[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Ice Punch
move 3: Leech Life / Poison Jab
move 4: Earthquake / Poison Jab
item: Choice Band
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========
By equipping itself with a Choice Band, Buzzwole becomes an incredibly menacing wallbreaker, with its STAB Close Combat smashing through the likes of Heatran, Melmetal, and Ferrothorn and dealing serious damage to neutral targets like Corviknight and Skarmory. Ice Punch is mandatory to threaten Landorus-T and punish Dragonite, Dragapult, and Tornadus-T on the switch. The last two moveslots can be tailored to whatever Buzzwole's team needs: Leech Life provides Buzzwole with recovery while dealing significant damage to bulky Psychic-types like Slowbro, Slowking, and Mew; Poison Jab tears through Fairy-types like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Lele; and Earthquake pressures Poison- and Steel-types like Toxapex, Galarian Slowking, and Flame Body Heatran while being a strong neutral option against the aforementioned Fairy-types. An Adamant nature is recommended to maximize Buzzwole's damage output, while a Jolly nature is an option to outspeed Timid Heatran.
Team Options
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Choice Band Buzzwole finds its place on bulky offense teams, where it serves as a potent wallbreaker, smashing open holes to allow its teammates to clean up and vice versa. Future Sight users like Slowbro, Slowking, Galarian Slowking, and Tapu Lele form a strong partnership with Buzzwole, as they apply heavy pressure on Toxapex and Flying- and Fairy-type checks like Zapdos, Tornadus-T, Clefable, and Tapu Fini. Slowbro and Slowking are noteworthy examples, as they can also bring Buzzwole in safely with Teleport, making up for this set's lack of longevity. Other pivots like Landorus-T, Tornadus-T, Corviknight, Zapdos, Tapu Koko, and Rotom-W also synergize well with Buzzwole, as they can provide free entry with U-turn and Volt Switch, setting the stage for Buzzwole to cause havoc. Additionally, the first four can keep entry hazards off the field with Defog; Landorus-T and Tornadus-T provide Knock Off to remove important items like Leftovers from Clefable and Heavy-Duty Boots from Zapdos; and the aforementioned Electric-types have the benefit of pressuring Flying-types like Tornadus-T, Corviknight, and Skarmory. Zeraora is another strong Electric-type partner, as it can utilize its high Speed to solidly answer Dragapult and threaten it with Knock Off, as well as pressuring the aforementioned Flying-types. Bulk Up Zeraora sets serve as a solid late-game wincon that benefits from Buzzwole pressuring Ground-types like Landorus-T, Garchomp, and Hippowdon, while variants that run Toxic can cripple these same Ground-types to aid Buzzwole in overcoming them. Dragapult fires off its Choice Specs-boosted attacks to aid Buzzwole in overwhelming shared checks, like Tapu Fini, and it appreciates Buzzwole handling Tyranitar and Blissey, both of which Dragapult tends to draw in. Dark-type attackers like Weavile and Tyranitar also enjoy partnering with Buzzwole, as they handle Psychic- and Flying-types like Slowbro, Zapdos, and Tornadus-T and team up with Buzzwole to break down defensive cores and overwhelm shared answers like Tapu Fini with repeated attacks. In return, Buzzwole takes on Steel-types that can force these two out like Melmetal and Choice Scarf Kartana. Buzzwole also enjoys pairing with bulky Steel-types like Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Melmetal, as they can check Fairy-types that threaten it, such as Tapu Lele and Clefable; Heatran and Ferrothorn set up hazards to further enable Buzzwole's wallbreaking capabilities, while Melmetal and the aforementioned Ferrothorn spread status, with Melmetal wearing down Zapdos and Volcarona with Toxic and Ferrothorn crippling faster targets like Dragapult with Thunder Wave. Specially defensive Garchomp is another option for a Stealth Rock setter and has the benefit of checking fast Fire-types like Blacephalon and Victini and crippling shared answers like Slowbro with Toxic. Tapu Fini grants support with Misty Terrain, allowing Buzzwole to punish Pokemon like Toxapex and Zapdos with its coverage options without fear of being crippled with status.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/favmon-garchomp.653095/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slowpoke-fan.617219/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tysonslayer.349443/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
name: Choice Band
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Ice Punch
move 3: Leech Life / Poison Jab
move 4: Earthquake / Poison Jab
item: Choice Band
ability: Beast Boost
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========
By equipping itself with a Choice Band, Buzzwole becomes an incredibly menacing wallbreaker, with its STAB Close Combat smashing through the likes of Heatran, Melmetal, and Ferrothorn and dealing serious damage to neutral targets like Corviknight and Skarmory. Ice Punch is mandatory to threaten Landorus-T and punish Dragonite, Dragapult, and Tornadus-T on the switch. The last two moveslots can be tailored to whatever Buzzwole's team needs: Leech Life provides Buzzwole with recovery while dealing significant damage to bulky Psychic-types like Slowbro, Slowking, and Mew; Poison Jab tears through Fairy-types like Clefable, Tapu Fini, and Tapu Lele; and Earthquake pressures Poison- and Steel-types like Toxapex, Galarian Slowking, and Flame Body Heatran while being a strong neutral option against the aforementioned Fairy-types. An Adamant nature is recommended to maximize Buzzwole's damage output, while a Jolly nature is an option to outspeed Timid Heatran.
