Competitive Crunch #1: Eviolite and Assault Vest

Hey, guys! Welcome to a continuation of Strategy Saturday on Tuesdays, now called Competitive Crunch! Today, instead of discussing a strategy involving two moves used together, I decided to do an item analysis on two items introduced in the newer games called Eviolite and Assault Vest. They are both useful defensive items.

Here we have a fantastic picture of the Eviolite. It's an odd item that will boost the holder's Defense and Special Defense by 1.5x only for Pokemon that are not fully evolved.

Once again, we have a great picture of the Assault Vest. It is yet another odd, but useful item that will boost the user's Special Defense by 1.5x, but the user will be unable to use moves that do not do damage.

~Credits to Serebii for the pictures of these items. THANKS, SEREBII!!!~

~Credits to Smogon for the data on these items. THANKS, SMOGON!!!~