[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: U-Turn/ Knock off
move 4: Protect
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful / Sassy
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 31 Spe or 0 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Gliscor's bulk and longevity affords it many opportunities to set Stealth Rock as even the four times effective Hidden Power Ice from Landorus-T can be healed off in a couple of turns. This sets it apart from the aforementioned Landorus-T, who is vulnerable to status and must rely on leftovers to stay healthy. Earthquake is a consistent STAB move that also allows Gliscor to consistently pressure two prominent Rapid Spin users, Excadrill and Tentacruel. U-Turn allows Gliscor to make use of its great bulk and longevity to pivot in powerful yet vulnerable team mates such as Terrakion and Alakazam, while also hitting Psychic-types such as Latios for supereffective damage and potentially pivoting in Tyranitar for a Pursuit trap. Alternatively, Knock Off can be used to remove items from common switch ins to Gliscor such as Skarmory, Landorus-T, Reuniclus and Rotom-W. Protect is mandatory on Gliscor to ensure that it always activates its Toxic Orb from lead, scout common Choice locked Pokemon such as Keldeo, Latios, Terrakion and Landorus-T and safely heal itself.
Set Details
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Maximum HP and Special Defense with a Careful nature is to ensure Gliscor can survive two Hidden Power Ice's from Landorus-T after a Protect and always live a Choice Specs boosted Draco Meteor from Latios from full HP. This spread also ensures that Gliscor can survive one Hidden Power Ice from non-Life Orb boosted Alakazam. Alternatively, a spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spd with a Sassy nature and 0 IVs in Speed can be used to under speed opposing Gliscor to ensure you always get the slower U-Turn as well as avoid taking a Knock Off on a team mate that is pivoted in on opposing Gliscor.
Team Options
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This Gliscor's main archetype is Sand balance, with its great longevity and ability to pivot in wall breakers safely. Keldeo, Terrakion, Mamoswine and Alakazam all benefit greatly from Gliscor's slow U-Turn to be able to get in safely and deal with common Gliscor switch-ins such as Landorus-T, Ferrothorn and Rotom-W respectively. Tyranitar is an amazing partner for Gliscor as it can deal with Latios and Reuniclus which can turn Gliscor into set up fodder, as well as setting up Sand which combined with Gliscor's Knock Off can generate a lot of chip damage on Non-Sand immune Pokemon such as Amoonguss and Slowbro. Excadrill in particular benefits from Gliscor being able to Knock-Off Skarmory's item be that Rocky Helmet or Leftovers, which allows it to more easily break it with Swords Dance or continuously use Rapid Spin against it. Gliscor's resistance to Fighting alongside its incredible longevity allows it to handle Terrakion which can threaten to OHKO many staples on sand teams such as the previously mentioned Excadrill or Tyranitar with Close Combat. This makes it a go to for any sand team that wants to go the distance, compared to its counterpart, Landorus-T, which is much more liable to be worn down by repeated attacks. Gliscor's ability to pivot into Knock Off after it has been poisoned by Toxic Orb is enjoyed a lot by bulky setup sweepers such as Reuniclus as well as Knock Off its checks such as Clefable, Opposing Reuniclus, Slowking and Skarmory as well also supplying Stealth Rock which weakens Reuniclus checks. In addition to forming a Volt-Turn core, Gliscor can pivot out of common switch-ins such as Ferrothorn and Skarmory for Magnezone to trap, while Magnezone's resistance to Ice and usage of Sunny Day helps play around Choice Band Mamoswine and rain teams, respectively. Ferrothorn can set Spikes up and compress Knock off meaning Gliscor can afford to use U-Turn which with Spikes can rack up a lot of chip damage. Ferrothorn can also check bulky Water-Types, Mamoswine and Latios for Gliscor allowing it to stick around for the whole game. Celebi and Amoonguss serve a similar purpose as they are also able to check Bulky Water-Types, provide Paralysis support and in Celebi's case form a U-Turn core.
