[OVERVIEW]
[SET]
name: Bulky Special Attacker
move 1: Scald / Hydro Pump
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Fire
item: Assault Vest / Choice Specs
ability: Torrent
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Team Options
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Describe some teammates that would be a good idea to pair with this Pokemon.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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List some options for the Pokemon user that are plausible but not always recommended due to being either not consistent enough or too outclassed by other Pokemon in the metagame.
Checks and Counters
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**Insert Threat Here**: Describe why the Pokemon is a threat.
- Great defensive typing in Water / Fairy-Type, which grants Primarina resistances to Fighting, Dark, Fire, Ice, and even an immunity to Dragon.
- Great coverage with Energy Ball, Psychic, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, allowing it to deal with a lot of its checks and counters.
- Extremely Shallow support movepool with only Encore, Reflect, and Light Screen.
- Subpar Speed even with a Choice Scarf, leaving it outsped by faster pokemon such as Nihilego, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Koko.
[SET]
name: Bulky Special Attacker
move 1: Scald / Hydro Pump
move 2: Ice Beam
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Fire
item: Assault Vest / Choice Specs
ability: Torrent
nature: Modest
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Scald is Primarina's Water-Type STAB move, allowing her to hit her opponents without the risk of missing with Hydro Pump, Scald also has the 30% chance to burn her opponents, which greatly helps with physical attackers such as Kartana, Bewear, and Tapu Bulu as she has a low defense of only 74. Hydro Pump, however, may be used over Scald for more power.
- Moonblast is Primarina’s strongest Fairy-Type STAB move, allowing her to hit Fighting, Dark, and Dragon-Types such as Guzzlord, Bewear, Zygarde, and Pheromosa super-effectively, as well as anything that resists Scald or Hydro Pump very hard.
- Ice Beam grants Primarina the ability to hit Grass-Types for super-effective damage, along with Flying, Ground, and Dragon-Types, allowing her defeat pokemon such as Serperior, Alolan Exeguttor, and Flygon for super-effective damage.
- Psychic grants Primarina a way to hit Poison-Types super-effectively, along with Fighting-Types as well, such as Toxapex, Keldeo, and Bewear. However, Hidden Power Fire may be used as a way to catch Steel-Types on the switch such as Kartana and Ferrothorn and KO them.
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- Torrent is Primarina’s only available ability at the moment as Liquid Voice is unreleased.
- 252 HP, 252 Special Attack, and Modest Nature allows Primarina to reach a HP stat of 364 and a Special Attack stat of 386, in which will allow Primarina to tank hits while also dishing out strong attacks of its own.
- Assault Vest allows Primarina to tank even the most powerful of special attacks such as Xurkitree's Thunderbolt, or Tapu Koko's Thunderbolt. Choice Specs gives Primarina wall-breaking power, allowing it to breakthrough even the toughest of special walls.
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- Primarina is best used as bulky special attacker using her great Special Defense and her Assault Vest to tank many special attacks, and retaliate with her own special attacks or to overwhelm a lot of pokemon in OU with powerful special attacks boosted by Choice Specs.
- Primarina’s typing allows it to switch in onto many pokemon in OU, such as Garchomp, Pheromosa that don’t carry Poison Jab, and Latios, and allows Primarina to eliminate them for her team.
Team Options
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Describe some teammates that would be a good idea to pair with this Pokemon.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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List some options for the Pokemon user that are plausible but not always recommended due to being either not consistent enough or too outclassed by other Pokemon in the metagame.
Checks and Counters
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**Insert Threat Here**: Describe why the Pokemon is a threat.
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