Doubles XY Sylveon

Charlotte

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[SET]
name: SubCM
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Pixilate
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 172 Def / 88 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

  • Sylveon's naturally high Special Defense, together with Calm Mind, gives it a particularly strong position in a tier with so many strong special attackers. Hyper Voice is a powerful spread move that, when boosted by Calm Mind, is able to break through even the sturdiest Fairy resistances. Substitute allows Sylveon to avoid status such as Amoonguss's Spore and Thundurus's Thunder Wave. Though Protect is a staple in doubles, it is particularly valuable here for utilizing additional turns of Leftovers to recover the HP lost using Substitute, and it greatly increases longevity.
  • The HP and Defense EVs allow the Substitutes to withstand Landorus-T's Rock Slide. The remainder is placed in Special Attack with a Modest nature to increase damage output. Alternatively, a Calm nature would allow for a Substitute to withstand Amoonguss's Sludge Bomb after a single Calm Mind. If played as part of a Trick Room team, 0 Speed IVs with a Quiet or Sassy nature can be used.
  • It's best to bring Sylveon onto the field against relatively passive pokemon that can grant it an opportunity to start setting up. This will often either be slower status-reliant pokemon, such as Amoonguss, which Sylveon can use Substitute against to block their Spore, or pokemon that aren't immediately threatening to Sylveon such as Conkeldurr or Cresselia.
  • Setting up in mid- or late-game is often more effective, as many opposing pokemon will be weakened, making a Calm Mind sweep easier. It's also more common later into the game to find situations where Sylveon's partner could KO a weakened pokemon to keep Sylveon safe, allowing it to set up.
  • Landorus-T is a fantastic partner for Sylveon. Intimidate helps patch up Sylveon's more vulnerable physical defense, while its strong Ground-type attacks are effective at weakening Volcanion and Mega Gengar, which resist Sylveon's Pixilate Hyper Voice.
  • Amoonguss and Kangaskhan are also both great teammates for supporting Sylveon, using Rage Powder and Fake Out, respectively, to protect Sylveon.

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Charlotte said:
[SET]
name: SubCM
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Pixilate
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 172 Def / 88 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

  • Sylveon's Hyper Voice can put on considerable pressure with its spread damage. Would probably rewrite this sentence + combine with next one. "Sylveon's Hyper Voice is a powerful spread move that can further be boosted by Calm Mind." is a boring version of this but fine lol This set uses Calm Mind to boost this damage further and even become capable of breaking through some of the common Fairy resists. Substitute allows Sylveon to avoid status such as Amoonguss's Spore and Thundurus's Thunder Wave and find turns to use Hyper Voice or Calm Mind more freely. Though Protect is a staple in doubles it is particularly valuable here for building up additional turns of Leftovers to recover the HP used making substitutes and greatly increase longevity.
  • The HP and Defence Defense EVs allow the substitutes to withstand a Landorus-T's Rock Slide. The remainder is placed in Special Attack with a modest nature to increase the damage output. Mention using Calm > Modest here to withstand Amoonguss sludge bomb after a CM, and mention using minimum speed IVs on Trick Room.
  • It's best to bring Sylveon onto the field against a relatively passive pokemon that can grant it an opportunity to start setting up. This will often either be slower status reliant pokemon, such as Amoonguss which Sylveon can use Substitute against to block their Spore, or pokemon that aren't immediately threatening to Sylveon such as Conkeldurr or Cresselia.
  • Setting up in the mid- to late-game is often more effective as many opposing pokemon will be weakened and more vulnerable to Hyper Voice with fewer Calm Minds used, making a Calm Mind sweep easier. It's also more common later into the game to find situations where your other active pokemon could take a knock out against a weakened pokemon to keep Sylveon safe that turn and allow it to set up.
  • Landorus-T is a fantastic partner for Sylveon. Intimidate helps patch up Sylveon's more vulnerable physical defence, while Landorus-T's strong Ground-type attacks are effective at weakening the Fire, Steel, and Poison-types that resist Sylveon's Pixilate Hyper Voice.
  • Amoonguss and Kangaskhan are also both great teammates for supporting Sylveon, using Rage Powder and Fake Out respectively to protect Sylveon. Helping Sylveon setup a Substitute or Calm Mind more safely.

