[SET]
Weather Setter (Pelipper) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
Tera Type: Stellar / Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest / Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Weather Ball
- Tailwind / Wide Guard
- Protect
[SET COMMENTS]
- Pelipper functions as a weather setter thanks to Drizzle, enabling powerhouses like Archaludon and Basculegion-M to dish out enormous damage as well as providing support in the form of speed control or Wide Guard. Its Flying- and Water-type STAB options combined with its decent Speed help Pelipper to fill in the role of an attacker as well, taking advantage of its own rain to buff its offensive options.
- Weather Ball is a flexible attack that gains a STAB boost in rain while providing decent coverage under opposing weather like sun. Tailwind provides speed control for the team, whereas Wide Guard protects the team from Gholdengo's Make it Rain, Ursaluna-B's Hyper Voice, Expanding Force in Psychic Terrain, and Garchomp's Earthquake.
- Focus Sash allows Pelipper to survive an attack due to the set's frailty, increasing its long-term value as a weather setter and allowing it to get an extra attack off.
- Tera Stellar further boosts its damage, allowing Pelipper to OHKO Amoonguss and Annihilape with Hurricane and Tera Normal Ursaluna-B and Assault Vest Incineroar with rain-boosted Weather Ball. Meanwhile, Tera Ghost provides an immunity to Fake Out, enabling an early Tailwind uninterrupted while keeping Focus Sash intact.
- A maximized Special Attack stat with a Modest nature secures an OHKO on Incineroar with rain-boosted Weather Ball and on Amoonguss with Tera Stellar Hurricane, while a Timid nature can be opted for faster speed control and securing KOs on weakened Pokemon, and it comes in handy in rain mirror matches.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Teambuilding
============
- Pelipper excels in teams capable of taking advantage of Drizzle while also having sufficient defensive options to switch around to regain control of the weather late-game.
- Archaludon, with its signature move Electro Shot, works exceptionally well in rain, and it provides a defensive backbone to the team thanks to its immense bulk and ability, capable of switching into threats such as Tyranitar's Rock Slide and Maushold's Population Bomb. It quickly becomes an offensive threat once it starts stacking up Electro Shot boosts in rain.
- Basculegion-M's ability Swift Swim makes it desirable on rain teams both as an early-game powerhouse with its fast rain-boosted Wave Crash and as a late-game sweeper with Last Respects. Its immense Speed and power help it form a well-rounded balanced core with Archaludon and Pelipper, taking on threats such as Garchomp and Gholdengo, while Pelipper threatens the Grass-types that resists Wave Crash like Amoonguss and Rillaboom with Hurricane.
- Pelipper struggles against opposing weather setters like Tyranitar, which not only tanks Pelipper's STAB moves in sand but also breaks its Focus Sash with sand chip damage and KOs it with Rock Slide. Archaludon takes advantage of Pelipper's rain to fire off Electro Shots as well as completely walling Pelipper's STAB attacks. Amoonguss is an excellent disruptive option, taking advantage of its bulk to survive attacks like Knock Off from Tyranitar and Draco Meteor from Archaludon and put the aforementioned threats to sleep with Spore. Basculegion-M is a great check against Tyranitar as well, outspeeding and OHKOing it with Wave Crash.
Strategy Comments
============
- As a rain setter, Pelipper is often used to enable Archaludon snowball with Electro Shots while handling threats like Amoonguss with Hurricane. Speed control with Tailwind is desirable due to Archaludon's slow Speed, and it helps tremendously against balance archetypes.
- Pelipper is often lead with Basculegion-M or Archaludon to immediately take advantage of rain, provided the opposing team lacks a method to change the weather. A more flexible approach would be to lead the weather-reliant Pokemon like Archaludon and prepare Pelipper as a switch-in to swiftly take control of the game with a well-timed weather change. It is pivotal to keep Pelipper intact for late-game weather control, as lack of such could potentially end up severely weakening the board and result in a loss of momentum.
- Rivaling weather setters like Tyranitar and Alolan Ninetales threaten Pelipper's rain. It's advisable to preserve Pelipper and switch it in to thwart Aurora Veil setups from Alolan Ninetales, while Archaludon or Basculegion-M should take out Tyranitar first. Opposing Archaludon can end up being a powerful threat due to being capable of walling Pelipper while taking advantage of its rain. The ideal option here would be to use Amoonguss to force it to Terastallize into a Grass-type, and then have Pelipper deal a massive amount of damage to it with Hurricane.
