Project ORAS RU - A Last Look: Week 2 (Lilligant)

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With Pokémon Sun and Moon only a month away (HYPE!), now is your chance to still make the most out of your ORAS RU experience before the Sun and Moon hype takes over full control of your body.

Welcome to A Last Look! Our goal is to try out and give certain Pokémon that are currently overlooked in RU a final chance to find out if we've been sleeping on a gem (or two) throughout this generation, before it's too late. Let's close this generation out on a positive note.

Throughout the upcoming weeks leading up to the Sun and Moon release we're going to try out several Pokémon that don't quite make it into RU based on usage, but could very much be worth a slot on your team.


This Week's Pokémon is...

Lilligant! While Lilligant isn't phenomenal by any means, it can function as a late-game win condition after all of the things that would stop it are removed. Lilligant has one of the best boosting moves in the game in Quiver Dance, which allows it to boost its special attack, special defence, and speed all at once. With Sleep Powder, Lilligant can give itself free turns to set up and run through weakened teams after enough boosts with Petal Dance, and Own Tempo means it doesn't get confused afterwards. Unfortunately, Lilligant's movepool is quite frankly horrendous, as it is forced to rely on Hidden Power to hit things that resist grass. Additionally, while Sleep Powder can give it free turns, it also gives free turns to grass types or Escavalier due to them being immune to sleep powder.

Before you can post a truly informed opinion on a Pokémon's uses and roles in the RU metagame, it's important to have tried it out first. We highly recommend to not only play games on the RU ladder, but to also save and share battle replays that show off Lilligant's role and effectiveness on your team, but also RU as a whole. This way you not only get to show off the team you've crafted around Lilligant, but it also gives the other participants an insight as to which direction you decided to take your team, which could inspire new ideas and interesting discussion points. Speaking of which...


After building a team and playing games with it we'd want you to come back to this thread to talk to us about your experiences. What did you think of Lilligant in RU? How did you go about building your team? Was your team successful on the RU ladder? If not, in what way did it struggle to perform? How did you work around Lilligant's flaws? These examples are interesting thinking points we'd love to see some insight on. Don't forget, we're going to have different people participating, so there inevitably will be different results, too. We strongly encourage discussing your findings with the other participants, since it might help you see your findings in a different perspective, which in turn might help you learn from your experiences, or helps someone else learn from theirs.


For the competitively driven among you, there will also be a ladder ranking aspect to the project, which is optional and by no means mandatory. For those of you interested you can ladder up using a "LL2 (insert name here)" alt (LL2 Mia, for example). Make sure to post your LL2 Alt here so we can know who's who! and we'll check which LL2 alt is ranked highest at the end of the week. The highest ranked LL2 at the end of the week will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Important! We would very much still like to see discussion and thoughts on the Pokémon we're featuring even if you're aiming to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. This means you'll only be able to be inducted if you also post about your experiences on the ladder in the thread; having the highest ranked LL2 alt isn't enough to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.


This project aims for an interesting and collaborative discussion, not an argument about whether something's better or worse, or right or wrong. We expect 'shit posting' to be kept to a minimum and to maintain a healthy, friendly and productive atmosphere as we look into ORAS RU one last time together before we dive into Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Now then, without further ado, go out and have fun exploring Lilligant's potential in RU this week. We look forward to hearing about your findings!
 
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Well, it's been a week and nobody's posted their thoughts, so I'll update this now and formulate my thoughts on Articuno later.

This Week's Pokémon is...

Lilligant! While Lilligant isn't phenomenal by any means, it can function as a late-game win condition after all of the things that would stop it are removed. Lilligant has one of the best boosting moves in the game in Quiver Dance, which allows it to boost its special attack, special defence, and speed all at once. With Sleep Powder, Lilligant can give itself free turns to set up and run through weakened teams after enough boosts with Petal Dance, and Own Tempo means it doesn't get confused afterwards. Unfortunately, Lilligant's movepool is quite frankly horrendous, as it is forced to rely on Hidden Power to hit things that resist grass. Additionally, while Sleep Powder can give it free turns, it also gives free turns to grass types or Escavalier due to them being immune to sleep powder.

Lastly, use LL2 (Name) as your name this week (Eg: LL2 Mia).

Cheers, have fun, and remember to post your thoughts!
 
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