OU Pelipper

[Theia]

[SET]
Rain Setter (Pelipper) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 224 Def / 36 SpD or 248 HP / 38 Def / 232 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Ground
Relaxed / Sassy Nature
- Surf
- U-turn
- Roost
- Hurricane / Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Pelipper is OU's premier rain setter thanks to Drizzle and reliable recovery in Roost. Surf threatens a number of common Stealth Rock setters such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Landorus-T with OHKOs in rain, while Hurricane covers Grass-types like Meowscarada and Serperior while also dealing more damage to Hisuian Samurott. Knock Off can be run instead of Hurricane to cripple foes like Galarian Slowking, making them easier for its teammates to break through. A Speed-reducing nature in conjunction with 0 Speed IVs gives Pelipper its slowest possible U-turn, allowing it to safely bring in teammates to make use of its rain. A physically defensive EV spread lets Pelipper easily handle physical threats like Hisuian Samurott and Zamazenta, while a specially defensive spread can be used to take less damage from special attackers that would otherwise take advantage of Pelipper's poor Special Defense, such as Gholdengo and Enamorus, as well as avoiding an OHKO from Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor. Though Pelipper is rarely Terastallized, Tera Ground can be used to remove its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves from Raging Bolt and Zapdos and safely pivot out of them.

Pelipper should be used exclusively on rain teams where it is commonly partnered with powerful wallbreakers like Barraskewda, which is greatly enabled by Swift Swim activation, and Raging Bolt, which benefits from Water-type Weather Ball to break through Ground-types. Archaludon is also a notable partner on rain teams for its defensive utility, as it is able to check Pokemon like Rillaboom and Ogerpon-W, while taking advantage of Pelipper's rain to use Electro Shot. Due to Pelipper's weakness to Stealth Rock and that it can't afford to run Heavy-Duty Boots, it benefits greatly from Rapid Spin support from Iron Treads to allow it to repeatedly set rain. Because Damp Rock is needed to maximize the number of rain turns, Pelipper appreciates having a teammate that can switch into Knock Off, such as Archaludon or Kingambit. Due to its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves, Pelipper enjoys Ground-type teammates like Iron Treads that can easily switch into the likes of Raging Bolt. Pokemon like Air Balloon Kingambit that can help against Kyurem are also appreciated, as Pelipper is unable to defensively check it and rain teams tend to struggle against it.

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[kd458]

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QC check, Pelipper

[SET]
Rain Setter (Pelipper) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 224 Def / 36 SpD or 248 HP / 38 Def / 232 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Ground
Relaxed / Sassy Nature
- Surf
- U-turn
- Roost
- Hurricane / Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Pelipper is OU's premier rain setter thanks to Drizzle and reliable recovery in Roost. Surf threatens a number of other common leads, such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Landorus-T with OHKOs in rain, while Hurricane covers Grass-type leads like Meowscarada (Lead Meow has been removed as a set from the dex) while also dealing more damage to Hisuian Samurott. (One thing that I'd note is that Pelipper is more than just a lead, often finding defensive value over a game and needing to come in more than once while also sometimes being paired with alternative leads - these moves find value further than just lead matchups) Knock Off can be run instead of Hurricane to cripple foes, (Like who? Galarian Slowking is a pretty big one) making them easier for its teammates to break through. A Speed-reducing nature in conjunction with 0 Speed IVs gives Pelipper its slowest possible U-turn, allowing it to safely bring in teammates to make use of its rain. A physically defensive EV spread lets Pelipper easily handle physical threats like Hisuian Samurott and Zamazenta, while a specially defensive EV spread can be used to take less damage from special attackers that would otherwise take advantage of Pelipper's poor Special Defense. Though Pelipper is rarely Terastallized, Tera Ground can be used to remove its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves (Who are these Electric-type moves from? Can maybe add that it allows you to pivot out on them safely)

Pelipper should be used exclusively on rain teams, where it is commonly partnered with powerful wallbreakers like Barraskewda and Raging Bolt. (How do they benefit from Pelipper? Could make more note of how these and maybe some other Pokemon benefit from rain) Archaludon is also a notable partner on rain teams, bringing defensive utility (What kind of defensive utility does Archaludon bring, what can it switch into for rain teams? Rilla is a pretty big one but there's a few things that rain likes having an Arch for) while taking advantage of Pelipper's rain to use Electro Shot. Due to Pelipper's weakness to Stealth Rock and that it can't afford to run Heavy-Duty Boots, it benefits greatly from entry hazard removal support from Iron Treads to allow it to repeatedly set rain. Because Damp Rock is needed to maximize the number of Rain turns, (Could move the reasoning for the item choice to Paragraph 1) Pelipper appreciates having a teammate that can switch into Knock Off, such as Archaludon and Kingambit. Due to its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves, Pelipper appreciates Ground-type teammates like Iron Treads and Great Tusk (Tusk can't really come in on Bolt due to its poor SpDef - it's fallen in popularity on rain during DLC2, but you could mention Ting-Lu here instead. If you wanted to keep Tusk it could come under hazard removal support but that's up to you) that can easily switch into the likes of Raging Bolt. (Something that may be worth bringing up is a defensive partner that helps with Kyurem, as this is a tough MU for rain. Also, does Pelipper itself bring more value to a team than just rain? Defensively checking Gouging, Zama and most Tusk for some of these teammates is nice so you could bring this up when mentioning them, but this is up to you as it's a very secondary trait for Peli)

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Fan of the writeup, QC 1/2 when implemented!

