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09-24-2008, 12:52 AM
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Bellosom, one of the most cutes and underrated duckers of the uu tier, it fills a very nice niche thanks to it's awesomeness, stat wise and move pool wise, although people think that vile plume outclasses it, bellosom can really fill some nice niches that vileplume can't and has a better typing if you count weaknesses and the common factor of those certain weaknesses.



Sunlight Abuser @ Leftovers/Heat Rock
ability: chlorophyll
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Modest / Timid
- Sunny Day/ Stune Spore
- SolarBeam / Energy Ball / Grass Knot / Leaf Storm
- Sleep Powder
- Hidden Power Fire


This works well in uu with sunny day support, although it can and will work in ubers, thanks to instant sun and hitting lot's of pokes hard, but if your using this cute little poke in ubers you should probably put hp ice to handle rayquaza since hp fire doesn't really do anything good in ubers unless you really hate those steel types which are rising in popularity in ubers, also if your using it in ubers don't use sunny day since there’s instant sun so u can go for stune spore to spread some paralysis support, hp fire for some nice coverage in uu and sleep powder is for sleeping some annoying pokes but at the cost of some accuracy, although it's better than hypnosis when it comes to acc wise.



Sub Seed baby @ Leftovers
ability: chlorophyll
evs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 124 SpD
nature: Calm / Sassy
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Sludge Bomb / Hidden Power Ice
- Stun Spore


This may not look like something bellosom would do, because bellosom is really slow as hell, but so is vileplume and it's still used, this set is, though outclassed by vileplume but at least bellosom is a little more bulky on the sp.def side which might seam not really important but really is in surviving some stab ice beams and what not, stun spore to paralyze foes and to make up for bellosom's bad speed, sludge bomb is better suited for vileplume since it get's stab on it but non the less suitable on bellosom, hp ice is for coverage and steels don't really wall this set like above since they're taking hell load of they're hp every turn.


Double status @ Leftovers
ability: chlorophyll
evs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 124 SpD
nature: Calm / Sassy
- Sleep Powder
- Stun Spore / Toxic
- Leech Seed / Safeguard / Charm
- Leaf Storm


A good set to be considered, leaf storm is for some major stab and a powerful move, stun spore is to paralyze foes and not get you completely eaten by steel types, while toxic get's you more walled by steel types but at the cost of whittling down some poke's hp and really useful to hit those annoying fire types, leesh seed is for a nice way of annoyance and causes more switches although it is a NYC event move so if your using this on wi-fi it might be hard to seek a good one with good ivs and a good nature but thankfully there’s shoddy, charm is to help bellosom's rather average defense, while safe guard let's you be able to not be affected by annoying status.


Plant Of Choice @ Choice Specs
ability: chlorophyll
evs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
nature: Modest
- Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Grass Knot
- Hidden Power Fire / Hidden Power Ice / Grass Knot
- Sleep Powder


Not much comment here, your basic hit and run specs poke, the grass attacks are for some though damage and bellosom really has a poor special movepool, sludge bomb to do some decent damage and hit's some type's supper effectively that aren't hit by so with your other moves, sleep powder is to let your team mates have an easier life with a certain threat.


Dancing Flower @ Leftovers/ Life Orb
ability: chlorophyll
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
nature: Adamant / Brave
- Swords Dance
- Double-Edge / Return
- Drain Punch
- Leaf Storm / Sleep Powder


Bellossom isn't exactly the most spectacular Swords Dancer, but it is pretty durable at taking hit's and it's attack isn't that bad, Most likely, Bellossom will just be using Swords Dance to lure out certain specific opponents so you can hit them with a disabling Sleep Powder or a Leaf Storm, so it's basically like the dd latios which is meant just to raise it's speed and use 1/2 physical moves and go special for the rest.


Toxic Stall @ Leftovers
ability: chlorophyll
evs: 252 HP / 132 Def / 124 SpD
nature: Calm / Sassy
- Leaf storm/ Hp Fire
- Leesh Seed
- Protect
- Toxic


This is your basic toxic stall set, protect works nicely with leesh seed and toxic taking some hp from your opponent and healing yours respectively, hp fire is recommended over the stab move since your going to stay and would not like to switch and makes you not totally walled by steels but doesn't do much and get's you walled easier.


Other Options: Bellossom gets Moonlight and Synthesis which are basically the same move. If critical hits give you rashes, then Lucky Chant will alleviate the itching for five turns, but seriously bellosom doesn't really have any other options that haven’t been outlined above since it's movepool isn't that big although it's support movepool is very overwhelming.


Evs: Bellossom's offense is limited, so you're almost always better off EVing defensively. Leaf Storm will generally make up for the lack of EVs on offense, except on the Choice Specs set where you want max power on your Leaf Storms.


Opinion: bellosom's support options are really overwhelming and it really is a cool support pokemon, it has nice offensive and defensive stats whilst maintaining a rather nice movepool although it's limited somewhat, it really should be looked to use on an uu team and does fill some niches that vileplume doesn't and is one hell of a pokemon.


Counters: Bellossom is a traditional Grass in almost every sense of the word, and its weaknesses are as such. A lot of Pokémon resist Grass and can fight back for nasty damage in Standard, such as Skarmory, Heatran, Salamence, Dragonite and so on, though most can be disabled by a well-timed Sleep Powder or at least slowed down by a Stun Spore. Scizor resists Grass, gets STAB on Bug attacks, and does not completely mind getting Stun Spored if it's going to be Baton Passing. Celebi is a particularly huge threat, as Bellossom's lack of STAB keeps it from hurting Celebi (and Hidden Power Bug would be specializing a little too much), it has an immunity to Leech Seed, and its Natural Cure and Heal Bell will be the bane of Bellossom's existence. Cradily in a Sandstorm and Roserade can handle Bellossom's Leaf Storms with little trouble. Muk can take pretty much anything you dish out as well, and can fight back with nasty super effective Poison attacks. Tentacruel and Swalot both boast good Special Defense, resistance or immunity to most of Bellossom's attacks and a nasty Liquid Ooze ability which will neutralize your life-sapping techniques.