Plusle positivity club :3
Type: Electric
Stats: 60/50/40/85/75/95 (405 BST)
Abilities: Plus / Lightning Rod
Relevant Moves
Agility
Alluring Voice
Encore
Endeavor
Grass Knot
Nasty Plot
Nuzzle
Super Fang
Switcheroo
Thunderbolt
Volt Switch
Positives
- Plusle
- Tera Fairy Plusle with Lightning Rod hardwalls Raging Bolt and hits a surprising amount of the current OU metagame for STAB supereffective damage.
- Not even special walls are safe- with Switcheroo or Encore, Plusle can own them epic style. Encore also lets Plusle shut down various slow setup Pokemon, while Alluring Voice punishes fast setup attempts with a devastating confusion.
- Plusle has Nasty Plot AND Agility, so it can become fast AND strong.
- Minun
Tera Potential
- Fairy is the best choice for Plusle, giving STAB to Alluring Voice and letting it turn most Raging Bolt variants into complete fodder. This STAB combo is genuinely good.
- Ice with Tera Blast can kill Gliscor.
Plusle @ Choice Specs
Ability: Lightning Rod
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Alluring Voice
- Volt Switch
- Switcheroo
The most effective Plusle set, making immediate use of the fantastic Electric/Fairy STAB combo and abusing Switcheroo. If the opponent's Ground-type is Great Tusk and they have a Raging Bolt this might actually do something which I find very entertaining
Ability: Lightning Rod
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Alluring Voice
- Volt Switch
- Switcheroo
The most effective Plusle set, making immediate use of the fantastic Electric/Fairy STAB combo and abusing Switcheroo. If the opponent's Ground-type is Great Tusk and they have a Raging Bolt this might actually do something which I find very entertaining
Plusle @ Air Balloon
Ability: Lightning Rod
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Agility
- Thunderbolt
- Alluring Voice
Run this on Veil, set up on one of your several immunities, let the sweep commence. The Reddit Gold and YouTube Ad Revenue will be yours.
Ability: Lightning Rod
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Agility
- Thunderbolt
- Alluring Voice
Run this on Veil, set up on one of your several immunities, let the sweep commence. The Reddit Gold and YouTube Ad Revenue will be yours.
Plusle @ Focus Sash
Ability: Lightning Rod
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Copycat
- Electric Terrain / Encore
- Endeavor
- Nuzzle
Lead off with this, Copycat some hazards or screens, Endeavor something, spread paralysis, set Electric Terrain for a Quark Drive mon or something before going down. Tera Ghost for anti-spin if you do copy a hazard.
Ability: Lightning Rod
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Copycat
- Electric Terrain / Encore
- Endeavor
- Nuzzle
Lead off with this, Copycat some hazards or screens, Endeavor something, spread paralysis, set Electric Terrain for a Quark Drive mon or something before going down. Tera Ghost for anti-spin if you do copy a hazard.
Closing Thoughts
I have a very positive outlook on Plusle thanks to its new coverage move. There's not much negative about it, really. I expect to see a showdown salt youtuber using the dual dance set soon
