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What is a Good Item for Ferrothorn to Hold?

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I think rocky helmet is great as it knock out 25% of the enemy hp when they attack you physically. But iron ball is perfect for a wall like him and it makes gyro ball stronger. And big root helps him restore more hp when he uses leech seed. I'm stuck on which item to give him. If you have an answer or reason or opinion please state and help me make my decision. Thx again! :>

asked Sep 5, 2011 by AleX647

2 Answers

4 votes
Best answer

I personally prefer Rocky Helmet, as one of Ferro's weaknesses is Fighting, allot of people will use Close Combat / Dynamic Punch etc. to try to bring it down, to weaken physical sweepers by 25% + entry hazard damage can be crucial to blocking a sweep attempt. Also, allot of the fire types these days use physical attacks such as Flare Blitz or Fire Punch, so the helmet can come in handy there, too.
Big Root is also nice, but there are so many Magic Bouncers / Magic Guard / Taunters / Grass types that will try to nullify Ferro's seeds, that it isn't worth sacrificing the item slot for one easily countered move. Iron Ball is cool with Fling, and its Gyro Ball synergy, but Ferro is already deathly slow, so there isn't much point.

answered Sep 5, 2011 by Heinz_Ketchum
2 votes

Usually, leftovers is a good choice if you can't decide. Leftovers+Leech Seed gives you a lot of HP every turn, since I believe Leech Seed takes 12.5 or 6.25 every turn, combined with leftovers and Ferro's walling ability makes it pretty awesome.

answered Sep 5, 2011 by Linkpower22