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[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Dazzling Gleam / Tera Blast
move 4: Roost / Substitute / Protect
item: Electric Seed / Leftovers
ability: Speed Boost
nature: Bold
evs: 152 HP / 244 Def / 112 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Fighting
[SET COMMENTS]
Espathra's niche is sweeping with its unique combination of Calm Mind, Speed Boost, and STAB Stored Power.
Dazzling Gleam super effectively hits Dark-types, which are immune to Stored Power, like Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, and Grimmsnarl.
Substitute protects Espathra from potential status conditions that might stop its sweep, like from Clodsire's Toxic.
Protect, instead, allows Espathra to scout Choice-locked foes, such as Choice Specs Miraidon. In addition, Protect lets Espathra freely boost its Speed and get Leftovers recovery.
Roost keeps Espathra healthy and makes it less susceptible to priority attacks, like Chien-Pao and Kingambit's Sucker Punch. Roost also allows Espathra to beat Ting-Lu not packing Whirlwind one-on-one.
Tera Fairy turns Espathra's Dark weakness into a resistance, letting it survive the aforementioned Sucker Punch, as well as bolstering its Dazzling Gleam.
Tera Fighting also turns Espathra's Dark weakness into a resistance. Paired with Tera Blast, it beats the aforementioned Dark-types, Kingambit and Chien-Pao, and Steel-types like Iron Treads.
112 EVs in Speed allow Espathra to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame at +1, including Iron Bundle. At +2, it can even outspeed +1 Iron Valiant.
The rest of its EVs are poured into physical bulk for survivability, since Calm Mind will boost Special Defense anyway. Electric Seed further improves Espathra's physical bulk while also giving it another boost to Stored Power. Leftovers gives Espathra long-term recovery, and it can be optimized with Calm Mind and the choice of Substitute, Protect, or Roost.
Espathra functions best on offensive teams to sweep after its checks have been weakened. Espathra is very frail and it usually can't switch in safely more than once, so it must fully commit to a sweep once it hits the field.
Fighting-types like Koraidon and Great Tusk make for good partners, as they threaten Dark- and Steel-types that resist or are immune to Espathra's Stored Power.
Strong Dark-types like Chien-Pao and Chi-Yu resist Dark- and Ghost-type attacks, which target Espathra, while also threatening Ghost- and Psychic-types. The former threaten Espathra, and the latter resist Stored Power.
Miraidon is a necessary partner if Espathra is holding Electric Seed, as Electric Terrain activates the item.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[OreoSpeedruns, 597293]]
- Quality checked by: [[corvere, 306317], [Eledyr, 415367]]
- Grammar checked by: [Adeleine, 517429]]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Stored Power
move 3: Dazzling Gleam / Tera Blast
move 4: Roost / Substitute / Protect
item: Electric Seed / Leftovers
ability: Speed Boost
nature: Bold
evs: 152 HP / 244 Def / 112 Spe
tera type: Fairy / Fighting
[SET COMMENTS]
Espathra's niche is sweeping with its unique combination of Calm Mind, Speed Boost, and STAB Stored Power.
Dazzling Gleam super effectively hits Dark-types, which are immune to Stored Power, like Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, and Grimmsnarl.
Substitute protects Espathra from potential status conditions that might stop its sweep, like from Clodsire's Toxic.
Protect, instead, allows Espathra to scout Choice-locked foes, such as Choice Specs Miraidon. In addition, Protect lets Espathra freely boost its Speed and get Leftovers recovery.
Roost keeps Espathra healthy and makes it less susceptible to priority attacks, like Chien-Pao and Kingambit's Sucker Punch. Roost also allows Espathra to beat Ting-Lu not packing Whirlwind one-on-one.
Tera Fairy turns Espathra's Dark weakness into a resistance, letting it survive the aforementioned Sucker Punch, as well as bolstering its Dazzling Gleam.
Tera Fighting also turns Espathra's Dark weakness into a resistance. Paired with Tera Blast, it beats the aforementioned Dark-types, Kingambit and Chien-Pao, and Steel-types like Iron Treads.
112 EVs in Speed allow Espathra to outspeed the entire unboosted metagame at +1, including Iron Bundle. At +2, it can even outspeed +1 Iron Valiant.
The rest of its EVs are poured into physical bulk for survivability, since Calm Mind will boost Special Defense anyway. Electric Seed further improves Espathra's physical bulk while also giving it another boost to Stored Power. Leftovers gives Espathra long-term recovery, and it can be optimized with Calm Mind and the choice of Substitute, Protect, or Roost.
Espathra functions best on offensive teams to sweep after its checks have been weakened. Espathra is very frail and it usually can't switch in safely more than once, so it must fully commit to a sweep once it hits the field.
Fighting-types like Koraidon and Great Tusk make for good partners, as they threaten Dark- and Steel-types that resist or are immune to Espathra's Stored Power.
Strong Dark-types like Chien-Pao and Chi-Yu resist Dark- and Ghost-type attacks, which target Espathra, while also threatening Ghost- and Psychic-types. The former threaten Espathra, and the latter resist Stored Power.
Miraidon is a necessary partner if Espathra is holding Electric Seed, as Electric Terrain activates the item.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[OreoSpeedruns, 597293]]
- Quality checked by: [[corvere, 306317], [Eledyr, 415367]]
- Grammar checked by: [Adeleine, 517429]]
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