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Leafeon has a use other than passing SD!
I wanted a Leafeon because they are awesome, but I couldn't see what it could do other than blow an SD over to something with a deeper movepool via baton pass. So I checked all of the types that neither grass nor bug could hit for nuetral. Fire, steel, flying, and poison were the 4 troublesome ones. So out of sheer curiosity, I began looking at all the stuff that hit for nuetral or more on those types. I found out electric and water could hit all 4 for nuetral or super effective. I thought electric would work better because fire is more rare than flying as far as I've seen. I thought for a second, "HP Electric!" then I realized that was a sad pipe dream as it didn't have any special. Later, while cruising smogon movelists I saw something that said natural gift. I didn't know much about the move, so I whipped out the bulbapedia and looked it up. Hits as any type, up to 80 damage, can only be used once... physical! It all snapped together, it was almost a physical hidden power, except only having one use. Jolly, 252 speed, 252 attack, 4 hp, Leaf Blade, X-Scizzor, Swords Dance, and Natural Gift. With a Belue Berry, that's 80 physical electric. I checked, and the only thing it can't hit at all is Dialga, so outside of ubers, it's safe. I've been testing it out some on PBR, and it works fine there, so I thought I'd spread the word, see if anyone liked the idea.
I wanted a Leafeon because they are awesome, but I couldn't see what it could do other than blow an SD over to something with a deeper movepool via baton pass. So I checked all of the types that neither grass nor bug could hit for nuetral. Fire, steel, flying, and poison were the 4 troublesome ones. So out of sheer curiosity, I began looking at all the stuff that hit for nuetral or more on those types. I found out electric and water could hit all 4 for nuetral or super effective. I thought electric would work better because fire is more rare than flying as far as I've seen. I thought for a second, "HP Electric!" then I realized that was a sad pipe dream as it didn't have any special. Later, while cruising smogon movelists I saw something that said natural gift. I didn't know much about the move, so I whipped out the bulbapedia and looked it up. Hits as any type, up to 80 damage, can only be used once... physical! It all snapped together, it was almost a physical hidden power, except only having one use. Jolly, 252 speed, 252 attack, 4 hp, Leaf Blade, X-Scizzor, Swords Dance, and Natural Gift. With a Belue Berry, that's 80 physical electric. I checked, and the only thing it can't hit at all is Dialga, so outside of ubers, it's safe. I've been testing it out some on PBR, and it works fine there, so I thought I'd spread the word, see if anyone liked the idea.
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