Gen 1 Abra (NU Mini) [DONE]

[pac]

[OVERVIEW]

Abra wields the strongest Psychic in NU, as well as possessing an impressive Speed stat. This makes it one of the tier's most potent special attackers and revenge killers, threatening notable Pokemon like Nidoking, Venomoth, Raticate, and Pinsir. The aforementioned Speed stat lets it compete with the tier's offensive threats, notably outspeeding Nidoking and Pinsir while Speed tying Moltres, Mr. Mime, and Poliwhirl. It's also one of the fastest users of Thunder Wave in the tier, often forcing out fast threats like Charizard and Electrode that dislike paralysis.

However, Abra is comically frail, being 2HKOed or OHKOed by nearly every physical move in the tier, even from coverage moves like Blastoise's Body Slam and Charizard's Earthquake. It also lacks a reliable recovery option to compensate for this, making it very hard to switch in, even against the Pokemon that it's supposed to threaten. Its coverage is also limited to Seismic Toss, so it struggles versus Psychic-types like Exeggcute and the ubiquitous Mr. Mime. Mr. Mime also mostly outclasses Abra, having better coverage as well as physical bulk, with only a slightly weaker Psychic.

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Reflect

[SET COMMENTS]

Psychic deals incredible damage to many of the tier's biggest threats, notably 2HKOing Nidoking, Venomoth, and Raticate, while having chances to 3HKO defensive staples such as Blastoise, Arcanine, and Porygon. Thunder Wave cripples faster Pokemon such as Charizard and Electrode. Seismic Toss is Abra's best attack versus Psychic-types like Mr. Mime, Exeggcute, and Drowzee. Reflect lets Abra take less damage from physical attacks, notably making Nidoking's Earthquake only a possible 2HKO.

Abra's very small movepool leaves it with few other options. Toxic is the most consistent check to the wrappers in the tier, such as Rapidash, Ninetales, and Dragonair. Substitute can be used in order to ease prediction and let Abra take more hits. Abra's astounding frailty means that Counter will deal incredible damage if landed, but it's hard to find situations to both survive the attack and prefer Counter to other attacks, outside of Mr. Mime's Seismic Toss.

Abra is typically used alongside Mr. Mime as a generally inferior but still potent version of it. The two often contribute to paralysis spam, supporting sweepers like Kingler and Nidoking. Abra's struggles versus Mr. Mime and Exeggcute make checks to those Pokemon vital, so it synergises well with Clefable as well as your own Mr. Mime.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pac, 520967]]
- Quality checked by: [[May, 236353], [Enigami, 233818]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[Plague von Karma]

I want to note a few things to help this along.

• The general purpose of Abra is "I am fast and have Psychic. Fear me.". It's a decent absorber of Fire Spin, exerts good speed control with Thunder Wave and its amazing revenge killing abilities, etc.
• Make sure to cover the lack of Recover, this is a big issue with Abra and the main reason Mr. Mime gets to exist. Horrible reality, I know.
• It's not perfect, but you can definitely have Reflect on the main set. It keeps Nidoking from getting the 59% OHKO with Earthquake, allowing it to win outright if it tries to come in on Thunder Wave. In fact, I'd say it's more than enough to make it the first slash, as the 2HKO from Nidoking isn't even guaranteed if Abra has Reflect.
• Your HP is terrible but Counter can be an OO; I haven't checked the calcs but surely it bonks something. Maybe Toxic too, I think it's a good enough filler option for a Pokemon with a movepool like Abra's. Hell, thinking about this more, it could even be another slash.

 

[pac]

Opening this up to QC! Having an issue with the size of the analysis, as Abra is rather simple. Help expanding it would go a long way.

 

[Plague von Karma]

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[pac]

This is ready for GP!

 

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[OVERVIEW]

Abra wields the strongest Psychic in NU, as well as possessing an impressive Speed stat. This lets it act as one of the tier's most potent Sspecial attackers, with its brilliant offensive typing and very high Special threatening notable Pokemon like Nidoking, Venomoth, Raticate, and Pinsir, making it one of the best revenge killers in the tier. The aforementioned Speed stat lets it compete with the tier's offensive threats, notably outspeeding Nidoking and Pinsir while speed tying Moltres, Mr. Mime, and Poliwhirl. This same Speed makes it one of the fastest users of Thunder Wave in the tier, often forcing out fast threats like Charizard and Electrode that dislike Paralysis.

