Zoroark Hisui: Underrated VGC Support Pick
Summary
In Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments this announcement debates a Zoroark Hisui VGC team and set choices. Topics include Will-O-Wisp vs Taunt, Throat Chop tradeoffs on Incineroar, Scizor as a late pick, Rotom options, Levitate and switch-in ability interactions, and choosing Shadow Ball over Bitter Malice for coverage and stat control.
Zoroark might be one the funniest pokemons to use in competitive, and its very good as a support pokemon as well. This is the team i have been using as of lately, i would like ot hear thoughts as well as where i should improve!
Only note i can think of is why not use a dark move on incineroar? otherwise looks very nice, respect for the scizor
yeah so i originally had Taunt on Zoroark and Throat Chop on Incineroar. The problem was that Zoroark was a sitting duck VS Sneasler and Kingambit, so i added Will-o-wisp, thats why i then changed throat chop for taunt, as i already have a Dark type attacker. Scizor is really good now with aerodactyl and floette running around
Good picks for Pokemon who's abilities don't immediately reveal the illusion
Just be wary that zoroark can't try to be incineroar
thanks! it was really hard to pick a sixth member, went with rotom-heat, rotom-W and then i settled with scizor
Oh yeah, i think levitate also announces
yeah, thats why its the only nickname that doesnt say that it is, but thanks for warning me
Levitate only announces when a ground type move targets the user thankfully
No, the abilities that trigger before the turn are the ones im trying to avoid, like intimidate or defiant. Levitate activates in the middle of the turn
Levitate only activates after getting hit by a ground move
Also I'm curious about why shadow ball over bitter malice?
As long as you avoid abilities that could trigger when the user switches in you should be fine
oh yeah, three reasons: I didnt like that all my moves always dropped stats with all the Kingambit and Sneasler running around, since it activates defiant or white herb. And it turns out that shadow ball can reliably kill frail Mega Gengar and 2HKO sneasler without the fear of always dropping attack ( i know it can drop SpD, but its better). Also, the attack drop isnt as worth it when im running Wisp.
yeah thanks! I oftedn run Zoroark as a lead and not in the back, so yeah levitate is fine
General rule of thumb is if you see incineroar it's a VGC team
