What if Monferno got the ability Contrary?
I've always seen the Chimchar family as the one built for Contrary. Monferno is frail, not powerful enough and not that fast in the current NU metagame, making it not have an analysis at the moment because of how bad it is. However, it learns two great stats-reducing moves, that, coupled with Contrary, would make Monferno much better:
- Close Combat: It would rise its Defense and Special Defense and hit hard (maybe after boosting its Defenses, Slack Off becomes a good idea? Also, might Eviolite then be a good item for the monkey?)
- Overheat: It would boost its Special Attack to high levels while hitting really hard.
Now, one more point: What if Monferno got the ability Contrary AND learnt Hammer Arm and Superpower (and V-Create)?
Now we have two more amazing weapons for it.
- Hammer Arm boosts its Speed to a good level considering Monferno's natural decent Speed. After a Hammer Arm, it can begin punching holes in its opponent's teams using Close Combat, Overheat, or...
- Superpower: Now, a Bulk Up boost in a move with 120 base power and STAB is fearsome.
Even with Contrary, Monferno isn't neither powerful enough nor fast enough unless it gets a few boosts, and it would suffer 4MS Syndrome, because, to run coverage moves or Slack Off it has to drop some of its offensive boosting moves. But give it Dual Screen or Memento support, and it can ko whole teams.
What do you think?
I've always seen the Chimchar family as the one built for Contrary. Monferno is frail, not powerful enough and not that fast in the current NU metagame, making it not have an analysis at the moment because of how bad it is. However, it learns two great stats-reducing moves, that, coupled with Contrary, would make Monferno much better:
- Close Combat: It would rise its Defense and Special Defense and hit hard (maybe after boosting its Defenses, Slack Off becomes a good idea? Also, might Eviolite then be a good item for the monkey?)
- Overheat: It would boost its Special Attack to high levels while hitting really hard.
Now, one more point: What if Monferno got the ability Contrary AND learnt Hammer Arm and Superpower (
Now we have two more amazing weapons for it.
- Hammer Arm boosts its Speed to a good level considering Monferno's natural decent Speed. After a Hammer Arm, it can begin punching holes in its opponent's teams using Close Combat, Overheat, or...
- Superpower: Now, a Bulk Up boost in a move with 120 base power and STAB is fearsome.
Even with Contrary, Monferno isn't neither powerful enough nor fast enough unless it gets a few boosts, and it would suffer 4MS Syndrome, because, to run coverage moves or Slack Off it has to drop some of its offensive boosting moves. But give it Dual Screen or Memento support, and it can ko whole teams.
What do you think?
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