EDIT: It has come to my notice that this is in the wrong place, and wrongly formatted, so I guess it'll be locked soon .-. Sorry mods.
As ridiculous as it sounds, I assume you would be surprised to hear this; despite the fact that it is outclassed by many in it's function, Feebas definitely does have viability in LC, as it is blessed with great speed and a decent movepool, something it's unfortunate cousin Magikarp lacks. It even has a useful ability in Oblivious, allowing it to avoid getting taunted.
(Please excuse me if I get anything wrong, this is my first analysis. I hear I must consult a moderator before making a thread devoted to one pokemon in particular during early XY LC, I'm not sure if that still applies. If it does, I'll be happy to delete this. If not, I can make the appropriate changes.)
Sashed lead
Feebas @ Focus Sash
Ability: Oblivious
Level: 5
EVs: 196 Spd / 116 Atk / 196 HP
Jolly Nature
- Toxic/Hypnosis
- Confuse Ray
- Flail
- Mirror Coat/Protect
Taking a cue from it's cousin's ever-so famous gimmick set, feebas can act as a sashed lead, with it's speed reaching 18, allowing it to induce sleep/bad poisoning/ onto other openers. Protect can be used for scouting or to avoid fake out, and mirror coat to surprise the odd special attacker. Flail, a move which we've probably all seen on the infamous magikarp, has some use on this derpy fish as well as it can reach an effective base damage of 200 when down to it's last health point.
Other Options
Feebas has access to Adaptability, which unfortunately cannot be used too well, it's 15/10 offenses can't be used anywhere out of the gimmicky focus sash+flail combination, not to mention it's offensive movepool is rather poor. (gimme a sec, will add a rain dance+swift swim set)
Checks and counters- (to be added)
As ridiculous as it sounds, I assume you would be surprised to hear this; despite the fact that it is outclassed by many in it's function, Feebas definitely does have viability in LC, as it is blessed with great speed and a decent movepool, something it's unfortunate cousin Magikarp lacks. It even has a useful ability in Oblivious, allowing it to avoid getting taunted.
(Please excuse me if I get anything wrong, this is my first analysis. I hear I must consult a moderator before making a thread devoted to one pokemon in particular during early XY LC, I'm not sure if that still applies. If it does, I'll be happy to delete this. If not, I can make the appropriate changes.)
Sashed lead
Feebas @ Focus Sash
Ability: Oblivious
Level: 5
EVs: 196 Spd / 116 Atk / 196 HP
Jolly Nature
- Toxic/Hypnosis
- Confuse Ray
- Flail
- Mirror Coat/Protect
Taking a cue from it's cousin's ever-so famous gimmick set, feebas can act as a sashed lead, with it's speed reaching 18, allowing it to induce sleep/bad poisoning/ onto other openers. Protect can be used for scouting or to avoid fake out, and mirror coat to surprise the odd special attacker. Flail, a move which we've probably all seen on the infamous magikarp, has some use on this derpy fish as well as it can reach an effective base damage of 200 when down to it's last health point.
Other Options
Feebas has access to Adaptability, which unfortunately cannot be used too well, it's 15/10 offenses can't be used anywhere out of the gimmicky focus sash+flail combination, not to mention it's offensive movepool is rather poor. (gimme a sec, will add a rain dance+swift swim set)
Checks and counters- (to be added)
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