[OVERVIEW]
Exeggcute is the premier sun abusers in LC, thanks to its impressive bulk and respectable Special Attack. With the ability Chlorophyll and a strong movepool including moves such as Sunny Day, Solar Beam, and Explosion, it is hard to switch into Exeggcute, which often results in it snowballing early game or being a great late-game sweeper. One of the downside of using Exeggcute is that lack power to OHKO most pokemon in the tier and in addition that it need 1 turn to setup Sunny Day results that it usually is only getting a explosion of.
[SET]
Exeggcute @ Sitrus Berry
Level: 5
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 36 HP / 36 Atk / 36 Def / 196 SpA / 156 SpD / 36 Spe
Mild Nature
- Explosion
- Sunny Day
- Solar Beam
- Psychic
[SET COMMENTS]
At first glance, the EV spread for Exeggcute may seem unusual, but effort value invested serves a purpose. The investment in HP and Defense allows it to survive a Rock Slide followed by an HP Ghost from Diglett, with a 30% chance to live a Sludge Bomb from Gastly, as well as an HP Ghost from a +1 attack Bagon or Larvitar. The Special Defense EVs ensure it can survive an Ice Beam from Porygon. The Attack EVs are used to get a KO against a mixed-defense Porygon while also providing a favorable roll against Physical Defense Porygon. The Speed EVs allow it to outspeed every non-speed-boosted Pokémon while sun being active thanks to its ability Chlorophyll wich makes it outspeed the entire adv lc metagame unboosted. Lastly, the Mild nature with max Special Attack is used to get a 2HKO against a physically defensive Porygon with Psychic followed by Solar Beam.
Exeggcute is one of the most dominant leads in LC due to its good matchups against common Water, Electric, and Ground-type leads. The downside is that it struggles against the common Doduo lead, so it's reccomended to pair it with Pokémon that can switch in against Doduo, such as Koffing, physically defensive Porygon, and Duskull. For the lead set, a Lum Berry is preferred to make sure you don't lose against Electric-type Pokémon that use Thunder Wave.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Exeggcute can also run Hidden Power Fire on the Sunny Day sweeper set to OHKO offensive Cacnea. Thief is another option, allowing Exeggcute to deny opposing Pokemon the ability to use their item and even take avatange of the item itself. Options like Light Screen, Reflect, and Wish may initally look appealing but are not worth the moveslots. Screens are difficult to pull off in LC and there are better options for screen setters than Exeggcute, and Wish is unusable due to the extremely fast paced nature of the metagame.
Checks and Counters
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**Doduo**: Doduo is a lead that can OHKO Exeggcute with both its STABs
**Substitute users** Faster pokemon like diglett and elekid with sitrus berry can stall out the weather turns and 1v1 Exeggcute.
[CREDITS]
Written by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/quinn.553008/
Quality checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/grape-tylenol.593128/
Grammar checked by:
still have to do overview set and add fires
Exeggcute is the premier sun abusers in LC, thanks to its impressive bulk and respectable Special Attack. With the ability Chlorophyll and a strong movepool including moves such as Sunny Day, Solar Beam, and Explosion, it is hard to switch into Exeggcute, which often results in it snowballing early game or being a great late-game sweeper. One of the downside of using Exeggcute is that lack power to OHKO most pokemon in the tier and in addition that it need 1 turn to setup Sunny Day results that it usually is only getting a explosion of.
[SET]
Exeggcute @ Sitrus Berry
Level: 5
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 36 HP / 36 Atk / 36 Def / 196 SpA / 156 SpD / 36 Spe
Mild Nature
- Explosion
- Sunny Day
- Solar Beam
- Psychic
[SET COMMENTS]
At first glance, the EV spread for Exeggcute may seem unusual, but effort value invested serves a purpose. The investment in HP and Defense allows it to survive a Rock Slide followed by an HP Ghost from Diglett, with a 30% chance to live a Sludge Bomb from Gastly, as well as an HP Ghost from a +1 attack Bagon or Larvitar. The Special Defense EVs ensure it can survive an Ice Beam from Porygon. The Attack EVs are used to get a KO against a mixed-defense Porygon while also providing a favorable roll against Physical Defense Porygon. The Speed EVs allow it to outspeed every non-speed-boosted Pokémon while sun being active thanks to its ability Chlorophyll wich makes it outspeed the entire adv lc metagame unboosted. Lastly, the Mild nature with max Special Attack is used to get a 2HKO against a physically defensive Porygon with Psychic followed by Solar Beam.
Exeggcute is one of the most dominant leads in LC due to its good matchups against common Water, Electric, and Ground-type leads. The downside is that it struggles against the common Doduo lead, so it's reccomended to pair it with Pokémon that can switch in against Doduo, such as Koffing, physically defensive Porygon, and Duskull. For the lead set, a Lum Berry is preferred to make sure you don't lose against Electric-type Pokémon that use Thunder Wave.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Exeggcute can also run Hidden Power Fire on the Sunny Day sweeper set to OHKO offensive Cacnea. Thief is another option, allowing Exeggcute to deny opposing Pokemon the ability to use their item and even take avatange of the item itself. Options like Light Screen, Reflect, and Wish may initally look appealing but are not worth the moveslots. Screens are difficult to pull off in LC and there are better options for screen setters than Exeggcute, and Wish is unusable due to the extremely fast paced nature of the metagame.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Doduo**: Doduo is a lead that can OHKO Exeggcute with both its STABs
**Substitute users** Faster pokemon like diglett and elekid with sitrus berry can stall out the weather turns and 1v1 Exeggcute.
[CREDITS]
Written by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/quinn.553008/
Quality checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/grape-tylenol.593128/
Grammar checked by:
still have to do overview set and add fires
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