[OVERVIEW]
There are few things as scary in PU as a Victreebel in Sunny Day. With access to powerful STAB like Solar Beam and Sludge Bomb, perfect coverage with Weather Ball, great Special Attack, and Speed that outruns the entire tier in Sun even with a neutral nature, Victreebel can violently carve its way through unprepared teams. However, walls such as Audino and Klang can weather the heat, and priority users such as Purugly can whittle Victreebel down even with the Speed boost. Victreebel also demands the Sun to be up, otherwise it finds itself quickly outclassed by the long list of capable Grass-types in PU.
[SET]
name: Sunny Day Sweeper
move 1: Solar Beam
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Weather Ball
move 4: Sunny Day / Hidden Power [Ground] / Growth
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpAtk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Solar Beam is by far Victreebel's most powerful attack and does not have a charge turn while under Sunny Day, so it functions as the primary STAB option. Sludge Bomb is a secondary STAB option for threats that resist Grass, such as Flying-types like Natu or Dragon-types like Zweilous. Weather Ball in the Sun transforms into a base 100 power Fire move, giving Victreebel coverage for Steel-types like Klang and Bronzor while also hitting Grass-types like Vileplume hard. The last move is recommended to be Sunny Day in a vacuum, so Victreebel can use it to set itself up and sweep. However, if Victreebel finds itself on a dedicated Sunny Day team, Hidden Power [Ground] is also an excellent pick for additional coverage for Fire- and Poison-types like Monferno or Arbok. Growth is also an option for the fourth moveslot to give Victreebel even more power, but this uses a valuable Sunny Day turn and the extra power is really only of use against particularly bulky teams.
The most notable partner for Victreebel is the best weather-setter in the format Volbeat, and together they make the beginnings of a dedicated Sunny Day team. Other choices for the dedicated team include Onix as a reliable suicide lead that can set up Sunny Day for Victreebel and Rapidash as an alternative Sunny Day wallbreaker that can break down special walls that Victreebel might struggle with. In a more broad sense, Zebstrika makes for another generally good partner who can pivot into Victreebel while checking some key threats like Jumpluff and Klang very well. Sun teams generally cannot afford defensive teammates, but outside of those kinds of teams teammates like Stunfisk and Tentacool are great for checking offensive threats such as Purugly or Simisear. Monferno is another notable partner as it is able to get rid of high-value specially-defensive walls like Audino, Scraggy, and Zweilous that would wall Victreebel otherwise. One last interesting partner is actually Weepinbell: while it does not contribute at all to defensive synergy, having what is effectively a slightly-weaker second Victreebel makes for an interesting offensive combo that banks on the fact that most teams can barely handle even one Victreebel so two can be impossible.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Akir, 231726]]
- Quality checked by: [[name, id], [name, id]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]
There are few things as scary in PU as a Victreebel in Sunny Day. With access to powerful STAB like Solar Beam and Sludge Bomb, perfect coverage with Weather Ball, great Special Attack, and Speed that outruns the entire tier in Sun even with a neutral nature, Victreebel can violently carve its way through unprepared teams. However, walls such as Audino and Klang can weather the heat, and priority users such as Purugly can whittle Victreebel down even with the Speed boost. Victreebel also demands the Sun to be up, otherwise it finds itself quickly outclassed by the long list of capable Grass-types in PU.
[SET]
name: Sunny Day Sweeper
move 1: Solar Beam
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Weather Ball
move 4: Sunny Day / Hidden Power [Ground] / Growth
item: Life Orb
ability: Chlorophyll
nature: Modest
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpAtk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Solar Beam is by far Victreebel's most powerful attack and does not have a charge turn while under Sunny Day, so it functions as the primary STAB option. Sludge Bomb is a secondary STAB option for threats that resist Grass, such as Flying-types like Natu or Dragon-types like Zweilous. Weather Ball in the Sun transforms into a base 100 power Fire move, giving Victreebel coverage for Steel-types like Klang and Bronzor while also hitting Grass-types like Vileplume hard. The last move is recommended to be Sunny Day in a vacuum, so Victreebel can use it to set itself up and sweep. However, if Victreebel finds itself on a dedicated Sunny Day team, Hidden Power [Ground] is also an excellent pick for additional coverage for Fire- and Poison-types like Monferno or Arbok. Growth is also an option for the fourth moveslot to give Victreebel even more power, but this uses a valuable Sunny Day turn and the extra power is really only of use against particularly bulky teams.
The most notable partner for Victreebel is the best weather-setter in the format Volbeat, and together they make the beginnings of a dedicated Sunny Day team. Other choices for the dedicated team include Onix as a reliable suicide lead that can set up Sunny Day for Victreebel and Rapidash as an alternative Sunny Day wallbreaker that can break down special walls that Victreebel might struggle with. In a more broad sense, Zebstrika makes for another generally good partner who can pivot into Victreebel while checking some key threats like Jumpluff and Klang very well. Sun teams generally cannot afford defensive teammates, but outside of those kinds of teams teammates like Stunfisk and Tentacool are great for checking offensive threats such as Purugly or Simisear. Monferno is another notable partner as it is able to get rid of high-value specially-defensive walls like Audino, Scraggy, and Zweilous that would wall Victreebel otherwise. One last interesting partner is actually Weepinbell: while it does not contribute at all to defensive synergy, having what is effectively a slightly-weaker second Victreebel makes for an interesting offensive combo that banks on the fact that most teams can barely handle even one Victreebel so two can be impossible.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Akir, 231726]]
- Quality checked by: [[name, id], [name, id]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]
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