[DISCUSSION] All Our Favorite Alolan Forms!

[Spyro190]

(Aug 4, 2017, 03:07 PM)0kamii Wrote: @Spyro190

Glad to see you responded, Spyro. Nice choice in Raichu, and that battle was fun to watch. I also like how you reminded us that Raichu benefits from all the terrains. Electric for Surge Surfer, Psychic for STAB boost, Grassy for lesser damage from Earthquake, and what's the benefit from Misty again? Fini is the Tapu I use the least, so I'm a bit fuzzy on what its perks are.

Also, why not run Encore on Raichu-Alola? Just curious.

Misty Terrain helps anyone who doesn't use Dragon-type damage-dealing moves or spam status. Furthermore:

252+ Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Raichu-Alola: 127-151 (94 - 111.8%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Garchomp Dragon Claw vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Raichu-Alola in Misty Terrain: 63-75 (46.6 - 55.5%) -- 71.5% chance to 2HKO

252+ SpA Goodra Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Raichu-Alola: 124-147 (91.8 - 108.8%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Goodra Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Raichu-Alola in Misty Terrain: 61-73 (45.1 - 54%) -- 50.4% chance to 2HKO

4MSS makes Encore not so essential: you can't bring two STABs, Protect, Fake Out, Nuzzle, Encore, etcetera at the same time. Specially when using NP.

[bambam081890]

My favorite form is exeggutor. I really like the type switch, adding dragon makes fire moves less effective.