Tanette

**Tanette** is a fusion featured in the Fusion Evolution Under Used Pet Mod. It is a fusion of Tangela and Floette, and as such, it can make use of Eviolite.

## Overview

Tanette is capable of providing an amazing defensive presence for teams due to its gargantuan physical bulk that is further supplemented by Eviolite, making it one of the most solid blanket checks to physical attackers in the tier, checking Kingtsar, Stoudrago, and Grimmlurk. It also has many forms of recovery, with Growth Veil being by far its most advantageous trait, allowing it to heal off prior damage with greater efficacy with the HP regained upon switching out, helping it remain healthy. Tanette also packs some basic offensive presence in STAB moves such as Moonblast and Giga Drain to ease its match-up against Pincurchitar, Dongoro and Galarian Strikados, Tanette can also pressure opposing teams with its utility moves such as Knock Off, Sleep Powder, and Leech Seed. Although Tanette's Fairy/Grass typing is great for the purpose of checking physically offensive Water-, Fighting- and Ground-types, this, unfortunately, comes with weaknesses to extremely prevalent attacking types in Ice, Fire, Flying and most notably a x4 weakness to Poison, leaving it easily threatened by offensive threats such as Garborude, Mesflame, Pigapult, and Slowton. In addition, Tanette's lower Special Defense renders it more vulnerable to special attacers such as Noicity, Tentoxys-Defense and Galarian Thornbro. Furthermore, it is reliant on Eviolite to function as a blanket check to strong physical attackers, despite its naturally good Defense, and thus is prone to being crippled by certain Pokemon it can be used to deal with, such as Kingtsar and Glidol.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, 31 IVs, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

## Sample Sets

* Tank
* Cleric

```
Tanette @ Eviolite
Ability: Growth Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Giga Drain / Knock Off
- Moonblast / Leech Seed
- Synthesis / Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder / Toxic / Sludge Bomb

```

Created by: Bobsican

**Moves**

Giga Drain provides Tanette with a way to hit Rock, Water and Ground types such as Chomplim, Jelliswine, Pincurchitar and Toxalure, while also letting it regain lost health. Knock Off can be used alternatively as an spammable option to cripple switch-ins such as Kingtsar and Slowton. Moonblast allows Tanette to hit Dark, Fighting and Dragon types such as Stoudrago, Dongoro and Miemie while also being a solid STAB option, Leech Seed provides Tanette with a form of passive damage, which is especially important against bulkier foes, Synthesis is an option as it provides semi-reliable recovery and lets Tanette check physical attackers more consistently while staying in. Sleep Powder lets Tanette incapacitate switch-ins that would otherwise force it out, such as Dragontler and Lycanserker-Dusk. Toxic is a viable alternative to cripple more stuff than what Sleep Clause allows and spore-based moves do such as Kingtsar, Sludge Bomb is less reliable status-wise but gives Tanette with another offensive alternative to defeat opposing Grass- and Fairy-types more easily.

**Set Details**

The given EV spread and Nature maximize Tanette's bulk, and Eviolite pushes its bulk to quite high levels.

**Usage Tips**

Tanette's primary function is to act as a mixed (but physically biased) wall, as it can take on most Water-, Rock-, Ground-, Fighting- and Dragon-type Pokemon with ease. It works best on balanced teams thanks to its great bulk, array of support moves, and ability to switch in and out thanks to Growth Veil. Tanette can come in on most physical attackers and wear them down with Knock Off and Giga Drain. With a bit of prediction, Sleep Powder can be used to cripple one of Tanette's checks or counters on the switch-in. Because of Growth Veil, Tanette can also act as a status absorber for teams, so switch it in on Thunder Wave or Will-O-Wisp from Pokemon such as Toxalure and Grimmlurk to avoid letting another member get crippled. Growth Veil and Tanette's aforementioned coverage options allow it to serve as a good pivot against stall teams due to Tanette not being notably affected by chip damage from status and entry hazards. Due to Tanette's susceptibility to Knock Off, it also is not a reliable Dark-type answer and should generally not be switched in on Dark-types or Pokemon that commonly run Knock Off either.

