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Community POTW #115

Serebii

And, as if by magic, the webmaster appeared...
Staff member
Admin
Next week is going to be going into Valentine's Day but rather than Luvdisc, we're going for its Sun Fish friend, Alomomola!

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KyogreThunder

Call of Fate
Alomomola
Adamant nature
Ability: Regenerator
@Leftovers
EVs: 252 Attack/252 SpDef/4 Def
-Liquidation
-Flip Turn
-Play Rough
-Bounce/Body Slam/Zen Headbutt/Aqua Jet
Shame Alomomola can no longer learn Knock Off in Generation IX - what was even the point of removing it from its learnset?
 

BillyBobJoe

Well-Known Member
Return to Fish
Alomomola
Bold/Impish nature
Ability: Regenerator
@Leftovers/Safety Goggles
EVs: 252 HP/4 Def/ 252 SpDef
-Wish
-Flip Turn
-Scald
-Pain Split/Wide Guard/Helping Hand

This set is mostly passive and stall oriented. Flip Turn lefts you repeatedly proc Regenerator and Wish can be used to either heal Alomomola or its team mates. Scald is there to fish for burns and make you that much more tanky physically. Wide Guard and Helping Hand are support moves for doubles while Pain Split allow for even more healing along with some damage. Leftovers grants yet another source of healing while Safety Goggles prevents Spore.
 

XaelOstigian

Competitive...kinda
Hard to believe this heart shaped fish has zero connection to Luvdisc. Best known as Audino's aquatic counterpart to "rustling grass" in the water in gen 5, it was similarly snubbed for its lack of offensive options and outclassed vastly by Jellicent as a defensive Water type. However Alomomola has actually always been a sleeper threat. It just took a while for competitive players to truly see its value. It's heartwarming to see a neglected mon finally receive the love it deserves.
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Just don't expect Luvdisc to ever be useful though.

Loop Pool
Ability: Regeneration
Item: Binding Band
Nature: Careful
EVs: (HP 252) (Defense 4) (Sp. Defense 252)

Moves:
Whirlpool
Wish
Protect
Flip Turn/Scald/Aqua Ring/Mirror Coat

Set Details:
A trapping stall set that also doubles as heal support for your team. Whirlpool with Binding Band is your best option for inflicting damage while preventing a swap out, Wish heals you and even helps your teammates if they swap in and benefit from Alomomola's high base HP, and Protect burns a turn for chip damage and buys time for you to benefit from Wish. The last slot is up to you. Flip Turn allows for a damaging and possibly slower switch out to benefit from Regenerator and your teammate to receive Wish, Scald offers burns to make you indirectly bulkier on the physical side, Aqua Ring offers added passive recovery if you want to stay on the field, and Mirror Coat offers greater offensive options if your opponent is a special attacker.
 
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Mestorn

Wandering Battler
Alomomola falls into the same camp as Skarmory; an excellent singles wall that has next to no utility in doubles. While Alomomola does possess some defensive utility moves in Wide Guard, Chilling Water and Heal Pulse, it is so passive your opponent will be happy to see Alomomola as it is effectively a 2v1 fight and your opponent can safely ignore Alomomola until it is the only Pokémon left, at which point it can be overwhelmed through focus fire.
 
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