How good is Wishiwashi actually?

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I would like to know about both competitive and in game battles, including battle tree. Seems a pretty fun but gimmick one….

Could I have kind of pros and cros or something like that?

Oh, I have seen people giving him sitrus berries to hold.. But wouldn’t be better those pinch-berries? I’m missing something?

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I’d say wishiwashi is decent. With tr support, its insane. Use it in doubles with a tr healer and you’re good. Coverage is terrible on it, but it hits hard enough for it not to matter much. I used this set in doubles

Wishiwashi@leftoversEvs: 252 hp, 252 atk, 4 spatkBrave NatureSchoolingEarthquake- big damageScald-for physical wallsAqua tail/Waterfall- for special wallsu-turn- I guess.

Gardevoir@leftoversTelepathyEvs: 200 hp, 252 def, 56 spdefSassy NatureHeal pulse- to keep wishiwashi going strongTrick room- to make wishiwashi go firstdazzling gleam-STAB, multi targetPsychic- STAB, single target

This Wishiwashi set is good in gen 8 NU.

Wishiwashi @ leftoversEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDRelaxed nature- U-turn- scald- rest- sleep talk

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Wishiwashi @ Assault VestAbility: SchoolingEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDQuiet NatureIVs: 0 Spe- Hydro Pump- Ice Beam- Mud Shot- U-turn

Assault vestgives it extra longevity and helps it against grass and electric moves which are mostly special.

I like to usehydro pump, but you can use scald, surf, or muddy water. If you’re using this as part of a trick room doubles team (you should be) then I recommend anything but surf.

Ice beamis a pretty obvious choice for any water type. I can’t recommend that you replace it with anything else.

You could use earthquake, but I really favormud shot. I think it works better on a doubles team, and you’re only losing 20 base power when using max quake from mud shot as opposed to earthquake. You could easily swap this out for earthquake, but a teammate such as stakkataka or heatran would certainly appreciate not being hit by a 100 bp 4x effective move.

U-turnisn’t super necessary. It’s a great move, but it’s not as useful on a wishiwashi as it would be on something else. If you were going to replace this with anything else, I would replace it with any of the options I gave to replace other moves.