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You've most probably heard of the mighty Funbro, a troll strategy torture device used to create endless battles by holding a Leppa Berry and Recycling it when needed, so it doesn't lose any PP, Slacks Off when necessary, and Heal Pulses the enemy so he doesn't die to Struggle recoil. It also carries Block so when it gets a target that can't 2HKO him it won't be able to switch out.
Slowbro @ Leppa Berry
Ability: Oblivious
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
- Slack Off
- Recycle
- Block
- Heal Pulse
Of course, this is unacceptable in competitive play, so the Leppa Berry+Recycle and Leppa Berry+Harvest combo was banned by Smogon, even in Anything Goes, the tier without bans. It's notable that Showdown disallows this combo on the same pokemon, but you can, for example, carry Recycle on one poke and Leppa Berry on another
That being said, the ban is not perfect. There are still ways to cause this endless battles and I'll name the three I discovered. I would've posted this in the original EB clause thread, but it was no longer open for futher replies.
1) Tricking a Leppa Berry onto your enemy, and then taking it back. Since Showdown won't see this as having Recycle+Leppa on the same pokemon, it will let you enter a battle. The problem was that Slowbro needs all four of his moves, so he couldn't afford having Trick. I thought of a way to use quite a different endless battle strategy with the Truant+Shadow Tag combo:
2) Tracing Harvest. This was quite easy to create, I knew that both Trevenant and Exeggcutor got Skill Swap, which could be given to oponents and that Gardevoir was the only Trace mon able to create endless battles.
3) Making Assist pick Recycle. By far the hardest, as no mon that know Assist can cause an Endless Battle except for Smeargle, who is easy to 2HKO. If by some miracle you trap an opponent who can't status you or 2HKO, this is the set:
Slowbro @ Leppa Berry
Ability: Oblivious
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Bold Nature
- Slack Off
- Recycle
- Block
- Heal Pulse
Of course, this is unacceptable in competitive play, so the Leppa Berry+Recycle and Leppa Berry+Harvest combo was banned by Smogon, even in Anything Goes, the tier without bans. It's notable that Showdown disallows this combo on the same pokemon, but you can, for example, carry Recycle on one poke and Leppa Berry on another
That being said, the ban is not perfect. There are still ways to cause this endless battles and I'll name the three I discovered. I would've posted this in the original EB clause thread, but it was no longer open for futher replies.
1) Tricking a Leppa Berry onto your enemy, and then taking it back. Since Showdown won't see this as having Recycle+Leppa on the same pokemon, it will let you enter a battle. The problem was that Slowbro needs all four of his moves, so he couldn't afford having Trick. I thought of a way to use quite a different endless battle strategy with the Truant+Shadow Tag combo:
Give the leppa with Switcheroo with Whimsicott, die, give the enemy Truant with Durant. Now Gothitelle can TrickScarf the opponent and get the Recycle Leppa combo. Protect when the enemy can attack and use your random filler when Truant kicks in. Leppa will give you the PP you need, but you need to Recycle it each time you consume it.
2) Tracing Harvest. This was quite easy to create, I knew that both Trevenant and Exeggcutor got Skill Swap, which could be given to oponents and that Gardevoir was the only Trace mon able to create endless battles.
You can pull this off if you can trap a mon that can't 2HKO Gardevoir, but that's easier said than done. You need to remember not to get a move on 0 pp if you haven't Harvested your Leppa yet, as after harvesting, it won't activate.
3) Making Assist pick Recycle. By far the hardest, as no mon that know Assist can cause an Endless Battle except for Smeargle, who is easy to 2HKO. If by some miracle you trap an opponent who can't status you or 2HKO, this is the set:
Delibird so he can D-bond+Recycle (I just picked a random Recycle mon, there might be better options), Milk Drink as it is the best recovery move that Smeargle gets. Apart from that, just a common Funbro set that uses Assist instead of Recycle.
