Let's Talk Ghosties For a Second...
'Ello 'Ello,
So I'm in a challenge with my friends, a Mono-Type Tournament. We each choose one type of Pokemon, train up 6 of them, and compete in a tournament. Now I chose The Ghost-Type obviously, and after a heavy consideration I'm wondering if anyone else has a second opinion on movesets if you've used these spectres before.
Number one? Golurk.
This guy is cool. Seriously, giant possessed suit of armor/robot thing? However his stats are a bit lacking. Where he looks intimidating his Base Atk is 124. Still, not bad, he could wrestle with a Gyarados and be just as strong (you know, without that whole Water/Flying thing.) However Most people I've talked to, and Smogon of course say that Subpunch is the way to go. He DOES have decent Bulk at 80 Base Defenses. It's speed really is crippling, but I'm still determined to use him.
Ability:Iron Fist
Nature:Adamant
Held Item:Leftovers
-Substitute
-Shadow Punch
-Earthquake
-Focus Punch
Basically the only set people say he CAN use. So far out of a few test battles, Substitute usually breaks in one hit and I can rarely make use of much Focus Punch, of course when I do nothing has ever survived it. Iron Fist definitely helps with Shadow Punch's weak damage, and Earthquake is an obvious choice.
However my main questions are, does anyone know of another move that might work better on him? Also I want to use my allotted 1 Leftovers on something a little more significant. Does anyone else know of a Held Item that would benefit this moveset?
Next on the list is, Chandelure.
Now, most people say there is only 1 real moveset that you SHOULD run on Chandelure that abuses it's 145 Sp. Atk, (Fire Blast, Shadow Ball, ect.) And I don't particularly disagree with that. Chandelure has decent Speed, and can usually get a hit in before it's frailty finally takes it out.
Ability:Flash Fire
Nature:Modest
Held Item:Leftovers/Life Orb
-Fire Blast
-Shadow Ball
-Energy Ball
-Substitute
Once again, pretty much right out of the Smogon page. However I've really tried to add something or change up the moveset, but nothing is as effective as this. The substitute usually doesn't hold (as I would expect on a fairly frail Pokemon) but as with Golurk, when it does hold it just makes it that much easier to deal some heavy damage.
But not too much I want to change, unless someone knows a movset that's be more fun? (Or don't fix it if it isn't broken right?) But I, once again, don't want to use my 1 Leftovers on Chandelure, but then again I really don't like the health drop from Life Orb when paired with Substitute. Any ideas?
And lastly, Jellicent.
I love this pokemon. He's nice and bulky and makes for great late game turn arounds. I've pretty much got him figured out, but I have one last nagging thing,
Ability:Cursed Body
Nature:Bold
Held Item:Leftovers
-Scald
-Will-O-Wisp
-Recover
-Hex
Now, most people say that Taunt is too good to not have but I honestly don't find much use in it. I know it's supposed to stop defensive stallers from setting up but I just find better plays with Will-O-Wisp, and Scald.
The nagging thing is about the status ailment move. Will-O-Wisp, or Toxic? Hex will benefit from both (and I love hex because it's like a Ghost-Type Earthquake with STAB) but they both have ups and downs. Will-O-Wisp (Along with fitting the Ghost theme) will Burn, which helps out massively with it's lower defense stat, and I believe that overall Burn is a more pressuring Status Ailment then being Poisoned. However it does have a 50% accuracy, which could spell trouble if I can't set up right. Also it might be a bit redundant of a move when paired with Scald. Toxic on the other hand is 100% accuracy, and it can help dent Pokemon that already wall it, like other water types. But then again trying to use two different Status Ailments on 1 Pokemon's moveset (Toxic and Scald) just seems silly. I'd be glad to use my Leftovers on Jellicent but is there a better Held Item for what it's trying to do?
I know I have a lot of repeat questions, but thanks for considering them and hopefully giving me your thoughts.