- Amazing abilities. Cherifaun comes equipped with amazing abilities. Magic Guard helps it sit in front of defensive walls and pivots who threaten with Will-O-Wisp or Toxic and safely switch into hazards or sand. It actually could be considered among the best Magic Guard users for its stat spread (however, it is handicapped by a weak defensive typing). Grassy Surge allows it to set terrain and being among the slowest setters actually allows it to override other terrains. Effect Spore probably has the weaker use-case scenario of the three but the possibility of afflicting a status on contact is still valuable.
- Good mixed bulk. Cherifaun has an impressive mixed bulk profile and is (overall) minmax'd pretty decently.
- Impressive utility movepool. Cherifaun has access to a plethora of valuable utility moves. Cherifaun can afflict three different non-volatile statuses through Spore, Will-O-Wisp, and Thunder Wave. It can use Encore, Helping Hand, Knock Off, screens, and the priority Baby-Doll Eyes. Flower Shield is a decent, albeit, niche move.
- Recovery. Has access to Leech Seed, Moonlight, and Synthesis. Also has Pollen Puff to sustain an ally in doubles.
- High base power STABs. Has access to the powerful Solar Beam (when used in Sun) in addition to Giga Drain and Energy Ball. Dazzling Gleam is a good spread move but unfortunately lacks the stronger, single target Moonblast.
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- Slow. 55 base Speed with a 4x weakness is not doing it any favours other than allowing its terrain to override most others when switched in simultaneously.
- Lacking coverage. Cherifaun does not possess outstanding non-STAB coverage options. For good coverage, it essentially only has Thunderbolt, Foul Play, and Pollen Puff.
- Mediocre offense. 40 base Atk is pretty abysmal while 90 SpA is serviceable. In addition, its STAB combination isn't amazing offensive neutral coverage.
- Mediocre defensive typing. Grass/Fairy has some interesting extremes defensively as it has many resistances but also many weaknesses, including an immunity to Dragon but also a 4x weakness to Poison.
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