However, Abra struggles defensively due to being comically frail, being 2HKOed or OHKOed by nearly every Physical move in the tier, even from coverage moves like Blastoise's Body Slam and Charizard's Earthquake. It also has a lack of reliable recovery options to compensate for this, as its frailty makes it bad at utilizing Rest, and it does not learn Recover. This makes it very hard to switch in, even against the Pokemon that it's supposed to threaten. Its coverage is also not great, which struggles versus Pokemon like Exeggcute and the omnipresent Mr. Mime. Abra is also mostly outclassed by the aforementioned Mr. Mime, who has better coverage as well as Pphysical bulk, with only a slightly weaker Psychic.

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Reflect

[SET COMMENTS]

Psychic deals incredible damage to many of the tier's biggest threats, notably 2HKOing Nidoking, Venomoth, and Raticate, while having chances to 3HKO defensive staples such as Blastoise, Arcanine, and Porygon. Thunder Wave grants Abra the ability to cripple faster Pokemon such as Charizard and Electrode. Seismic Toss is Abra's best attack versus Psychic-types like Mr. Mime, Exeggcute, and Drowzee. Reflect lets Abra take less damage from Physical attacks, notably making Nidoking's Earthquake only a possible 2HKO.

Abra's deceptively small movepool leaves it with few other options. Toxic is the most consistent check to many of the wrappers in the tier, such as Rapidash, Ninetales, and Dragonair. Substitute can be used, in order to ease prediction and let Abra take more hits. Abra's astounding frailty means that Counter will deal incredible damage if landed, but it‘s hard to find situations to both live the attack and use Counter, outside of Mr. Mime's Seismic Toss.

Abra is typically used alongside Mr. Mime, as a generally inferior but still potent version of it. This leads it to be used on teams centered around Paralysis spam, as its fast Thunder Wave contributes immensely to this. This Paralysis supports sweepers effectively, making Pokemon like Raticate, Kingler, and Nidoking effective teammates. Abra's struggles versus Mr. Mime and Exeggcute make checks to those Pokemon vital, meaning that it synergises well with Clefable, as well as your own Mr. Mime.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pacattacc, 520967]]
- Quality checked by: [[Plague von Karma, 236353], [Enigami, 233818]]
- Grammar checked by: [[name, id]]

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[OVERVIEW]

Abra wields the strongest Psychic in NU, which has fantastic coverage, (or something else. optional) as well as possessing an impressive Speed stat. This lets it act as makes it one of the tier's most potent special attackers, with its brilliant offensive typing and very high Special attackers and revenge killers, threatening notable Pokemon like Nidoking, Venomoth, Raticate, and Pinsir, making it one of the best revenge killers in the tier. The aforementioned Speed stat lets it compete with the tier's offensive threats, notably outspeeding Nidoking and Pinsir while Speed tying Moltres, Mr. Mime, and Poliwhirl. This same Speed makes it It's also one of the fastest users of Thunder Wave in the tier, often forcing out fast threats like Charizard and Electrode that dislike paralysis.

However, Abra struggles defensively due to being is comically frail, being 2HKOed or OHKOed by nearly every physical move in the tier, even from coverage moves like Blastoise's Body Slam and Charizard's Earthquake. It also has a lack of reliable recovery options lacks a reliable recovery option to compensate for this, as its frailty makes it bad at utilizing Rest, and it does not learn Recover. This makes making it very hard to switch in, even against the Pokemon that it's supposed to threaten. Its coverage is also not great, which struggles versus Pokemon limited to Seismic Toss, so it struggles versus Psychic-types like Exeggcute and the omnipresent Mr. Mime. Abra is also mostly outclassed by the aforementioned Mr. Mime, who has Mr. Mime also mostly outclasses Abra, having better coverage as well as physical bulk, with only a slightly weaker Psychic.

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Reflect

[SET COMMENTS]

Psychic deals incredible damage to many of the tier's biggest threats, notably 2HKOing Nidoking, Venomoth, and Raticate, while having chances to 3HKO defensive staples such as Blastoise, Arcanine, and Porygon. Thunder Wave grants Abra the ability to cripple cripples faster Pokemon such as Charizard and Electrode. Seismic Toss is Abra's best attack versus Psychic-types like Mr. Mime, Exeggcute, and Drowzee. Reflect lets Abra take less damage from physical attacks, notably making Nidoking's Earthquake only a possible 2HKO.

