Gen 1 Abra (NU Mini) [GP 1/1]

[Sabelette]

[OVERVIEW]

Abra narrowly edges out Mr. Mime as the strongest Psychic-type special attacker in NU, and its base 90 Speed allows it to Speed tie with Mr. Mime, Moltres, and Venomoth and outspeed much of the tier. This makes it one of the tier's most potent special attackers and revenge killers, threatening notable Pokemon like Nidoking, Venomoth, and Kingler. Thunder Wave lets Abra crucially force out faster threats like Charizard and Electrode, as Charizard can only OHKO it 20% of the time with Hyper Beam and does not want to take paralysis for this chance. Abra can also occasionally turn its physical frailty to its advantage, sending back a near-lethal attack from Clefable or Charizard for immense damage with Counter.

Abra's frailty cannot be overstated, however. Abra is so unfathomably frail that even stray coverage moves like Blastoise's Body Slam and Venomoth's Double-Edge easily 2HKO it; stronger moves, like Kingler, Clefable, and Raticate's Hyper Beam and Kabutops's Slash, are guaranteed to OHKO it. This means it essentially cannot switch into anything and will usually be forced out immediately after any revenge kill. It especially fears Raticate, which easily OHKOes it and is impossible to safely switch into. If Abra faces down a Raticate, it becomes a liability and likely has to be sacrificed. Abra also lacks recovery, so it cannot effectively switch into and check Mr. Mime despite resisting Psychic.

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Counter

[SET COMMENTS]

Psychic 2HKOes Psychic-weak foes like Nidoking and Venomoth and 3HKOes most neutral targets bar Moltres. Thunder Wave allows Abra to force out faster foes like Charizard and Electrode as long as it's fully healthy; even slight chip damage gives Charizard an easy OHKO with Hyper Beam, Slash, or even Earthquake. Seismic Toss is Abra's best option against Mr. Mime and helps to 4HKO Exeggcute after using Psychic twice to fish for critical hits or Special drops, which can sometimes allow Psychic to 3HKO it. Counter lets Abra exploit opposing predictions, as the opponent may be reluctant to use Hyper Beam against it, fearing a Rock-type; if Abra manages to catch a Body Slam or similar from a foe predicting this, it can return massive but usually nonlethal damage. Notably, however, it is guaranteed to OHKO Charizard by returning Slash and Kingler by returning Body Slam. Substitute is a rare option Abra may use to fish for paralysis or attempt to catch a foe switching out, allowing it to stay in and continue to fight, potentially even paralyzing the switch-in and fishing for another Substitute.

Abra should always be used alongside Mr. Mime, as Mr. Mime is nearly a strict upgrade. Teams can use them in tandem to spread paralysis and deal massive, near-unresisted damage with Psychic. Such teams are very physically frail, and Abra benefits from an ally like Golem that can absorb physical attacks and especially Hyper Beam attempts before firing back. Abra also enjoys allies that really want Mr. Mime out of the way, like Kingler, which can also switch into Charizard for it. Abra can work well as a lead, trading paralysis and using Seismic Toss against Mr. Mime or paralyzing Charizard and landing one more hit in the vast majority of cases. This frees up allies like Mr. Mime, Charizard, and Blastoise to trade hits with other threats or clean up later. Abra can be used outside of being the lead, in which case it appreciates support from teammates that can spread paralysis, such as Venomoth and Clefable, as well as assistance in checking faster threats, such as from Golem, which checks Charizard and Electrode. Abra is hard to fit in this role, however, and often requires giving up Pokemon like Charizard or using an excessively frail team that can be punished by threats like Golem and Electrode.

