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Quagsire
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[Overview]
<p>Quagsire has a nice niche in Ubers because of its ability to wall one of the Uber tier's biggest threats: Kyogre. Its Water and Electric immunities render Kyogre's most powerful attacks useless. Quagsire will force choiced Kyogres out immediately and can beat Substitute and Calm Mind variants with Encore. Quagsire makes a great wall thanks to its decent bulk access to Recover. On top of that, Quagsire sports a varied support movepool, ranging from Yawn and Encore to Toxic.</p>
<p>This generation has given Quagsire the Unaware ability, which lets it wall setup sweepers. However if Quagsire runs Unaware, it loses the ability to wall Kyogre because it is not immune to its powerful Water attacks. Quagsire has some new competition in this generation in the form of Gastrodon because the Storm Drain ability makes it immune to water attacks in this generation. It is also immune to Electric attacks, and has access to Recover like Quagsire. Gastrodon is bulkier than Quagsire, supposedly outclassing it. However, Gastrodon does not have access to Encore or the option to run an Unaware set, giving Quagsire the upper hand in certain situations.</p>
[SET]
name: Ubers Support
move 1: Toxic / Boil Over
move 2: Yawn
move 3: Encore
move 4: Recover
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpDef
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Quagsire's great typing, bulk, and Water Absorb make it a great and unique support Pokemon in Ubers. Quagsire makes a great counter to Kyogre because it is immune to Water and Electric-type attacks. Choiced Kyogres will be forced out immediately, and you can use Encore to lock Calm Mind variants trying to set up. Aside from Encore, Quagsire can provide additional support in the form of Toxic and Yawn, 2 great status moves. Yawn can put an opposing Pokemon to sleep, and causes a lot of switches when used in succssion, which can help rack up Entry Hazard damage. Toxic can help drain Bulky Pokemon's health away such as Groudon, and Kyogre, and can be used more effectively when combined with Encore and Recover. Because the EVs are invested in HP and Special Defense, Quagsire has trouble taking hits from physical attackers. Quagsire is also severly hindered by Toxic. The damage inflicted from poison will gradually increase, forcing Quagsire to use Recover more often and making it vulnerable to powerful attacks.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p> The EVs given allow Quagsire to take special attacks as best as possible. 252 in HP ensure maximum bulk whereas 252 in Special Defense lets Quagsire take attacks from special attackers such as Ice Beam from Calm Mind or Choice Specs Kyogre, Spacial Rend from Palkia and Dragon Pulse from Dialga. Entry Hazards are greatly appreciated because Quagsire will cause many switches thanks to Encore and Yawn. Boil Over can be used over Toxic. With it, Quagsire has the chance to burn the opponent, and isn't completely shut down by Taunt. Forretress and Skarmory make excellent teammates because they both resist Grass-type attacks x4, can lay down Entry Hazards which Quagsire takes advantage of, and take powerful physical hits. Forretress can spin away opposing entry Hazards which is also appreciated. Deoxys-S is another good partner because it is the fastest Spiker / Stealth Rocker in the game, and can guarantee at least one layer of Entry Hazards. Deoxys-S is a good partner, because it's the fastest Spiker / Stealth Rocker in the game.</p>
[Other Options]
<p>Boil Over can be used because it allows you to threaten physical attackers with a burn while still walling attackers on the special side. A Curse set is a viable option because Quagsire has opportunities to set up against Pokemon like Kyogre locked into an immune move. Recover can be used with Curse, allowing Quagsire to take on the role of a tank. Stockpile allows Quagsire to increase both defenses, taking hits from both sides. But it is weak to critical hits and Toxic. Amnesia allows Quagsire to double its Special Defense and sponge hits from special sweepers thanks to Recover.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Taunt shuts Quagsire down because it can't make use of its support movepool, and will resort to struggling on the support set. Pokemon that are immune to status moves can stop Quagisre too. Rest talkers are good examples of this. Also, Pokemon with Lum Berries can catch Quagsire by surprise. Mew can heal off it's status with a Lum Berry and reflect it back onto Quagsire thanks to synchronize. Espeon and Xatu can bounce back any status thanks to Magic Mirror, and bounce back any Entry Hazards from Pokemon that you pair with Quagsire Any grass attack from a powerful attacker will stop quagsire in its tracks. Latios, Latias, and Skymin can make short work of Quagsire with Grass knot and Seed flare respectively. Nattorei can set up Entry Hazards against Quagsire, while threatening to OHKO with a Super-Effective Power Whip.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Quagsire has recieved Unaware as its Dream World ability. With Unaware, Quagsire gains the ability to check Set-up sweepers, notably Arceus. Losing Water Absorb is a disadvantage in some ways, but the two abilities change Quagsire completely.</p>
