Oathkeeper
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Vileplume @ Black Sludge / No Item
Ability: Effect Spore
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Strength Sap
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Growth
If you're told to wake up and smell the roses, don't smell this by mistake. Vileplume lives up to its name by being one of the better, albeit more annoying physical walls in the NU metagame. For instance, it easily switches in on common foes like Passimian, Drapion, Diancie, and Mudsdale and can punish aforementioned physical attackers with Effect Spore, potentially inflicting them with a status condition. It can also switch in on special attackers like Rotom-C and Sylveon. Strength Sap is how it maintains its longevity from such physical attackers while Giga Drain is there as a secondary option for offensive uses. Growth turns Vileplume into a bulky wincon once its checks like Talonflame, Psychic Bronzong, Salazzle, and Xatu have been removed from the field. Vileplume can choose for passive recovery with Black Sludge or forgo running an item at all, letting it switch into Poltergeist-users like Dhelmise and Golurk. Having a partner like Heatproof Bronzong to handle Dragalge and Salazzle is appreciated since Vileplume hates facing these foes. A wallbreaking partner like Golurk weakens or flat out erases Steel-types that give Vileplume headaches while also beating Xatu.
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