Glass Cannon?

[jjkkl]

This is a lot of dubious theorymoning, so bear with me.

Do you guys think a Leafeon-Roserade-Hypno deck will work? Run 4 Rainbow and maxed Catchers and Junk Arms to constantly Catcher up threats and hit for 100-150?
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[pidgeot]

Nope. I tried it with this format and it's too slow. If you can find a good way for energy acceleration, then it will be good but it would require too much setup. Just wait for the next Amoonguss to come out, then try it.

 

[HornetsBasketballFan]

It's not even that it's slow, it take one energy to attack. It's the fact that Leafeon only has 90 HP. Also, it's a very fragile deck, that needs all it's components to win. Which with Catcher in the format, that Roserade won't live long.

 

[baby mario]

This is a deck that has been attempted a lot with various techs (Houndoom, Hypno, Magmortar SV when it was legal). It's too vulnerable to Catcher to be really competitive. I have seen it tried with Vileplume, but that's all kinds of clunkiness and bench space issues.

 

[Vulpix Yolk]

I've tested with Leafeon Roserade, it isn't too bad of a deck. I would recommend staying far away from Hypno, because it requires a flip, and you can not have your opponent active Confused and Asleep at the same time. Houndoom Prime is a much stronger option, and make sure to play a Shaymin or two, the get the energy off of Roserade. Espeon Prime works wonders against Gothitelle.

 

[cabd]

Here's the list that my girlfriend and I play on TCGO:

Pokemon:
1x Cleffa HS
3-2-2 Vileplume UD
4-3 Lefeon UD
1 Espeon Prime UD
1 Umbreon UD
2-2 Houndoom Prime UD
2-2 Roserade UL

Trainer-items:
2x Pokemon Communication
2x Rare Candy

Trainer-supporters:
1x FSL
4x Pokemon Collector
3x Professor Elm’s Training Method
4x PONT
1x Seeker
4x Twins

Energy:
3x Special Dark
4x Rainbow
5x Grass
2x Psychic

It's nowhere near the perfect list, but it makes a decent starting point if you're trying to learn the deck.

 

[uuuufff]

Houndoom's better than Hypno, because a pokemon can be poisoned, confused AND burned at the same time whereas hypno's sleep cancels roserade's confusion.

 

[vaporeon]

Reason I said it's too slow is because if your Leafeon get's Ko'ed, which it will, you'll need to be able to drop 2 energy in that 1 turn. 1 one Leafeon and 1 on Roserade. That was my huge problem with the deck. The deck needs Leafeon Lv X to work well because you can attack that energy.

 

[RogueListers]

I've actually been working on a deck similar to this one. Difference being I run Leafeon as a revenge killer and attack with Druddigon. Basically it's
3-1-2 Vileplume
2-2 Houndoom Prime
3-3 Roserade
4 Druddigon
2-2 Leafeon
1 Umbreon UD
1 Cleffa

4 Rainbow
3 Sp Dark
4 DCE
3 Grass

and your average plume T/S/S line

Just start with Cleffa/Druddigon, collector out your Oddishes and a Roselia while attaching a DCE to Drudd, collector out a Houndour and Eevee next turn while evolving to roserade and gloom/vileplume amd attaching a grass to Druddigon to begin retreat blocking. Next turn confuse/poison with rainbow/Roserade, set up Houndoom with the Burn and Leafeon for the revenge. They can't retreat out of the confuse/burn/poison because of Druddigon and can't switch because of Vileplume. A better version of vanilluxe lock imo.

Best part of it? The only way for them to get out of it is to try and attack. If they flip tails? 30 more damage. Heads? they get to attack but take 20 damage in the process and, if they get a KO, Leafeon comes back for 100-150 damage + the 20 and poison damage.
Umbreon is in there for the Donphan/Primetime games where he becomes your primary/only attacker and you just status condition them for the win.

I haven't playtested it yet (League is tomorrow) BUT it seems fast and solid in theory


Also, to those saying 90 HP is low for a main attacker: It is, but 110 HP (Yanmega/Tornadus) and 100 (Cinccino) is pretty bad too. anything below 130 is OHKO territory, period. Building a deck that's fast enough to compensate is what really matters. And a basic leafeon/roserade deck can start hitting for 100 on t2. Eevee even has built in search power!