Monotype Mega Lopunny

roman

Banned deucer.
qc: torkool
gp: wob



Lopunny-Mega @ Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Return
- Power-Up Punch
- Encore


Mega Lopunny finds its niche in Monotype via its ability to wallbreak and clean up weakened teams as well as revenge kill metagame threats such as Tapu Koko and Greninja thanks to its blazing fast Speed tier. These attributes alongside great abilities before and after Mega Evolving and anunresisted STAB combination make it the defining Mega Evolution on Normal-type teams, not to mention its amiable design. Its ability to revenge kill threats to Normal teams, mainly Bisharp and Mega Sableye, is a huge boon as well. Power-Up Punch Mega Lopunny sets up on big defensive threats to Normal teams such as Toxapex. It can also come in on any Pokemon using a predicted passive move, such as a Skarmory healing or Chansey setting Stealth Rock and lock them into it with Encore for a free turn of set up, which allows it to bust through walls like Mega Venusaur. Limber also lets Mega Lopunny set up on Thunder Wave users such as Cobalion and Klefki. Great teammates include defensive Staraptor, which can give Mega Lopunny a free switch in via aslow U-turn and other Pokemon such as Porygon-Z and Diggersby, which make a great wallbreaking core when used in conjunction with Mega Lopunny. Other Pokemon such as Chansey and Porygon2 make great teammates, as they can support Mega Lopunny by wearing down the opposing team with hazards and status and provide switch-ins to Pokemon that force Mega Lopunny out.

Here are some replays showcasing Mega Lopunny's uses in Monotype:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-673222770
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-687583053
 
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Lopunny-Mega @ Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Power-Up Punch
- Encore
- High Jump Kick
- Return

Mega Lopunny finds its niche in Monotype via its ability to wallbreak and clean up weakened teams with Power-Up Punch + Encore as well as revenge kill metagame threats such as Tapu Koko and Greninja thanks to its blazing fast speed tier. These attributes alongside other conveniences such as great abilities before and after Mega Evolving and an amiable design (Design doesn't add to any reason why it is the defining mega evolution, makes more sense to mention the design as a stand alone sentance. maybe at the start or end) allow it to be the defining Mega Evolution on Normal-type teams. Its ability to revenge kill threats to Normal teams, mainly Bisharp and Mega Sableye, is a huge boon as well. The set listed is the most efficient one in the current metagame, however Substitute can be used to pick up more KOs against offensive teams as well as provide a great tech against opposing Normal-type teams as Substitute prevents you from being revenge KO'd by opposing Ditto. Fake Out is also nice against offense, chipping down metagame threats such as Alolan Raichu and letting you beat out Alakazam without having to rely on winning a 50/50. (try not to mention things not in the set as it is a set analysis) Great teammates include Defensive Staraptor that can give Mega Lopunny a free switch in via slow U-turn and other Pokemon such as PorygonZ and Diggersby that make a great wallbreaking core when used in conjunction with Mega Lopunny. (Personally I would mention a couple flaws and how to make up for them with the rest of the team)

Here are some replays utilizing Mega Lopunny in Monotype:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-673222770
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-687583053
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-656849724
 

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Lopunny-Mega @ Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Return
- Power-Up Punch

- Encore


Mega Lopunny finds its niche in Monotype via its ability to wallbreak and clean up weakened teams with Power-Up Punch + Encore (This reads as PUP and encore being the two moves that are doing the wallbreaking and cleaning themselves. Rather, two moves enable MLop to wallbreak [not necessarily clean]) as well as revenge kill metagame threats such as Tapu Koko and Greninja thanks to its blazing fast speed tier. These attributes alongside other conveniences such as great abilities before and after Mega Evolving and unresisted STAB make it the defining Mega Evolution on Normal-type teams, not to mention its amiable design. (Including this was fine, you're allowed to add flavor text in the spotlight) Its ability to revenge kill threats to Normal teams, mainly Bisharp and Mega Sableye, is a huge boon as well. The set listed is the most efficient one in the current metagame, however Substitute can be used to pick up more KOs against offensive teams as well as provide a great tech against opposing Normal-type teams as Substitute prevents you from being revenge KO'd by opposing Ditto. Fake Out is also nice against offense, chipping down metagame threats such as Alolan Raichu and letting you beat out Alakazam without having to rely on winning a 50/50. (Agree to remove information that isn't about the listed set. Instead, talk about why it runs PUP and Encore and how that's relevant to the metagame as you don't talk about that anywhere.) Great teammates include Defensive Staraptor that can give Mega Lopunny a free switch in via slow U-turn and other Pokemon such as PorygonZ and Diggersby that make a great wallbreaking core when used in conjunction with Mega Lopunny. Other Pokemon such as Chansey and Porygon2 make great teammates as they can support Mega Lopunny by wearing down the opposing team with hazards and status and provide switch ins to Pokemon that force Mega Lopunny out.

Here are some replays showcasing Mega Lopunny's uses in Monotype:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-673222770
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-687583053
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-656849724
QC 1/1. The last replay doesn't utilize the set you're talking about, so I think we should remove it.
 
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Lopunny-Mega @ Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Return
- Power-Up Punch
- Encore


Mega Lopunny finds its niche in Monotype via its ability to wallbreak and clean up weakened teams as well as revenge kill metagame threats such as Tapu Koko and Greninja thanks to its blazing fast speed Speed tier. These attributes alongside other conveniences such as great abilities before and after Mega Evolving and an unresisted STAB combination make it the defining Mega Evolution on Normal-type teams, not to mention its amiable design. Its ability to revenge kill threats to Normal teams, mainly Bisharp and Mega Sableye, is a huge boon as well. Power-Up Punch Mega Lopunny sets up on big defensive threats to Normal teams such as Toxapex. It can also come in on any Pokemon using a predicted passive move, such as a Skarmory healing or Chansey setting Stealth Rock and lock them into whatever utility move it with Encore for a free turn of set up, (AC) which allows it to bust through walls like Mega Venusaur. Limber also lets it Mega Lopunny set up on Thunder Wave users such as Cobalion and Klefki. Great teammates include Defensive Staraptor that defensive Staraptor, which can give Mega Lopunny a free switch in via a slow U-turn and other Pokemon such as PorygonZ and Diggersby that Porygon-Z and Diggersby, which make a great wallbreaking core when used in conjunction with Mega Lopunny. Other Pokemon such as Chansey and Porygon2 make great teammates, (AC) as they can support Mega Lopunny by wearing down the opposing team with hazards and status and provide switch ins switch-ins to Pokemon that force Mega Lopunny out.

Here are some replays showcasing Mega Lopunny's uses in Monotype:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-673222770
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7monotype-687583053

GP 1/1
 
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roman

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ready for upload, thx for qc and gp guys

this is on the longer side so keep it a bit shorter in the future, but content wise looks good. will be going up in 2 hours - p^2
 
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