[SET]
Garganacl @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 252 HP / 52 Def / 204 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Stealth Rock / Ice Punch
- Protect
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl is an amazing defensive Pokemon, having it's high defenses with access to it's amazing ability in Purifying Salt. Boasting it's high bulk, Garganacl is really good at walling some of the metagame staples in Charizard-Y, Terapagos, Volcarona and Zapdos. Garganacl is a great Stealth Rock setter, since it is exceptional at outlasting common removal options like Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Terapagos and Corvinknight. Salt Cure helps it handle Pokemon with no recovery options, like the former two. Also Salt Cure allows it to slowly chip the annoying steel types in Mega Scizor, Gholdengo, and water types like Toxapex and Alomomola. Protect synergizes well with Salt Cure, allowing further chip damage, and also helping in scouting super effective Z-Moves from the likes of Kyurem and Heatran. Stealth Rock makes a good use of Garganacl, as mentioned above, but Ice Punch can also be ran to hit Gliscor and Landorus-T. Heavy-Duty Boots is also an option on teams with little to no hazard removal, at the cost of cruical leftovers recovery. the 52 Defense investment lets Garganacl live a Power Whip from Ogerpon-W.
Garganacl fits best on balance or bulkier teams, which make good use of it's utility and role compression with setting hazards. Partners like Kingambit and Kyurem appreciate Garganacl chipping down Pokemon like Corviknight, Skarmory, Lanodrus-T and Great Tusk for the former, and Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor and Melmetal for the latter. In return, they pressure Garganacl's switchins like Clefable, Gliscor and Slowking=Galar. Gholdengo is also a great partner, being also to block rapid spin from the likes of Great Tusk and Terapagos. Additionally, Gholdengo fits well with Spikes setters like Gliscor and Samurott-Hisui to form a great hazard stacking core. Knock Off users like Clefable and Weavile make execellent partners by removing crucial items like leftovers, and Heavy-Duty Boots from Pokemon like Landorus-T, Torndaus-T, Zapdos and many more. Garganacl has a very weak base typing, making it vulnerable to lot of common threats in the metagame. Thus, partners like Dragonite, Corviknight and Ogerpon-W make great partners.
Garganacl @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 252 HP / 52 Def / 204 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Stealth Rock / Ice Punch
- Protect
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
Garganacl is an amazing defensive Pokemon, having it's high defenses with access to it's amazing ability in Purifying Salt. Boasting it's high bulk, Garganacl is really good at walling some of the metagame staples in Charizard-Y, Terapagos, Volcarona and Zapdos. Garganacl is a great Stealth Rock setter, since it is exceptional at outlasting common removal options like Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Terapagos and Corvinknight. Salt Cure helps it handle Pokemon with no recovery options, like the former two. Also Salt Cure allows it to slowly chip the annoying steel types in Mega Scizor, Gholdengo, and water types like Toxapex and Alomomola. Protect synergizes well with Salt Cure, allowing further chip damage, and also helping in scouting super effective Z-Moves from the likes of Kyurem and Heatran. Stealth Rock makes a good use of Garganacl, as mentioned above, but Ice Punch can also be ran to hit Gliscor and Landorus-T. Heavy-Duty Boots is also an option on teams with little to no hazard removal, at the cost of cruical leftovers recovery. the 52 Defense investment lets Garganacl live a Power Whip from Ogerpon-W.
Garganacl fits best on balance or bulkier teams, which make good use of it's utility and role compression with setting hazards. Partners like Kingambit and Kyurem appreciate Garganacl chipping down Pokemon like Corviknight, Skarmory, Lanodrus-T and Great Tusk for the former, and Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Mega Scizor and Melmetal for the latter. In return, they pressure Garganacl's switchins like Clefable, Gliscor and Slowking=Galar. Gholdengo is also a great partner, being also to block rapid spin from the likes of Great Tusk and Terapagos. Additionally, Gholdengo fits well with Spikes setters like Gliscor and Samurott-Hisui to form a great hazard stacking core. Knock Off users like Clefable and Weavile make execellent partners by removing crucial items like leftovers, and Heavy-Duty Boots from Pokemon like Landorus-T, Torndaus-T, Zapdos and many more. Garganacl has a very weak base typing, making it vulnerable to lot of common threats in the metagame. Thus, partners like Dragonite, Corviknight and Ogerpon-W make great partners.
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