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Originally Posted by Richard Steel
Alright, so yeah... I'm looking for a few opinions. Starmie is seeing much less use this generation due to Weavile being EVERYWHERE, but I'm a risk taker. And I love Starmie, but I use her as a Rapid Spinner. But I can't seem to get the moveset right... Recover is recommended, but I really dislike losing the BoltBeam option. Here's the standard set:
Starmie @ Leftovers
Timid Nature
EVs: 172 HP, 120 SpAtk, 216 Speed
- Surf
- Rapid Spin
- Recover
- Thunderbolt/Ice Beam
Now, it's of course possible to run Rapid Spin without Recover (thus leaving another moveslot to be filled), but it usually isn't advised (although I do actually have Wish support now, so it's not as if losing Recover becomes game-breaking). In the long run, Garchomp and Salamence threaten me more, this thing also keeps Gyarados away, who otherwise becomes fairly threatening to my team (as is any good stat-boosting sweeper against a Stall Team).
So anyone want to recommend something? I already have a way to defeat Gyarados, but it ends up crippling one of my Pokemon. But I just really like the reassurance of another move in there.
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Ice Beam and Surf get walled by Bulky Waters such as Milotic, Slowbro etc and you dont really want to let Slowbro or whatever stat up on you by switching out. Although you will kill Garchomp and Keep your STAB move.
Thunderbolt and Surf have great coverage, however you wont really phaze Garchomp and Slamence like you said.
You may just want to consider Ice Beam and Thunderbolt, just for the simple fact that youll now only get fully walled by Magnezone (and Shedinja and Lanturn XD).
The one move that is not expendable is Recover, it will let you Rapid Spin a few more times if you need it which is vital with Stealth Rock and Spikes floating around. You may have wish support but what happens if that dies ??
So at the end of the day its up to you whats in your team, and what you lack coverage against mostly that wrecks the rest of you team.
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