Tentacruel
Jellyfish Pokémon
Tentacruel has large red orbs on its head. The orbs glow before lashing the vicinity with a harsh ultrasonic blast. This Pokémon’s outburst creates rough waves around it.
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Strategy Overview
Tentacruel is a role-compression extraordinaire, with access to a myriad of utility moves like Knock Off, Rapid Spin, and Haze all in a neatly packed bulky Water-type that is immune to Toxic and can pivot with Flip Turn. Tentacruel's typing lets it take on many threats like Paldean Tauros-F, Inteleon, and Sylveon. Tentacruel also has a niche in thwarting HP-draining attacks like Uxie's Draining Kiss and Brambleghast's Strength Sap thanks to Liquid Ooze. Although Tentacruel boasts a lot of utility options, it's quite passive and can often get overwhelmed attempting to make use of every support move in a battle. Because of this, Tentacruel is best used as a bulky pivot to allow powerful wallbreakers like Porygon-Z and Flamigo to hit the field safely. Despite its great typing and Special Defense, Tentacruel's lack of recovery and poor physical bulk often leave it getting overwhelmed quite easily.
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