Chi-Yu
Base Stats: 55/80/80/135/125/100 (BST 570)
Abilities: Beads of Ruin ( The Sp. Def stat of all other active Pokemon is reduced by 25%.)
Notable Moves:
Overheat
Fire Blast
Flamethrower
Dark Pulse
Flame Charge
Nasty Plot
Memento
Substitute
Tera Blast
Ember
Spite
Mean Look
Flame Wheel
Payback
Will-O-Wisp
Flame Charge
Incinerate
Confuse Ray
Nasty Plot
Lava Plume
Ruination
Bounce
Swagger
Inferno
Memento
Overheat
TM Moves: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Confuse Ray, Fire Spin, Facade, Hex, Snarl, Flame Charge, Endure, Sunny Day, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Taunt, Dark Pulse, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Crunch, Heatwave, Psychic, Flamethrower, Nasty Plot, Fire Blast, Giga Impact, Overheat, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Tera Blast
Spite
Mean Look
Flame Wheel
Payback
Will-O-Wisp
Flame Charge
Incinerate
Confuse Ray
Nasty Plot
Lava Plume
Ruination
Bounce
Swagger
Inferno
Memento
Overheat
TM Moves: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Confuse Ray, Fire Spin, Facade, Hex, Snarl, Flame Charge, Endure, Sunny Day, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Taunt, Dark Pulse, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Crunch, Heatwave, Psychic, Flamethrower, Nasty Plot, Fire Blast, Giga Impact, Overheat, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Tera Blast
Pros:
Extremely powerful when backed up by it's ability and boosting items/moves (Choice Specs, Nasty Plot)
Good Offensive Type Combination
Respectable Speed Tier for a strong wall breaker
Scarf sets being able to surprise and clean past the offensive metagame
Cons:
Presense of a Stealth Rock weakness
Frailness on the physical side
Not a great defensive type combination
Having a more difficult time keeping up with hyper offensive teams if it is using specs and scarf sets
Shallow Coverage
Terastallize Potential:
Using different Tera Types in order to lure pokemon with Tera Blast (example: using Grass Tera to lure bulky waters)
Using Fire Tera to hit even stronger with it's fire stab
Using Ghost Tera to be safe against strong fighting attacks
Potential sets:
Chi-Yu @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Beads of Ruin
Tera Type: Grass / Ghost / Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest / Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
- Tera Blast
- Memento / Overheat
This set is used in order to prey hyper offensive teams which rely on it being slow in order to revenge kill it, but in this case it would be the revenge killer. Modest can be used for extra power while timid can be used to outspeed more threats.
Chi-Yu @ Choice Specs
Ability: Beads of Ruin
Tera Type: Grass / Ghost / Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
- Tera Blast
- Overheat
Similar to the scarf set, but it preys on more Bulky Offensive Builds in which it has multiple opportunities to switch in and fire off it's attacks.
Chi-Yu @ Heavy-Duty-Boots / Leftovers
Ability: Beads of Ruin
Tera Type: Ghost / Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast / Flamethrower
- Dark Pulse
- Nasty Plot
- Substitute / Flame Charge
This set may be usable on more hyper offensive teams which provide it with the proper conditions to preform a sweep. Substitute can be used as a way to minimize the prediction necessary to throw off strong moves and guarantee free set up if you get one off, but Flame Charge will provide it with an opportunity to sweep past opposing teams as a whole.
Overall:
Chi-Yu may be somewhat of a one trick pony as it has a shallow coverage, but it's strength is immense and should not be underestimated. It's type combination makes it difficult to switch into alongside the immense strength that it receives from it's good special attack stat and it's ability. It can both use Scarf to blitz past offensive teams and Specs/Nasty Plot to increase it's strength further into bulkier teams, so it isn't truly a one trick pony all the time.
All in all Chi-Yu is a strong Pokemon which is being overshadowed by all the other ridiculous Pokemon in the metagame right now, but it should not be underestimated as an unprepared team may fall victim to it, as it is able to beat out many strong Pokemon that are currently popular in the early metagame.
What are your thoughts on the new truly fire fish Chi-Yu?