Best Vespiquen ex Decks

A Vespiquen deck starts with its attack. Vespiquen ex B4-011 has 140 HP and spends two Grass Energy on 70 damage, or 140 if you discard one of your Benched Basic Grass Pokémon. Vespiquen C1-008 has 80 HP and also needs two Grass, but reveals Sweet Honey in hand for 50 damage per card. These are different engines; choose the printing before choosing partners.

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In a Vespiquen ex deck, Shuckle ex offers 120 HP and takes 20 less damage from attacks. On the Bench it can also pay Chase Order's discard cost. That choice removes a defensive Pokémon from your board. Compare the extra 70 damage with the value of keeping a future Active Pokémon, a spare Combee or an attacker with Energy. Shuckle ex gives up two points when Knocked Out; discarding it is a different action from taking a Knock Out.

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Fragrant Forest supports a Vespiquen deck by putting a random Basic Grass Pokémon from the deck into hand, once during each player's turn. It does not retrieve a discarded sacrifice or guarantee Combee. KABESU's November 6 submission contains two copies. Use the available search before choosing a discard: finding another Basic can change which Benched Pokémon you can spare. The opposing player can use the same Stadium effect on their turn.

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Teal Mask Ogerpon ex is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. Its ability clears and prevents Special Conditions on your Pokémon with any Energy attached. Its two-Grass attack deals 60, rising to 120 when the two Active Pokémon have at least five Energy between them. With exactly two on your Active Ogerpon, that requires at least three on the opposing Active Pokémon. A Vespiquen deck can discard a Benched Ogerpon for Chase Order, but then loses its protection.

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The ordinary Vespiquen deck uses Ribombee C1-015, a 70-HP Stage 1 evolving from Cutiefly. Once during your turn, Honey Gather adds a Sweet Honey rental card to hand. Honey Rush reads the Honey you reveal, so two cards mean 100 damage and three mean 150 before other effects. Sweet Honey can instead heal a chosen Pokémon by 20 per heads until tails. Decide whether you need healing or the card in hand for the attack; a card no longer in hand cannot contribute to the reveal.

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A Vespiquen deck can use two different 50-HP Basics. Combee A2-017 spends one Colorless Energy to put a random Basic from the deck directly onto the Bench. Combee B4-010 spends one Grass to deal 30 and takes 10 damage itself. Quick-Grow Extract, used twice in fiteiras94's submission, evolves a Grass Pokémon in play into a random eligible Grass evolution from the deck. It cannot be used during your first turn or on a Pokémon put into play that turn.

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Leaf Cape gives the attached Grass Pokémon 30 more HP: an otherwise unmodified Vespiquen ex reaches 170, and C1-008 reaches 110. It does not increase damage. The verified Ogerpon-oriented Vespiquen deck contains Pheromosa, whose one-Grass attack deals 20 to the opposing Active Pokémon and 20 to one opposing Benched Pokémon. Stain's original list uses two Pheromosa and no Shuckle ex; KABESU uses two Shuckle ex. Those slots change the available actions, without proving one configuration is stronger.

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Open the Vespiquen ex Shuckle ex list, Ogerpon-oriented list or ordinary Vespiquen Ribombee list. The site shows separate statistical representatives. The sources below are personal submissions: KABESU's November 6 list has two Vespiquen ex, two Shuckle ex and one Ogerpon; fiteiras94's October 31 list has two ordinary Vespiquen, two Ribombee and two Sweet Honey. Compare their exact card slots with the displayed Vespiquen deck before copying; neither personal list defines every player in its archetype.

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