Nominating Salazzle from UR to B+ stop sleepin on the lazzle dazzle my man
LAZZLE DAZZLE (Salazzle) (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Oblivious
EVs: 20 Atk / 252 SpA / 236 Spe
Rash Nature
- Fake Out
- Sludge Wave
- Overheat
- Nasty Plot/Encore
Really quick explaination of EV's speed is for outspeeding 252+ base 100's as nothing in between is important to outspeed, unless your scared of a band durant hitting you.... aka timid is absolutely garbage. Max SpA for damage output as well as the +SpA nature to secure KO's on crucial targets. Leftovers is dumped into attack to further boost Fake Out, and -SpDef nature to live crucial hits from Incineroar, Scarf Sawk, Centiskorch, etc. Ability should be obvious as I am not toxicing anything, and blocking taunt is quite clutch vs Mandibuzz. Also haha die attract mons
This mon is absolutely nuts, this Pokemon beats Primarina, Sylveon, Aromatisse, Whimsicott, Non Band Grimmsnarl, and Togekiss if not flinched, so it beats pretty much every single relevant fairy type. Furthermore with fake out + its coverage it covers the many Sturdy pokemon in the tier, including Steelix(technically they can protect t1 so it is a 50/50, but you 100% win if you decide to run encore), Avalugg, Band AND Scarf Sawk assuming no EQ, Crustle, etc. Furthermore it beats many common banded Pokemon such as Darmanitan-Galar, Haxorus, and Diggersby.
It even holds its own against many of the tiers prevalent Fire Type Pokemon, including Darmanitan, Incineraor, Arcanine, and Centiskorch.
Furthermore with Nasty Plot I not only beat the previously mentioned Snarl Incin and arcanine, but I also take down Snarl Mandibuzz and non Amnesia Corsola, AND Kommo-o, which is absolutely huge
You also stomp many Steel types, which are commonly paired with Fairy Types, such as Corviknight, Aegislash, Silvally-Steel, Ferrothorn, and Duraludon!
You can stop reading there if you like, as I hope I have explained just how amazing Salazzle is and totally slept on.
I think its biggest asset is being an amazing Steel/Fairy beater as well as covering many Pokemon that try to cover faster threats in general
But I do want to go through a lot of the VR and show concretely what you beat and lose to, I think this will sell my point even more that
Salazzle should be B+
S Rank
W A very solid one in fact, showing chilan because if you beat chilan berry you beat non chilan berry, you even outspeed scarf Prim. Basically you beat every single annoying variation of Primarina, except some sort of whack SpDef Prim I guess.
20 Atk Life Orb Salazzle Fake Out vs. 252 HP / 232+ Def Chilan Berry Primarina: 12-15 (3.2 - 4.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252+ SpA Life Orb Salazzle Sludge Wave vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Primarina: 351-413 (96.4 - 113.4%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
S- Rank
N Honestly, Scarf Darm and Band Darm should be considered two totally different Pokemon, pretty obvious here you W against Band and L against Scarf
W Pretty self explanatory, thanks to Salazzle's clutch Fire/Poison typing, you wall Sylveon. Furthemore Sludge Wave cannot miss, this isn't some gunk shot pokemon hoping they hit.
20 Atk Life Orb Salazzle Fake Out vs. 168 HP / 172 Def Sylveon: 31-38 (8.3 - 10.1%) -- possibly the worst move ever
252+ SpA Life Orb Salazzle Sludge Wave vs. 168 HP / 0 SpD Sylveon: 320-377 (85.7 - 101%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
108+ SpA Pixie Plate Pixilate Sylveon Hyper Beam vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Salazzle: 129-151 (46.5 - 54.5%) -- 64.5% chance to 2HKO (Pixie plate cannot touch you)
136 SpA Pixie Plate Pixilate Sylveon Hyper Voice vs. -4 0 HP / 0- SpD Salazzle: 219-258 (79 - 93.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO lol
A+ Rank
L its faster, resists both of your STAB's and will kill you with a Draco Meteor.
A Rank
W You Fake Out to break the Sturdy and Overheat to kill, its amazing. No more worrying about if its Lum, Shell Smash, Band, you just win.
