This leaves the user open to attacks from the opponent’s Pokemon, which makes setting up Trick Room unscathed nearly impossible.Īs a result, Trick Room setters traditionally are incredibly bulky, such that they can take a hit and still be useful the next turn. The unfortunate part of using Trick Room is that it has a negative priority, meaning you’ll be guaranteed to move last that turn. Trick Room has the distinction of being the longest-lasting on-field effect for Speed control. That means that you set up Trick Room, and for the next four turns the slowest Pokemon on the field move first. Trick Room lasts for five turns, including the turn it is set up. Honestly, that list contains some sketchy options already.
I won’t discuss moves like Scary Face, or moves that have niche distribution like Sticky Web, because they’re pretty terrible. Specifically, I’ll be looking at Trick Room, Tailwind, Thunder Wave-like, Agility-like, Icy Wind-like, and Rock Tomb-like. Today, I’ll be looking over those options to give you, the reader, an insight into what each option brings to the table. For example, it’s really good practice to make each Pokemon on your team have a unique Speed stat if you have two Pokemon on the field with the same Speed stat, you are unable to predict which will move first and which second, which can complicate turns quite a lot.īeyond simply EV’ing for success, you will likely find that strong teams in VGC 2015 have at least one Pokemon that can control which Pokemon move first the current VGC 2015 format has quite a few options for Speed control. If you don’t build your team with the ability to reliably predict what Pokemon moves first, then you leave yourself at a real disadvantage. I would argue that EV’ing to hit important Speed stats is just as important as trying to minimize inaccurate moves on a team. With the ability to reliably predict what moves first based on which Pokemon has the highest Speed stat, building your team’s Speed options is of the utmost importance. See, the Plusle and Minun trainer is what we call “bad”
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