What is a good moveset for Parasect?
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Parasect (M) @ Life OrbAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpDAdamant Nature- Seed Bomb- X-Scissor- Spore- Brick Break
This set is meant to be used in Rain.
Gen 7 ZU
Parasect @ LeftoversAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 252 Atk / 56 SpD / 200 SpeAdamant / Jolly Nature- Leech Life- Spore- Swords Dance- Knock Off
Given Speed EVs are to outspeed most of the slow Pokemon in ZU. Leech Life is STAB, healing, and hits Grass types super-effectively, which are immune to Spore. Spore is guaranteed to put things to sleep, allowing Parasect to safely set up Swords Dance. Knock Off removes items.
Sadly, despite these seemingly great traits, Parasect has a 5x weakness to Fire and a 4x weakness to Flying. The best Pokemon in Gen 7 ZU, Swanna and Combusken, easily destroy it. This is a pretty risky Pokemon to use.
Gen V
Parasect (M) @ Focus SashAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpDAdamant Nature- Spore- Seed Bomb- X-Scissor- Pursuit
Focus Sash will let you get Spore in. Then you can hit with Seed Bomb and X-Scissor. Your opponent might switch out, so that is where Pursuit comes in. Dry Skin is just the best ability for it. No point in trying to bring up that incredibly low Speed, so I have 252 Attack and split the EVs between the defenses for some protection against priority.
Role: 1 Hp Sweeper
Parasect (M) @ Focus SashAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Spore- Agility- X-Scissor- Seed Bomb
Well, if they don’t kill it in the first hit, then you’re pretty darn lucky.
Spore on the first turn, then get in an Agility.
You’re probably going to want to try to get 2, but if you can’t, well…
Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.
X-Scissor and Seed Bomb for Dual STAB.
Gen III
Parasect (M) @ Salac BerryAbility: Effect SporeEVs: 128 Atk / 64 Def / 64 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Counter- Body Slam- Leech Life- Sludge Bomb
This guy’s fun to use, but lacks a good movepool.
A little bit into his defenses, mainly needed for Counter in the Physical department, so he won’t quite die from a neutral hit, but be able to OHKO the opponent with Counter, and get his Salac Boost. Now he has Body Slam, Leech Life ( His strongest STAB -_- ) and Sludge Bomb to try to Sweep with. Good crap, this guy has a shallow movepool.
Double/Triple Battle
Parasect (M) @ Life OrbAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpDAdamant Nature- Spore- Seed Bomb- X-Scissor- Aerial Ace
Parasect just is not made for multi-battles. Dry Skin might protect from Surf and provide some healing but Flying and Fire are very common attacks. But oh well, moveset for every Pokemon. Spore just needs to be there. Sure, it isn’t as great as in Single due to the opponent still having more Pokemon there to take you down, but it can incapacitate a foe. Seed Bomb and X-Scissor are STAB. Aerial Ace can hit any foe in a Triple Battle and is otherwise your best coverage option.
Role: Support and Utility
Parasect @ LeftoversAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDImpish Nature- Spore- Leech Seed / Synthesis- Seed Bomb- Knock Off
Here’s a couple ofFocus Sashleads:
I use this one in the Battle Maison:
Parasect #1
Parasect @Focus SashAbility:Effect SporeEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJollyNature- Pursuit- Spore- Counter- Synthesis
I use this one as an anti-metaFake Out/Explosionlead counter:
Paresect #2
Parasect @Focus SashAbility:DampEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJollyNature- Pursuit- Spore- Counter- Protect
HP depletion
Parasect (M) @ Big RootAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 252 Atk / 216 Def / 40 SpDAdamant Nature- Toxic- Leech Seed- Leech Life- Substitute
STALLER
Parasect@ LeftoversAbility: Effect SporeEVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpDImpish Nature- Spore- Leech Seed- Toxic- Protect
Spore to put opponent to sleep. Leech Seed to heal HP and Toxic to badly poison. Protect to stall.
SWEEPER
Parasect@ Big RootAbility: Effect SporeEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Leech Life- Brick Break- Facade- Dig
Dig for Fire types. Leech Life as STAB. Brick Break and Facade for coverage.
Parasect @ LeftoversAbility: Dry SkinEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 DefCareful Nature- Spore- Leech Life- Knock Off- Synthesis
a set for gen 9 natdex.
Parasect @ Focus SashAbility: Dry SkinTera Type (SUPER IMPORTANT): FireEVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 SpDCalm (could use Modest, I suppose, but I like to build upon his defenses) Nature-Spore-Giga Drain-Leech Seed-Substitute
Gen 9 has made this little guy a viable option. They were too scared to put him into the dex for they knew what he could do.
I run this guy on my Gen9 NatDex team and no one knows what to do with him. You can bait people into using Water Moves on you with a simple Fire tera typing, and it also removes that 5x fire weakness Parasect has with Dry Skin and turns it into a 1x weakness.
This guy is basically for mindgames and switch ins. But he’s come in super clutch.
Entry hazards are this guy’s weakness, so make sure you have a defogger, or something like that. It’s also good to have him on a Rain-based team. He’s also super slow and defensively weak, but he has pulled off some clutch moves for me. It’s not about a Pokemon’s **** stats or whatever. It’s about how you use them to enact mind games onto your opponent. No one expects psychological warfare Parasect.
If all else fails, you can get a Spore in to tackle a troublesome Pokemon. Not a bad deal.
Also, who could hate this cute little guy?
