Infernape
Flame Pokémon
It uses a special kind of martial arts involving all its limbs. Its fire never goes out.
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Strategy Overview
Infernape is among the UnderUsed metagame's premier offensive threats, thanks to its multitude of valuable traits. Between a great Speed tier, good mixed offenses, and access to both physical and special boosting moves in Swords Dance and Nasty Plot, Infernape is extremely offensively versatile, capable of running several different viable sets and always leaving its opponent guessing. Furthermore, Infernape's excellent STAB combination in tandem with the massive amount of coverage options at its disposal allows it to hit almost the entire tier for super effective damage, severely limiting its checks. Access to two powerful STAB priority attacks in the forms of Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave further bolsters Infernape's offensive prowess, allowing it to pick off weakened threats with relative ease. Unfortunately, Infernape can often suffer from four-moveslot syndrome, which prevents it from covering everything it'd like to and allows certain Pokemon to check some of its sets. Infernape is also very frail without defensive investment, which leaves it extremely vulnerable to Pokemon that can hit it for super effective damage, such as Moltres and Mega Aerodactyl. Infernape also sits at a slightly exploitable Speed tier, given that big threats like Gengar and Latias can outpace and threaten it, which in tandem with its poor bulk can require intelligent play to put Infernape to full use.
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