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[OVERVIEW]
[SET]
Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Extreme Speed
Move 3: High Jump Kick / Drain Punch
Move 4: Lovely Kiss / Ice Punch
Item: Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
Nature: Jolly / Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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name: Offensive Support
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Extreme Speed
move 3: High Jump Kick
move 4: Rapid Spin / Encore / Heal Bell / Baton Pass
item: Lopunnite
ability: Limber
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- 252 Attacks EVs ensures that Lopunny gets more revenge kills that it would miss out on, while 252 Speed EVs ensures that lopunny stays the fastest Fake Out / Extreme Speed user in the metagame, 4 Defense EVs allow Mega lopunny to take a few more neutral hits better, but not by much.
- Adamant Nature allows Mega Lopunny to hit as hard as possible, while Jolly nature ensures it stays as the fastest extreme speed user in the tier.
- Limber Pre-mega allows lopunny to not be paralysed upon switchin, and can use paralysis moves as free switchin opportunities.
Usage Tips
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- Reccomended to get a slow U-turn / Volt Switch / Baton pass in, usually on weakened pokemon so that lopunny can revenge kill / clear hazards off the field.
- Pre-Mega Lopunny can use paralysis as free switch-in opportunities and use fake out for a free mega evolution turn.
- Stay away from walls you can't 2HKO, as they can stall lopunny out, and lopunny can't break past them due to not having a boosting move.
- Play carefully with Mega Lopunny, as it can be a win condition in a lot of matches.
Team Options
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- Wallbreakers such as Porygon-Z, Keldeo, Sylveon and ursaring are good teammates for Mega Lopunny as they can break past threats for Mega Lopunny to revenge kill.
- Steel Breakers such as Landorus-Therian, Magnezone and Keldeo are good options for lopunny for their ability to not be forced to play Mind games by King's shield.
- Walls such as slowbro, heatran and ferrothorn are good partners for their ability to handle offensive threats that would otherwise give lopunny a hard time.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Checks and Counters
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**Bulky Flying Types**: Bulky Flying Types such as Landorus-T and Gyarados are able to take a hit from Mega Lopunny and force a switch out by threatening with a STAB Brave Bird / Dragon Ascent
**Mega Scizor** Bulky Mega Scizor can take a high jump kick and threaten to OHKO with Gear Grind, Although it is scared of a +2 High Jump Kick, using bulky Mega Scizor can take a
**Faster pokemon Choice Scarved Pokemon** Pokemon like Choice Scarf Jirachi and Aerodactyl can threaten Lopunny because of their resistance to normal allowing them to take an extreme speed, and their good speed tier allowing them to threaten Lopunny out with Heart Stamp or Brave Bird respectively.
**Fairy Types** Pokemon such as Klefki, Sylveon and Clefable can usually tank an extreme speed and a high jump kick and can OHKO with Moonblast/Boomburst, or Cripple with Thunder Wave, most of them are scared of a +2 Lopunny-M however.
**Physical Walls** Defensive fighting resists such as Slowbro, Mega Venusaur, Celebi and mew are able to stall past Mega Lopunny
- Powerful revenge Killer
- Naturally high Attack and Speed Stats
- Fastest Fake Out + Extreme Speed user in the metagame
- Can be a threatening late game sweeper
- Good offensive options that solidify it's niche in the tier
- Amazing versatility
- Helps shape the metagame with an amazing scrappy Extreme Speed
- Being one of the fastest pokemon in the metagame as well as having access to extreme speed allows it to check the vast majority of the metagame.
- Perfect coverage with it's STABs alone thanks to scrappy.
- Easily able to threaten most offensive teams
- Low bulk, Flying and Fairy type weakness
- Due to Mega Lopunny's usual lack of recovery, it suffers dying to residual damage such as high jump kick missing, abilities such as rough skin and iron barbs and the item called "rocky helmet"
[SET]
Name: Swords Dance
Move 1: Swords Dance
Move 2: Extreme Speed
Move 3: High Jump Kick / Drain Punch
Move 4: Lovely Kiss / Ice Punch
Item: Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
Nature: Jolly / Adamant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Extreme Speed is used because with it's +2 Priority and decent 80 Base Power, as well as it's STAB boost allows mega lopunny to revenge weakened pokemon and check set up sweepers.
