[SET]
Offensive Utility (Banette-Mega) @ Banettite
Ability: Frisk
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist
- Encore
- Destiny Bond
- Will-O-Wisp
[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Banette cements itself as a niche offensive disruption tool for balance and offensive teams with its ability Prankster and its support movepool. Access to priority status moves allows it to wreak havoc when facing offensive Pokemon, such as being able to disrupt with Encore or burn Zamazenta, Ogerpon-W, and Mega Lopunny. It can also switch into status and Fighting-type moves and threaten an Encore or gain momentum against Pokemon such as Calm Mind Raging Bolt and Swords Dance Gliscor, as well as Zamazenta's Close Combat. Mega Banette is no slouch when it comes to offensive power either, as it's able to use its gargantuan Attack stat in combination with Poltergeist to deal immense damage to a majority of the metagame, picking up 2HKOs on most switch-ins that don't resist or aren't immune to Ghost, such as Ferrothorn, physically defensive Zapdos, and specially defensive Corviknight. Destiny Bond allows Mega Banette to force a trade even once it's threatened out, being able to deal with fast threats without priority moves like Iron Valiant, Choice Scarf users like Urshifu-S and Tapu Lele, or setup sweepers that have gotten out of hand such as Swords Dance Iron Boulder and Nasty Plot Darkrai. However, Mega Banette requires a large commitment from its teammates to be able to function, relying on them consistently bring it in to make the most use of its supportive capabilities due to its lackluster bulk. It also heavily disincentivizes Knock Off, since Mega Banette relies on Poltergeist. Mega Banette fits best on teams that want to keep up offensive pressure as much as possible while also having a good stopgap for setup sweepers like Volcarona and Ogerpon-W. Good partners for it include bulky pivots such as Corviknight, Alomomola, and Galarian Slowking, as they afford it opportunities to threaten foes by using Encore. Additionally, it appreciates support from strong Fighting-types like Zamazenta and Urshifu-R to deal with Dark-types such as Mega Tyranitar, Hisuian Samurott, and Weavile, which resist Poltergeist and are immune its status moves once Mega Evolved, and Garganacl, which effectively resists Poltergeist and is also immune to its status moves.
[SET CREDITS]
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Offensive Utility (Banette-Mega) @ Banettite
Ability: Frisk
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poltergeist
- Encore
- Destiny Bond
- Will-O-Wisp
[SET COMMENTS]
Mega Banette cements itself as a niche offensive disruption tool for balance and offensive teams with its ability Prankster and its support movepool. Access to priority status moves allows it to wreak havoc when facing offensive Pokemon, such as being able to disrupt with Encore or burn Zamazenta, Ogerpon-W, and Mega Lopunny. It can also switch into status and Fighting-type moves and threaten an Encore or gain momentum against Pokemon such as Calm Mind Raging Bolt and Swords Dance Gliscor, as well as Zamazenta's Close Combat. Mega Banette is no slouch when it comes to offensive power either, as it's able to use its gargantuan Attack stat in combination with Poltergeist to deal immense damage to a majority of the metagame, picking up 2HKOs on most switch-ins that don't resist or aren't immune to Ghost, such as Ferrothorn, physically defensive Zapdos, and specially defensive Corviknight. Destiny Bond allows Mega Banette to force a trade even once it's threatened out, being able to deal with fast threats without priority moves like Iron Valiant, Choice Scarf users like Urshifu-S and Tapu Lele, or setup sweepers that have gotten out of hand such as Swords Dance Iron Boulder and Nasty Plot Darkrai. However, Mega Banette requires a large commitment from its teammates to be able to function, relying on them consistently bring it in to make the most use of its supportive capabilities due to its lackluster bulk. It also heavily disincentivizes Knock Off, since Mega Banette relies on Poltergeist. Mega Banette fits best on teams that want to keep up offensive pressure as much as possible while also having a good stopgap for setup sweepers like Volcarona and Ogerpon-W. Good partners for it include bulky pivots such as Corviknight, Alomomola, and Galarian Slowking, as they afford it opportunities to threaten foes by using Encore. Additionally, it appreciates support from strong Fighting-types like Zamazenta and Urshifu-R to deal with Dark-types such as Mega Tyranitar, Hisuian Samurott, and Weavile, which resist Poltergeist and are immune its status moves once Mega Evolved, and Garganacl, which effectively resists Poltergeist and is also immune to its status moves.
[SET CREDITS]
Written By:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/about15guys.625861/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sealoo.514772/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sulo.528036/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ken.594478/
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