OU Togekiss

[talah]

[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Air Slash
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Substitute / Dazzling Gleam
item: Leftovers
ability: Serene Grace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Togekiss makes for one of the best Dynamax users in OU, sporting good natural bulk, a solid base 120 Special Attack stat, Nasty Plot, and access to STAB Max Airstream during Dynamax, patching up its middling Speed. These traits coupled with Serene Grace doubling Air Slash's flinch chance make it a pain to deal with for both offensive and defensive teams alike, being able to flinch its way past walls like Toxapex and possible revenge killers like Rotom-H and Hatterene. Flamethrower is Togekiss's best coverage move, allowing it to deal heavy damage to foes that resist Air Slash like Corviknight and Aegislash. It also turns into Max Flare during Dynamax, making Togekiss even harder to beat defensively. Substitute allows Togekiss to set up on passive Pokemon such as Toxapex, avoiding potential status moves and making retaliation difficult. Keep in mind, however, that when using Dynamax, Togekiss's Substitute will fade automatically, so it should be used carefully. Dazzling Gleam is another option for Togekiss, giving it extra safety against Pokemon such as Hydreigon and weakened Tyranitar that could potentially take an Air Slash and deal a lot of damage in return. Leftovers gives Togekiss more longevity, allowing it to use more Substitutes and stick around longer.

Because of Togekiss's weakness to Stealth Rock, having strong hazard removal on your team can really boost its effectiveness, so Pokemon like Corviknight and Excadrill are very strong partners. Teammates that can pivot Togekiss in for free through U-turn or Volt Switch, such as Mandibuzz, Rotom-H, and Rotom-W, allow Togekiss to not have to worry about taking damage on the switch. Due to Togekiss's wallbreaking ability, fast Pokemon that appreciate weakened teams like Dragapult and Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, pair very well with this set.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[talah, 248449]]
- Quality checked by: [[lyd, 303291], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 336073]]

 

[lydian]

[SET COMMENTS]

• Only thing I'd change is to add Tyranitar as a Dazzling Gleam target.

Amazing work on this!

QC 1/2

 

[Jordy]

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Coupled with Serence Grace doubling Air Slash's flinch chance, it's a pain to deal with for both offensive and defensive teams alike, being able to flinch its way past walls and revenge killers. One or two examples of such walls and revenge killers would be nice to paint a better picture.

That's all, great job! 2/2

 

[Rabia]

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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Air Slash
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Substitute / Dazzling Gleam
item: Leftovers
ability: Serene Grace
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Togekiss makes for one of the best Dynamax abusers users in the current OU tier, sporting good natural bulk, a solid base 120 Special Attack stat, Nasty Plot, and access to STAB Max Airstream during Dynamax, patching up its middling speed stat Speed. Coupled These traits coupled with Serence Serene Grace doubling Air Slash's flinch chance,(RC) it's make it (tbh the only necessary change is the typo fix, but I think these make the sentence read better) a pain to deal with for both offensive and defensive teams alike, being able to flinch its way past walls like Toxapex,(RC) and possible revenge killers like Rotom-H and Hatterene. Flamethrower is Togekiss's best coverage move, allowing it to deal heavy damage to foes that resist Air Slash like Corviknight and Aegislash. It also turns into Max Flare during Dynamax, making it Togekiss even harder to beat defensively. Substitute allows Togekiss to set up on passive Pokemon such as Toxapex, avoiding potential status moves and making retaliation difficult. Keep in mind,(AC) however, that when using Dynamax, Togekiss's Substitute will fade automatically, so it should be used carefully. Dazzling Gleam is another option for Togekiss, giving it extra safety against Pokemon such as Hydreigon and weakened Tyranitar,(RC) which that could potentially take an Air Slash and deal a lot of damage in return. Leftovers gives Togekiss more longevity, allowing it to use more Substitutes or and stick around longer after suffering damage (doesn't rly add anything to the meaning of the sentence imo).

Because of Togekiss's weakness to Stealth Rock, having strong hazard removal on your team can really help boost ('help' is probably fine here, but 'boost' makes the meaning clearer imo) its effectiveness, so Pokemon like Corviknight and Excadrill become are very strong partners. Teammates that can pivot Togekiss in for free through U-turn or Volt Switch, such as Rotom-H and Rotom-W, allow Togekiss it to not have to worry about taking damage on the switch.(why mention U-turn users if you aren't going to list any?) Due to Togekiss's wallbreaking ability, fast Pokemon that appreciate weakened teams like Dragapult or Scarf Darmanitans,(RC) and Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan pair very well with this set.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[talah, 248449]]
- Quality checked by: [[lyd, 303291], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

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