[OVERVIEW]
Starmie is an incredibly powerful Pokemon in RBY 1v1, arguably being the best Psychic-type in the tier, thanks to its wonderful movepool, high Speed and Special stats, solid bulk, and amazing match-up spread.
[SET]
name: Two Attacks
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Ice Beam / Thunderbolt
move 3: Reflect
move 4: Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
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Psychic is your main STAB of choice, hitting Machamp, Hitmonlee, Gengar, and Venusaur super effectively, while also dealing solid damage to neutral targets like Tauros and Snorlax. Ice Beam is preferred over Blizzard due to its higher PP and giving it more odds to freeze important Pokemon like Amnesia Snorlax and opposing Starmie, while also being good coverage against Rhydon and Exeggutor, meanwhile Thunderbolt, despite removing your chances of freezing the opponent, can assist you in the Lapras and Slowbro matchup. Recover offers a ton of great longevity and helps you in the long run against Chansey, Rhydon and Jynx with help of Special drops from Psychic. Finally, Reflect can be used to stall the likes of Snorlax and Tauros as long as Snorlax doesn't carry Thunderbolt and Tauros doesn't get lucky with critical hits.
Starmie's combination of Reflect and Recover are extremely helpful as it helps it be one of the best physical walls in the game, combined that with its solid typing and you can find it being prevalent on many teams, especially with its best partner, Snorlax, being an undeniably amazing core, with both of them being able to deal with each other's weaknesses quite nicely. Other partners that Starmie appreciates having are Tauros and Chansey, with Tauros being an incredible physical wallbreaker and Chansey being the best special wall in the tier.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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It's possible to run 3 Attacks without Recover, which, while it ruins your longevity to help against more important Pokemon like Chansey, maximizes your matchup spread and can be helpful while creating your team.
Checks and Counters
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**Electric-type coverage**: Starmie struggles against general Electric-type coverage such as any Thunderbolts and Thunders from Zapdos, Snorlax, Raichu, and Jolteon
**Alakazam**: Alakazam is capable of outspeeding and using Toxic on Starmie and outstall with Recover spam.
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Starmie is an incredibly powerful Pokemon in RBY 1v1, arguably being the best Psychic-type in the tier, thanks to its wonderful movepool, high Speed and Special stats, solid bulk, and amazing match-up spread.
[SET]
name: Two Attacks
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Ice Beam / Thunderbolt
move 3: Reflect
move 4: Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========
Psychic is your main STAB of choice, hitting Machamp, Hitmonlee, Gengar, and Venusaur super effectively, while also dealing solid damage to neutral targets like Tauros and Snorlax. Ice Beam is preferred over Blizzard due to its higher PP and giving it more odds to freeze important Pokemon like Amnesia Snorlax and opposing Starmie, while also being good coverage against Rhydon and Exeggutor, meanwhile Thunderbolt, despite removing your chances of freezing the opponent, can assist you in the Lapras and Slowbro matchup. Recover offers a ton of great longevity and helps you in the long run against Chansey, Rhydon and Jynx with help of Special drops from Psychic. Finally, Reflect can be used to stall the likes of Snorlax and Tauros as long as Snorlax doesn't carry Thunderbolt and Tauros doesn't get lucky with critical hits.
Starmie's combination of Reflect and Recover are extremely helpful as it helps it be one of the best physical walls in the game, combined that with its solid typing and you can find it being prevalent on many teams, especially with its best partner, Snorlax, being an undeniably amazing core, with both of them being able to deal with each other's weaknesses quite nicely. Other partners that Starmie appreciates having are Tauros and Chansey, with Tauros being an incredible physical wallbreaker and Chansey being the best special wall in the tier.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
It's possible to run 3 Attacks without Recover, which, while it ruins your longevity to help against more important Pokemon like Chansey, maximizes your matchup spread and can be helpful while creating your team.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Electric-type coverage**: Starmie struggles against general Electric-type coverage such as any Thunderbolts and Thunders from Zapdos, Snorlax, Raichu, and Jolteon
**Alakazam**: Alakazam is capable of outspeeding and using Toxic on Starmie and outstall with Recover spam.
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