- Swords Dance is used to boost Lopunny's Attack to new heights, allowing it to become a threatening late game cleaner.
- High Jump Kick is Mega Lopunny's Fighting STAB and it's best way to KO the Steel and Rock Types that resist Extreme Speed, meaning that walls like ferrothorn and heatran, and threats like Tyranitar can be forced out, however the downside of losing 50% of your HP when you miss can be very risky. Drain Punch is an alternative to this, giving you pseudo recovery, however it leaves you without a move higher than 80 power.
- The last slot for Mega Lopunny is a lot more flexible than the others, Lovely Kiss is used because access to semi-reliable sleep gives lopunny more opportunities to set upon offensive or defensive pokemon. Lovely Kiss can also be used to invalidate some of lopunny's checks and counters. Don't try and rely on the move though, 75% accuracy is terrible
- Ice Punch allows it to deal massive amounts of damage to things like Offensive Flying Types, or bulky pokemon such as Garchomp or Landorus-Therian.
- Lovely Kiss can be used as an option over fake out, with access to semi-reliable sleep giving lopunny more opportunities to set upon offensive or defensive pokemon. Don't try and rely on the move though, 75% accuracy is terrible.
- Substitute is an option over Lovely Kiss and Ice Punch, allowing lopunny to dodge status moves such as Will-O-Wisp, Thunder Wave and Toxic, as well as making Lopunny harder to revenge kill.
- Thunder Punch is also an option to use, because it allows Lopunny to hit bulky water types such as Gyarados and Slowbro which annoy it a lot.
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- Maxing out Speed EVs allow Lopunny to outspeed many threats with it's naturally high Speed as well as having 252 EVs in Attack to hit as hard as possible with Lopunny's other rather high stat.
- Jolly Nature is used to outspeed certain threats as usual, as well as outspeeding choice scarfed base 70's and below.
- Limber Pre-Mega means that you have immunity to paralysis which can cripple Mega-Lopunny immensely.
- Adamant Nature can be used to hit even harder than usual, as well as getting key 2hko's on pokemon such as Landorus-T, Quagsire and skarmory after stealth rocks.
Usage Tips
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- Send this in on weakened members, mega evolve and revenge kill with scrappy extreme speed.
- Start using Swords Dance when you expect a King's Shield / Spiky Shield / Protect, or switch ins after you've forced something out.
- Click Extreme Speed on pokemon that don't resist normal, and High Jump Kick on pokemon that do.
- If you have it, use Ice Punch on Bulky flying Types, it can get huge chip damage on pokemon such as landorus-therian or gliscor.
- Don't Send this in on attacks, make sure to get a slow U-turn/Volt switch in or send it in after a pokemon on your team faints.
- Try to scout for moves that can burn/paralyse Lopunny, as they can cripple lopunny immensely by halving it's fire power and lowering it's speed.
- If running Fake Out, mega evolve the first switchin you have, if not you're going to have to play this safely, only mega evolve against pokemon slower than you and try threaten it out with super effective moves.
Team Options
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- Status Absorbers such as Rotom-Heat and Heatran are recommended for lopunny's defensive teammates thanks to their ability to absorb burns for both pokemon, paralysis for rotom-heat and toxic for heatran, statuses like those can harm lopunny'
- Offensive Teammates like Kyurem-Black , Scizor, Porygon-Z, Sylveon, Terrakion and Thundurus make good partners for Lopunny-M
- Appreciates teammates that can Lunar Dance it back to full health and PP, such as Latios, a pokemon with really nice offensive synergy with mega lopunny
- Jirachi makes a nice teammate for it's ability to deal with all of mega lopunny's weaknesses.
- Magnezone makes a good partner for it's ability to trap and KO skarmory
name: Offensive Support
move 1: Fake Out
move 2: Extreme Speed
move 3: High Jump Kick
move 4: Rapid Spin / Encore / Heal Bell / Baton Pass
item: Lopunnite
ability: Limber
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Fake Out is used because of it's ability to give out free damage, as well as help revenge kill threats.
