teachable
Banned deucer.
[OVERVIEW]
Comfey is blessed with an incredibly unique ability in Triage, which grants it its niche over any other Fairy-type as a late-game cleaner. With +3 priority on Draining Kiss, Comfey is also able to revenge kill Pokemon such as Linoone, Flygon, Pangoro, Kommo-o, and Zoroark. Additionally, Comfey has an incredibly complementary movepool and stat distribution, with access to Taunt and a commendable Speed stat to prevent status and win Calm Mind wars, Calm Mind to increase bulk and offensive capabilities, and Draining Kiss for healing and a priority attack. However, Comfey's low physical bulk means that it is susceptible to stronger physical hits from Pokemon such as Bewear, Escavalier, and Doublade. Additionally, its typing has shortcomings offensively and defensively. Defensively, it is weak to Poison and Steel, making it vulnerable to Pokemon such as Nidoqueen, Salazzle, and Doublade. Offensively,it faces problems when against Steel-, Fire-, and Poison-types such as Registeel, Mega Steelix, Escavalier, Rotom-H, Nidoqueen, and Roserade. Furthermore, due to its incredibly average Special Attack stat and the low Base Power of its main attacking move, Draining Kiss, Comfey does not hit very hard without accumulating a few Calm Mind boosts.
[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Draining Kiss
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Synthesis
item: Pixie Plate / Fairium Z
ability: Triage
nature: Modest
evs: 236 HP / 252 SpA / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Draining Kiss is Comfey's main attacking move and has +3 priority thanks to Triage. This priority allows Comfey to revenge kill incredibly threatening Pokemon such as Linoone, Pangoro, and Flygon. Calm Mind is Comfey's setup move, allowing it to boost both its Special Attack and its already respectable Special Defense. Taunt is useful against bulkier Pokemon such as Cresselia and Milotic, as it enables Comfey to prevent them from using their status moves. Synthesis provides Comfey with a more consistent form of recovery than Draining Kiss. While it is also given +3 priority by Triage, it unfortunately has very low PP, so be wary. Additionally, it recovers more HP in the sun, but far less in sand.
Set Details
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252 Special Attack EVs with a Modest nature maximize Comfey's power, as it is forced into using a very weak attacking move. 20 Speed EVs are used to outspeed maximum Speed Bewear to use Twinkle Tackle or Taunt before it is able to attack Comfey. The remaining EVs are placed into HP to maximize Comfey's bulk. A Pixie Plate is chosen to further boost Comfey's attacking move, Draining Kiss. Fairium Z is an alternative item choice, providing Comfey with immunity to Trick and allowing it to revenge kill Bewear; Draining Kiss is a contact move, which means it does very little thanks to Fluffy.
Usage Tips
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Comfey functions best as a late-game sweeper and should be saved until its checks and counters such as Registeel, Mega Steelix, Salazzle, Doublade, Roserade, Nidoqueen, and Escavalier are weakened or gone. However, should Nidoqueen lack Sludge Wave or Roserade lack Sludge Bomb, Comfey can beat them with the recovery from Synthesis and Draining Kiss. Comfey can find opportunities to set up against slower, bulkier Pokemon such as Milotic and Cresselia and against Pokemon that are likely to switch out such as Kommo-o and Pangoro. Taunt should be prioritized over boosting when facing a Pokemon with a status move; paralysis or Toxic poison could cut Comfey's sweep very short. Synthesis only has 8 PP, so be conservative with using it. In the same vein, while not exceedingly low, Draining Kiss has 16 PP, so be certain that it will be adequate for a sweep before setting up. While ideally saved for late-game, Comfey can function as a decent revenge killer due to Draining Kiss outprioritizing any attacks from would-be sweepers such as Flygon, Linoone, and Zoroark. Even with all of the Special Attack investment, Comfey is using a move that has only 50 Base Power; be certain it will actually be capable of revenge killing the foe before sending Comfey in. Calm Mind boosts are essential to sweeping, but due to the amount of Special Attack investment, Comfey won't need a large number of them. Calculate how many it will need given your opponent's team members so they have less time to KO Comfey with a critical hit.
