Chris32156
The White Larry Bird
[SET]
Name: Fake out / Follow me support
Move 1: Fake Out
Move 2: Hydro Pump / Hydro Cannon
Move 3: Follow Me
Move 4: Protect / Helping Hand
Item: Wacan Berry / Barbari Berry
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
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Having access to Fake Out, Helping Hand, and follow me automatically makes it a good support mon. The only other viable mon that has access to these moves is Indeedee, and Blastoise is bulkier and arguably has a better defensive type for follow me. A lot of people don't expect fake out but even if they do Blastoise on turn one could Fake Out either of their mons, follow me, helping hand, or if its a more gimmicky set predict a double protect and shell smash which creates a dangerous guessing game. The evs are just enough to live fusion bolt from a adamant life orb Kyurem-Black without wacan berry with the rest invested in spdef.
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The best teammates for Blastoise are pokemon with good spread moves or good setup such as Zygarde, Heatran, and Alolan Ninetales. Blastoise can tank ice moves for zygarde, while zygarde can setup and also deal with electric types for blastoise. Blastoise could also tank fire and steel moves for Ninetales, and Ninetales Alola can encore if they protect t1 for fake out while dealing with grass types. Similar to the other mons Blastoise can tank water hits for heatran and spam heat wave or eruption to deal with grass types.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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A Water Spout / Surf + Shell Smash can be a good set but having to give up at least one of fake out, follow me, or protect hurts it a lot and makes it less viable.
Checks and Counters
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**Faster Fake Out**: Being able to fake out to stop Blastoise's fake out/follow me can lose you the game really easily if you don't have protect or if the opponent has setup.
**Spread Moves / Mons that ignore redirection**: Blastoise's main niche is the fact that it can allow a mon like Ninetales or Zygarde to sweep while taking hits for it. Especially move's like Electroweb/Glaciate that are super effective, and debuff both mons.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Chris32156, 466345]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
Name: Fake out / Follow me support
Move 1: Fake Out
Move 2: Hydro Pump / Hydro Cannon
Move 3: Follow Me
Move 4: Protect / Helping Hand
Item: Wacan Berry / Barbari Berry
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Calm
EVs: 252 HP / 232 Def / 24 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Paragraph 1:
Having access to Fake Out, Helping Hand, and follow me automatically makes it a good support mon. The only other viable mon that has access to these moves is Indeedee, and Blastoise is bulkier and arguably has a better defensive type for follow me. A lot of people don't expect fake out but even if they do Blastoise on turn one could Fake Out either of their mons, follow me, helping hand, or if its a more gimmicky set predict a double protect and shell smash which creates a dangerous guessing game. The evs are just enough to live fusion bolt from a adamant life orb Kyurem-Black without wacan berry with the rest invested in spdef.
Paragraph 2:
The best teammates for Blastoise are pokemon with good spread moves or good setup such as Zygarde, Heatran, and Alolan Ninetales. Blastoise can tank ice moves for zygarde, while zygarde can setup and also deal with electric types for blastoise. Blastoise could also tank fire and steel moves for Ninetales, and Ninetales Alola can encore if they protect t1 for fake out while dealing with grass types. Similar to the other mons Blastoise can tank water hits for heatran and spam heat wave or eruption to deal with grass types.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
A Water Spout / Surf + Shell Smash can be a good set but having to give up at least one of fake out, follow me, or protect hurts it a lot and makes it less viable.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Faster Fake Out**: Being able to fake out to stop Blastoise's fake out/follow me can lose you the game really easily if you don't have protect or if the opponent has setup.
**Spread Moves / Mons that ignore redirection**: Blastoise's main niche is the fact that it can allow a mon like Ninetales or Zygarde to sweep while taking hits for it. Especially move's like Electroweb/Glaciate that are super effective, and debuff both mons.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Chris32156, 466345]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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