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Reserving Tentacruel
Tentacruel @ Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze
EVs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 144 Spe
Timid Nature
- Scald
- Rapid Spin
- Haze
- Knock Off
Tentacruel serves as a reliable Rapid Spinner for this Spikes-stack team, and a check to common set-up sweepers like Infernape, Luke, Bulky...
A late post by me. I'll just add a little more to the discussion.
Super Fang is one of the viable options for MegaDog IMO. Super Fang + Priority users like Mamoswine does well against Dog's checks such as Kommo-O, Hydreigon and Sylveon, without boost(s) on Dog. This allows Dog to be an early...
I shamelessly use Moutemoute HO team this week
At the start of the week, I wanted to check this set to see whether it's just a bootleg LO Scizor version. What surprised me is that Moute actually uses Luke alongside with Scizor as late-game sweepers, while I initially saw Luke and Scizor as...
Submitting Z-Fight Cobalion as counter
Cobalion serves as a reliable counter to any Scizor lacking Superpower.
Offensively, +2 Z-Fight blows bulky Scizor away. +0 Z-Fight does 61% at least.
Defensively, in the worst case scenario, at 62%, Coba can eat +6 BP or +6 Savage Spin-out and...
I take Roserade and CB Bisharp just to 1400s this week. Building with Roserade was tough for me.
Roserade
I tested two Roserade sets this week: SashSpikes (most plain set) and Poison-Z set ( favoured by many people, including myself). Generally, Roserade is an offensive counterpart of...
Scarf Latias as counter
Scarf Lati RKs with Infernape with STABs or use Trick for SpD walls coming to check it. Either with item or not, Lati outspeeds Ape.