Enatsyrte Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Hello ! I would like to talk about the Delcatty Crest ^-^ I discovered it with Risa and I thought it was useless, until I learnt how it works. This crest is powerful but has one weakness : its stats. Indeed Delcatty receives 10% of each stat of each unfainted Pokémon you have in your party. You can make different sets for Delcatty : Special, Physical, or Defensive. The problem is Delcatty needs all of your Pokémon. More you lose Pokémon during the battle, weakest Delcatty becomes. However, I think using a Special Bulky Offense is a good idea with Delcatty. Here is the set : Delcatty Ability: Wonder Skin EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Hyper Voice - Thunderbolt / Grass Knot - Ice Beam / Shadow Ball - Calm Mind / Charge Beam For the moment, Delcatty can't learn Calm Mind and Ice Beam. These moves are important for setting up Delcatty and having BoltBeam. So, I use Charge Beam to increase SpA. Let's compare its stats : First, there are the 'base stats' of Delcatty And here you can see the new stats when all the team is ready for a good battle : Speed : 416 ! It's faster than Dragapult, and pretty bulky for setting up. And I'll show you the team I used to have these stats ^^ So what do you think about Delcatty now ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.. Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Makes me almost want to use it. Almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enatsyrte Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 I guess this crest is cool ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhtonium Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 seems pretty broken, i hope it doesn't get nerfed in the next patch like with the good ol ledian crest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enatsyrte Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 It's strong, but you must avoid having fainted Pokémon. For example, when my Primarina fainted, Delcatty lost 40 points in SpA. So be careful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthprisonpanopticon Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 makes for a pretty good lead mon! i can see a good alt moveset being set up + fake out, though i'm not actually sure what setup moves delcatty actually gets.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MhicKy Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 It's the opposite of the Spiritomb Crest so, yeah, I already predicted it would be this broken.. But that's OK, the Crest has a specific condition to it, same as Spiritomb just the opposite situation, put both of them in your party, I guess? Could be fun.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxober Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Nice discovery. This looks like a really strong leading wallbreaker. Pair it with a strong late game sweeper, crest spirittomb or maybe something that can hit bulky steel/rock types and you're golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MhicKy Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 OK For people thinking to have a Crested Delcatty lead and then a Crested Spiritomb for last, I gotta warn you, it seems Spiritomb Crest isn't working.. It still heals HP just fine but it doesn't get any boosts at all.. Just tried that out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enatsyrte Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 I think having Spiritomb with Delcatty will lower the boost of the Delcatty Crest. A physical Spiritomb only have Ghost, Dark, Normal type attacks (except Rock Tomb). So Spiritomb need special coverage as Burning Jealousy (when it's available), and then you need to play it with a lowering speed nature which lowers the speed boost benefit for Delcatty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MhicKy Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 4 hours ago, P.Kiko said: I think having Spiritomb with Delcatty will lower the boost of the Delcatty Crest. A physical Spiritomb only have Ghost, Dark, Normal type attacks (except Rock Tomb). So Spiritomb need special coverage as Burning Jealousy (when it's available), and then you need to play it with a lowering speed nature which lowers the speed boost benefit for Delcatty. I actually built my Spiritomb with 252 HP, 129 Def and 129 S.Def.. So he uses both S.Atk and Atk since the values are the same, my moveset on him is Dark Pulse, Sucker Punch, Shadow Ball and Shadow Sneak but, like I said, the Crest isn't working properly right now.. I tried, he just gets the healing but not the boost in status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enatsyrte Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 Yes but if you want to have a fast lead Delcatty, the speed bonus from Spiritomb is really weak. Its Speed Bs is 35 Even if the Spiritomb crest works, I don't think pairing Delcatty and Spiritomb is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzagod13 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Seems busted. Just load your team up with Fast Special attackers, all trained in Speed and Special Attack (including Delcatty) and then just sweep everything. You can easily get a bonus well over 100 points in a few of your stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enatsyrte Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 The challenge for special Delcatty is having the better balance between speed and SpA. Then, M-Manectric is a mandatory teammate because it provides a good buff in speed and special attack (it has 135 in each stat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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