 

[Theia]

Something that may be worth bringing up is a defensive partner that helps with Kyurem, as this is a tough MU for rain

Checks to Kyurem do not exist u.u

Implemented, thank you!

 

[kd458]

That's true tbh - just noting that you don't usually want Slowking-G to overwrite your weather while Volc doesn't love the rain being up so they aren't great partners, but it's kinda hard to think of any other real safe Kyurem checks so idrk what else to suggest lmao

Great implementation and I like how this reads! ^^

 

[viivian]

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[SET]
Rain Setter (Pelipper) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 224 Def / 36 SpD or 248 HP / 38 Def / 232 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Ground
Relaxed / Sassy Nature
- Surf
- U-turn
- Roost
- Hurricane / Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]

Pelipper is OU's premier rain setter thanks to Drizzle and reliable recovery in Roost. Surf threatens a number of common Stealth Rock setters, such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Landorus-T with OHKOs in rain, while Hurricane covers Grass-types like Meowscarada and Serperior while also dealing more damage to Hisuian Samurott. Knock Off can be run instead of Hurricane to cripple foes like Galarian Slowking, making them easier for its teammates to break through. A Speed-reducing nature in conjunction with 0 Speed IVs gives Pelipper its slowest possible U-turn, allowing it to safely bring in teammates to make use of its rain. A physically defensive EV spread lets Pelipper easily handle physical threats like Hisuian Samurott and Zamazenta, while a specially defensive EV spread can be used to take less damage from special attackers that would otherwise take advantage of Pelipper's poor Special Defense. should probably list some of the pokemon specially defensive pelipper can check, since otherwise it likely wouldn't be a consideration over the standard physically defensive variants Though Pelipper is rarely Terastallized, Tera Ground can be used to remove its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves from Raging Bolt and Zapdos and safely pivot out of them.

Pelipper should be used exclusively on rain teams, where it is commonly partnered with powerful wallbreakers like Barraskewda, which is greatly enabled by Swift Swim activation and Raging Bolt, which benefits from Water-type Weather Ball to break through Ground-types. Archaludon is also a notable partner on rain teams, bringing defensive utility, as it is able to defensively check Pokemon like Rillaboom and Ogerpon-W, while taking advantage of Pelipper's rain to use Electro Shot. Due to Pelipper's weakness to Stealth Rock and that it can't afford to run Heavy-Duty Boots, it benefits greatly from entry hazard removal support from Iron Treads to allow it to repeatedly set rain. Because Damp Rock is needed to maximize the number of Rain turns, Pelipper appreciates having a teammate that can switch into Knock Off, such as Archaludon and Kingambit. Due to its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves, Pelipper appreciates Ground-type teammates like Iron Treads and Ting-Lu ting-lu isn't super common on rain anymore so listing just iron treads should be fine that can easily switch into the likes of Raging Bolt. Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and bulky Volcarona variants Air Balloon Kingambit do either of those pokemon fit on rain? you should also mention air balloon kingambit here since it tends to be the go-to kyurem check on rain but i'm not quite sure if galarian slowking or volcarona are good picks on rain that can help against Kyurem are also appreciated, as Pelipper is unable to defensively check it and rain teams tend to struggle against it.

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great work overall, this will be QC 2/2 once implemented

 

[Theia]

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great work overall, this will be QC 2/2 once implemented

Finally implemented, thank you!

Good morning GP Team <3

 

[StupidFlandrs48]

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[SET]
Rain Setter (Pelipper) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 224 Def / 36 SpD or 248 HP / 38 Def / 232 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Ground
Relaxed / Sassy Nature
- Surf
- U-turn
- Roost
- Hurricane / Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Pelipper is OU's premier rain setter thanks to Drizzle and reliable recovery in Roost. Surf threatens a number of common Stealth Rock setters(RC) such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Landorus-T with OHKOs in rain, while Hurricane covers Grass-types like Meowscarada and Serperior while also dealing more damage to Hisuian Samurott. Knock Off can be run instead of Hurricane to cripple foes like Galarian Slowking, making them easier for its teammates to break through. A Speed-reducing nature in conjunction with 0 Speed IVs gives Pelipper its slowest possible U-turn, allowing it to safely bring in teammates to make use of its rain. A physically defensive EV spread lets Pelipper easily handle physical threats like Hisuian Samurott and Zamazenta, while a specially defensive EV spread can be used to take less damage from special attackers that would otherwise take advantage of Pelipper's poor Special Defense, such as Gholdengo and Enamorus, as well as avoiding an OHKO from Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor. Though Pelipper is rarely Terastallized, Tera Ground can be used to remove its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves from Raging Bolt and Zapdos and safely pivot out of them.

