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cascoon

Cascoon

Tier-NU
Abilities:
Shed Skin: Gives a 30% chance of healing status effects automatically each turn.



 


Element Symbol
HP

Atk

Def
 

 

 
Sp Atk

Sp Def

Spd
 

 

 


Set Name Nature Item

Offensive Tank Careful Leftovers

Moves EVs

Bug Bite
Iron Defense
Poison Sting
Tackle
252 Atk / 252 Sp Def / 4 HP

Iron Defense is arguably the most notable attack here, but although Iron Defense skyrockets Cascoon's Defense to very high levels, its main counters, including Zubat and Cyndaquil, usually favor Special attacks. Most NUs will have a lot of trouble with Cascoon regardless because most sweepers, including both Nidorans, Pidgey and Seedot, all favor Physical attacks. The other 3 attacks listed are Cascoon's most useful ones, as it only gets a handful of attacks to really work with. Poison Sting is most useful for poisoning the foe, and unlike most other Poison Sting-users, Cascoon has a chance of making use of the poison damage if it can face off against a physical sweeper.

Team Benefit zubat squirtle nidoran male nidoran female

Cascoon provides a great physical wall for almost any NU team, and it should be noted that statistically, Silcoon has the exact same stats and useful moves as Cascoon. It can stand up against most Squirtles and Turtwigs who favor physical attacks, something that other Bug Bite-users such as Weedle, Wurmple and even Metapod cannot do. Good teammates include Squirtle, who can cushion Fire attacks that threaten Silcoon, and helps against Zubats. Cascoon has trouble against Bulbasaur, who can Toxic stall it to death, so one's own Zubat can also work as a teammate, however one must be wary of STAB Fire attacks.

Cascoon's biggest use is for walling attacks. Using Nidoran-M or Nidoran-F to set up Toxic Spikes and using Cascoon to wall off damage is arguably its best strategy because of its rather limited movepool.

Counters zubat cyndaquil torchic bulbasaur

As with all Bug-type NUs, Zubat is the best counter against Cascoon. While physical variants will have a tougher time if Cascoon pulls off an Iron Defense, any Zubat with Heat Wave, Air Slash or Sludge Bomb usually mean the death of Cascoon. Cyndaquil can hit Cascoon with a STAB Flamethrower, which does not hit its high Defense stat, while Cascoon is nearly answerless back, apart from poison from a Poison Sting. Torchic is in the same category. Bulbasaur can use Toxic and/or Leech Seed against Cascoon, and can stall it out, as Cascoon generally doesn't have enough power to take down any Bulbasaur that invests in Defense.