Quagsire
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[Overview]
<p>Quagsire has a nice niche in Ubers because of its ability to wall one of the Uber tier's biggest threats: Kyogre. Its Water and Electric immunities render Kyogre's most powerful attacks useless. Quagsire will force choiced Kyogres out immediately and can beat Substitute and Calm Mind variants with Encore. Quagsire makes a great wall thanks to its decent bulk access to Recover. On top of that, Quagsire sports a varied support movepool, ranging from Yawn and Encore to Toxic.</p>
<p>This generation has given Quagsire the Unaware ability, which lets it wall setup sweepers. However if Quagsire runs Unaware, it loses the ability to wall Kyogre because it is not immune to its powerful Water attacks. Quagsire has some new competition in this generation in the form of Gastrodon because the Storm Drain ability makes it immune to water attacks in this generation. It is also immune to Electric attacks, and has access to Recover like Quagsire. Gastrodon is bulkier than Quagsire, supposedly outclassing it. However, Gastrodon does not have access to Encore or the option to run an Unaware set, giving Quagsire the upper hand in certain situations.</p>
[SET]
name: Ubers Support
move 1: Toxic / Boil Over
move 2: Yawn
move 3: Encore
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpDef
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>Quagsire's great typing, bulk, and Water Absorb make it a great and unique support Pokemon in Ubers. Quagsire makes a great counter to Kyogre because it is immune to Water and Electric-type attacks. Choiced Kyogres will be forced out immediately, and you can use Encore to lock Calm Mind variants trying to set up. Aside from Encore, Quagsire can provide additional support in the form of Toxic and Yawn, 2 great status moves. Yawn can put an opposing Pokemon to sleep, and causes a lot of switches when used in succssion, which can help rack up Entry Hazard damage. Toxic can help drain Bulky Pokemon's health away such as Groudon, and Kyogre, and can be used more effectively when combined with Encore and Recover. Because the EVs are invested in HP and Special Defense, Quagsire has trouble taking hits from physical attackers. Quagsire is also severly hindered by Toxic. The damage inflicted from poison will gradually increase, forcing Quagsire to use Recover more often and making it vulnerable to powerful attacks.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p> The EVs given allow Quagsire to take special attacks as best as possible. 252 in HP ensure maximum bulk whereas 252 in Special Defense lets Quagsire take attacks from special attackers such as Ice Beam from Calm Mind or Choice Specs Kyogre, Spacial Rend from Palkia and Dragon Pulse from Dialga. Entry Hazards are greatly appreciated because Quagsire will cause many switches thanks to Encore and Yawn. Boil Over can be used over Toxic. With it, Quagsire has the chance to burn the opponent, and isn't completely shut down by Taunt. Forretress and Skarmory make excellent teammates because they both resist Grass-type attacks x4, can lay down Entry Hazards which Quagsire takes advantage of, and take powerful physical hits. Forretress can spin away opposing entry Hazards which is also appreciated. Deoxys-S is another good partner because it is the fastest Spiker / Stealth Rocker in the game, and can guarantee at least one layer of Entry Hazards. Deoxys-S is a good partner, because it's the fastest Spiker / Stealth Rocker in the game.</p>
[Other Options]
<p>Boil Over can be used because it allows you to threaten physical attackers with a burn while still walling attackers on the special side. A Curse set is a viable option because Quagsire has opportunities to set up against Pokemon like Kyogre locked into an immune move. Recover can be used with Curse, allowing Quagsire to take on the role of a tank. Stockpile allows Quagsire to increase both defenses, taking hits from both sides. But it is weak to critical hits and Toxic. Amnesia allows Quagsire to double its Special Defense and sponge hits from special sweepers thanks to Recover.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Taunt shuts Quagsire down because it can't make use of its support movepool, and will resort to struggling on the support set. Pokemon that are immune to status moves can stop Quagisre too. Rest talkers are good examples of this. Also, Pokemon with Lum Berries can catch Quagsire by surprise. Mew can heal off it's status with a Lum Berry and reflect it back onto Quagsire thanks to synchronize. Espeon and Xatu can bounce back any status thanks to Magic Mirror, and bounce back any Entry Hazards from Pokemon that you pair with Quagsire Any grass attack from a powerful attacker will stop quagsire in its tracks. Latios, Latias, and Skymin can make short work of Quagsire with Grass knot and Seed flare respectively. Nattorei can set up Entry Hazards against Quagsire, while threatening to OHKO with a Super-Effective Power Whip.</p>
[Dream World]
<p>Quagsire has recieved Unaware as its Dream World ability. With Unaware, Quagsire gains the ability to check Set-up sweepers, notably Arceus. Losing Water Absorb is a disadvantage in some ways, but the two abilities change Quagsire completely.</p>