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Whimsicott @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Energy Ball
- Psychic
- Switcheroo
Fun to use, and effective too! Whimsicott actually hits surprisingly hard with specs, and accompanied with the surprise factor can net a large number of KOs. A lot of things that don't fear support Whimsicott such as Mega Blastoise, Nidoqueen, Swampert, Hippowdon and Mega Ampharos are all easily 2HKOed and some even OHKOed with a little prior damage. And there is little more satisfying than having Crobat, usually a 100% counter to it, switch in and be KOed by Psychic after rocks. It can also check a lot of stuff on standard offense with its speed, in fact it hits a really nice speed tier, getting the jump on base 115's like Starmie, Raikou and Azelf.
Main reason to use this guy over other Grass types is that secondary Fairy typing, making it an excellent offensive check to the many Dragons and Fighters in the tier. In particular it is a great check to Hydreigon and Mega Amphy for offensive teams. Infiltrator is also such a good ability, allowing you to attack and Switcheroo through subs which is awesome. Not to mention it's quite unexpected with most Whimsicott out there running Prankster. And once the opponent realises it's packing a specs, they would be inclined to switch in a special wall such as Blissey or Florges, which is when you Switcheroo your Specs onto them. ^.^
Some cool calcs:
252 SpA Choice Specs Whimsicott Psychic vs. 248 HP / 4 SpD Crobat: 248-294 (66.4 - 78.8%)
252 SpA Choice Specs Whimsicott Energy Ball vs. 236 HP / 0 SpD Mega Blastoise: 276-326 (77 - 91%)
252 SpA Choice Specs Whimsicott Moonblast vs. 132 HP / 0 SpD Mega Ampharos: 306-360 (86.4 - 101.6%)
252 SpA Choice Specs Whimsicott Psychic vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Nidoking: 264-312 (86.8 - 102.6%)
All have a chance to be cleanly OHKOed after rocks.
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