Abra's deceptively very (maybe im alone here but i assumed it had a pea-sized movepool, it is notorious for only starting out with teleport after all) small movepool leaves it with few other options. Toxic is the most consistent check to many of (is "many of" needed? up to you) the wrappers in the tier, such as Rapidash, Ninetales, and Dragonair. Substitute can be used (RC) in order to ease prediction and let Abra take more hits. Abra's astounding frailty means that Counter will deal incredible damage if landed, but it's (added apostrophe) hard to find situations to both live survive the attack and use Counter prefer Counter to other attacks, (I imagine?) outside of Mr. Mime's Seismic Toss.

Abra is typically used alongside Mr. Mime (RC) as a generally inferior but still potent version of it. This leads it to be used on teams centered around Paralysis spam, as its fast Thunder Wave contributes immensely to this. This Paralysis supports sweepers effectively, making Pokemon like Raticate, Kingler, and Nidoking effective teammates. The two often contribute to paralysis spam, supporting sweepers like Raticate, Kingler, and Nidoking. (I imagine this checks out?) Abra's struggles versus Mr. Mime and Exeggcute make checks to those Pokemon vital, meaning that so it synergises well with Clefable as well as your own Mr. Mime.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pac, 520967]]
- Quality checked by: [[May, 236353], [Enigami, 233818]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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[OVERVIEW]

Abra wields the strongest Psychic in NU, which has fantastic coverage, (or something else. optional) as well as possessing an impressive Speed stat. This lets it act as makes it one of the tier's most potent special attackers, with its brilliant offensive typing and very high Special attackers and revenge killers, threatening notable Pokemon like Nidoking, Venomoth, Raticate, and Pinsir, making it one of the best revenge killers in the tier. The aforementioned Speed stat lets it compete with the tier's offensive threats, notably outspeeding Nidoking and Pinsir while Speed tying Moltres, Mr. Mime, and Poliwhirl. This same Speed makes it It's also one of the fastest users of Thunder Wave in the tier, often forcing out fast threats like Charizard and Electrode that dislike paralysis.

However, Abra struggles defensively due to being is comically frail, being 2HKOed or OHKOed by nearly every physical move in the tier, even from coverage moves like Blastoise's Body Slam and Charizard's Earthquake. It also has a lack of reliable recovery options lacks a reliable recovery option to compensate for this, as its frailty makes it bad at utilizing Rest, and it does not learn Recover. This makes making it very hard to switch in, even against the Pokemon that it's supposed to threaten. Its coverage is also not great, which struggles versus Pokemon limited to Seismic Toss, so it struggles versus Psychic-types like Exeggcute and the omnipresent Mr. Mime. Abra is also mostly outclassed by the aforementioned Mr. Mime, who has Mr. Mime also mostly outclasses Abra, having better coverage as well as physical bulk, with only a slightly weaker Psychic.

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Reflect

[SET COMMENTS]

Psychic deals incredible damage to many of the tier's biggest threats, notably 2HKOing Nidoking, Venomoth, and Raticate, while having chances to 3HKO defensive staples such as Blastoise, Arcanine, and Porygon. Thunder Wave grants Abra the ability to cripple cripples faster Pokemon such as Charizard and Electrode. Seismic Toss is Abra's best attack versus Psychic-types like Mr. Mime, Exeggcute, and Drowzee. Reflect lets Abra take less damage from physical attacks, notably making Nidoking's Earthquake only a possible 2HKO.

Abra's deceptively very (maybe im alone here but i assumed it had a pea-sized movepool, it is notorious for only starting out with teleport after all) small movepool leaves it with few other options. Toxic is the most consistent check to many of (is "many of" needed? up to you) the wrappers in the tier, such as Rapidash, Ninetales, and Dragonair. Substitute can be used (RC) in order to ease prediction and let Abra take more hits. Abra's astounding frailty means that Counter will deal incredible damage if landed, but it's (added apostrophe) hard to find situations to both live survive the attack and use Counter prefer Counter to other attacks, (I imagine?) outside of Mr. Mime's Seismic Toss.

Abra is typically used alongside Mr. Mime (RC) as a generally inferior but still potent version of it. This leads it to be used on teams centered around Paralysis spam, as its fast Thunder Wave contributes immensely to this. This Paralysis supports sweepers effectively, making Pokemon like Raticate, Kingler, and Nidoking effective teammates. The two often contribute to paralysis spam, supporting sweepers like Raticate, Kingler, and Nidoking. (I imagine this checks out?) Abra's struggles versus Mr. Mime and Exeggcute make checks to those Pokemon vital, meaning that so it synergises well with Clefable as well as your own Mr. Mime.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pac, 520967]]
- Quality checked by: [[May, 236353], [Enigami, 233818]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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[Plague von Karma]

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