Pelipper should be used exclusively on rain teams(RC) where it is commonly partnered with powerful wallbreakers like Barraskewda, which is greatly enabled by Swift Swim activation,(AC) and Raging Bolt, which benefits from Water-type Weather Ball to break through Ground-types. Archaludon is also a notable partner on rain teams(RC) bringing for its defensive utility, as it is able to defensively (already implied) check Pokemon like Rillaboom and Ogerpon-W(RC) while taking advantage of Pelipper's rain to use Electro Shot. Due to Pelipper's weakness to Stealth Rock and the fact that it can't afford to run Heavy-Duty Boots, it benefits greatly from entry hazard removal Rapid Spin support from Iron Treads (if Treads is the specific example you should specify which removal method it uses. But for example if you also mentioned Corv you'd keep it as it was) to allow it to repeatedly set rain. Because Damp Rock is needed to maximize the number of Rain rain turns, Pelipper appreciates having a teammate that can switch into Knock Off, such as Archaludon and or Kingambit (more appropriate for singular objects, it could also be changed to "having teammates that can blahblahblah" if you want to keep the "and" at the end). Due to its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves, Pelipper appreciates enjoys (avoids repetition) Ground-type teammates like Iron Treads that can easily switch into the likes of Raging Bolt. Pokemon like Air Balloon Kingambit that can help against Kyurem are also appreciated, as Pelipper is unable to defensively check it and rain teams tend to struggle against it.

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Writers like you make my job super easy <3 GP 1/1
GP Team done

 

[Theia]

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[SET]
Rain Setter (Pelipper) @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 248 HP / 224 Def / 36 SpD or 248 HP / 38 Def / 232 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Tera Type: Ground
Relaxed / Sassy Nature
- Surf
- U-turn
- Roost
- Hurricane / Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Pelipper is OU's premier rain setter thanks to Drizzle and reliable recovery in Roost. Surf threatens a number of common Stealth Rock setters(RC) such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Landorus-T with OHKOs in rain, while Hurricane covers Grass-types like Meowscarada and Serperior while also dealing more damage to Hisuian Samurott. Knock Off can be run instead of Hurricane to cripple foes like Galarian Slowking, making them easier for its teammates to break through. A Speed-reducing nature in conjunction with 0 Speed IVs gives Pelipper its slowest possible U-turn, allowing it to safely bring in teammates to make use of its rain. A physically defensive EV spread lets Pelipper easily handle physical threats like Hisuian Samurott and Zamazenta, while a specially defensive EV spread can be used to take less damage from special attackers that would otherwise take advantage of Pelipper's poor Special Defense, such as Gholdengo and Enamorus, as well as avoiding an OHKO from Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor. Though Pelipper is rarely Terastallized, Tera Ground can be used to remove its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves from Raging Bolt and Zapdos and safely pivot out of them.

Pelipper should be used exclusively on rain teams(RC) where it is commonly partnered with powerful wallbreakers like Barraskewda, which is greatly enabled by Swift Swim activation,(AC) and Raging Bolt, which benefits from Water-type Weather Ball to break through Ground-types. Archaludon is also a notable partner on rain teams(RC) bringing for its defensive utility, as it is able to defensively (already implied) check Pokemon like Rillaboom and Ogerpon-W(RC) while taking advantage of Pelipper's rain to use Electro Shot. Due to Pelipper's weakness to Stealth Rock and the fact that it can't afford to run Heavy-Duty Boots, it benefits greatly from entry hazard removal Rapid Spin support from Iron Treads (if Treads is the specific example you should specify which removal method it uses. But for example if you also mentioned Corv you'd keep it as it was) to allow it to repeatedly set rain. Because Damp Rock is needed to maximize the number of Rain rain turns, Pelipper appreciates having a teammate that can switch into Knock Off, such as Archaludon and or Kingambit (more appropriate for singular objects, it could also be changed to "having teammates that can blahblahblah" if you want to keep the "and" at the end). Due to its 4x weakness to Electric-type moves, Pelipper appreciates enjoys (avoids repetition) Ground-type teammates like Iron Treads that can easily switch into the likes of Raging Bolt. Pokemon like Air Balloon Kingambit that can help against Kyurem are also appreciated, as Pelipper is unable to defensively check it and rain teams tend to struggle against it.

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Writers like you make my job super easy <3 GP 1/1
GP Team done

Implemented, thank you!