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Name of the Pokemon: Sableye
Role(s): Trick Room Setter, Support, Suicide Lead
Type:
Abilities: Keen Eye / Intimidate / Prankster
Stat Distribution: 50/100/120/100/120/30 (520 BST)
Movepool Additions: Trick Room, Memento, Moonblast
Movepool Removals: Recover, Moonlight, Shadow Sneak, Calm Mind, Taunt
Justification: Sableye is a potent Trick Room setter, distinguishing itself with its great defensive typing and decent defenses, as well as its slow speed. Thanks to Prankster, it can even outspeed mons that are slower than it. However, like other setters, it has no recovery, making it easily worn down as the battle goes on.
Name of the Pokemon: Masquerain
Role(s): Trick Room Abuser, Wallbreaker, Choice Item
Type:
Abilities: Unnerve/ Invertebrate / Tinted Lens
Stat Distribution: 70/70/80/120/80/50 (470 BST)
Movepool Additions: Leech Life, Megahorn, Surf, Boomburst, Hyper Voice
Movepool Removals: Quiver Dance
Custom Elements: Invertebrate: Normal-type attacks gain a 1.2x boost and become Bug-type. (Aerilate clone)
Justification: Masquerain is a powerful Trick Room abuser, having the option of either having incredibly powerful STAB Boombursts, or ignoring resistances with Tinted Lens. However, it relies on choice items to be powerful, and its weakness to Stealth Rock limits the amount of times it can switch in.
Name of the Pokemon: Drampa
Role(s): Special Wall, Status Spreader, Weather Check, Pseudohazer
Type:
Abilities: Levitate / Natural Cure / Cloud Nine
Stat Distribution: 78/50/85/101/135/71 (520 BST)
Movepool Additions: Moonblast, Moonlight, Dazzling Gleam, Whirlwind, Tri Attack
Movepool Removals: Tailwind, Thunderbolt, Hurricane, Surf, Ice Beam, Focus Blast, Calm Mind, Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Outrage
Justification: Drampa is a solid Glare user, with a formidable typing and special defenses, fairly viable abilities, and good support moves like Defog and Whirlwind. However, it is fairly passive, having no way to boost itself.
Name of the Pokemon: Banette
Role(s): Paralysis Abuser, Special Attacker, Stallbreaker
Type:
Abilities: Frisk / Lightning Rod / Power Surge
Stat Distribution: 85/85/95/85/95/75 (520 BST)
Movepool Additions: Statishock, Electro Ball
Custom Elements:
Power Surge: This Pokemon's attacks are critical hits if the target is paralyzed. (Merciless clone)
Statishock: 65 BP, Electric, Special, 100%, 16 PP, Power doubles if the target is paralyzed. (Venoshock clone)
Justification: Banette is a force to be reckoned with once many opponents have been paralyzed, having 100% crits on 130 BP Statishock and Hex. It can also boost with Calm Mind and pressure Stall with Taunt. However, if the opponent is not paralyzed, Banette's power is quite underwhelming.
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