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[SET]
name: SubCM
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Pixilate
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 172 Def / 88 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

  • Sylveon's Hyper Voice is a powerful spread move that, when boosted by Calm Mind, is able to break through even the sturdiest Fairy resists. Substitute allows Sylveon to avoid status such as Amoonguss's Spore and Thundurus's Thunder Wave. Though Protect is a staple in doubles it is particularly valuable here for building up additional turns of Leftovers to recover the HP used making substitutes and greatly increase longevity.
  • The HP and Defense EVs allow the substitutes to withstand a Landorus-T's Rock Slide. The remainder is placed in Special Attack with a modest nature to increase the damage output. Alternatively, a calm nature would allow for a substitute to withstand an Amoonguss's Sludge Bomb after a single Calm Mind. If played as part of a Trick Room team, 0 Speed IVs with a quiet or sassy nature can be used. remember to capitalize pokemon nouns
  • It's best to bring Sylveon onto the field against relatively passive pokemon that can grant it an opportunity to start setting up. This will often either be slower status reliant pokemon, such as Amoonguss which Sylveon can use Substitute against to block their Spore, or pokemon that aren't immediately threatening to Sylveon such as Conkeldurr or Cresselia.
  • Setting up in the mid- to late-game is often more effective as many opposing pokemon will be weakened making a Calm Mind sweep easier. It's also more common later into the game to find situations where your other active pokemon could take a knock out against a weakened pokemon to keep Sylveon safe that turn and allow it to set up.
  • Landorus-T is a fantastic partner for Sylveon. Intimidate helps patch up Sylveon's more vulnerable physical defense, while Landorus-T's strong Ground-type attacks are effective at weakening the Fire, Steel, and Poison-types that resist Sylveon's Pixilate Hyper Voice. I would just mention Volcanion and Mega Gengar (Talonflame too if you really want) specifically, its matchups into Amoonguss and Genesect obviously aren't the best
  • Amoonguss and Kangaskhan are also both great teammates for supporting Sylveon, using Rage Powder and Fake Out respectively to protect Sylveon.
somewhere in the analysis i think it would be great to mention that sylveon's high spdef + boosting capabilities are perfectly suited for such a spatking oriented metagame as modern xy
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[SET]
name: SubCM
move 1: Hyper Voice
move 2: Calm Mind
move 3: Substitute
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Pixilate
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 172 Def / 88 SpA

[SET COMMENTS]

  • Sylveon's naturally high Special Defense, together with Calm Mind, gives Sylveon it a particularly strong position in a tier with so many strong special attackers. Hyper Voice is a powerful spread move that, when boosted by Calm Mind, is able to break through even the sturdiest Fairy resists resistances. Substitute allows Sylveon to avoid status such as Amoonguss's Spore and Thundurus's Thunder Wave. Though Protect is a staple in doubles, (ac) it is particularly valuable here for building up utilizing additional turns of Leftovers to recover the HP used making substitutes lost using Substitute, (ac) and it greatly increases longevity.
  • The HP and Defense EVs allow the substitutes Substitutes to withstand a Landorus-T's Rock Slide. The remainder is placed in Special Attack with a Modest nature to increase the damage output. Alternatively, a Calm nature would allow for a Substitute to withstand an Amoonguss's Sludge Bomb after a single Calm Mind. If played as part of a Trick Room team, 0 Speed IVs with a Quiet or Sassy nature can be used.
  • It's best to bring Sylveon onto the field against relatively passive pokemon that can grant it an opportunity to start setting up. This will often either be slower status reliant status-reliant pokemon, such as Amoonguss, (ac) which Sylveon can use Substitute against to block their Spore, or pokemon that aren't immediately threatening to Sylveon such as Conkeldurr or Cresselia.
  • Setting up in the mid- to or late-game is often more effective, (ac) as many opposing pokemon will be weakened, (ac) making a Calm Mind sweep easier. It's also more common later into the game to find situations where your otheractive pokemon Sylveon's partner could take a knock out against KO a weakened pokemon to keep Sylveon safe, (ac) that turn and allowing it to set up.
  • Landorus-T is a fantastic partner for Sylveon. Intimidate helps patch up Sylveon's more vulnerable physical defense, while Landorus-T's its strong Ground-type attacks are effective at weakening Volcanion and Mega Gengar, (ac) which resist Sylveon's Pixilate Hyper Voice.
  • Amoonguss and Kangaskhan are also both great teammates for supporting Sylveon, using Rage Powder and Fake Out, (ac) respectively, (ac) to protect Sylveon.

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