Claydol [0/3]

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Overview
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  • ground and floats
  • rapid spin, stealth rock, and toxic!! unparallelled support capacity!
  • really good with klefki
  • should be only used with klefki
  • pretty bad at everything else, although it's deceptively bulky
Support
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set name: Support
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Stealth Rock
move 3: Toxic
move 4: Earthquake
ability: Levitate
item: Leftovers
evs: 248 HP/ 252 Def / 8 Atk
nature: Impish

Moves
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  • straightforward
  • rapid spin to remove hazards
  • toxic to prevent set up and damaging ground types
  • stealth rock to slay KING FIREBURN HO-OH
  • earthquake to shake opponent's gengar and klefki's world
Set Details
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  • checks ground types
  • absorb bolt strikes
  • spread toxic
  • sets rocks
  • spins
Team Options
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  • USE WITH KLEFKI
  • USE WITH KLEFKI
  • USE WITH KLEFKI
  • if you're not using it with klefki, you're doing it wrong.
  • USE WITH KLEFKI
  • strong stuff to abuse hazards and stop refresh arc from setting up. MMY, Darkrai, Genesect
  • use with klefki
Other Options
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  • no
Checks & Counters
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**Arceus-Ghost**: Massive prick. Spinblocks and threatens with strong judgment
**Giratina Formes**: Shrugs off Claydol's powerful attacks and spinblocks/burns/defogs claydol.
**Refresh Arceus**: Other bunch of pricks, threatens to set up on you
**Water Types**: Ohkos the poor claydol, might get earthquaked or toxiced in progress tho

lots of stuff can kill this, do i really need to list them all?
 
orch said:
lots of stuff can kill this, do i really need to list them all?
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Yes indeedy. I'd probably just add the biggest ones: Yveltal is given nice n ez switches, Sableye trolls it to death, etc. Mention what it can and can't take physically (if anything) because i looked at some calcs and shit like Zekrom's Outrage and Ho-Oh's STAB moves still 2HKO this thing (if its being used with Klefki then it mandates a good turkey switch in it seems). Any replays of this mon's ability? Seems very gimmick atm.
 
Haha i lol'd XD, hilarious analysis good job :)
In all seriousness though you should mention that taunt completely shut it down, especially from the likes of taunt Yveltal who is immune to earthquake, and to SOME extent taunt Mega Gengar who prevents it from escaping after being taunted (although it's hit hard by equake so maybe not lol).
 
Other Options
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  • no
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Calm Mind offensive Claydol huehuehue

might want to mention that everything is checked seeing as you're using Toxic and can therefore check everything because this is the deplorable attitude that is prevalent this generation
 
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Yes indeedy. I'd probably just add the biggest ones: Yveltal is given nice n ez switches, Sableye trolls it to death, etc. Mention what it can and can't take physically (if anything) because i looked at some calcs and shit like Zekrom's Outrage and Ho-Oh's STAB moves still 2HKO this thing (if its being used with Klefki then it mandates a good turkey switch in it seems). Any replays of this mon's ability? Seems very gimmick atm.
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http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ubers-134546007
QC member Sweep was limited to 1 hazard versus ALMIGHTY CLAYDOL. Then, he was further pressured by my ghostceus/mmy which pretty much sealed the deal for him. The fact that Claydol managed to limit Sweep to 1 layer hazard and lay stealth rocks is rather impressive IMO!
 
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orch said:
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ubers-134546007
QC member Sweep was limited to 1 hazard versus ALMIGHTY CLAYDOL. Then, he was further pressured by my ghostceus/mmy which pretty much sealed the deal for him. The fact that Claydol managed to limit Sweep to 1 layer hazard and lay stealth rocks is rather impressive IMO!
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It looks to me like Excadrill could've done that better, due to its immunity to Toxic, higher HP and better typing.
 
QC Rejected 1/3

It's not completely terrible but it doesn't check enough things (only really Groudon and Arceus-Ground since Landorus-T always has U-turn/Toxic/Explosion) while being bait for way too much other stuff.
 
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