Again, another uninspired Pokemon. It looks like a green tedy bear.
But anyways, at first glance, upon looking on its stats and typing, one may wonder why to even use Reuniclus. Thanks to its abysmal Speed and crap typing, it may look like a gimmick Pokemon. But, after looking at its movepool... that's another story. Reuniclus has the bulk and power to set up Calm Minds or Trick Room, and with a combination of Psychic/Psyshock and Focus Blast, little can stand in Reuniclus's way. Once Trick Room is set up, only Ferrothorn is faster than Reuniclus(but even then it cannot hurt the latter badly). There's also Magic Guard. This ability prevents Reuniclus from taking passive damag(like Stealth Rock). It also has Regenerator, but it's not worth losing an immunity to Toxic/Stealth Rock/whatever.
Reuniclus's problems are obviously its crap speed, bad typing, and the fact that Jirachi and Scizor stop it cold.
Reuniclus's stats are as follows:
HP: 110
Attack: 65
Defense: 75
Sp. Attack: 125
Sp. Defense: 85
Speed: 30
Now... let's have a look at what it has to offer.
#1. Best sets
#1.1 Trick Room
Reuniclus @ Life Orb
EVs: 192 HP / 64 Def / 252 SpA
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Magic Guard
- Trick Room
- Psyshock / Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball / Hidden Power Fire
This set was the reason of Reuniclus's suspect test back at the beggining of Gen 5. Trick Room plays right into Reuniclus's hands, thanks to its bad Speed and good bulk, as well as good Special Attack. Choose Psyshock if you are weak to Blissey, else go with Psychic. Focus Blast pairs up nicely with the psychic-type move and KOes a lot of Pokemon that laugh at Psychic/Psyshock(like Tyranitar). It also gains perfect coverage with Shadow Ball. The latter one smashes ghosts like Cofagrigus, 2HKOing them.
The idea of this set is to come in on a non-threatening Pokemon, such as Conkeldurr, set up a Trick Room, and attempt a sweep. With a Quiet nature and an IV of 0, Reuniclus reaches a Speed stat of 58, allowing it to outpace every common Pokemon bar minimum Speed Ferrothorn after it sets up Trick Room.
Hidden Power Fire can be used over Shadow Ball if you really, really hate Scizor and want to KO it in one shot, but Choice Band U-turn actually OHKOes.
#1.2 Calm Mind
Reuniclus @ Life Orb / Flame Orb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD or 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Nature: Modest/Bold
Ability: Magic Guard
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Focus Blast / Trick
- Recover
The definition of a bulky sweeper is a Pokemon that can boost its defenses and has access to recovery. Reuniclus is one of those Pokemon that can come on a Fighting-type and start setting up (unless the fighting-type is named Machamp or Scrafty). After one or two Calm Minds, Psychic will destroy anything that does not resist it, while Focus Blast hurts Dark- and Steel-types. Recover is absolutely necessary, and when combined with Magic Guard, it can also make Reuniclus a sturdy special wall. There is also Trick + Flame Orb. With this combination, Reuniclus aims to lure and cripple some of its most common counters by utilizing Trick and Flame Orb as a pseudo, albeit 100% accurate, Will-O-Wisp. In addition to Tyranitar and Scizor, most of Reuniclus's counters are physically-inclined, such as Metagross and Jirachi. As such, crippling them with a burn will not only allow Reuniclus to do more damage to the opponent's team, it can also effectively facilitate a sweep for a teammate who shares a common counter with Reuniclus.
#2. Other options
1. Choice Specs - can be used, but IMO there's no reason to use it over Life Orb.
Yeah, Reuniclus doesn't really have options.
Counters
Reuniclus has few counters because of its good movepool, access to Trick Room and Trick, as well as Psyshock. Chansey is Reuniclus's public enemy: it laughs at all of his attacks, doesn't care about burn thanks to Natural Cure and can wear down Reuniclus with Seismic Toss. Blissey also comes to mind, except it can also use Flamethrower to damage Trick Room Reuniclus. Tyranitar and Scizor don't care about the amount of Calm Minds, are not OHKOed by Focus Blast(with a little investment in the former's special defense), and can destroy Reuniclus with Crunch, U-turn or Pursuit. Latias takes little from Psychic or Focus Blast, but it needs to avoid Shadow Ball. It can, however, use a Calm Mind + Roost combination against Reuniclus. The rare Cofagrigus can 2HKO Reuniclus with Shadow Ball and actually speed ties with it in Trick Room(as long as it uses a Quiet or a Sassy nature). Spiritomb walls the Calm Mind set and can set up its own or simply hurt Reuniclus with Pursuit.
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