Team Options
========
Choice Band Buzzwole finds its place on bulky offense teams, where it serves as a potent wallbreaker, smashing open holes to allow its teammates to clean up and vice versa. Future Sight users like Slowbro, Slowking, Galarian Slowking, and Tapu Lele form a strong partnership with Buzzwole, as they apply heavy pressure on Toxapex and Flying- and Fairy-type checks like Zapdos, Tornadus-T, Clefable, and Tapu Fini. Slowbro and Slowking are noteworthy examples, as they can also bring Buzzwole in safely with Teleport, making up for this set's lack of longevity. Other pivots like Landorus-T, Tornadus-T, Corviknight, Zapdos, Tapu Koko, and Rotom-W also synergize well with Buzzwole, as they can provide free entry with U-turn and Volt Switch, setting the stage for Buzzwole to cause havoc. Additionally, the first four can keep entry hazards off the field with Defog; Landorus-T and Tornadus-T provide Knock Off to remove important items like Leftovers from Clefable and Heavy-Duty Boots from Zapdos; and the aforementioned Electric-types have the benefit of pressuring Flying-types like Tornadus-T, Corviknight, and Skarmory. Zeraora is another strong Electric-type partner, as it can utilize its high Speed to solidly answer Dragapult and threaten it with Knock Off, as well as pressuring the aforementioned Flying-types. Bulk Up Zeraora sets serve as a solid late-game wincon that benefits from Buzzwole pressuring Ground-types like Landorus-T, Garchomp, and Hippowdon, while variants that run Toxic can cripple these same Ground-types to aid Buzzwole in overcoming them. Dragapult fires off its Choice Specs-boosted attacks to aid Buzzwole in overwhelming shared checks, like Tapu Fini, and it appreciates Buzzwole handling Tyranitar and Blissey, both of which Dragapult tends to draw in. Dark-type attackers like Weavile and Tyranitar also enjoy partnering with Buzzwole, as they handle Psychic- and Flying-types like Slowbro, Zapdos, and Tornadus-T and team up with Buzzwole to break down defensive cores and overwhelm shared answers like Tapu Fini with repeated attacks. In return, Buzzwole takes on Steel-types that can force these two out like Melmetal and Choice Scarf Kartana. Buzzwole also enjoys pairing with bulky Steel-types like Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Melmetal, as they can check Fairy-types that threaten it, such as Tapu Lele and Clefable; Heatran and Ferrothorn set up hazards to further enable Buzzwole's wallbreaking capabilities, while Melmetal and the aforementioned Ferrothorn spread status, with Melmetal wearing down Zapdos and Volcarona with Toxic and Ferrothorn crippling faster targets like Dragapult with Thunder Wave. Specially defensive Garchomp is another option for a Stealth Rock setter and has the benefit of checking fast Fire-types like Blacephalon and Victini and crippling shared answers like Slowbro with Toxic. Tapu Fini grants support with Misty Terrain, allowing Buzzwole to punish Pokemon like Toxapex and Zapdos with its coverage options without fear of being crippled with status.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/favmon-garchomp.653095/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slowpoke-fan.617219/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tysonslayer.349443/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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