bilbooo jellicent (gen5 1v1)

bilb owo

Banned deucer.
[SET]
name: Mental Herb Stall
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Recover
item: Mental Herb
ability: Cursed Body
nature: Timid
evs: 72 HP / 252 Def / 184 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]

Set Description
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Jellicent is one of the most versatile pokemon in generation 5 1v1. Its great movepool and typing give it some great matchups against the majority of the tier, for example being one of the very few hard snorlax counters. This set utilises mental herb to more completely fit the anti-stall role, as you beat stall pokemon with a faster taunt (such as prankster sableye). Furthermore ghost stab in shadow ball lets this set beat both mail and choice scarf variants of cressellia.

EVs
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The EVs on this set are designed to make this a reliable tyranitar check. The massive speed invest with timid lets you outspeed 252 speed tyranitar to burn it before it can attack you. The remaining EVs are invested fully into physical bulk to lower your chances of losing to crunch defence drops or dark gem high rolls. Jellicent is naturally very specially bulky so can win some special matchups without investment, however, this set is designed to be an anti-physical and anti-stall set.

Usage Tips
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The two most used sets for jellicent are mail stall and trick choice scarf. Mail is visible on preview, and therefore, most players when they see that you're not holding the mail item will predict the trick and therefore click a damaging move turn 1 in fear of being locked into status. You can use this to your advantage as you can relatively safely avoid the prediction aspect of your turn 1: if the opposing pokemon generally runs status moves you do not need to worry about playing around them until turn 2. If you see a cressellia make sure to check if it has the mail item as this should change your turn 1: if you don't see mail you should always click shadow ball turn 1 to beat trick variants, and if you do see mail you should taunt to prevent the cressellia from setting up.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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As mentioned above both trick scarf and mail stall are valid options for jellicent as well as the popular sitrus berry set that adds longevity. If you remove the mental herb you should, however, switch shadow ball to scald to have chances to beat pokemon like tyranitar if they run taunt.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[bilb owo]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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[SET]
name: Mental Herb Stall
move 1: Taunt
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Recover
item: Mental Herb
ability: Cursed Body
nature: Timid
evs: 72 HP / 252 Def / 184 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

[SET COMMENTS]

Set Description
=============
Jellicent is one of the most versatile pokemon in generation 5 1v1. Its great movepool and typing give it some great matchups against the majority of the tier, for example being one of the very few hard snorlax counters. (this is a mini analysis, not a full analysis. This is set description, not the overview section of a full analysis. There is literally no reason for including fluff here.) This set utilises mental herb to more completely fit the anti-stall role, as you beat stall pokemon with a faster taunt (such as prankster sableye). Jellicent can beat common stall Pokemon, such as PP Stall Aerodactyl, Sableye, and Stall Manaphy, by utilizing (note the use of American English as it is a Smogon grammar standard) Taunt + Mental Herb to either force the use of Struggle or prevent the use of stat-boosting or recovery moves. Furthermore ghost stab in Shadow Ball lets this set beat both Mail and Choice Scarf variants of Cressellia. (this section needs an entire rewrite. you're not really explaining what each of the moves do, which is what this section should be doing.)

EVs
=============
The EVs on this set are designed to make this a reliable tyranitar check. The massive speed invest with timid lets you outspeed 252 speed tyranitar to burn it before it can attack you. 184 Speed EVs and a Timid Nature allow Jellicent to outspeed Adamant Nature Tyranitar. The remaining EVs are invested fully into physical bulk to lower your chances of losing to crunch defence drops or dark gem high rolls. Jellicent is naturally very specially bulky so can win some special matchups without investment, however, this set is designed to be an anti-physical and anti-stall set. (is there a reason for 72/252 specifically? You should at the very least explain the rolls point a bit more clearly, as this feels very unspecific to me as a reader. You should explain the 72/252 but otherwise this doesn't have to be this fluffy.)



Usage Tips
=============
The two most used sets for jellicent are mail stall and trick choice scarf. Mail is visible on preview, and therefore, most players when they see that you're not holding the mail item will predict the trick and therefore click a damaging move turn 1 in fear of being locked into status. You can use this to your advantage as you can relatively safely avoid the prediction aspect of your turn 1: if the opposing pokemon generally runs status moves you do not need to worry about playing around them until turn 2. (gonna be really blunt here, but don't sell this set short! a lot of people are running it and it's a pretty simple setguess on preview as well, so I don't think this should go here. What happens if they click a Calm Mind anyway? What if they have Mail? There's simply too many factors here for this to be that straightforward in my opinion.) If you see against a Cressellia Cresselia, (AC) make sure to check if it has the mail item as this should change your turn 1: if you don't see mail you should always click shadow ball turn 1 to beat trick variants, and if you do see mail you should taunt to prevent the cressellia from setting up. Against Mail Cresselia, Jellicent should use Taunt on the first turn. Against other Cresselia sets, Jellicent should use Shadow Ball on the first turn to play around Choice Scarf + Trick sets. (this makes it more concise. You probs might want to include Sableye and Aerodactyl here.)

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
As mentioned above both trick scarf and mail stall are valid options for jellicent as well as the popular sitrus berry set that adds longevity. If you remove the mental herb you should, however, switch shadow ball to scald to have chances to beat pokemon like tyranitar if they run taunt. (These sets will be filled up very soon, do not worry about putting them in Other Options.)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[bilb owo, 522137]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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