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Vanilluxe
(Plasma Freeze)
Today we take a look at one of my favourite Pokémon:
Vanilluxe. It’s just such a
goofy concept that you can’t help liking it.
Vanilluxe
also has a pretty goofy-named attack:
ChillMAX. This costs one
Colourless Energy and gives you a coin flip
for each Energy attached to
the Pokémon. For each heads you then get to do a massive
60 damage. We’ve seen attacks of this type before
(notably Darmanitan NEX),
and they obviously combo with any form of Energy
acceleration (including Double Colourless), plus Victory
Star Victini to re-do the
flips if necessary. It’s a fun and risky way to play,
with three heads gettting
you the OHKO on practically anything, but there are two
big downsides to attacks like this: firstly there is the
possibility of failure and a wasted attack; and
secondly, when the Pokémon is KO’d it takes a lot of
your Energy down with it, leaving you in a potentially
bad position.
And that’s a pretty serious drawback, especially when
you consider that Vanilluxe
is a Stage 2 with 130 HP. This means that it takes a lot
of resources to get out and certainly isn’t safe from
being OHKO’d
thanks to all the powerful Pokémon that dominate the
format. It isn’t even as if you will get much use out of
the second attack either: Cold Breath does just 40
for two Energy and gives you
a flip for sleep.
In the end, Vanilluxe is a
fun Pokémon that could be amusing to try out in a casual
setting. But for tournaments?
Keep him in the fridge.
Rating
Modified: 2 (yeah, KOing an
EX with ChillMAX is fun, but
. . . )
Limited: 2.75 (fairly playable due to the cheap attacks)
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