[SET]
Celebi @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Bulky Sweeper (Psychic)
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 248 HP / 96 Def / 56 SpD / 108 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Giga Drain
- Earth Power
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
Celebi provides excellent role compression for Psychic teams by virtue of its Grass typing, respectable defenses, access to Nasty Plot and Recover, and Natural Cure to switch into Scald, Toxic, and Thunder Wave, making it both a defensive answer and a wincon against Water, Ground, and Electric teams. Giga Drain threatens Ground-, Water-, and Rock-types like Hippowdon, Barraskewda, and Mega Diancie while keeping Celebi healthy. Earth Power allows Celebi to hit Fire-, Steel-, Poison-, and Electric-types like non-Air Balloon Heatran, Hisuian Goodra, Toxapex, and Alolan Raichu. Colbur Berry is an alternative option that allows Celebi to survive Dark-type moves from threats like Hisuian Samurott and Mega Sharpedo, letting it heavily chip or outright remove them if at +2. The EV spread avoids a 2HKO from Electric Terrain-boosted Rising Voltage from Magnet Regieleki and Ice Punch from Mega Swampert while letting Celebi outspeed Mega Swampert outside of rain. Iron Boulder, with its Rock typing, incredible Speed tier, and diverse coverage options, proves to be a valuable partner for Celebi, dispatching Flying-, Fire-, Bug-, and Ice-types such as Tornadus-T, Heatran, Volcarona, and Kyurem. Iron Boulder can also equip itself with a Choice Scarf to eliminate faster threats like Weavile, Mega Aerodactyl, and common Choice Scarf users like Meowscarada, Roaring Moon, and Blacephalon. Victini can break through Steel- and Bug-types like Gholdengo, Celesteela, and Mega Scizor and special walls like Alolan Muk when using a Choice Band set. In return, Celebi handles pesky Ground- and Water-types like Hippowdon, Rotom-W, and Slowbro for them. Mega Gallade and Choice Specs Tapu Lele eliminate Dark-types like Hydreigon, Mega Tyranitar, and Galarian Moltres. Furthermore, Mega Gallade can remove Steel- and Ice-types like Corviknight and Kyurem as well as special walls like Chansey and Alolan Muk, while Tapu Lele, in addition to Kyurem, also threatens other Dragon-types like Latios. Slowbro can take advantage of its high physical bulk, Water typing, and access to Scald to handle Fire- and Steel-types like Cinderace and Mega Scizor while also assisting Celebi against Ground teams by dealing with Excadrill and Mamoswine. Slowbro can also run a Colbur Berry alongside Body Press and Thunder Wave to either remove or cripple Dark-types like Meowscarada, Roaring Moon, and Weavile, or it can go itemless to counter Ceruledge; this also lets it take reduced damage from Knock Off. Specially defensive Jirachi can switch into threats like Choice Specs Latios and Kyurem while also setting Stealth Rock and providing a pivoting option with U-turn. Both teammates are also adept at spreading paralysis. In return, Slowbro appreciates Celebi handling threats like Choice Specs Tapu Koko and Ogerpon-W, while Jirachi benefits from the removal of the aforementioned Ground-, Water-, and Electric-types. Celebi also benefits from its teammates removing Poison-types like Mega Venusaur and Sneasler.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/murphy-lawden.594972/
Quality checked by:
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