Base Stats
| 160 - 207 | 310 - 404 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 - 123 | 112 - 240 | |||
| 67 - 134 | 130 - 262 | |||
| 81 - 150 | 157 - 295 | |||
| 99 - 172 | 193 - 339 | |||
| 58 - 123 | 112 - 240 |
So as you can see, Jellicent has very good stats for bulk, but do not match that of another Pokemon such as Cresselia. Depending on how you train Jellicent, it can survive attacks from both Charizard-Y and non-Life Orb Bisharp. It also has a respectable special attack stat which can be nice to pick up some key KO's on Pokemon such as Landorus.
The speed stat is also very unique, making it slow enough to abuse and set Trick Room effectivly, although that tends to not be how most people use it do to the fact that it is very weak to Pokemon that are used to commonly check other Trick Room users such as Bisharp and Hydreigon. Back in 2011-13 a Choice Scarf variant was certainly viable, but it just doesn't hit common threats as hard as it needs to anymore, especially on Pokemon such as Kangaskhan, as well as the fact that it doesn't out speed Salamence after Mega Evolution, quite detrimental to a Choice Scarf Variants job.
Usable Moves
-Water Spout: A very strong move that allows you to have a very nice damage output, but its rather inconsistent on a slow Pokemon like Jellicent.
-Recover: A very great move on Jellicent that allows you to be a wall and be very hard for opposing Pokemon to knock you out. In My opinion this move is almost mandatory on Jellicent.
-Toxic: Can help wear down other bulky Pokemon such as Milotic and Cresselia, which helps win games a bit faster due to the mechanics of the Badly Poisoned status.
-Taunt: A useful move to help slow down your opponents shenanigans. Not too useful as Jellicent is usually too slow to actually stop something, but can help in certain situations in instances Jellicent is faster, such as Taunting Azumarill before it can set up a Belly Drum.
-Ice Beam: An awesome secondary attacking move on Jellicent. It allows you to knock out or get respectable damage onto Landorus, as well as a way to hit Pokemon like Thundurus and Amoonguss for super effective damage.
-Protect: Just an overall great move, not necessarily needed on a Pokemon like Jellicent who needs all 4 of its moves to be doing other things, but is never a bad option if other moves don't seem appealing.
-Scald: Once again a move that is almost mandatory on Jellicent. It is far more consistent than something like Water Spout. Burns can always be helpful, and it just gets off solid & consistent damage on Heatran and Landorus.
-Will-o-Wisp: Again an amazing move. Burns allow it to cripple things such as Kangaskhan and Mawile, and over time, it can 1v1 a lot of the Pokemon due to Brun chipping away at their health, Jellicent be really naturally bulky, and the ability to regain HP through Recover.
-Trick Room: A weaker option in my opinion, but certainly usable. Can help support a team through Speed Control, and allows Pokemon such as Mega Mawile, Abomasnow, and Camerupt to become all the more strong.
-Icy Wind: A very nice move that can provide speed control for your team. Is usually a weaker option due to not being able to pick up the KO on some Pokemon such as Landorus, but can still be useful nonetheless.
Usable Items
-Leftovers: The only item on a Jellicent that has done well at a regional this year. This allows Jellicent to Recover HP a bit faster, even on the turns that it is not using Recover, which can be invaluable in the end game of a match.
-Sitrus Berry: Can be very helpful on Trick Room variants that do not carry Recover. Sitrus Berry and Recover are kind of redundant, do I suggest only using it when you cannot seem to fit Recover onto your move set.
-Safety Goggles: The "Anti-Meta" option, which I have been loving lately. This allows you to beat a lot of the common Chalk cores that have been running around lately. The Safety Goggles allows you to Will-o-Wisp Kangaskhan and Landorus even through Amoonguss Rage Powder, which can help a lot in taking certain hits. This also allows you to beat Amoonguss 1v1 in theory and under the correct circumstances due to the combination of Will-o-Wisp, Recover and Ice Beam.
Abilities
Water Absorb: Probably the more consistent ability. It gives you an extra imunity and helps many of the match ups against other Bulky Water types such as Suicune and Miltoic, by them having no way to burn Jellicent and get some consistent Chip Damage.
Cursed Body: The "best" ability for Jellicent. This ability can allow you to win games, and even beat some Pokemon you normally wouldn't such as Hydreigon, Bisharp, Scrafty, Zapdos, Thundurus and Amoonguss. Can give you some nice win conditions in the endgame, and can force your opponent to switch early game if they have no way to hit you otherwise, or if they are Choice Locked.
Threats
Dark Types: Pokemon such as Bisharp, Scrafty and Hydreigon are the most troublesome to Jellicent as they can hit it with several high powered super effective attacks. It is also very hard to stall most of these Pokemon due to how hard they hit you naturally, but it is possible if they have been weakened enough or have other targets they are attacking.
Electric Types: Thundurus and Zapdos mainly fall into this category, but other Pokemon such as Rotom-W & H can do very well against Jellicent. This problem can be alleaved however if you get a lucky and rightly timed Cursed Body activation.
Sample Sets
Zach Droegkamp's Winter Regionals Jellicent:
Jellicent (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Cursed Body
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 116 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
– Scald
– Recover
– Will-O-Wisp
– Taunt
Ability: Cursed Body
Level: 50
EVs: 252 HP / 140 Def / 116 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
– Scald
– Recover
– Will-O-Wisp
– Taunt
You can find out what this specific spread does in Zach's report over at NuggetBridge titled: L’Anse-aux-Méduses: A Missouri Regionals 2nd Place Report
My Premier Challenge Set:
Jellicent (M) @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Cursed Body
Level: 50
EVs: 236 HP / 148 Def / 8 SpA / 116 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Will-o-Wisp
- Recover
- Scald
- Ice Beam
I will release what this spread does later, but I'm too lazy to write it up right now, as well as the fact that I'm running out of time before class ends, so I want to get this finished. I will be posting a team report on the team I used later, so look out for that.
I hope you enjoyed! I will try to keep this types of analysis' once a week, as they take a while to type up and I don't always have free time in class. Let me know via my twitter @LightCores on what Pokemon I should analyze next. See ya next time!
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