Typhlosion
Typing: Fire
Base Stats: 93 / 99 / 93 / 124 / 100 / 115
Ability: Blaze
What it Does: Typhlosion is most notable for using Eruption incredibly well. 150 BP at full health coming off 124 SpA can't really be ignored. Choice Specs makes it a ridiculous wall breaker, and under the Sun it can even threaten Chansey. On the other hand, Choice Scarf is a very nice revenge killer. It isn't harmless even at low healths, since Fire Blast hits hard as well, especially backed by Blaze. Focus Blast and Hidden Power round out its coverage, letting it hurt pokemon like Heatran, Rhyperior and Gastrodon as well: no pokemon really wants to freely switch into Typhlosion attacks, including Defensive Alomomola and Cresselia, and even some offensive waters like Keldeo and Starmie.
Why this Rank: Used well, Typhlosion is a great cleaner and wall breaker and can rip through unprepared teams. But for a pokemon that needs to stay at full health, losing a quarter of your HP thanks to Stealth Rock, having okay-at-best bulk, and having a lot of common weaknesses really hurts. In addition to that, it works best as a Choiced user and has only a few viable moves, so it's very predictable: for something that relies on coverage, this isn't a good thing. Bulky pokemon with resistances to Fire and Fighting (and the later isn't even necessary in the case of bulky waters like Vaporeon and Milotic) can wall it often, like the Latis, Mega Charizard Y, and Chandelure. It has a bad time with Alomomola as well, since HP Grass doesn't hit hard enough to bypass Regenerator and Mirror Coat is very unpleasant. What's more, rain's dominance means Typhlosion has crippled offense and is often outsped, losing its main niche (and Politoed has enough bulk to take anything thrown at it). It even lacks priority. In the end, Typhlosion only does a few things, but it does them really well, so it has a B Rank.
Typing: Fire
Base Stats: 93 / 99 / 93 / 124 / 100 / 115
Ability: Blaze
What it Does: Typhlosion is most notable for using Eruption incredibly well. 150 BP at full health coming off 124 SpA can't really be ignored. Choice Specs makes it a ridiculous wall breaker, and under the Sun it can even threaten Chansey. On the other hand, Choice Scarf is a very nice revenge killer. It isn't harmless even at low healths, since Fire Blast hits hard as well, especially backed by Blaze. Focus Blast and Hidden Power round out its coverage, letting it hurt pokemon like Heatran, Rhyperior and Gastrodon as well: no pokemon really wants to freely switch into Typhlosion attacks, including Defensive Alomomola and Cresselia, and even some offensive waters like Keldeo and Starmie.
Why this Rank: Used well, Typhlosion is a great cleaner and wall breaker and can rip through unprepared teams. But for a pokemon that needs to stay at full health, losing a quarter of your HP thanks to Stealth Rock, having okay-at-best bulk, and having a lot of common weaknesses really hurts. In addition to that, it works best as a Choiced user and has only a few viable moves, so it's very predictable: for something that relies on coverage, this isn't a good thing. Bulky pokemon with resistances to Fire and Fighting (and the later isn't even necessary in the case of bulky waters like Vaporeon and Milotic) can wall it often, like the Latis, Mega Charizard Y, and Chandelure. It has a bad time with Alomomola as well, since HP Grass doesn't hit hard enough to bypass Regenerator and Mirror Coat is very unpleasant. What's more, rain's dominance means Typhlosion has crippled offense and is often outsped, losing its main niche (and Politoed has enough bulk to take anything thrown at it). It even lacks priority. In the end, Typhlosion only does a few things, but it does them really well, so it has a B Rank.
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