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[MrSoup]

[OVERVIEW]

Abra narrowly edges out Mr. Mime as the strongest special attacker in NU, and its base 90 Speed allows it to Speed tie with Mr. Mime, Moltres, and Venomoth and outspeed dangerous foes like Nidoking. This makes it one of the tier's most potent special attackers and revenge killers, threatening notable Pokemon like Nidoking, Venomoth, Raticate, and Pinsir. This makes it an effective, if (I think remove this if) extremely frail, revenge killer. Thunder Wave lets it crucially force out faster threats like Charizard and Electrode, as Charizard can only OHKO it 20% of the time with Hyper Beam and does not want to take paralysis for this chance. Abra can also occasionally turn its physical frailty to its advantage, sending back a near-lethal attack from Clefable or Charizard for immense damage.(with counter)

Abra's frailty cannot be overstated, however. Abra is so unfathomably frail that even stray coverage moves like Blastoise's Body Slam or Venomoth's Double-Edge easily 2HKO it; stronger moves, like Kingler, Clefable, and Raticate's Hyper Beam and Kabutops's Slash, are guaranteed to OHKO. This means it essentially cannot switch into anything and will usually be forced out immediately after any revenge kill. It especially fears Raticate, which easily OHKOes it and is impossible to safely switch into. If Abra faces down a Raticate, it becomes a liability and likely has to be sacrificed. Abra also lacks Recover, so it cannot act as the ideal Mr. Mime check by healing up and slowly wearing it down with Seismic Toss to preserve its teammates.
(Talking so in-depth about raticate as a counter makes or it a little weird to mention it in the beginning as something abra threatens)

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Counter

[SET COMMENTS]

Psychic 2HKOes Psychic-weak foes like Nidoking and Venomoth and 3HKOes most neutral targets bar Moltres. Thunder Wave allows Abra to force out faster foes like Charizard and Electrode as long as it's fully healthy; even slight chip damage gives Charizard an easy OHKO with Hyper Beam, Slash, or even Earthquake. Seismic Toss is Abra's best option against Mr. Mime and helps to 4HKO Exeggcute after using Psychic twice to fish for critical hits or Special drops, which can sometimes allow Psychic to 3HKO. Counter lets Abra exploit opposing predictions, as the opponent may be reluctant to use Hyper Beam against it, fearing a Rock-type; if Abra manages to catch a Body Slam or similar from a foe predicting this, it can return massive but usually nonlethal damage. Notably, however, it is guaranteed to OHKO Charizard by returning Slash and Kingler by returning Body Slam. Substitute is a rare option Abra may use to fish for paralysis or attempt to catch a foe switching out, allowing it to stay in and continue to fight, potentially even paralyzing the switch-in and fishing for another Substitute.

Abra should always be used alongside Mr. Mime, as Mr. Mime is nearly a strict upgrade. Teams can use them in tandem to spread paralysis and deal massive, near-unresisted damage with Psychic. Such teams are very physically frail, and Abra benefits from an ally like Golem that can absorb physical attacks and especially Hyper Beam attempts before firing back. It can also benefit from allies that really want Mr. Mime out of the way, like Kingler, which appreciates Abra's ability to paralyze and remove it and can switch into Charizard for it.
(Id add a section talking about the strengths of abra depending on its position on the team. Lead abra is especially useful, often getting some of its more favorable MUs here in mime, zard, or moth. Back abra can clean but requires significantly more team support. Maybe also talk about the opportunity cost of running abra, which is hard to fit with top tier threats like zard on the same team.)

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[Sabelette]

Implemented!

 

[phoopes]

Looks really good for the most part as usual. I think Soup got most things.

Abra narrowly edges out Mr. Mime as the strongest special attacker in NU, and its base 90 Speed allows it to Speed tie with Mr. Mime, Moltres, and Venomoth and outspeed dangerous foes like Nidoking.

This should be strongest Psychic-type attacker in NU I'm assuming, since Moltres exists (and I guess some other stuff like Magneton lol).

It can also benefit from allies that really want Mr. Mime out of the way, like Kingler, which appreciates Abra's ability to paralyze and remove it and can switch into Charizard for it.

I've read this sentence like four times and I can't figure out what you're trying to say at the end. Either I'm dumb or this could use a reword.