Team Options
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Spikers such as Chesnaught and Roserade are great partners for Comfey, as it loves the residual damage provided by entry hazards. In a similar vein, Dragalge pairs nicely with Comfey because it counters Roserade and Salazzle while having access to Toxic Spikes and Dragon Tail for increased residual damage. Steel-type partners can switch into Steel-type attacks aimed at Comfey and are immune to Poison-type attacks, making them desirable. Registeel and Mega Steelix are particularly fantastic teammate for Comfey, as they are very bulky and some of the best Stealth Rock setters in the tier. Escavalier and Doublade also pair nicely due to their ability to wallbreak and take advantage of Registeel. Comfey's ability to deal with Fighting-, Dark-, and Dragon-type threats such as Pangoro, Kommo-o, Zoroark, and Flygon is appreciated by more defensive teammates such as Umbreon, Registeel, Cresselia, and Rhyperior. Ground-type Pokemon such as Flygon and Rhyperior can make quick work of Steel-, Fire-, and Poison-types that are threats to Comfey. Psychic-types like Cresselia and Choice Scarf Gardevoir check Poison-types that give Comfey trouble such as Salazzle, Dragalge, and Roserade. Fire-types like Salazzle and Rotom-H pair nicely with Comfey, as they can threaten to OHKO most Steel-types and punish a predicted switch with either Nasty Plot or Volt Switch. Wallbreakers such as Choice Specs Gardevoir, Ghostium Z Hoopa, and Choice Specs Kommo-o pair nicely with Comfey, as they are able to break through problematic Pokemon or weaken them enough for Comfey to revenge kill.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Hidden Power Ground allows Comfey to hit Salazzle and Doublade super effectively. However, it lacks priority, forces Comfey to give up either Synthesis or Taunt, and does abysmal damage to Registeel. Aromatherapy allows Comfey to act as a cleric for itself and its teammates, but its limited PP prevents it from fully replacing Taunt's utility. Leech Seed provides Comfey with an alternative option for healing. Although it has more PP, its priority is not raised by Triage, and it is far less reliable than Synthesis.
Checks and Counters
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**Steel-types**: Comfey can't deal any meaningful damage to Steel-types, as its only attacking move is Draining Kiss. Steel-types such as Escavalier, Mega Steelix, and Doublade threaten Comfey with their STAB attacks, while Registeel threatens Comfey with Seismic Toss dealing more damage than Synthesis is able to reverse.
**Poison-types**: Comfey finds itself unable to deal with Poison-types particularly well, as they resist Draining Kiss. Dragalge does not resist Draining Kiss but has very high Special Defense and access to Adaptability, which allows it to deal heavy damage to Comfey. Roserade, similarly, has pretty good special bulk and can threaten Comfey with a powerful Sludge Bomb. Other threatening Poison-types include Venusaur and Salazzle.
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Comfey's Defense stat is not particularly high and its HP is especially low, making it vulnerable to strong physical attacks. Pokemon such as Snorlax, Toxicroak, Bewear, and Feraligatr are able to hit Comfey very hard with only neutral hits before it can set up.
**Fire-types**: Fire-types resist Draining Kiss, making them difficult for Comfey to break through without multiple Calm Mind boosts. Fire-types such as Moltres and Rotom-H can in turn threaten Comfey with their powerful STAB moves; additionally, Rotom-H can cripple Comfey by giving it a Choice item with Trick.
Comfey is blessed with an incredibly unique ability in Triage, which grants it its niche over any other Fairy-type as a late-game cleaner. With +3 priority on Draining Kiss, Comfey is also able to revenge kill Pokemon such as Linoone, Flygon, Pangoro, Kommo-o, and Zoroark. Additionally, Comfey has an incredibly complementary movepool and stat distribution, with access to Taunt and a commendable Speed stat to prevent status and win Calm Mind wars, Calm Mind to increase bulk and offensive capabilities, and Draining Kiss for healing and a priority attack. However, Comfey's low physical bulk means that it is susceptible to stronger physical hits from Pokemon such as Bewear, Escavalier, and Doublade. Additionally, its typing has shortcomings offensively and defensively. Defensively, it is weak to Poison and Steel, making it vulnerable to Pokemon such as Nidoqueen, Salazzle, and Doublade. Offensively,it faces problems when against Steel-, Fire-, and Poison-types such as Registeel, Mega Steelix, Escavalier, Rotom-H, Nidoqueen, and Roserade. Furthermore, due to its incredibly average Special Attack stat and the low Base Power of its main attacking move, Draining Kiss, Comfey does not hit very hard without accumulating a few Calm Mind boosts.
[SET]
name: Calm Mind
move 1: Draining Kiss
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Synthesis
item: Pixie Plate / Fairium Z
ability: Triage
nature: Modest
evs: 236 HP / 252 SpA / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Draining Kiss is Comfey's main attacking move and has +3 priority thanks to Triage. This priority allows Comfey to revenge kill incredibly threatening Pokemon such as Linoone, Pangoro, and Flygon. Calm Mind is Comfey's setup move, allowing it to boost both its Special Attack and its already respectable Special Defense. Taunt is useful against bulkier Pokemon such as Cresselia and Milotic, as it enables Comfey to prevent them from using their status moves. Synthesis provides Comfey with a more consistent form of recovery than Draining Kiss. While it is also given +3 priority by Triage, it unfortunately has very low PP, so be wary. Additionally, it recovers more HP in the sun, but far less in sand.
Set Details
========
252 Special Attack EVs with a Modest nature maximize Comfey's power, as it is forced into using a very weak attacking move. 20 Speed EVs are used to outspeed maximum Speed Bewear to use Twinkle Tackle or Taunt before it is able to attack Comfey. The remaining EVs are placed into HP to maximize Comfey's bulk. A Pixie Plate is chosen to further boost Comfey's attacking move, Draining Kiss. Fairium Z is an alternative item choice, providing Comfey with immunity to Trick and allowing it to revenge kill Bewear; Draining Kiss is a contact move, which means it does very little thanks to Fluffy.
