Before reading this post, know that my english is not good and some sentences can be weird or awkward.
Hello
hall ! I want to express my opinion about
Jynx because the hiss' posts made me want to (please continue to post hiss that's always a pleasure to read you !)
First, i agree with you, Choice Specs
Jynx is a nightmare to face for defensive teams but i don't think Specs is the best set to Jynx !
To me, this set is the best :
Daronne à
Louna (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
-
Lovely Kiss
-
Ice Beam
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Psyshock
-
Focus Blast
First, with Boots,
Jynx doesn't take rocks or/and tspikes/spikes which are very annoying to it, so it can come more easily on the field than specs/scarf
Jynx. Also i don't completely agree with "
Jynx is really hard to bring into battle", sure it's not easy to bring
Jynx like it is for Rapidash for example but it's not that hard, it can come on some Pokemon :
Water-types :
Jynx hardwalls
(without stone edge or crunch but who run that ??) &
(only on special but it's the more popular (i think))(blue>red) thanks to Dry Skin and the Ice-type, it also can come on
usually without any troubles because often the 1st move that Qwilfish will do is Taunt/Spikes even if Jynx should be wary about TWave and also Tuthur the
& the broken
are often free switch-ins for Jynx.
Altaria :
Jynx can come pretty easily on
which is one of the best defensive Pokemon in the metagame, Jynx doesn't care on being toxic because it doesn't have a good longevity anyway and will doesn't stay on the field more than something like 3 turns max, and :
0 SpA Altaria Flamethrower vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Dry Skin Jynx: 124-148 (45.7 - 54.6%) -- 54.3% chance to 2HKO
(very sad)(Eq is worse).
VoltTurn : I found some mons that makes good core with Jynx like
Beka the
, almost every Thwackey's answers are very weak to Jynx like
or
but this core is very weak to
so
can complete this core very well adding another U-turn !
is cool too especially against more offensive teams where it can just volt switch freely often into
Jynx even if there is a ground because ground-types fear Raichu's Surf, and
Jynx can weaken or remove grass types like Eldegoss or
-Super for it ! Almost every VoltTurn users can bring
Jynx on the field actually, because
Jynx is a big threat for almost every Pokemons slower than it and very few can take a hit.
Slow Special Pokemons :
Jynx can take a hit of a lot of Special mons slower than him if necessary like
(77-91) , non-specs
(80-95) , and special laevin
(82-97 of specs modest), so you can hard it on one of them at least one time in an emergency situation.
So, Jynx come easily on the field or not ?
Jynx alone, it's very hard to bring it on the field due to it's horrible bulk especially physical, but it paires very well with a lot of VoltTurn users and it's easy to find a good partner for it, so Jynx depends a lot of teammates to come on the field and do it job.
Secondly, yes, it's almost impossible to have a hard-counter of Specs
Jynx but it rely on a prediction and just a
Ice-Resist +
Psy-Resist can deal with it + some Pokemons can check on what move
Jynx is locked to bring the good resist after, but the fact that
Jynx is not choice-locked is more annoying to deal with and the lack of power is compensated by Lovely Kiss which allows to not rely on a prediction (at least, it's not a 33/33/33 anymore but just a 50/50 with "
Jynx will attack or it will Lovely Kiss ?") !
Some calcs on some mons that we can think they are Jynx' switch-ins (or checks) but they are not because of Lovely Kiss !
Articuno
252 SpA Jynx Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Articuno: 120-142 (31.3 - 37%) -- 80.1% chance to 3HKO
Clefairy
252 SpA Jynx Ice Beam vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Eviolite Clefairy: 127-151 (36.9 - 43.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 SpA Jynx Psyshock vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Eviolite Clefairy: 144-169 (41.8 - 49.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Coalossal
252 SpA Jynx Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Coalossal: 186-220 (43.8 - 51.8%) -- 11.7% chance to 2HKO
Cramorant
252 SpA Jynx Psyshock vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Cramorant: 124-147 (36.1 - 42.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
Frosmoth
252 SpA Jynx Psyshock vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Ice Scales Frosmoth: 90-106 (32 - 37.7%) -- 93.2% chance to 3HKO
Kangaskhan
252 SpA Jynx Ice Beam vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Kangaskhan: 162-192 (46.1 - 54.7%) -- 58.6% chance to 2HKO
Lickilicky
252 SpA Jynx Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Lickilicky: 180-212 (42.5 - 50.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
Manectric
252 SpA Jynx Ice Beam vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Manectric: 204-240 (72.5 - 85.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Miltank
252 SpA Jynx Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Miltank: 216-256 (54.9 - 65.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Ninetales
252 SpA Jynx Psyshock vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Ninetales: 153-180 (53.3 - 62.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Rapidash
252 SpA Jynx Psyshock vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Rapidash: 160-190 (59 - 70.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Silvally-Dark
252 SpA Jynx Focus Blast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Silvally-Dark: 250-296 (75.5 - 89.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
For calcs with Focus Blast, you can just hit a Focus Blast and after finish with 2 Psyshock/Ice Beam to not have to rely on a move with 70% accuracy.
Only one Pokemon can switch on Jynx without any problems :
Wishiwashi
My thoughts on Jynx ?
Jynx is one of the best wallbreaker in the tier if it's not the best, we can play around it with Lovely Kiss because we can think that Jynx will often do Lovely Kiss in first, but if it's Scarf or Specs Jynx ? I will stay with my Qwilfish to take the Lovely Kiss but be OHKO by Psyshock because it's Specs Jynx ? Or i will put my less useful Pokemon to absorb the Lovely Kiss but if it's a Jynx without Lovely Kiss i will just lose a Pokemon or be heavily weakened, and anyway even a Jynx with Lovely Kiss can choose to not do Lovely Kiss in first so it's just a 50-50 to win against this mon if you don't have Wishiwashi. Jynx forces a 50-50 with Lovely Kiss or not and i don't find it healthy in any metagame, so to me,
Jynx is completely banworthy.