[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Twisted Spoon
ability: Psychic Surge
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
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Calm Mind Tapu Lele is a devastating setup wallbreaker that terrorizes passive teams, as it can take advantage of forced switches to set up and muscle through checks like Ferrothorn, Clefable, and Blissey. Psyshock takes advantage of special walls like Blissey and Galarian Slowking. Focus Blast gives Tapu Lele excellent coverage, as it nails Steel-type checks that resist its STAB combination like Heatran, Melmetal, and Ferrothorn. Shadow Ball can also be run in this moveslot if Tapu Lele desires to obliterate rarer checks like Aegislash, Shedinja, Slowking, and Jirachi, but it makes Tapu Lele less effective against more standard Steel-type checks. Thunderbolt is another alternative that serves as a midground between the aforementioned moves by threatening defensive cores made up of Pokemon that resist Tapu Lele's STAB types, such as Slowking, Toxapex, and Corviknight. Removing Corviknight is particularly notable, as it resists Tapu Lele's STAB combination while being neutral to its other coverage moves. Twisted Spoon powers up Psyshock to outrageous levels, allowing it to 2HKO Blissey unboosted. A Timid nature ensures that Tapu Lele outruns threats like Swords Dance Landorus-T and Timid Nidoking.
Team Options
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As Calm Mind Tapu Lele is relatively frail and lacks Speed, it appreciates teammates that provide speed control and bring it onto the field safely. This makes Choice Scarf users like Urshifu-R and Kartana good offensive partners, as they outspeed threats like Choice Specs Dragapult and Blacephalon that force Tapu Lele out. Urshifu-R has the distinction of being able to pivot Tapu Lele in safely with U-turn, and Calm Mind Tapu Lele preys on the bulk of Urshifu-R's switch-ins, such as Toxapex and Buzzwole. Checks to the aforementioned Dragapult and Blacephalon are highly appreciated: Heatran is an exemplary teammate, as it has the bulk to take boosted Shadow Balls and retaliate with Earth Power or Toxic. It also appreciates Tapu Lele removing specially defensive walls that can stave it off like Gastrodon and Hippowdon and threatens the Steel-types that switch into Tapu Lele, such as Melmetal and Ferrothorn. Specially defensive Landorus-T is another Dragapult and Blacephalon check that sacrifices the ability to take hits comfortably for the utility of U-turn to bring Tapu Lele in safely. Heatran and Landorus-T also bear the distinction of being good Stealth Rock setters, wearing down switch-ins like opposing Heatran, Galarian Slowking, and Corviknight into range of Tapu Lele's attacks. It is important to have checks to physical threats that naturally outspeed Tapu Lele: utility Tornadus-T can take on Kartana and Urshifu-R, while Rotom-W is a good stopgap to Weavile and Urshifu-R. Both Pokemon come with the bonus of providing safe entry for Tapu Lele with U-turn and Volt Switch, respectively. Weavile has unique synergy with Tapu Lele, as it can offensively pressure Dragapult thanks to its typing and overload Steel-type checks like Ferrothorn, Heatran, and Melmetal that are often tasked to deal with Tapu Lele as well.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slowpoke-fan.617219/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pulsar512b.469728/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tysonslayer.349443/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solarbeam.470115/
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Calm Mind
move 2: Psyshock
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Focus Blast
item: Twisted Spoon
ability: Psychic Surge
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========
Calm Mind Tapu Lele is a devastating setup wallbreaker that terrorizes passive teams, as it can take advantage of forced switches to set up and muscle through checks like Ferrothorn, Clefable, and Blissey. Psyshock takes advantage of special walls like Blissey and Galarian Slowking. Focus Blast gives Tapu Lele excellent coverage, as it nails Steel-type checks that resist its STAB combination like Heatran, Melmetal, and Ferrothorn. Shadow Ball can also be run in this moveslot if Tapu Lele desires to obliterate rarer checks like Aegislash, Shedinja, Slowking, and Jirachi, but it makes Tapu Lele less effective against more standard Steel-type checks. Thunderbolt is another alternative that serves as a midground between the aforementioned moves by threatening defensive cores made up of Pokemon that resist Tapu Lele's STAB types, such as Slowking, Toxapex, and Corviknight. Removing Corviknight is particularly notable, as it resists Tapu Lele's STAB combination while being neutral to its other coverage moves. Twisted Spoon powers up Psyshock to outrageous levels, allowing it to 2HKO Blissey unboosted. A Timid nature ensures that Tapu Lele outruns threats like Swords Dance Landorus-T and Timid Nidoking.
Team Options
========
As Calm Mind Tapu Lele is relatively frail and lacks Speed, it appreciates teammates that provide speed control and bring it onto the field safely. This makes Choice Scarf users like Urshifu-R and Kartana good offensive partners, as they outspeed threats like Choice Specs Dragapult and Blacephalon that force Tapu Lele out. Urshifu-R has the distinction of being able to pivot Tapu Lele in safely with U-turn, and Calm Mind Tapu Lele preys on the bulk of Urshifu-R's switch-ins, such as Toxapex and Buzzwole. Checks to the aforementioned Dragapult and Blacephalon are highly appreciated: Heatran is an exemplary teammate, as it has the bulk to take boosted Shadow Balls and retaliate with Earth Power or Toxic. It also appreciates Tapu Lele removing specially defensive walls that can stave it off like Gastrodon and Hippowdon and threatens the Steel-types that switch into Tapu Lele, such as Melmetal and Ferrothorn. Specially defensive Landorus-T is another Dragapult and Blacephalon check that sacrifices the ability to take hits comfortably for the utility of U-turn to bring Tapu Lele in safely. Heatran and Landorus-T also bear the distinction of being good Stealth Rock setters, wearing down switch-ins like opposing Heatran, Galarian Slowking, and Corviknight into range of Tapu Lele's attacks. It is important to have checks to physical threats that naturally outspeed Tapu Lele: utility Tornadus-T can take on Kartana and Urshifu-R, while Rotom-W is a good stopgap to Weavile and Urshifu-R. Both Pokemon come with the bonus of providing safe entry for Tapu Lele with U-turn and Volt Switch, respectively. Weavile has unique synergy with Tapu Lele, as it can offensively pressure Dragapult thanks to its typing and overload Steel-type checks like Ferrothorn, Heatran, and Melmetal that are often tasked to deal with Tapu Lele as well.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slowpoke-fan.617219/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pulsar512b.469728/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tysonslayer.349443/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/solarbeam.470115/
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