L sadly one of the only slower notable Pokemon you lose to, Dracovish will tank Fake Out into Sludge Wave and kill you with Fishious Rend, however if you decide to run that Sub Disable Salazzle, you can beat Band Dracovish, so Salazzle wont always lose
A- Rank
W this is of course assuming they are non Band/Life Orb, as non defensive Arcanine runs Bulldoze, which OHKO's Salazzle. Nasty Plot t1 is the play vs Arcanine, as you outpace Snarl and KO with sludge wave after +4
N This ones awkward, basically if they are Amnesia, you have very little chance to win, but if they are any move over Amnesia you win with Nasty Plot.
W lol Overheat byebye
N You lose to Scarf, which is the most Common, but you beat Band Haxorus and Taunt SD Haxorus
20 Atk Life Orb Salazzle Fake Out vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Haxorus: 30-36 (10.2 - 12.2%) -- possible 9HKO
252+ SpA Life Orb Salazzle Sludge Wave vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Haxorus: 266-316 (90.7 - 107.8%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO
W With Nasty Plot, the preferred 4th move slot, you outpace Snarl and will kill it with Overheat
L You obviously lose to Scarf and Specs, however if the Stall set is carrying Thunderbolt > Hydro Pump as its attacking move, you can win with Nasty Plot
W you beat Band AND scarf assuming they dont run Earthquake on Scarf
W should be obvious enough you click sludge wave
B+ Rank
W Fake out into sludge wave, and then overheat, which covers them disabling the sludge wave. If they encore they ofc die to another sludge wave
W Fake out to break sturdy Overheat dead
W Fake out into Overheat and you beat Band, you don't even die to a 252+ banded quick attack after Life Orb Recoil.
L Draco and you lose
W a VERY VERY cool W, as you tank a clanging scales and can proceed to Nasty Plot into Sludge Wave. Think about this so far, this beats most Fairy Types, Steel Types, as well as super relevant Dragon Types like non scarf Haxorus and Kommo-o, pretty nuts
140 SpA Kommo-o Clanging Scales vs. 0 HP / 0- SpD Salazzle: 229-270 (82.6 - 97.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252+ SpA Life Orb Salazzle Sludge Wave vs. 160 HP / 0 SpD Kommo-o: 382-450 (115.4 - 135.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
L yeah you don't KO it and itll KO you back no matter the set. I guess you beat Parting Shot Stall tho
W fake out into overheat gg
N You only beat the Stall set, and lose to the more common Scarf and Specs variants.
L Band and Stall beat you, unless the Stall isn't using Rock Tomb and you Crit with a +4 sludge wave, so honestly its not that bad
N Pretty simple, you beat Scarf if you dont get flinched, or it misses, and you of course beat Specs and Defensive, so a pretty good matchup
L Its too quick and you die to Plasma Fists
B Rank
W Overheat haha
N You beat specs and anything else that isn't Scarf
W you only lose to Knock off, since they knock off your life orb and you don't 2hko, the play here is to not Fake out t1 and just sludge twice
252+ SpA Life Orb Salazzle Sludge Wave vs. 252 HP / 56 SpD Centiskorch: 204-242 (50.4 - 59.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
148+ Atk Choice Band Centiskorch Flare Blitz vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Salazzle: 206-243 (74.3 - 87.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
L resists both stabs
N You lose to Sub Leichi Pyro Ball, but beat the recently more popular Band Set, assuming they dont run Zen headbutt(which honestly is now probs the best 4th move option to specifically beat Salazzle)
L too bulky bro
N You beat that new wisp set, lose to scarf obviously
N u beat that nasty entrainment set, but lose to banded durant... if it hits
L you die to Scald
W They dont do enough damage and you win with Nasty Plot into Sludge Wave, furthermore you can out fake out their potential fake out and you dont get an intimidate drop, as well as you can't get Taunted
L obvious
N you beat both Poison and Steel, which are the most common, but obviously lose to Water.
W You beat Banded Steelix, but have to deal with the fact that if Torment lix clicks Protect t1, you lose assuming no Encore...
L
B- Rank
I got lazy I dont need to explain these really cmon
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W if specs L if scarf
W if sub/band L if scarf (so you win most of the time)
L if the more common Scarf, W if anything else
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W unless banded sucker in which case you die
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Lastly, I jsut wanna say that Salazzle can run that Protect/Sub disable encore set and cover some of the matchups it struggles with, but by far this Offensive Salazzle is the best!