Hey guys. New here. Been playing Pokemon Online (mainly the OU tier) for about a month now, and slowly coming to terms with the meta-game.
Not sure if this has been addressed before (tried searching, but nothing), but I've always had difficulty with Cloyster regardless of what my team is. One shell smash and I usually lose 2~3 pokemon (maybe even an entire team!) before taking it down.
So in order to find out how people would counter the shellfish I decided to put him into my team; as a lead.
To my dismay (and joy?), the answers haven't been very clear-cut yet. OHKO moves aside (which is rare if you put Cloyster as a lead), there seems to be very little that can prevent Cloyster from sweeping once it gets off a Shell Smash. Pseudo-hazers take heavy damage, or even get taken down trying to switch Cloyster out thanks to the increased crit-probability (more hits, more% to crit).
So, any insight into how one would stop this...thing from going on a rampage? Whimsicott is the only one I can think of, even with that you still risk eating a non-boosted icicle spear.
Thanks!
Not sure if this has been addressed before (tried searching, but nothing), but I've always had difficulty with Cloyster regardless of what my team is. One shell smash and I usually lose 2~3 pokemon (maybe even an entire team!) before taking it down.
So in order to find out how people would counter the shellfish I decided to put him into my team; as a lead.
To my dismay (and joy?), the answers haven't been very clear-cut yet. OHKO moves aside (which is rare if you put Cloyster as a lead), there seems to be very little that can prevent Cloyster from sweeping once it gets off a Shell Smash. Pseudo-hazers take heavy damage, or even get taken down trying to switch Cloyster out thanks to the increased crit-probability (more hits, more% to crit).
So, any insight into how one would stop this...thing from going on a rampage? Whimsicott is the only one I can think of, even with that you still risk eating a non-boosted icicle spear.
Thanks!