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Exeggutor with ZH/Psychic for attack?

I have a 2200 CP Exeggutor with ZH/Psychic which I mainly use as a defender. Is there a special use for him as an attacker?

Because against Vaporeons I prefer Solar Beam (or even Petal Blizzard on Venusaur).

Asked by devun8 years 8 months ago
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by pipjay 8 years 8 months ago

Machamp or Poliwrath, if you ever see them in gyms anymore.

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by madcao 8 years 8 months ago

if you dodge, confusion is better for both attack and defense

psychic or solar beam as secondary depends on your preferences

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I do dodge, and i prefer the quick attacks that are faster, so for me ZH is better. In addition, has more dps. Why should Confusion be better than ZH on attack?

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Because ZH is not a "fast" attack (like lick for example). ZH is faster than Confusion but sometimes if you dodge you can only do 1 ZH (you do the same number of attacks with ZH than with Confusion). So confusion in this case is better.

If you spam attack, then yes, ZH is better.

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Zen > Confusion if you don't dodge at all

Zen > Confusion if you only dodge Charge Moves

Confusion > Zen if you dodge every quick attack

Either way, they arent that far apart

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I take it you're assuming that most of the time you're using Ex vs. Vape? Whose quick move is so fast that you can only do 1 attack in between dodges either way?

Vs. Vape or someone with a quick move like Water Gun I'd definitely agree with you. But it's worth noting there are plenty of Pokemon with longer quick moves where you could sneak an extra ZH in

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Even vs Vaporeon you can often get two Headbutts between Water Guns.

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I have an exeggutor with the same moveset, and i use it for attack. I would like Solar beam more, but i don't have this moveset.

I use him against Waters, at least incoming damage is reduced.

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No defending, defeated easily by a CP 1900–2300 Seaking.

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Everything other than Snorlax/Lapras is defeated easily by something in Pokemon which is why they are "tier1"

There are much better choices like Pinsir for defeating Exeguttor than Seaking. A seed bomb Exeguttor even with dodges are going to put a hurt on the water type Seaking.

But Look at Tier 1.5 List
Vapereon vs Venausar (Or other big grasses)
Exeggutor vs Pinsir (Rare) and other Bugs
Dragonite vs Lapras (Rare) /Cloyster

Exeggutor is comparable in how it survives to Dragonite.

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Pinsir is rare? I wish I caught and hatched as many lapras as pinsirs. I'm seeing at least a dozen a day.

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Yeah Pinsir is a joke...but at least after the buff he's somewhat useful now. Before he was that horrible combination of not only bug type, but one of worst bug types, and the only one that comes from 10km eggs.

Maybe after 2-3 more buffs he'll actually be worth powering up! Would be nice to put this 938 candy to use =/

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Best Pokémon to go up against an Exeggutor in terms of typing is Venomoth with two Bug moves. But Exeggutor with Psychic is one of the best defenders, as the attacker who you use against them won't have typically have resistance against it.

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