Vanilluxe is a force to be reckoned with in NU due to its high Special Attack and access to the Snow Warning + Blizzard combo. Vanilluxe can 2HKO even certain Pokemon that resist its attacks, such as Emboar and Delphox after a bit of hail damage. It also has a STAB Freeze-Dry to hit Water-types, Explosion to nuke foes, and Flash Cannon to hit bulky Ice-types hard. All of this makes it a stellar wallbreaker, tearing through Slowbro, Seismitoad, Vileplume, and many more. Finally, since it can remove many walls, Vanilluxe is really spammable in NU and can pair well with sweepers like Rhydon and Sceptile.
Vanilluxe @ Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Sleep Talk
- Hidden Power Ground / Flash Cannon
Blizzard and Freeze-Dry are great STAB attacks for Vanilluxe, the former tearing holes through teams and the latter being able to 2HKO Water-types like Slowking, Seismitoad, and Jellicent. It should almost never deviate from using these two moves as they are so powerful. Sleep Talk allows Vanilluxe to absorb a Sleep Powder from Vileplume, and due to its two powerful STAB moves, it is a prime Sleep Talk abuser. Hidden Power Ground hits Fire-types like Emboar, while Flash Cannon hits Ice-types like Cryogonal hard. Snow Warning both whittles down foes and gives Blizzard perfect accuracy. Choice Specs and a Modest nature supplement Vanilluxe's Special Attack to make it hit as hard as possible. Vanilluxe also has some other options—it can use a Choice Scarf to more easily revenge kill, specifically against offense, due to its powerful STAB attacks, and it can also use Explosion to surprise nuke a threat. When using Vanilluxe, it's important to identify and remove its switch-ins. However, if these switch-ins are frailer, such as Delphox and Sneasel, it can just power through them with Blizzard, compared to bulkier switch-ins like Cryogonal that require Vanilluxe to use its coverage moves.
But despite its advantages, Vanilluxe has some issues, one such being its horrible defensive typing that leaves it weak to Steel-, Fire-, Fighting-, and Rock-types, as well as Stealth Rock. Notable Pokemon with these typings are Delphox, Houndoom, Cryogonal, Hariyama, and Toxicroak. Also, although it doesn't need coverage most of the time, Vanilluxe's shallow movepool leaves it very predictable. Vanilluxe has only an okay Speed tier, leaving it vulnerable to faster threats like Sawk, Virizion, Dodrio, Tauros, Cinccino, and Hitmonlee.
So go on out there and use the ice cream Pokemon today; who knows, it may be pretty cool! (I'm so sorry)
Vanilluxe @ Choice Specs
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Sleep Talk
- Hidden Power Ground / Flash Cannon
Blizzard and Freeze-Dry are great STAB attacks for Vanilluxe, the former tearing holes through teams and the latter being able to 2HKO Water-types like Slowking, Seismitoad, and Jellicent. It should almost never deviate from using these two moves as they are so powerful. Sleep Talk allows Vanilluxe to absorb a Sleep Powder from Vileplume, and due to its two powerful STAB moves, it is a prime Sleep Talk abuser. Hidden Power Ground hits Fire-types like Emboar, while Flash Cannon hits Ice-types like Cryogonal hard. Snow Warning both whittles down foes and gives Blizzard perfect accuracy. Choice Specs and a Modest nature supplement Vanilluxe's Special Attack to make it hit as hard as possible. Vanilluxe also has some other options—it can use a Choice Scarf to more easily revenge kill, specifically against offense, due to its powerful STAB attacks, and it can also use Explosion to surprise nuke a threat. When using Vanilluxe, it's important to identify and remove its switch-ins. However, if these switch-ins are frailer, such as Delphox and Sneasel, it can just power through them with Blizzard, compared to bulkier switch-ins like Cryogonal that require Vanilluxe to use its coverage moves.
But despite its advantages, Vanilluxe has some issues, one such being its horrible defensive typing that leaves it weak to Steel-, Fire-, Fighting-, and Rock-types, as well as Stealth Rock. Notable Pokemon with these typings are Delphox, Houndoom, Cryogonal, Hariyama, and Toxicroak. Also, although it doesn't need coverage most of the time, Vanilluxe's shallow movepool leaves it very predictable. Vanilluxe has only an okay Speed tier, leaving it vulnerable to faster threats like Sawk, Virizion, Dodrio, Tauros, Cinccino, and Hitmonlee.
So go on out there and use the ice cream Pokemon today; who knows, it may be pretty cool! (I'm so sorry)
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