QC 2/2

 

[Sabelette]

thank you, GP Team ready

 

[autumn]

1/1 GP Team done

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[OVERVIEW]

Abra narrowly edges out Mr. Mime as the strongest Psychic-type special attacker in NU, and its base 90 Speed allows it to Speed tie with Mr. Mime, Moltres, and Venomoth and outspeed dangerous foes like Nidoking. This makes it one of the tier's most potent special attackers and revenge killers, threatening notable Pokemon like Nidoking (you've already mentioned this), Venomoth, and Kingler. This makes it an effective—if extremely frail—revenge killer. (you've also already said that it's one of the most potent revenge killers so this sentence is kinda a repeat apart from the frail part, which is emphasised a lot later, so this whole sentence could go) Thunder Wave lets it Abra crucially force out faster threats like Charizard and Electrode, as Charizard can only OHKO it 20% of the time with Hyper Beam and does not want to take paralysis for this chance. Abra can also occasionally turn its physical frailty to its advantage, sending back a near-lethal attack from Clefable or Charizard for immense damage with Counter.

Abra's frailty cannot be overstated, however. Abra is so unfathomably frail that even stray coverage moves like Blastoise's Body Slam or and Venomoth's Double-Edge easily 2HKO it; stronger moves, like Kingler, Clefable, and Raticate's Hyper Beam and Kabutops's Slash, are guaranteed to OHKO it. This means it essentially cannot switch into anything and will usually be forced out immediately after any revenge kill. It especially fears Raticate, which easily OHKOes it and is impossible to safely switch into. If Abra faces down a Raticate, it becomes a liability and likely has to be sacrificed. Abra also lacks Recover, so it cannot act as the ideal Mr. Mime check by healing up and slowly wearing it down with Seismic Toss to preserve its teammates. (do you need to explain a hypothetical set here? unless there's a diff mon that runs that exact set it seems out of scope for an anlysis - if a diff mon runs that combination then menton it by name)

[SET]
name: Special Attacker
move 1: Psychic
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Counter

[SET COMMENTS]

Psychic 2HKOes Psychic-weak foes like Nidoking and Venomoth and 3HKOes most neutral targets bar Moltres. Thunder Wave allows Abra to force out faster foes like Charizard and Electrode as long as it's fully healthy; even slight chip damage gives Charizard an easy OHKO with Hyper Beam, Slash, or even Earthquake. Seismic Toss is Abra's best option against Mr. Mime and helps to 4HKO Exeggcute after using Psychic twice to fish for critical hits or Special drops, which can sometimes allow Psychic to 3HKO it. Counter lets Abra exploit opposing predictions, as the opponent may be reluctant to use Hyper Beam against it, fearing a Rock-type; if Abra manages to catch a Body Slam or similar from a foe predicting this, it can return massive but usually nonlethal damage. Notably, however, it is guaranteed to OHKO Charizard by returning Slash and Kingler by returning Body Slam. Substitute is a rare option Abra may use to fish for paralysis or attempt to catch a foe switching out, allowing it to stay in and continue to fight, potentially even paralyzing the switch-in and fishing for another Substitute.

Abra should always be used alongside Mr. Mime, as Mr. Mime is nearly a strict upgrade. Teams can use them in tandem to spread paralysis and deal massive, near-unresisted damage with Psychic. Such teams are very physically frail, and Abra benefits from an ally like Golem that can absorb physical attacks and especially Hyper Beam attempts before firing back. It Abra also enjoys allies that really want Mr. Mime out of the way, like Kingler, which can also switch into Charizard for it. Abra can work well as a lead, trading paralysis and using Seismic Toss against Mr. Mime or paralyzing Charizard and landing one more hit in the vast majority of cases. This frees up allies like Mr. Mime, Charizard, and Blastoise to trade hits with other threats or clean up later. Abra can be used outside of being the lead, in which case it appreciates support from teammates that can spread paralysis, such as Venomoth and Clefable, as well as assistance in checking faster threats, such as from Golem, which checks Charizard and Electrode. Abra is hard to fit in this role, however, and often requires giving up Pokemon like Charizard or using an excessively frail team that can be punished by threats like Golem and Electrode.

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[Sabelette]

Implemented and uploaded ty