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As much as I love Arcanine, he just has no place in this metagame. Certainly he can make for a neat defensive Pokemon with Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate, but what exactly does he think he can stop right now? Next to nothing save Mega Mawile I guess, but I wouldn't use Arcanine of all Pokemon to...
I've been face palming for literally the past three pages.
In other news, Seismitoad is getting an analysis for its niche as an Electric-immune rain sweeper.
I'm in the same boat. Knock Off is such a shit move on Shuckle. I'd even think Toxic is better. It could totally get a slash with Infestation, which is a move I'm still skeptical of.
Talked with QC, we want the set to look like this:
Sticky Web
Stealth Rock
Spore
Magic Coat
You can mention other stuff in moves, but that moveset is the most optimal, reliable, and useful.
Encoring Defog is actually cool too. Something like this could potentially happen:
Shuckle uses Sticky Web
Latias switches in
--
Latias uses Defog
Shuckle uses Encore
At this point, two things can happen:
Latias switches out
Shuckle uses Sticky Web
You still get Sticky Web down. Or:
Latias...
The QC team has decided to give Shuckle an analysis due to its capabilities to reliably set up Sticky Web and Stealth Rock and prevent being set up on via Encore. Please know how this thing works if you plan on reserving it.
Can Life Orb be slashed? Zoroark can force switches quite nicely when played right and so I don't think Focus Sash is completely necessary. Also I'm pretty sure +2 LO Knock Off OHKOes Garchomp iirc.