[CREDITS]
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Weather Setter (Pelipper) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Drizzle
Level: 50
Tera Type: Stellar / Ghost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest / Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hurricane
- Weather Ball
- Tailwind / Wide Guard
- Protect
[SET COMMENTS]
- Pelipper functions as a weather setter thanks to Drizzle, enabling powerhouses like Archaludon and Basculegion-M to dish out enormous damage as well as providing support in the form of speed control or Wide Guard. Its Flying- and Water-type STAB options combined with its decent Speed help Pelipper to fill in the role of an attacker as well, taking advantage of its own rain to buff its offensive options.
- Weather Ball is a flexible attack that gains a STAB boost in rain while providing decent coverage under opposing weather like sun. Tailwind provides speed control for the team, whereas Wide Guard protects the team from Gholdengo's Make it Rain, Ursaluna-B's Hyper Voice, Expanding Force in Psychic Terrain, and Garchomp's Earthquake.
- Focus Sash allows Pelipper to survive an attack due to the set's frailty, increasing its long-term value as a weather setter and allowing it to get an extra attack off.
- Tera Stellar further boosts its damage, allowing Pelipper to OHKO Amoonguss and Annihilape with Hurricane and Tera Normal Ursaluna-B and Assault Vest Incineroar with rain-boosted Weather Ball. Meanwhile, Tera Ghost provides an immunity to Fake Out, enabling an early Tailwind uninterrupted while keeping Focus Sash intact.
- A maximized Special Attack stat with a Modest nature secures an OHKO on Incineroar with rain-boosted Weather Ball and on Amoonguss with Tera Stellar Hurricane, while a Timid nature can be opted for faster speed control and securing KOs on weakened Pokemon, and it comes in handy in rain mirror matches.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Teambuilding
============
- Pelipper excels in teams capable of taking advantage of Drizzle while also having sufficient defensive options to switch around to regain control of the weather late-game.
- Archaludon, with its signature move Electro Shot, works exceptionally well in rain, and it provides a defensive backbone to the team thanks to its immense bulk and ability, capable of switching into threats such as Tyranitar's Rock Slide and Maushold's Population Bomb. It quickly becomes an offensive threat once it starts stacking up Electro Shot boosts in rain.
- Basculegion-M's ability Swift Swim makes it desirable on rain teams both as an early-game powerhouse with its fast rain-boosted Wave Crash and as a late-game sweeper with Last Respects. Its immense Speed and power help it form a well-rounded balanced core with Archaludon and Pelipper, taking on threats such as Garchomp and Gholdengo, while Pelipper threatens the Grass-types that resists Wave Crash like Amoonguss and Rillaboom with Hurricane.
- Pelipper struggles against opposing weather setters like Tyranitar, which not only tanks Pelipper's STAB moves in sand but also breaks its Focus Sash with sand chip damage and KOs it with Rock Slide. Archaludon takes advantage of Pelipper's rain to fire off Electro Shots as well as completely walling Pelipper's STAB attacks. Amoonguss is an excellent disruptive option, taking advantage of its bulk to survive attacks like Knock Off from Tyranitar and Draco Meteor from Archaludon and put the aforementioned threats to sleep with Spore. Basculegion-M is a great check against Tyranitar as well, outspeeding and OHKOing it with Wave Crash.
Strategy Comments
============
- As a rain setter, Pelipper is often used to enable Archaludon snowball with Electro Shots while handling threats like Amoonguss with Hurricane. Speed control with Tailwind is desirable due to Archaludon's slow Speed, and it helps tremendously against balance archetypes.
- Pelipper is often lead with Basculegion-M or Archaludon to immediately take advantage of rain, provided the opposing team lacks a method to change the weather. A more flexible approach would be to lead the weather-reliant Pokemon like Archaludon and prepare Pelipper as a switch-in to swiftly take control of the game with a well-timed weather change. It is pivotal to keep Pelipper intact for late-game weather control, as lack of such could potentially end up severely weakening the board and result in a loss of momentum.
- Rivaling weather setters like Tyranitar and Alolan Ninetales threaten Pelipper's rain. It's advisable to preserve Pelipper and switch it in to thwart Aurora Veil setups from Alolan Ninetales, while Archaludon or Basculegion-M should take out Tyranitar first. Opposing Archaludon can end up being a powerful threat due to being capable of walling Pelipper while taking advantage of its rain. The ideal option here would be to use Amoonguss to force it to Terastallize into a Grass-type, and then have Pelipper deal a massive amount of damage to it with Hurricane.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/mr-gx.239881/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/flarefox_7.657713/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ipetbigfoot.645750/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-blue-banana.649096/
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