TODO
Main ways to get into amorph:
who to itemize, when to level, when to roll, what to look out for
counters
signals/how to get into the comp
Early:
Mid
Late
Amorphous Synergy Guide
Boards
Pyukumuku Water Adds
Castform Water Adds
Ghost Amorphous
Poison Amorphous
Castform Koffing Artificial
Tips and Tricks
Early Game
- Don't force Amorphous early - the synergy provides very little benefit in early rounds
- Focus on analyzing add picks to plan your transition
- Consider synergy stones more highly than usual, especially Ice Stone
- It's usually better to play a different earlygame comp like bug or ground while collecting useful amorph pokemon and transitioning on t10
Late Game
- Getting on amorph 7 doubles the stat bonus per synergy, so its usually what you want to have in on level 7
- Try to add as many additional synergies as possible on level 8/9 while keeping amorph 7 in
- On level 9 transition into dragon 3 with your two flex slots to maximize synergies. Usually you want to run Gabite + Vibrava to dig holes and add an additional unit to get the buff
Add Picks
Uncommon Adds
- Grimer - Poison; Dark potential with Spiritomb + Darkrai region (watch for Gulpin epic add)
- Koffing - Poison; Artificial with Castform unique (check artifact item early!)
- Omanyte - Water; needs Dewpider → Castform/Pyukumuku unique OR water/ground Shellos region
- Dewpider - Water (same as Omanyte); Bug with Caterpie
- Sandygast - Ghost; Ground with Silicobra and Water/Ground Shellos region
Rare Adds
- Slugma - Fire with Castform unique; Rock with Aquatic/Rock Shellos region and Nihilego legendary
- Wynaut/Munna - Psychic with each other, Solosis, or Mew/Deoxys legendary (Baby/Wild irrelevant)
- Drifloon - Ghost; Flying overlaps with Butterfree or non-amorphous Pokemon
- Silicobra - Ground with Sandygast
Epic Adds
- Misdreavus - Ghost; Fairy with Mimikyu or Milcery unique
- Gulpin - Poison with Ghastly; needs Grimer/Koffing add, Pyukumuku unique, or Nihilego legendary
Unique Pokemon
- Castform - Synergizes with Slugma, Omanyte/Dewpider, or Koffing adds; Ice with Vanillite backup (better than Cryogonal)
- Cryogonal - Only pairs with Vanillite
- Spiritomb - Dark synergy with Grimer in Dark/Amorphous regions (needs Darkrai legendary); Ghost option
- Pyukumuku - Wants Omanyte/Dewpider; Poison likely workable
- Mimikyu - Perfect with Misdreavus; otherwise another ghost
- Milcery - Chef combo with Gulpin; Fairy with Misdreavus
Legendary Pokemon
- Mew - Always hits Psychic with Reuniclus
- Deoxys - Same as Mew, generally superior
- Manaphy - Water with Omanyte/Dewpider/Ground-Water Shellos/Pyukumuku; consider water portal backup with 2+ water units; Aquatic options with Tynamo (weak) or Goomy
- Darkrai - Excellent synergy overlap with Spiritomb; otherwise Ghost
- Nihilego - Rock with Slugma (huge potential); Poison needs only one of Grimer/Koffing/Gulpin/Pyukumuku (Ghastly always available); excellent caster vs Bug/Flora
- Melmetal - No synergy overlap, weak choice
Synergy Stone Priority
High Value (Almost Always +1 Synergy)
- Ice Stone - Always provides extra synergy or allows Vanillite/Cryogonal substitution (awkward with Castform sometimes)
Conditional Value
- Fire Stone - Works with Slugma, otherwise useless
- Fairy Stone - Works with Misdreavus/Mimikyu/Alcremie (don't buy until after last add pick)
- Water Stone - Worth it with 2+ water adds/uniques; maybe worth with just Dewpider pre-unique
- Fossil Stone - Good with Omanyte if you're probably playing water as well
- Psychic Stone - Always hits with Solosis but can be awkward if you hit a psychic legendary
- Dark Stone - Needs 2+ of Dark Grimer/Spiritomb/Darkrai (probably not worth with just Grimer pre-unique)
No Value
- Grass Stone - Useless
- Electric Stone - Useless