Whimsicott@Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
Level: 50
EVs: 204 HP/ 52 Def/ 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Moonblast
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Encore
Just the set from the strat dex but I guess thats ok. I just used the evs there, though as expected I wonder about alternate ev spreads. All the Spe is nice for Thund, Liepard, tying mirrors, and outspeeding up to base 115s when attacking(or outspeeding their +1 priority,) but only ones very weak to Moonblast or very weakened are you gonna attack rather than using a priority move. Still, more bulk doesnt do very much. Whimsi often isnt taking hits anyways, and even max physical bulk ismt gonna wall Kang.
Moves are very standard. Just regular SubSeed with the obligaory strong STAB. Moonblast's power and STAB make up for low SpA somewhat, and it has a nice 30% chance to lower the foe's SpA. Whimsi deals well with many of the things mentioned as trouble for Mence and Azu, but there are some exceptions.
Serperior blasts Azu, can safely boost on Whimsi, killing pretty quick bar misses(and fearing nothing if it always hits, Moonblast isnt very much damage and can even raise its SpA more,) and can be annoying for Mence if it outspeeds. It can Reflect, and then likely live to Glare, also dealing two rounds of helmet damage. Offensive ones might have HP Ice or Rock, and live a DE with sash. Ofc, Serp loses easy if Whimsi manages to Encore anything but an attack(if its Glare you have to get lucky with para rolls, but thats not too bad.) Whimsi also does some decent PP stalling of Serp even if it doesnt miss, and it only has one attack usually , so...
Thund i dont like either(I think mainly regular but im not sure.
Thund-T actually seems like it could be worse, since it hits a bit harder and still outspeeds everything but Whimsi which cant do much just fine.) It can just HP Ice Whimsi, breaking sub if you use that the first turn hoping for Taunt or T-Wave. There are few moves Whimsi likes to Encore Thund into. T-Wave might be good to Encore, tho Whimsi doesnt like para. Focus Blast and Grass Onot are good to Encore, but theyre less common. T-bolt does a lot of damage from odfensive variants unless you run more bulk, so thats often not safe to Encore either. The best things to lock it into are sub and Foul Play, but those arent very common at all. And Thund-T would never run either of those, limiting the number of moves good to lock it into. Not dealing so good with Thund even with all the evs to outspeed it is a good reason to look for an alternate ev spread.
Mamoswine starts to seem like a problem for this team with Whimsi. Its a very good answer to Whimsi, and also handles Mence with ease. Azu kills it, but is at the very least taking an EQ, and you never know if Mamo will have helmet, or Fissure hits. Mamo is extra tricky since there isnt much else Whimsi can run to do better against it. A Grass STAB really isnt strong enough all by itself(mayb if you have a sub up to start to stimach a few hits if Icicle Spear before they start dealing damage, or get lucky with it not hitting many times, but you give up a lot by dropping Moonblast.) Cotton Guard can mayb help take Spears, but crits are a thing, Whimsi lacks reliable recovery, and that hurts vs special threats, if which there are several to this team. Memento might be an ok move to help with Mamo and just in general. And Whimsi can beat just about anything if ot locks it into the right move, so Encoring EQ or something helps a lot.
A few other threats i notice looking at the c&c part of Whimsi's analysis are Sylveon amd Mega Gardevoir. Both are pretty common, especially the former. They can both take at least one hit and hit back extremely hard. Hyper Voice is ofc trashing Whimsi regardless of investment and hits through sub. Sylveon is basically immune to one of Whimsi's main things in Encore, since itll lock itself into Hyper Voice, and even if its not, Encoring that is ofc no help. I dont think even the odd SpA drop from Moonblast is enough, and certainlt not reliable either way. Using Leech Seed is really the best option after just switching out, ir Moonblast if the thing is at tiny helth. Mence can typically deal with both these physically frail-ish fairies with DE, but this one needs a boost or status, and isnt getting eithr unless its before the fairies. Azu doesmt really have problems with either, but cant switch in.
Anyways, if i win people should discuss if Memento should be used(helps ahainst all threats i mentioned but Serp, and also can be nice for Gengar,) and if this ev spread is really the best, or at least good enough.
