Primarina @ Leftovers
Ability: Torrent
EVs: 172 HP / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Encore
- Scald
- Moonblast
- Substitute
This set is quite effective at surprising certain mons. It lures in Toxapex, Mantine, and a whole host of other bulky Water types who both rely on Toxic to beat Primarina, and with Encore it can actually force them out or force them to spam their recovery move, giving you a chance to Scald burn them if they aren't immune to Water. Substitute is neat too because it eases prediction on switches, and it lets you get into Torrent range easier which is useful sometimes. And if you argue that this is outclassed by Taunt Tapu Fini, I say that Tapu Fini has a much poorer offensive presence and an inability to burn most things with Scald, letting Primarina do much more against offensive teams in general. They are obviously very similar, and Primarina is much less useful defensively, but it's unfair to say that Primarina is strictly better for offense while Tapu Fini is better for defense. Scald is still really amazing and being able to burn things like Ferrothorn is excellent, not to mention the fact that you can grab free turns thanks to Sub + Encore's surprise factor, since people will actually try to use status moves on Primarina. If this thing ends up UU (not likely???) this set might be more popular as it doesn't have the competition.