[CREDITS]
Written by
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/cow.654013/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/monai.482455/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/magialice.624724/
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: U-Turn/ Knock off
move 4: Protect
item: Toxic Orb
ability: Poison Heal
nature: Careful / Sassy
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
IVs: 31 Spe or 0 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Gliscor's bulk and longevity affords it many opportunities to set Stealth Rock as even the four times effective Hidden Power Ice from Landorus-T can be healed off in a couple of turns. This sets it apart from the aforementioned Landorus-T, who is vulnerable to status and must rely on leftovers to stay healthy. Earthquake is a consistent STAB move that also allows Gliscor to consistently pressure two prominent Rapid Spin users, Excadrill and Tentacruel. U-Turn allows Gliscor to make use of its great bulk and longevity to pivot in powerful yet vulnerable team mates such as Terrakion and Alakazam, while also hitting Psychic-types such as Latios for supereffective damage and potentially pivoting in Tyranitar for a Pursuit trap. Alternatively, Knock Off can be used to remove items from common switch ins to Gliscor such as Skarmory, Landorus-T, Reuniclus and Rotom-W. Protect is mandatory on Gliscor to ensure that it always activates its Toxic Orb from lead, scout common Choice locked Pokemon such as Keldeo, Latios, Terrakion and Landorus-T and safely heal itself.
Set Details
========
Maximum HP and Special Defense with a Careful nature is to ensure Gliscor can survive two Hidden Power Ice's from Landorus-T after a Protect and always live a Choice Specs boosted Draco Meteor from Latios from full HP. This spread also ensures that Gliscor can survive one Hidden Power Ice from non-Life Orb boosted Alakazam. Alternatively, a spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spd with a Sassy nature and 0 IVs in Speed can be used to under speed opposing Gliscor to ensure you always get the slower U-Turn as well as avoid taking a Knock Off on a team mate that is pivoted in on opposing Gliscor.
Team Options
========
This Gliscor's main archetype is Sand balance, with its great longevity and ability to pivot in wall breakers safely. Keldeo, Terrakion, Mamoswine and Alakazam all benefit greatly from Gliscor's slow U-Turn to be able to get in safely and deal with common Gliscor switch-ins such as Landorus-T, Ferrothorn and Rotom-W respectively. Tyranitar is an amazing partner for Gliscor as it can deal with Latios and Reuniclus which can turn Gliscor into set up fodder, as well as setting up Sand which combined with Gliscor's Knock Off can generate a lot of chip damage on Non-Sand immune Pokemon such as Amoonguss and Slowbro. Excadrill in particular benefits from Gliscor being able to Knock-Off Skarmory's item be that Rocky Helmet or Leftovers, which allows it to more easily break it with Swords Dance or continuously use Rapid Spin against it. Gliscor's resistance to Fighting alongside its incredible longevity allows it to handle Terrakion which can threaten to OHKO many staples on sand teams such as the previously mentioned Excadrill or Tyranitar with Close Combat. This makes it a go to for any sand team that wants to go the distance, compared to its counterpart, Landorus-T, which is much more liable to be worn down by repeated attacks. Gliscor's ability to pivot into Knock Off after it has been poisoned by Toxic Orb is enjoyed a lot by bulky setup sweepers such as Reuniclus as well as Knock Off its checks such as Clefable, Opposing Reuniclus, Slowking and Skarmory as well also supplying Stealth Rock which weakens Reuniclus checks. In addition to forming a Volt-Turn core, Gliscor can pivot out of common switch-ins such as Ferrothorn and Skarmory for Magnezone to trap, while Magnezone's resistance to Ice and usage of Sunny Day helps play around Choice Band Mamoswine and rain teams, respectively. Ferrothorn can set Spikes up and compress Knock off meaning Gliscor can afford to use U-Turn which with Spikes can rack up a lot of chip damage. Ferrothorn can also check bulky Water-Types, Mamoswine and Latios for Gliscor allowing it to stick around for the whole game. Celebi and Amoonguss serve a similar purpose as they are also able to check Bulky Water-Types, provide Paralysis support and in Celebi's case form a U-Turn core.
[CREDITS]
Written by
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/cow.654013/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/monai.482455/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/magialice.624724/
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