[OVERVIEW]
Umbreon's great bulk allows it to take on both physical attackers like Zeraora, Landorus-T, and Mega Metagross and special attackers like Meloetta, Primarina, and non-Taunt Tapu Lele, and its Dark typing makes it immune to Prankster from Pokemon like Whimsicott. Umbreon also has great utility moves like Charm and Moonlight that enable it to take on Mega Gyarados, Mega Charizard X, and Choice Scarf Haxorus. Furthermore, Umbreon can pressure setup Pokemon such as Landorus-T with Foul Play and prevent Tapu Lele from setting up Calm Mind with Snarl. However, Umbreon has trouble facing bulky Pokemon such as Porygon2, Magearna, and Z-Move Togekiss, which are able to take its attacks and stall out of Moonlight's PP. It also suffers against common Leech Seed users such as Serperior, Jumpluff, and Mega Venusaur because of its inability to do major damage to them and its limited recovery with Moonlight. It further suffers against Taunt users such as Deoxys-S, Tapu Fini, and Kommo-o, as it cuts off Umbreon's recovery options and allows them to either stall it out or take it out with their super effective attacks.
[SET]
name: Z-Charm
move 1: Charm
move 2: Moonlight
move 3: Foul Play
move 4: Snarl
item: Fairium Z
ability: Inner Focus
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 228 Def / 28 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Z-Charm makes Umbreon able to beat powerful physical attackers such as Mega Gyarados, Choice Scarf Haxorus, Choice Band Garchomp, and Choice Band Dragonite lacking Superpower. Foul Play enables Umbreon to beat physical attackers such as non-Substitute Landorus-T, Jirachi, and Mega Pinsir. Moonlight allows Umbreon to shake off damage after using Z-Charm on Choice Band Garchomp, Choice Scarf Haxorus, or Mega Charizard X or after using Snarl against Tapu Lele or Primarina. Snarl makes Umbreon able to beat Tapu Lele and Primarina due to the Special Attack drop.
Set Details
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Fairum Z allows Umbreon to use Z-Charm, which allows it to beat Pokemon such as non-Superpower Choice Band Dragonite and Choice Band Garchomp. Inner Focus allows it to avoid flinches from Jirachi's Iron Head and Mega Gyarados's Waterfall. 252 HP EVs and 228 Defense EVs enable Umbreon to take attacks from Garchomp, Zeraora, and Landorus-T as well as two Outrages from non-Superpower Choice Band Dragonite. 28 Special Defense EVs with a Calm nature allow Umbreon to survive Normalium Z-boosted Hyper Beam from bulky Meloetta after Laser Focus as well as tank Moonblast from Primarina and non-Taunt Tapu Lele.
Usage Tips
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Umbreon can use Z-Charm to beat physical attackers such as Choice Band Dragonite lacking Superpower, Victini, Landorus-T, and Haxorus and use Foul Play to finish them off. Against Mega Metagross, do not use Z-Charm, because it can forgo Mega Evolving to avoid the Attack drop; instead, use Foul Play twice to beat it. Also, do not use Z-Charm against Victini, as Umbreon already OHKOes or 2HKOes Victini with Foul Play, and Victini can't do anything back. Umbreon is a good pick against both Mega Charizard X and Y, as Z-Charm + Foul Play will take care of Mega Charizard X while Snarl + Moonlight will allow Umbreon to stall out sun turns to beat Mega Charizard Y. It can also stall out Choice Specs Greninja with Snarl and Moonlight take on Jirachi due to Inner Focus, and use Foul Play to 2HKO it. Against special attackers such as Tapu Lele, Primarina, and Magnezone, Umbreon should use Snarl turn 1, Moonlight turn 2, and Snarl until they get KOed. For Meloetta, it is best to use Snarl turn 1; if it uses Calm Mind turn 2, use Snarl again, and if it used Laser Focus, use Moonlight turn 3 to be able to recover off Breakneck Blitz. Umbreon should avoid being sent out on most Leech Seed users, with the exception of Whimsicott, and walls such as Mega Venusaur, Serperior, Clefable, Registeel, and Mega Slowbro, as it cannot do enough damage to them to beat them and cannot do major damage back to them. Umbreon can win against Whimsicott only because its Dark typing allows it to avoid Prankster Leech Seed and Taunt.
Team Options
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Pokemon that can take on Fighting-types like Kommo-o and Terrakion such as Tapu Fini and Mega Diancie make good partners for Umbreon. In return, Umbreon can take on Mega Metagross for them. Whimsicott and Mega Sableye are great counters to stall Deoxys-S, which Umbreon is unable to take care of. In return, Umbreon can take on Fairy-types like Tapu Lele and Primarina, Fire-types like Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y, and Steel-types like Mega Metagross and Magnezone for Whimsicott. Flying-types like Togekiss and Flyinium Z Landorus-T can help against Grass-types such as Mega Venusaur and Serperior and Fighting-types that Umbreon can't beat like Kommo-o and Mega Gallade. In return, Umbreon can take on Naganadel and Mega Charizard Y for them. Steel-types such as Magnezone, Mega Metagross, and Mega Mawile are great to beat Fairy-type Pokemon that Umbreon has trouble beating such as Mega Diancie, Mega Gardevoir, and Tapu Fini; in return, Umbreon can take on Mega Charizard Y for them. Electric-type Pokemon that can beat Mega Slowbro like Magnezone and Zeraora make great partners for Umbreon. In return, Umbreon can take care of Ground-type Pokemon for them. Fire-types such as Mega Charizard X, Heatran, and Incineroar are great for taking on Steel-types like Registeel and Ferrothorn. Umbreon is able to take on Dragon-types like Haxorus and Garchomp in return.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Toxic can be used over Snarl to take on walls like Porygon2 and non-Rest Slowbro. However, Umbreon can no longer take on Tapu Lele and Primarina.
Checks and Counters
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**Stall Pokemon**: Umbreon struggles with walls such as Deoxys-S, Mega Slowbro, Porygon2, and Magearna due to their ability to outstall it and take any of its attacks.
**Taunt**: Pokemon that run Taunt such as Tapu Fini and Kommo-o can cut off Umbreon's recovery and take it out with their super effective attacks.
**Leech Seed**: Umbreon struggles with Pokemon that use Leech Seed like Serperior, Mega Venusaur, and Jumpluff because it is unable to do anything back to them and slowly gets stalled out of Moonlight PP.
**Super Effective Attacks**: Mega Mawile, Mega Gardevoir, and Sawk are all able to OHKO Umbreon with their super effective attacks before Umbreon can use Z-Charm or Snarl to lower their offensive stats.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Yami, 393488]]
- Quality checked by: [[Alakazam, 276708], [pqs, 425798], [lost heros, 316445]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216], [Estronic, 240732]]
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