[SET]
rain breaker (Manaphy) @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic/Energy Ball
- Rest
[SET COMMENTS]
With a powerful Water-Type STAB move; one of the best setup moves ever in Tail Glow, and the combination of Hydration + Rest, Manaphy is one of the fiercest wallbreakers on rain teams, leveraging its all around bulk to take some hits and either set up Tail Glow, hit back with incredibly powerful boosted surfs, or heal off said hits with Rest in rain. With these traits, Manaphy’s can virtually take out any wall, breaking through even specially defensive Water-resistant pokemon like Ferrothorn and Mega Latias with its very powerful Hydro Vortex while also healing off any chip damage from foes like Blissey thanks to Hydration + Rest. letting Manaphy deny status from the likes of Gliscor, Toxapex and Tera Grass Heatran. This gives rain teams a much better Fat Balance and Stall matchups since basically the only way to take it out is with offensive pressure. Psychic is used as coverage for a would be check in Toxapex, however, Energy Ball is a good alternative for hitting Dondozo and Tera Water Garganacl for super effective damage. Pelipper is a required partner for setting up rain and pivoting Manaphy in. Other partners like Ferrothorn and Archaludon are appreciated due to the ability to take on pokemon like Rillaboom, Ogerpon-W and Raging Bolt that force out Manaphy and in Ferrothorn's case it can also chip said pokemon with hazards while also taking them on. In return Manaphy can take out troublesome pokemon for said partners like Ting-Lu and Heatran. Swift Swim pokemon like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda are also appreciated for their ability to pressure more offensive teams that can deny Manaphy set up opportunities, when in return Manaphy can break through pokemon like Alomomola and rotom wash. Zapdos and Raging Bolt are also great partners for their ability to absorb Grass type attacks from Rillaboom and Ogerpon-W and hit Toxapex and Dondozo, meanwhile, Manaphy can do devastating damage to its partners checks in Galarian Slowking and Mega Tyranitar.
[SET CREDITS]
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rain breaker (Manaphy) @ Waterium Z
Ability: Hydration
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tail Glow
- Surf
- Psychic/Energy Ball
- Rest
[SET COMMENTS]
With a powerful Water-Type STAB move; one of the best setup moves ever in Tail Glow, and the combination of Hydration + Rest, Manaphy is one of the fiercest wallbreakers on rain teams, leveraging its all around bulk to take some hits and either set up Tail Glow, hit back with incredibly powerful boosted surfs, or heal off said hits with Rest in rain. With these traits, Manaphy’s can virtually take out any wall, breaking through even specially defensive Water-resistant pokemon like Ferrothorn and Mega Latias with its very powerful Hydro Vortex while also healing off any chip damage from foes like Blissey thanks to Hydration + Rest. letting Manaphy deny status from the likes of Gliscor, Toxapex and Tera Grass Heatran. This gives rain teams a much better Fat Balance and Stall matchups since basically the only way to take it out is with offensive pressure. Psychic is used as coverage for a would be check in Toxapex, however, Energy Ball is a good alternative for hitting Dondozo and Tera Water Garganacl for super effective damage. Pelipper is a required partner for setting up rain and pivoting Manaphy in. Other partners like Ferrothorn and Archaludon are appreciated due to the ability to take on pokemon like Rillaboom, Ogerpon-W and Raging Bolt that force out Manaphy and in Ferrothorn's case it can also chip said pokemon with hazards while also taking them on. In return Manaphy can take out troublesome pokemon for said partners like Ting-Lu and Heatran. Swift Swim pokemon like Mega Swampert and Barraskewda are also appreciated for their ability to pressure more offensive teams that can deny Manaphy set up opportunities, when in return Manaphy can break through pokemon like Alomomola and rotom wash. Zapdos and Raging Bolt are also great partners for their ability to absorb Grass type attacks from Rillaboom and Ogerpon-W and hit Toxapex and Dondozo, meanwhile, Manaphy can do devastating damage to its partners checks in Galarian Slowking and Mega Tyranitar.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/untrue_reality.652710/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ineros.658067/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dead-by-daylight.571069/
Grammar checked by:
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