[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Scald / Haze
move 3: Recover
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Rocky Helmet
ability: Unaware
nature: Relaxed
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Quagsire is a mediocre physical wall in AG that fits on stall and bulky balance builds. It is outclassed by physical walls such as defensive Zygarde-C, Groudon, Necrozma-DM, and Lunala due to its average defense stats and passive nature. However, Quagsire holds a niche as the only Zacian-C counter in AG. Additionally, it also checks Coil and Dragon Dance variants of Glare Zygarde and Dragon Dance Necrozma-DM. Earthquake allows Quagsire to directly damage Zacian-C and chip other switch-ins such as Eternatus, Kyogre, and Necrozma-DM. Scald can be used to fish for burns against Toxic-immune Pokemon such as Eternatus, Necrozma-DM, and Ferrothorn. Haze is an alternative that allows Quagsire to act as an emergency check to setup sweepers such as Geomancy Xerneas, Dragon Dance Zekrom, and Swords Dance Groudon. Recover provides longevity throughout the game. Toxic threatens and prevents strong breakers such as Kyogre, Calyrex-S, Xerneas, and Yveltal from switching in for free. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents Quagsire from being chipped down by entry hazards and lets it remain fully healthy to switch into Zacian-C, while Rocky Helmet can be used on teams with strong entry hazard control to wear down and pressure Zacian-C and prevent Quagsire from being too passive.
Quagsire needs a lot of support and is vulnerable to almost every special attacker. Thus, it must be paired with solid specially defensive walls such as Eternatus, Ferrothorn, Blissey, and Kyurem-W. Due to Quagsire's poor natural bulk, checks to naturally strong physical wallbreakers such as Marshadow, Groudon, and Zekrom are also appreciated, so teammates like Lunala, Eternatus, and Zygarde-C are solid options. Offensive Pokemon like Xerneas, Kyogre, and other setup sweepers can take advantage of Quagsire's passive nature and set up on it; Ditto is an excellent teammate to punish the aforementioned Pokemon.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Curse is useful in some situations, but Quagsire's standard moves are hard to forgo, and the omnipresence of Toxic in AG makes this set very unreliable.
Checks and Counters
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**Special Attackers**: Common special attackers like Kyogre, Eternatus, Calyrex-S, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Kyurem-W can threaten Quagsire and force it to switch out.
**Strong Wallbreakers**: Due to Quagsire's mediocre natural bulk, it fails to beat strong wallbreakers such as Life Orb Groudon, Marshadow, and Urshifu-S.
**Toxic**: Toxic is common in AG and seen on both passive walls and offensive Pokemon. If Quagsire is badly poisoned, it struggles to check Zacian-C.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pichus, 374620]]
- Quality checked by: [[Fc, 511624], [Geysers, 426798]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990]]
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