[SET]
name: Pressure Stall
move 1: Protect
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Sacred Fire / Flare Blitz
move 4: Toxic / Laser Focus
item: Leftovers
ability: Pressure
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
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Pressure stall Entei can easily beat many slower attackers, such as Choice Specs Volcanion, Venusaur, Dracozolt, and Assault Vest Goodra, while also dealing with some faster attackers like Zarude, Pheromosa, and Kartana well. Leftovers is mandatory to create more Substitutes. Protect and Substitute stall out opposing attacks easily, such as Urshifu-S's Wicked Blow and Volcanion's Steam Eruption, and Protect adds Leftovers healing to make more Substitutes. Sacred Fire can turn tough matchups versus Pokemon like Zeraora into winning ones with a single burn; on the other hand, Flare Blitz can be used for a more reliable Galarian Darmanitan matchup and more PP, which can help versus some opposing stall Pokemon like Galarian Corsola. Toxic is standard on Pressure stall Pokemon like Entei to take advantage of foes that require setup to OHKO them, such as Volcarona and opposing stall Pokemon like Chansey. Laser Focus is a potential option to defeat Registeel, since critical hits ignore Registeel's Defense boosts through Iron Defense.
EVs
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252 Defense EVs give the best possible odds to beat Adamant Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan. 252 Speed EVs with a Jolly nature Speed tie Zapdos, Galarian Zapdos, and opposing Entei, and they outspeed all base 95s, most notably Galarian Darmanitan and Tapu Lele.
Usage Tips
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Against a vast majority of Pokemon, the win path is usually stalling out their super effective moves via Pressure's doubled PP consumption, Substitute, and Protect. Toxic assists in this task versus Pokemon that don't rely on direct attacks to win, such as Chansey and stall Cresselia, or Pokemon that are too weak to OHKO Entei, like Zapdos. Versus Registeel, if you run Laser Focus, use Laser Focus turn 1 and then alternate between your Fire-type attack and it, or use Substitute turn 2 instead if Counter is revealed.
[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Flare Blitz / Sacred Fire
move 2: Bulldoze
move 3: Eruption / Stone Edge
move 4: Extreme Speed
item: Assault Vest
ability: Inner Focus
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 8 HP / 164 Atk / 120 SpD / 216 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Assault Vest Entei chooses to tank hits and outdamage its targets. Inner Focus is used to defeat Choice Scarf Togekiss and non-Choice Band Arcanine. Sacred Fire can be used for the 50% burn chance, but Flare Blitz is generally better for its higher damage and PP, defeating Venusaur and Aromatisse far more reliably. Bulldoze is mandatory to deal with Pokemon such as Heatran, Assault Vest Arcanine, and Spectrier. Eruption deals incredible damage to Pokemon with low Special Defense, such as Steelix, Registeel, and Avalugg, while making the Aromatisse matchup more consistent. Stone Edge, however, can be used instead to deal with Kee Berry Volcarona and Rotom-H. Extreme Speed is an excellent, high-damage move that deals with Custap Berry users and Air Balloon Heatran.
EVs
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The Special Defense and HP investment lets Entei tank two Earth Powers from Modest Heatran. With a Jolly nature, 216 Speed EVs outspeed Adamant Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan, and Entei still defeats Venusaur if using Flare Blitz. An Adamant nature can be used instead to make the Aromatisse matchup more consistent, but this loses out on the Galarian Darmanitan matchup.
An alternative EV spread of 8 HP / 76 Atk / 208 Def / 216 Spe with a Jolly nature gives a more reliable Galarian Darmanitan matchup, tanking Jolly Choice Scarf Darmanitan's Earthquake.
Usage Tips
=============
Use Extreme Speed on Air Balloon Pokemon like Heatran. Sacred Fire is used on targets that instantaneously lose when burned, such as Zeraora. Use Eruption versus Aromatisse if you think it is physically defensive, and Flare Blitz or Sacred Fire otherwise. Eruption is also used for Steelix and Avalugg. Entei is fairly straightforward outside of these scenarios; the most effective move usually wins.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Assault Vest Entei can use Pressure over Inner Focus to bluff stall, but generally Inner Focus is better to maintain consistency versus Togekiss, Arcanine, and random moves with flinch chances like Galarian Moltres's Fiery Wrath.
