Gen 9 NU Choice Specs
Scovillain @ Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Overheat
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Solar Beam
Usually, Sun in NU uses Sun abusers such as Venusuar, Brute Bonnet, Hisuian Typhlosion, etc. However, there's been a sun abuser being used to spice up sun teams and crank up the heat. Said abuser is the peppery villain himself, Scovillain, a ZU Pokemon who used his experience cooking in ZU's kitchen to terrorize NU with its Specs set.
When Scovillain first started out in ZU's kitchen, he'd burn everything into a crisp. This allowed Scovillain to learn how to use Overheat, a powerful Fire STAB that can even nuke resists such as Dragalge and Talonflame in the sun. Not wanting to burn everything in ZU's kitchen, Scovillain managed to not overcook the food he prepares (and burn down ZU's kitchen in the process) , but it was still dangerous to burn the food. This allowed Scovillain to learn how to use Fire Blast, which is used when Scovillain needs a powerful Fire STAB without having to deal with the Special Attack drop from Overheat. Finally, after some excessive training, Scovillain learned how to prepare things with the right temperatures. This allowed Scovillain to master the technique known as Flamethrower, which gives Scovillain a consistent Fire STAB that is used against weakened teams. Since Scovillain was told to go touch grass when he first started working in ZU's kitchen, he would go outside and harness the power of the sun to use Solar Beam, which is useful against Water and Rock-types such as Swampert, Diancie, and Rhyperior.
Yes, this Specs set has 3 Fire STABs. There are a couple a reasons for this. The first reason is because the Fire STABs are used for different situations. Overheat is used if Scovillain needs the raw damage. Fire Blast is used if Scovillain needs the power but can't afford the Special Attack drop from Overheat. These Fire STABs are used early and mid game. Flamethrower is used for a consistent Fire STAB that is used late game. The second reason is that Scovillain doesn't have much coverage options for Special moves outside of Tera Blast. You could have another Grass move in place of Fire Blast, but you'll rarely, if ever end up clicking that Grass move. Having more coverage doesn't matter since this set uses Tera Fire, making Scovillain's Fire STABs like Overheat nuke under Sun, with Specs Tera Fire Overheat in sun being able to 2HKO Dragalge for example. Timid Nature is used over Modest Nature to allow Scovillain to outspeed Choice Scarf Mienshao, the best Scarf mon in the tier, when Sun is up.
