Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Pokémon X and Y/Species Strategies (Generation VI Families) (edit)
Revision as of 08:41, 11 April 2016
, 11 April 2016→Hoopa
(→Hoopa) |
|||
| Line 480: | Line 480: | ||
| Hoopa Unbound || Psychic/Dark || 80 || 160 || 60 || 170 || 130 || 80 || Magician | | Hoopa Unbound || Psychic/Dark || 80 || 160 || 60 || 170 || 130 || 80 || Magician | ||
|} | |} | ||
Hoopa is an interesting special attacker with massive Special Attack, nice special bulk and a unique Psychic/Ghost typing. Unfortunately, it suffers from poor Speed, paper thin physical Defense, and two double weaknesses to Dark and Ghost, two of the most prevalent attacking types in the game. However, the real nail in Hoopa's coffin is the existence of its Unbound Forme, which has a better typing and better stats all around, making Hoopa Confined outclassed in just about any scenario. Hoopa Unbound is a powerful threat, with both of its offensive stats rivalling Mega Rayquaza's, excellent offensive type coverage and respectable Special Defense. Unfortunately, Hoopa Unbound still shares some flaws of its Confined self, having poor Speed for an offensive Pokemon and terrible Defense, making it easily defeated by other physical attackers. Its typing also gives it a double weakness to Bug, a major issue due to the popularity of U-Turn as a utility move. | |||
Hoopa has two interesting signature moves: Hyperspace Hole and Hyperspace Fury. Hyperspace Hole is rather uncommon due to being a Psychic-type move weaker than Psychic, though its ability to hit through Protect and its variants can be situationally useful. Hyperspace Fury has the same Protect-breaking properties with more power while lowering Hoopa Unbound's Defense. It is also uncommon, but more because it's a physical move while Hoopa Unbound usually prefers investing purely into Special Attack to maximize its power. For Hoopa Confined, Shadow Ball is its main STAB with nice neutral coverage, while Dark Pulse is Hoopa Unbound's preferred STAB move. Psyshock is a great secondary STAB due to its ability to hit the foe's Defense stat with Hoopa's higher Special Attack. Focus Blast provides perfect neutral coverage. Physically, Hoopa Unbound has the aforementioned Hyperspace Fury, while Drain Punch keeps its health up and Gunk Shot destroys Fairies. Nasty Plot can boost Hoopa's power to obscene heights, while Trick Room is another setup move due to Hoopa Confined's lackluster speed. Trick and Taunt are good utility moves for shutting down defensive and utility Pokemon. | |||
==Volcanion== | ==Volcanion== | ||