- Extreme Speed is used as it's main STAB move due to it's +2 Priority and 80 base power making it a prime move for revenge killing.
- High Jump Kick is used as a main secondary STAB option due to it's high 130 base power, allowing mega lopunny to wallbreak many pokemon, but has to be used with caution, as it deals 50% of Lopunny's HP when it misses, this is key to use over drain punch, because of it's high base power,
- As said before, Mega Lopunny's last slot is extremely flexible, and due to this set's nature, it's usually a defensive / momentum bringing option such as Rapid Spin, which is used because of Lopunny's ability making it unblockable hazard removal..
- Another option for the last moveslot is Heal Bell, which makes lopunny a fast cleric with the ability to get rid of crippling statuses.
- The Final option is baton pass which allows lopunny to gain momentum and switch out to a check / counter for the opponents M-Lop check.
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- 252 Attacks EVs ensures that Lopunny gets more revenge kills that it would miss out on, while 252 Speed EVs ensures that lopunny stays the fastest Fake Out / Extreme Speed user in the metagame, 4 Defense EVs allow Mega lopunny to take a few more neutral hits better, but not by much.
- Adamant Nature allows Mega Lopunny to hit as hard as possible, while Jolly nature ensures it stays as the fastest extreme speed user in the tier.
- Limber Pre-mega allows lopunny to not be paralysed upon switchin, and can use paralysis moves as free switchin opportunities.
Usage Tips
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- Reccomended to get a slow U-turn / Volt Switch / Baton pass in, usually on weakened pokemon so that lopunny can revenge kill / clear hazards off the field.
- Pre-Mega Lopunny can use paralysis as free switch-in opportunities and use fake out for a free mega evolution turn.
- Stay away from walls you can't 2HKO, as they can stall lopunny out, and lopunny can't break past them due to not having a boosting move.
- Play carefully with Mega Lopunny, as it can be a win condition in a lot of matches.
Team Options
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- Wallbreakers such as Porygon-Z, Keldeo, Sylveon and ursaring are good teammates for Mega Lopunny as they can break past threats for Mega Lopunny to revenge kill.
- Steel Breakers such as Landorus-Therian, Magnezone and Keldeo are good options for lopunny for their ability to not be forced to play Mind games by King's shield.
- Walls such as slowbro, heatran and ferrothorn are good partners for their ability to handle offensive threats that would otherwise give lopunny a hard time.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Encore can be used because of it's ability to trap pokemon into status moves and thenn get an opportunity to set up and sweep.
- Baton Pass can be used to safely switch out to other pokemon that can handle switch ins better. Also has high PP so it's good for PP stalling.
- Lovely Kiss is great because it's a semi-reliable sleep move that annoys pokemon and gives lopunny good chances to set up on opponents.
- Thunder Punch is useful because it allows you to hit pokemon such as slowbro or gyarados hard, getting an extreme amount of chip damage in.
Checks and Counters
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**Bulky Flying Types**: Bulky Flying Types such as Landorus-T and Gyarados are able to take a hit from Mega Lopunny and force a switch out by threatening with a STAB Brave Bird / Dragon Ascent
**Mega Scizor** Bulky Mega Scizor can take a high jump kick and threaten to OHKO with Gear Grind, Although it is scared of a +2 High Jump Kick, using bulky Mega Scizor can take a
**Faster pokemon Choice Scarved Pokemon** Pokemon like Choice Scarf Jirachi and Aerodactyl can threaten Lopunny because of their resistance to normal allowing them to take an extreme speed, and their good speed tier allowing them to threaten Lopunny out with Heart Stamp or Brave Bird respectively.
**Fairy Types** Pokemon such as Klefki, Sylveon and Clefable can usually tank an extreme speed and a high jump kick and can OHKO with Moonblast/Boomburst, or Cripple with Thunder Wave, most of them are scared of a +2 Lopunny-M however.
**Physical Walls** Defensive fighting resists such as Slowbro, Mega Venusaur, Celebi and mew are able to stall past Mega Lopunny
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