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This Pokeyman's been pretty much ignored, basically tagged as "Manaphy with worse stats, and no Tail Glow, Heart Swap or Energy Ball," but I believe it could be a powerful force in underused.
Notable Physical Movepool
U-Turn
Waterfall
Pretty Pitiful, but you're not really going to use it much.
Notable Special Movepool
Surf
Ice Beam
Grass Knot
Hidden Power
Sadly, he's missing Manaphy's Shadow and Energy Balls which would really help it against the Bulky Psychics in UU with the former, itself and Lanturn with the latter. However, he's still got the majority of the special movepool that Manaphy uses anyways.
Notable Support Options
Aqua Ring
Rest
Rain Dance
Charm
Protect
Substitute
Psych Up
Some pretty powerful options, most notably the RainRest combo that Manaphy has.
Possible Sets
Hydration Rest
Phione@Wet Rock/Leftovers
Rain Dance
Rest
Surf
Ice Beam/Grass Knot/HP Grass/HP Bug
The same set that Manaphy uses in OU, except dumbed down to his level. HP Grass is for the aforementioned Lanturn and other Phione, while HP Bug hits the inevitable Abomasnow/Grumpig/Hypno switchin supereffective.
The main thing that Phione has to compete with is Dewgong, who arguably pulls off the Hydration+Rest thing better, with a better Special Defense and HP and acess to Signal Beam and better physical options, but suffers with worse speed and a stealth rock weakness. Overall, while nowhere near as devasting as his older brother, Phione's a real threat to the new D/P OU
This Pokeyman's been pretty much ignored, basically tagged as "Manaphy with worse stats, and no Tail Glow, Heart Swap or Energy Ball," but I believe it could be a powerful force in underused.
Notable Physical Movepool
U-Turn
Waterfall
Pretty Pitiful, but you're not really going to use it much.
Notable Special Movepool
Surf
Ice Beam
Grass Knot
Hidden Power
Sadly, he's missing Manaphy's Shadow and Energy Balls which would really help it against the Bulky Psychics in UU with the former, itself and Lanturn with the latter. However, he's still got the majority of the special movepool that Manaphy uses anyways.
Notable Support Options
Aqua Ring
Rest
Rain Dance
Charm
Protect
Substitute
Psych Up
Some pretty powerful options, most notably the RainRest combo that Manaphy has.
Possible Sets
Hydration Rest
Phione@Wet Rock/Leftovers
Rain Dance
Rest
Surf
Ice Beam/Grass Knot/HP Grass/HP Bug
The same set that Manaphy uses in OU, except dumbed down to his level. HP Grass is for the aforementioned Lanturn and other Phione, while HP Bug hits the inevitable Abomasnow/Grumpig/Hypno switchin supereffective.
The main thing that Phione has to compete with is Dewgong, who arguably pulls off the Hydration+Rest thing better, with a better Special Defense and HP and acess to Signal Beam and better physical options, but suffers with worse speed and a stealth rock weakness. Overall, while nowhere near as devasting as his older brother, Phione's a real threat to the new D/P OU