Inteleon can U-turn on it, but must beware of Rocky Helmet chip damage stacking up.
**Special walls**: At full health, Blissey avoids the 2HKO from any of Inteleon's moves and can cripple it with Thunder Wave or Toxic. RegenVest users like Silvally-Dragon can switch in, tank two hits, and pivot out into either a better counter or an offensive check.
**Faster Pokemon**: Tapu Koko and Barraskewda are two common Pokemon that are naturally faster than Inteleon and can always OHKO it after Stealth Rock. Choice Scarf users like Genesect, Landorus-Therian, and Azelf can do the same. However, none of these Pokemon can properly switch into Inteleon, as its STAB moves will OHKO all of them.
**Priority users**: With Grassy Surge and Grassy Glide, Zarude and Dhelmise can come in on a STAB move at least once and threaten it out with super effective priority, with Synthesis Dhelmise being able to do this multiple times. Triage users like Tapu Bulu, Tapu Lele, and Togekiss can also revenge kill Inteleon, but the latter two require some previous chip before Draining Kiss can OHKO Inteleon.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Heracross2.0, 414072]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
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