Gen 7 VGC / Battle Spot / Doubles OU Cores Thread
Tapu Fini / Tapu Lele + Drifblim
![[Image: tapufini.png]](http://pokemonforever.com/images/pokeimages/gen7/tapufini.png)
![[Image: tapulele.png]](http://pokemonforever.com/images/pokeimages/gen7/tapulele.png)
![[Image: drifblim.png]](http://pokemonforever.com/images/pokeimages/gen4/drifblim.png)
- Pokémon featured: Tapu Fini / Tapu Lele + Drifblim
- Metagame: S/M VGC 17
- Core type: Offense
- Sets:
This is a rather peculiar core that's become wildly popular as of a result from the introduction to terrain-based seeds. With either Tapu Fini, or Tapu Lele on the field, Drifblim activates its respective Misty / Psychic Terrain from the field which not only boosts its special defense, but also doubles its speed stat thanks the the Unburden ability. With the proper investment, Unburden Drifblim is able to outspeed natural fast threats such as Tapu Koko and Pheromosa, and even outspeed Scarfers like Lele or Garchomp with significant investment. With the boosted speed and increased special defense, Drifblim can provide the team with a plethora of support options with Will-O-Wisp, Disable, Haze, Skill Swap, or most likely Tailwind to further augment its speed and its allies. It might sound counterintuitive to raise Drifblim's speed again, but when thinking about the scenarios, the opponent would need an incredibly fast Taunter with nautral high speed or holding a Scarf to prevent the speed control. Drifblim might likely faint as a result, but this gives the player near guaranteed turns of Tailwind for its team to abuse for the next three turns. Note if Drifblim is being used in Misty Terrain, Will-O-Wisp won't burn the target due to the status conditions failing, but Swagger is an alternative to raise an allied Pokemon in the back by +2 attack stages as well. When paired with Tapu Lele, most Drifblims are able to initiate some from of offense pressure with its high speed and can burn fast threats like Garchomp or Kartana who threaten Lele.
- Pokémon featured: Tapu Fini / Tapu Lele + Drifblim
- Metagame: S/M VGC 17
- Core type: Offense
- Sets:
This is a rather peculiar core that's become wildly popular as of a result from the introduction to terrain-based seeds. With either Tapu Fini, or Tapu Lele on the field, Drifblim activates its respective Misty / Psychic Terrain from the field which not only boosts its special defense, but also doubles its speed stat thanks the the Unburden ability. With the proper investment, Unburden Drifblim is able to outspeed natural fast threats such as Tapu Koko and Pheromosa, and even outspeed Scarfers like Lele or Garchomp with significant investment. With the boosted speed and increased special defense, Drifblim can provide the team with a plethora of support options with Will-O-Wisp, Disable, Haze, Skill Swap, or most likely Tailwind to further augment its speed and its allies. It might sound counterintuitive to raise Drifblim's speed again, but when thinking about the scenarios, the opponent would need an incredibly fast Taunter with nautral high speed or holding a Scarf to prevent the speed control. Drifblim might likely faint as a result, but this gives the player near guaranteed turns of Tailwind for its team to abuse for the next three turns. Note if Drifblim is being used in Misty Terrain, Will-O-Wisp won't burn the target due to the status conditions failing, but Swagger is an alternative to raise an allied Pokemon in the back by +2 attack stages as well. When paired with Tapu Lele, most Drifblims are able to initiate some from of offense pressure with its high speed and can burn fast threats like Garchomp or Kartana who threaten Lele.
