Ruko
Bearded Trout Warrior
As by popular demand [in chat], I'll go ahead and type up a sort of rough draft for competitive terms. Expect to see this edited many times, and constantly updated.
I'm leaving this unlocked so people can post requests for definitions here.. if you're shy of posting in public, feel free to PM me![Smile :) :)](https://xf-assets.pokecharms.com/data/assets/smilies/Smile.png)
There are a couple of sub-categories I couldn't find an official term for [such as a supporter that uses Light Clay, Reflect and Light screen], and I'd like some help expanding this from anyone willing... That said, I don't want to expand too much.
[size=12pt]Battle-types of Pokémon[/size]
Sweeper - Any offensive Pokémon meant to take out another Pokémon by directly attacking it for damage. Sweepers tend to have high stats in one or both attacks, low defenses, and high speed or some way of boosting speed. See below for types of sweepers.
Wall - Any Pokémon designated to absorb directly damaging attacks. These tend to be slow, but have high defenses and sometimes high HP. Walls are also often paired with Leftovers or some other form of HP recovery. See types of walls below
Supporter - Any Pokémon that's meant to help team members in some way. Light Screen, Reflect, Memento, Wish, Aromatherapy, and many other attacks fall under supportive. Supporters can also induce status effects to hinder threatening enemies.
Annoyer - A Pokémon that primarily focuses on attacking enemies, but with indirect attacks; usually status inflicters. Confuse Ray, Toxic, Will-o-Wisp, Attract, Screech. The main difference between a status-inducing Annoyer and a status-inducing Supporter is the strategy behind it: Annoyers are more stand-alone and do it to help themselves, while supporters inflict so another team member can take advantage.
I'm leaving this unlocked so people can post requests for definitions here.. if you're shy of posting in public, feel free to PM me
![Smile :) :)](https://xf-assets.pokecharms.com/data/assets/smilies/Smile.png)
There are a couple of sub-categories I couldn't find an official term for [such as a supporter that uses Light Clay, Reflect and Light screen], and I'd like some help expanding this from anyone willing... That said, I don't want to expand too much.
[size=12pt]Battle-types of Pokémon[/size]
Sweeper - Any offensive Pokémon meant to take out another Pokémon by directly attacking it for damage. Sweepers tend to have high stats in one or both attacks, low defenses, and high speed or some way of boosting speed. See below for types of sweepers.
- Physical Sweeper - An offensive Pokémon that relies mainly on Physical Attacks for damage. Physical attacks are denoted by this symbol:
- Special Sweeper - An offensive Pokémon that relies mainly on Special Attacks for damage. Special attacks are denoted by this symbol:
- Mixed Sweeper - An offensive Pokémon that relies on both Physical and Special attacks evenly. These tend to either be slower, or to do less damage than those who rely on only one type of attack. Infernape often holds the tilte of best Mixed Sweeper.
Wall - Any Pokémon designated to absorb directly damaging attacks. These tend to be slow, but have high defenses and sometimes high HP. Walls are also often paired with Leftovers or some other form of HP recovery. See types of walls below
- Physical Wall - A Pokémon with high Defense that can shrug off physical attacks with relative ease. Tend to be lacking in Special defense. Skarmory is the most well-known physical wall.
- Special - A Pokémon with high Special Defense that can shrug off Special attacks with relative ease. Tend to be lacking in physical defense. Blissey is probably the most well-known special wall.
- Type-based Walling - Not an actual battle-type, but this goes here. Type-based walling is when you use a Pokémon resistant to all attacks an opponent holds. For instance, both Dark and Ice attacks are walled by a Steel-type because it is resistant to both.
Supporter - Any Pokémon that's meant to help team members in some way. Light Screen, Reflect, Memento, Wish, Aromatherapy, and many other attacks fall under supportive. Supporters can also induce status effects to hinder threatening enemies.
- Baton Passer - Any Pokémon that possesses Baton Pass and any attack that can be passed to another Pokémon by it. Swords Dance, Iron Defense and Ingrain are all examples of attacks that can be Baton Passed. Smeargle is the most versatile Baton Passer.
Annoyer - A Pokémon that primarily focuses on attacking enemies, but with indirect attacks; usually status inflicters. Confuse Ray, Toxic, Will-o-Wisp, Attract, Screech. The main difference between a status-inducing Annoyer and a status-inducing Supporter is the strategy behind it: Annoyers are more stand-alone and do it to help themselves, while supporters inflict so another team member can take advantage.
- Toxic Stall / Toxistaller - This is a Pokémon that to outlive opponents they've poisoned. The Pokémon often is holding Leftovers or Black Sludge, and a moveset that contains Toxic and Protect. Often hold a counter-measure for Steel Pokémon.
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