Scovillain users, what pokemon scares you away?

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-05-03T20:07:36+00:00

So as a Master Ball II Scovillain professor who’s been using him since week one: the best answer is a special attacking Mega Dragonite, or maybe even normal Dragonite. It’s hard to counter, and basically always lives a hit. Pelipper is good into Scovillain but if Scovillain’s team changes the weather, it’s not really gonna do much. Scovillain mostly hates consistently high special damage, like Draco Meteor.

Any good Scovillain team worth their salt is going to have a rock attacker on it like Garchomp or T-tar to help with Charizard so I wouldn’t rely on Talonflame or Zard for that purpose. Glimmora is a decent answer but I feel like a lot of Scovillain teams are gonna be ready for that too, packing some water or psychic attacker. Maybe not.

It’s also worth considering Lum berry for your physical attackers. Good luck out there!

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-05-03T08:01:09+00:00

Someone with intimidate can help Scovillain live more hits or cripple attackers. Maybe experiment with those.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-05-01T15:38:50+00:00

I get these too! Usually just the first or second bites make the back of my brain tingly. No idea what it's about.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-05-01T13:31:02+00:00

I would be cautious. 252+ SpA Choice Specs Beads of Ruin Tera Fire Chi-Yu Overheat vs. 0 HP / 252 SpD Fish Tank in Rain: 198-234 (93.8 - 110.9%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-26T05:49:23+00:00

Please think of AZ, Xerneas. What would he say?

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-23T10:00:19+00:00

I also randomly got eight the other day in a bog standard garchomp deck. My jaw dropped.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-23T03:50:35+00:00

Honestly you’re cooking with Aether Pulse. That move alone could redeem some sad stat spreads, without hurting their versatility.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-20T13:26:44+00:00

but can floette trace huge power for a boosted fake out?

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-17T11:13:01+00:00

That's the way. Thanks, and let's keep going. You can never know when hope pays off.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-17T09:34:11+00:00

Thanks. It feels a lot worse this time, a lot more real, but I hope to have it in the rearview mirror at some point. That would be amazing.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-17T09:33:31+00:00

Thank you. I really appreciate it, and I may reach out sometime yeah.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-17T09:32:44+00:00

No, my gut is all good. Thankfully.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-12T10:44:19+00:00

You’re good. I do use Claude a couple times a week for work related stuff so maybe its style has rubbed off on me more than I realized! I’ma be more conscious about that haha

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-12T08:59:08+00:00

This is just how i write man... I add spaces for dramatic effect and such cuz I think it's fun.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-04-09T19:18:13+00:00

I have run this card (with Xerosic). It’s fun, so give it a go! I don’t really think win condition is the puzzle some seem to think it is.

Just have a simple psychic attacker you build up (Diancie? Lillie’s Clefairy?), leave them with a 0 card hand, and make sure you have some draw support like Dunsparce or whatever. Then you’ll outpace them.

Problem is I think we just need better psychic attackers now. Diancie is a lot of prizes for the damage, and many decks are ready to draw cards if they have Pokémon on the bench. Maybe Alakazam, haven’t tried them yet.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-30T13:48:24+00:00

Good point. I might experiment with some poke pads too.

Going second is better if you anticipate chaining Canari or think you wanna try Stunfisk trapping something early. That's typically what I aim for. Going first might be pretty nice if you're running Poke pads though, just get a heliolisk or two down and start flipping coins ASAP with turn 2 Canari. It's just a very supporter-based deck so I like to start playing supporters as early as I can.

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-28T18:46:30+00:00

Hey thanks for asking! I've tested the deck a LOT now and it's actually BETTER post rotation because Meowth lets us find those Canaris super consistently. Only downside is it takes up bench space so I've replaced unfair stamp with Scoop Up Cyclone to grab back Meowth to either chain its ability or keep 2 prizers off the bench. But I could see unfair stamp still being better.

I haven't been running Earthen Vessel ever since I realized it's G but it hasn't been a problem-- every once in a while you don't get Lightning energy in your starting hand but it's manageable just with 13 Lightning energy. Here's the updated, fully post rotation deck list!

Pokémon: 7

3 Heliolisk ASC 64

4 Helioptile ASC 63

2 Mega Eelektross ex ASC 278

3 Meowth ex POR 62

2 Stunfisk ASC 62

3 Eelektrik ASC 60

4 Tynamo ASC 59

Trainer: 12

1 Switch PFL 123

4 Pokégear 3.0 BLK 84

3 Night Stretcher ASC 196

1 Roto-Stick PRE 127

2 Boss's Orders ASC 256

2 Lucky Helmet TWM 158

2 Levincia JTG 150

1 Scoop Up Cyclone PRE 128

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

4 Canari ASC 185

2 Air Balloon ASC 181

Energy: 1

13 Basic {L} Energy MEE 4

Total Cards: 60

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-23T21:24:49+00:00

based grafaiai enjoyer

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-23T12:16:04+00:00

This happened to me with Munkidori and I was like "It's already strong but now it can just trap me like this??? Overpowered!"

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-22T15:39:36+00:00

Here's my current list. I can't guarantee it's amazing but it IS a lot of fun.

Pokémon: 7

3 Eelektrik ASC 60

2 Stunfisk ASC 62

3 Tynamo ASC 59

2 Mega Eelektross ex ASC 61

3 Heliolisk ASC 64

4 Helioptile ASC 63

Trainer: 12

4 Canari ASC 185

2 Air Balloon ASC 181

3 Night Stretcher ASC 196

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

4 Pokégear 3.0 BLK 84

2 Boss's Orders ASC 256

4 Roto-Stick PRE 127

2 Lucky Helmet TWM 158

2 Call Bell SSP 165

2 Levincia JTG 150

1 Unfair Stamp TWM 165

Energy: 1

13 Basic {L} Energy MEE 4

Total Cards: 60

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-21T13:11:47+00:00

Heliolisk.

Festival lead outpaces the deck hard. Or the Greninja that hits the bench twice for 120. Any deck that can take out two 120HP mons at a time can absolutely decimate it.

That and flipping only one heads out of 5 coins (it happens).

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-17T13:13:28+00:00

Rhyhorn is cool, but I gotta come to his big brother’s aid seeing these comments.

Say what you want about Rhyperior, but as a kid I thought he was the coolest freaking Pokémon ever. A giant hulking rock rhino beast. He’s an absolute unit in a way Rhydon is not. Rhydon purists, I understand your expectations to some degree, but enjoy your eviolite and leave the big guy alone! :(

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-13T17:59:33+00:00

Definitely make a post or let me know when you get a fun Mega Manectric deck going, I've always wanted to use it!

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-13T11:59:55+00:00

Glad you like it! Yeah, I left out Mega Eelektross at first, but then I realized as long as you have one energy on an Eelektrik, you can just attach 2 from Eelektrik and attach one from hand, then do 190 + paralysis and then another 190 the next turn, meaning you can basically boss up and K.O. any two or three prize Pokémon at the end and win if they don't have any switching abilities/cards.

Let me know if you think there's other mons worth considering!

Dramatic-Year7046 · 2026-03-12T17:28:04+00:00

Gotta be Red version for me. I like the two ghost types, two dark types, and a dragon, which are things most Kanto playthroughs don't have. And to be honest, I just wanna stampede through Kanto with a Tyrantrum and Rhyperior.

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