Petal Dance or Energy Ball for Lilligant?

Question

OKay I'm planning to get a lilligant because these really used to pown me nd I was wondering if I should teach it Petal dance or energy ball. Petal dance is more powerful and with the Own tempo ability its good put its continuous while energy ball is weaker but is not continuous and also if I pick energy ball is it worth for its other ability (the speed is sunshine) even though weak against fire p.s what item should it hold???

Comments

Sorry bout that ....if so the go for petal dance!!

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In the competitive scene, Lilligant is generally better with Chlorophyll and Giga Drain (or very occasionally Energy Ball). This is because human players can exploit a Pokemon locked into a consecutively executed move by switching out and setting up an advantageous position for later.

In-game, Own Tempo + Petal Dance is usually stronger, because the AI cannot take advantage of Petal Dance's shortcomings, and because most battles are much easier to win than against other players.

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Are you going to answer this question with a more updated answer that takes competitive into consideration? If not I’ll be happy to post an updated answer.

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Realistically probably not lol. Feel free!

Answer 1

Petal Dance! When paired with Own Tempo,Petal dance is one of the best (If not the best) move for Lilligant. The only possible problem is that once you use the move, you can't switch out or change a move. But this problem is minimized when this attack is paired with Quiver Dance.

Answer 2

Petal Dance, if you're running Own Tempo Lilligant. Energy Ball is better with her other abilities.

Petal Dance allows Lilligant to hit really hard and get rewarded by removing the confusion penalty with Own Tempo. A special 180 base power move that hits 3 times without a drawback can be really devastating for the opponent (STAB + Base Power). Quiver Dance boosts can make it even more terrifying. Own Tempo isn't a hidden ability, so it's more accessible and more useful. However, it's a little bit more gimmicky than energy ball.

Energy Ball is better on Chlorophyll and Leaf Guard, because Petal Dance would confuse Lilligant. 90 Base power with a chance to lower special defense, it can be quite good. Hitting hard with a chance to be able to hit even more harder the next turn is great for Lilligant.

I would recommend Petal Dance, because it can be really powerful. Own Tempo Lilligant isn't very hard to get, so this setup is really easy to use.

Answer 3

For in game I would advise you to use Petal dance as it hits harder and you don’t get confused if you have own tempo as your ability. In game trainer also cant take advantage of being locked into one move for the whole battle.

In singles you don't really want petal dance or energy ball, You want giga drain.
Giga drain can allow you to heal stealth rock damage and other chip and make it harder to revenge kill Liligant. Petal dance is also incredibly easy to exploit when playing against real people as they can just switch to a Pokemon that resists petal dance and kill you.

In doubles Giga drain is still better than petal dance or energy ball again because giga drain lets you heal off chip damage and petal dance is especially bad as you can’t chose what you target. Giga drain is incredibly useful for litigant in doubles as it allows you to re activate your focus sash if you get chipped by fake out sand or something else. (Sash is the main item you typically see on liligant in vgc).

Comments

Petal Dance is especially bad in doubles formats because you can't choose which Pokemon it targets.

Also, the Focus Sash can only activate once per battle.

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I know but fake out and sandstorm can break sash and giga drain can put you back to max hp so you can still use the sash. I’ll edit the answer to make those 2 points you mentioned clearer

Answer 4

I have to disagree energy ball all the way with the new ability sapsipper petal dance is dangerous confusion or not.

Comments

Petal dance is special attack...

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He never said it wasn't.

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Messed up... I thought it was only with regular attacks not special attacks. In that case I'm going with energy ball.