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Pokémon X and Y/Species Strategies (Generation III Families) (edit)
Revision as of 12:33, 25 March 2016
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With completely balanced and completely mediocre stats all around, Castform is a terrible Pokemon for battling, known more for its weather switching gimmick. Its unique Forecast ability lets it change its type depending on weather, while it can use the uncommon Weather Ball that also have different effects in different weather. Unfortunately, this limited adaptability doesn't save Castform from its bad stat spread, being a poor weather setter due to its low Speed, poor attacker due to its low offenses and poor tanker due to its low bulk. At the very least, Castform has a massive movepool of special attacks spanning a variety of types, but against anything it doesn't hit super effectively, it's always at a disadvantage. | |||
Given that Castform is a Pokemon created entirely for weather, using it on a weather team is probably the most useful it will ever be, and Castform learns every weather inducing move available. In intense sunlight, Weather Ball functions like a stronger Flamethrower or a more accurate Fire Blast. Solar Beam provides coverage for Water-types, though Energy Ball also works outside of sun. In heavy rain, Weather Ball becomes a stronger Surf instead, and it can use an always accurate Thunder and Hurricane. Weather Ball is unfortunately useless in hail since Blizzard is a straight upgrade with hail's accuracy boost. Meanwhile, sandstorms make Weather Ball an uncommon Rock-type special move, but since Castform doesn't have a form for Sandstorm, it's an unappealing option since it can still take chip damage from the weather. Lastly, Castform can simply use its great movepool as a conventional special attacker, with moves like Hydro Pump, Scald, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, and Shadow Ball in addition to the moves previously mentioned. | |||
==Kecleon== | ==Kecleon== | ||