Entei can run a Life Orb set with Inner Focus, EVs of 184 HP / 92 Atk / 16 Def / 216 Spe, and an Adamant nature for a more reliable matchup against Togekiss, Avalugg, Steelix, and Zapdos, using a moveset of Sacred Fire / Extreme Speed / Will-O-Wisp / Eruption; Bulldoze can be slotted in over Will-O-Wisp to beat Heatran. Life Orb Entei sees far less usage due to its few upsides and lower consistency in practice than Assault Vest.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zo, 249890]]
- Quality checked by: [[doc1203, 526135], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
name: Pressure Stall
move 1: Protect
move 2: Substitute
move 3: Sacred Fire / Flare Blitz
move 4: Toxic / Laser Focus
item: Leftovers
ability: Pressure
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Pressure stall Entei can easily beat many slower attackers, such as Choice Specs Volcanion, Venusaur, Dracozolt, and Assault Vest Goodra, while also dealing with some faster attackers like Zarude, Pheromosa, and Kartana well. Leftovers is mandatory to create more Substitutes. Protect and Substitute stall out opposing attacks easily, such as Urshifu-S's Wicked Blow and Volcanion's Steam Eruption, and Protect adds Leftovers healing to make more Substitutes. Sacred Fire can turn tough matchups versus Pokemon like Zeraora into winning ones with a single burn; on the other hand, Flare Blitz can be used for a more reliable Galarian Darmanitan matchup and more PP, which can help versus some opposing stall Pokemon like Galarian Corsola. Toxic is standard on Pressure stall Pokemon like Entei to take advantage of foes that require setup to OHKO them, such as Volcarona and opposing stall Pokemon like Chansey. Laser Focus is a potential option to defeat Registeel, since critical hits ignore Registeel's Defense boosts through Iron Defense.
EVs
=============
252 Defense EVs give the best possible odds to beat Adamant Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan. 252 Speed EVs with a Jolly nature Speed tie Zapdos, Galarian Zapdos, and opposing Entei, and they outspeed all base 95s, most notably Galarian Darmanitan and Tapu Lele.
Usage Tips
=============
Against a vast majority of Pokemon, the win path is usually stalling out their super effective moves via Pressure's doubled PP consumption, Substitute, and Protect. Toxic assists in this task versus Pokemon that don't rely on direct attacks to win, such as Chansey and stall Cresselia, or Pokemon that are too weak to OHKO Entei, like Zapdos. Versus Registeel, if you run Laser Focus, use Laser Focus turn 1 and then alternate between your Fire-type attack and it, or use Substitute turn 2 instead if Counter is revealed.
[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Flare Blitz / Sacred Fire
move 2: Bulldoze
move 3: Eruption / Stone Edge
move 4: Extreme Speed
item: Assault Vest
ability: Inner Focus
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 8 HP / 164 Atk / 120 SpD / 216 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Assault Vest Entei chooses to tank hits and outdamage its targets. Inner Focus is used to defeat Choice Scarf Togekiss and non-Choice Band Arcanine. Sacred Fire can be used for the 50% burn chance, but Flare Blitz is generally better for its higher damage and PP, defeating Venusaur and Aromatisse far more reliably. Bulldoze is mandatory to deal with Pokemon such as Heatran, Assault Vest Arcanine, and Spectrier. Eruption deals incredible damage to Pokemon with low Special Defense, such as Steelix, Registeel, and Avalugg, while making the Aromatisse matchup more consistent. Stone Edge, however, can be used instead to deal with Kee Berry Volcarona and Rotom-H. Extreme Speed is an excellent, high-damage move that deals with Custap Berry users and Air Balloon Heatran.
EVs
=============
The Special Defense and HP investment lets Entei tank two Earth Powers from Modest Heatran. With a Jolly nature, 216 Speed EVs outspeed Adamant Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan, and Entei still defeats Venusaur if using Flare Blitz. An Adamant nature can be used instead to make the Aromatisse matchup more consistent, but this loses out on the Galarian Darmanitan matchup.
An alternative EV spread of 8 HP / 76 Atk / 208 Def / 216 Spe with a Jolly nature gives a more reliable Galarian Darmanitan matchup, tanking Jolly Choice Scarf Darmanitan's Earthquake.
Usage Tips
=============
Use Extreme Speed on Air Balloon Pokemon like Heatran. Sacred Fire is used on targets that instantaneously lose when burned, such as Zeraora. Use Eruption versus Aromatisse if you think it is physically defensive, and Flare Blitz or Sacred Fire otherwise. Eruption is also used for Steelix and Avalugg. Entei is fairly straightforward outside of these scenarios; the most effective move usually wins.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Assault Vest Entei can use Pressure over Inner Focus to bluff stall, but generally Inner Focus is better to maintain consistency versus Togekiss, Arcanine, and random moves with flinch chances like Galarian Moltres's Fiery Wrath.
Entei can run a Life Orb set with Inner Focus, EVs of 184 HP / 92 Atk / 16 Def / 216 Spe, and an Adamant nature for a more reliable matchup against Togekiss, Avalugg, Steelix, and Zapdos, using a moveset of Sacred Fire / Extreme Speed / Will-O-Wisp / Eruption; Bulldoze can be slotted in over Will-O-Wisp to beat Heatran. Life Orb Entei sees far less usage due to its few upsides and lower consistency in practice than Assault Vest.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zo, 249890]]
- Quality checked by: [[doc1203, 526135], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
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