**Team Options**

Special walls such as Silvino and Slowton make for the best teammates, as they form great defensive cores with Tanette. Ground-types such as Glidol and Grousle make for good teammates, as they can beat Poison-, Steel- and Fire-types for Tanette, while Tangela beats Water-types in return. Mega Silvino Steel can be useful to check the few physical attackers Tanette has trouble with, namely Dragontler and Garborude. Lastly, Fire-types such as Mesflame and Galarian Arctres are excellent teammates, as they beat the Ice-types that trouble Tanette, while Tanette beats Water-, Ground-, and Rock-types for them in return.

```
Tanette @ Eviolite
Ability: Growth Veil
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Protect / Synthesis
- Leech Seed / Aromatherapy
- Sleep Powder

```

Created by: Bobsican

**Moves**

Wish provides Tanette with the ability to recover the health of its teammates, especially ones that lack reliable recovery such as Landmaldo-Therian and Garborude. This can also provide a way for Tanette to recover its own health without Synthesis's limited PP and reduced recovery in sand and hail alongside Protect, however, Synthesis is important for the immediate recovery against offensive teams, Leech Seed provides Tanette with passive recovery that synergizes well with Protect, while Aromatheraphy allows Tanette to support its team away from status. Sleep Powder allows Tanette to catch a free turn by crippling an opposing Pokémon to get an opportunity to abuse its other cleric features more easily.

**Set Details**

The given EV spread and Nature maximize Tanette's bulk, and Eviolite pushes its bulk to quite high levels.

**Usage Tips**

Tanette should use its massive bulk and typing to switch into Pokemon like Flaant, Stoudrago, and Galarian Strikados. Tanette should also aim to support its teammates with Wish and cleric support; however, Aromatherapy should not be used too liberally due to its low PP. Tanette invites a lot of threats like Lycanserker-Dusk, Mesflame, and Slowton to fire off a strong hit. Lycanserker-Dusk and Mesflame can use Tanette's passivity as a setup opportunity to start breaking, which means that Tanette should not use utility moves every opportunity it is given, as it can give up a lot of momentum. However, Tanette can minimize the damage output these Pokemon can achieve by passing a Wish to a teammate that can pivot in more safely as a result. Wish should be used a lot early on in a match in comparison to Synthesis due to Synthesis's low PP, which can be vital against offensive teams that can deny it the opportunity to receive its own Wish.

**Team Options**

Tanette fits best on balanced and bulky offense teams that appreciate the utility it can provide for its members. Pokemon like Dongoro and Snortine are fantastic partners that are capable of checking the Fire-types such as Galarian Arctres and Pigapult that take advantage of Tanette's passivity. These partners can also help remove most of the Steel-types in the tier that Tanette is unable to pressure. In return, Tanette checks Grass- and Fighting-types like Kingtsar, Flaant, Galarian Strikados and Slurpum that threaten them and can increase their longevity by providing valuable Wish and cleric support. Entry hazard removal from Snortine, Umbat, and the aforementioned Dongoro help take pressure off Tanette, giving it more opportunities to recover health or use Aromatherapy. Steel-types like Lycanserker-Dusk and Xotalion work really well with Tanette by handling opposing Steel- and Poison-types, which Tanette can't punish effectively. Likewise, Ground-types such as Jelliswine, Dongoro, and Grousle are able to offensively pressure these Steel- and Poison-types like Xotalion and Slowton. Tanette can provide them with Wish and cleric support to prevent them from getting easily worn down in exchange. Setup Pokemon like Nasty Plot Mesflame and Curse Snortine appreciate Tanette's ability to cure them of status ailments that hinder their ability to sweep, and in return, they can pivot into specially offensive Poison-types like Slowton and Galarian Thornbro. Pokemon that lack and appreciate a form of substantial recovery such as Landmaldo-Therian and Garborude work superbly with Tanette thanks to its access to Wish support.
**Checks and Counters**

**Steel-types**: Xotalion backfires Knock Off and threatens it out with Steel STAB while also not being bothered by the rest of its moves, Lycanserker-Dusk can just KO Tanette with Iron Head, and Yacian-Crowned can poison it out of its ability.

**Poison-types**: Tanette is OHKO'd by virtually all Poison coverage, so it can't stay on Pokémon such as Galarian Thornbro, Slowton and Tentoxys-Defense.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types such as Mesflame and Pigapult can all take out Tangela with their super effective Fire-type STAB moves. They must be wary of Sleep Powder, however.

**Special Attackers**: Special attackers including Ice-types such as Galarian Manicuno and strong Flying types such as Noicity and Mega Corveot can all threaten Tanette with their STAB attacks, but they must be careful when switching in.

**Taunt**: Pokemon such as Mesflame completely shut Tanette down with Taunt, preventing it from doing much of anything.

**Loss of Eviolite**: Without its Eviolite to increase it's defenses, its bulk is fairly underwhelming, and it cannot reliably switch in on stronger attackers should it take a Knock Off or get its Eviolite taken by Trick or Switcheroo from Pokemon like Hooporant and Dongoro.

## Trivia

* Tanette was the first Not-Fully-Evolved fusion to be added to the Mod.
* Tanette and Ferros share the fact that they have the lowest Base Attack Stat out of all current fusions, with 50 Base Attack.