Usage Tips
========
Comfey functions best as a late-game sweeper and should be saved until its checks and counters such as Registeel, Mega Steelix, Salazzle, Doublade, Roserade, Nidoqueen, and Escavalier are weakened or gone. However, should Nidoqueen lack Sludge Wave or Roserade lack Sludge Bomb, Comfey can beat them with the recovery from Synthesis and Draining Kiss. Comfey can find opportunities to set up against slower, bulkier Pokemon such as Milotic and Cresselia and against Pokemon that are likely to switch out such as Kommo-o and Pangoro. Taunt should be prioritized over boosting when facing a Pokemon with a status move; paralysis or Toxic poison could cut Comfey's sweep very short. Synthesis only has 8 PP, so be conservative with using it. In the same vein, while not exceedingly low, Draining Kiss has 16 PP, so be certain that it will be adequate for a sweep before setting up. While ideally saved for late-game, Comfey can function as a decent revenge killer due to Draining Kiss outprioritizing any attacks from would-be sweepers such as Flygon, Linoone, and Zoroark. Even with all of the Special Attack investment, Comfey is using a move that has only 50 Base Power; be certain it will actually be capable of revenge killing the foe before sending Comfey in. Calm Mind boosts are essential to sweeping, but due to the amount of Special Attack investment, Comfey won't need a large number of them. Calculate how many it will need given your opponent's team members so they have less time to KO Comfey with a critical hit.
Team Options
========
Spikers such as Chesnaught and Roserade are great partners for Comfey, as it loves the residual damage provided by entry hazards. In a similar vein, Dragalge pairs nicely with Comfey because it counters Roserade and Salazzle while having access to Toxic Spikes and Dragon Tail for increased residual damage. Steel-type partners can switch into Steel-type attacks aimed at Comfey and are immune to Poison-type attacks, making them desirable. Registeel and Mega Steelix are particularly fantastic teammate for Comfey, as they are very bulky and some of the best Stealth Rock setters in the tier. Escavalier and Doublade also pair nicely due to their ability to wallbreak and take advantage of Registeel. Comfey's ability to deal with Fighting-, Dark-, and Dragon-type threats such as Pangoro, Kommo-o, Zoroark, and Flygon is appreciated by more defensive teammates such as Umbreon, Registeel, Cresselia, and Rhyperior. Ground-type Pokemon such as Flygon and Rhyperior can make quick work of Steel-, Fire-, and Poison-types that are threats to Comfey. Psychic-types like Cresselia and Choice Scarf Gardevoir check Poison-types that give Comfey trouble such as Salazzle, Dragalge, and Roserade. Fire-types like Salazzle and Rotom-H pair nicely with Comfey, as they can threaten to OHKO most Steel-types and punish a predicted switch with either Nasty Plot or Volt Switch. Wallbreakers such as Choice Specs Gardevoir, Ghostium Z Hoopa, and Choice Specs Kommo-o pair nicely with Comfey, as they are able to break through problematic Pokemon or weaken them enough for Comfey to revenge kill.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
===================
Hidden Power Ground allows Comfey to hit Salazzle and Doublade super effectively. However, it lacks priority, forces Comfey to give up either Synthesis or Taunt, and does abysmal damage to Registeel. Aromatherapy allows Comfey to act as a cleric for itself and its teammates, but its limited PP prevents it from fully replacing Taunt's utility. Leech Seed provides Comfey with an alternative option for healing. Although it has more PP, its priority is not raised by Triage, and it is far less reliable than Synthesis.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Steel-types**: Comfey can't deal any meaningful damage to Steel-types, as its only attacking move is Draining Kiss. Steel-types such as Escavalier, Mega Steelix, and Doublade threaten Comfey with their STAB attacks, while Registeel threatens Comfey with Seismic Toss dealing more damage than Synthesis is able to reverse.
**Poison-types**: Comfey finds itself unable to deal with Poison-types particularly well, as they resist Draining Kiss. Dragalge does not resist Draining Kiss but has very high Special Defense and access to Adaptability, which allows it to deal heavy damage to Comfey. Roserade, similarly, has pretty good special bulk and can threaten Comfey with a powerful Sludge Bomb. Other threatening Poison-types include Venusaur and Salazzle.
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Comfey's Defense stat is not particularly high and its HP is especially low, making it vulnerable to strong physical attacks. Pokemon such as Snorlax, Toxicroak, Bewear, and Feraligatr are able to hit Comfey very hard with only neutral hits before it can set up.
**Fire-types**: Fire-types resist Draining Kiss, making them difficult for Comfey to break through without multiple Calm Mind boosts. Fire-types such as Moltres and Rotom-H can in turn threaten Comfey with their powerful STAB moves; additionally, Rotom-H can cripple Comfey by giving it a Choice item with Trick.
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