THAT ITEM THURSDAY Todays item: Sitrus Berry When HP is less than 50% (becomes yellow), the holding Pokemon eats the berry and restores 25% of its HP. The item is generally very useful on anything that can take a few hits, like the most common users of this berry, support or defensive Pokemon. While Leftovers would heal more over time, Sitrus berry is more useful in VGC due to how quick most games are. A 25% HP heal is more meaningful than Leftovers 25% HP heal over 4 turns (6.25% HP restoration per turn) in VGC. ---------------------------------- Some common use cases of Sitrus Berry: - Surviving the second hit from Mega Kangaskhan: Multihit moves allow a Pokemon to use a berry as soon as its HP is less than 50%, even if in between hits. - Belly Drum users: Most common user is Azumarill, who would use Belly Drum to max out its Attack at the cost of half of its HP, which will then immediately activate the Sitrus Berry - Defensive Pokemon: A bit self-explanatory. Whats better than a defensive Pokemon? A defensive Pokemon that heals itself when in danger, possibly allowing take a few more hits. And a Pokemon that survives for a few more turns means itll do more before it faints. This also applies to support Pokemon since theyre usually defensive. - Pokemon with Move Redirection support: If youve watched the World Championships 2014 Finals, youve probably seen this in action. Pachirisu redirects and shrugs off a Draco Meteor, eats the Sitrus Berry it was holding, and becomes ready to take another hit to support its partner, Garchomp. It can also be used in conjunction with the first point, to redirect a Mega Kangaskhans attack and survive the second hit. ------------------------------------ Some quirks and tricks with the Sitrus Berry: - When I said HP is less than 50%, I really did mean it. if your HP is 50/100, Sitrus Berry WILL NOT ACTIVATE, because your HP is 50%, and NOT less than 50%. However, if your HP is 50/101, the Sitrus Berry WILL ACTIVATE, because your HP is now 49.5% - Because of the above point, Belly Drum users will always have their HP an odd number (ie, numbers that cannot be divided by 2). This is by spending the right amount of HP EV points on your Belly Drummer. - Pokemon with Cheek Pouch will restore another 33% on top of the healing Sitrus Berry does (Applies to any berry). Though the only two Pokemon that can use this are Diggersby, who is better off using Huge Power, and Dedenne, which you probably shouldnt be using in the first place. - Pokemon with the ability Harvest love this item. If the held berry is used up, harvest has a 50% chance to restore that item. 100% if in the sun. Pokemon HP becomes less than 50%. Uses berry. Now over 50%. Harvest restores the berry. You do the maths. Unfortunately, the only three notable users are Exeggutor, Trevenant, and Tropius. None of these are particularly great. ---------------------------------- Places to find the Sitrus Berry (shamelessly copy pasted from Bulbapedia): - From a woman in the Dendemille Town Pokemon Center - From the Sitrus Berry tree on Route 11 once a week. - Given by Psychic Inver in Inverse House - Sometimes found on yellow Berry trees. (In battles in grassy areas) --------------------------------- Have you ever used Sitrus Berry? What Pokemon did you give it to? If you found this post useful, please Like the post. :)
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:14:04 +0000
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