[SET]
name: Spikes Lead
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Bug Buzz
move 3: Focus Blast / Energy Ball
move 4: Final Gambit
item: Focus Sash
ability: Unburden
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Accelgor has a niche role as a suicide entry hazard lead with an extremely high Speed stat, although it is very limited outside of this role. Accelgor is one of the few RU Pokemon with Spikes, which softens foes for powerful wallbreakers to clean up. Focus Blast is a powerful coverage move against the likes of Steelix and Bewear; Energy Ball can be used instead to seriously damage Water-types and Stealth Rock setters such as Gastrodon, Mudsdale, and Rhydon. Final Gambit is used if Accelgor is up against a threat to your team; with maximum HP investment, Accelgor is able to OHKO any defensive Pokemon with less than base 80 HP, including Charizard, Vikavolt, Vileplume, and Weezing. It can also OHKO many offensive Pokemon that do not invest in HP, such as Silvally formes and Virizion. Combined with Accelgor's Speed, Final Gambit allows Accelgor to faint before the foe can move, blocking potential Defog and Rapid Spin attempts. Knock Off in place of Energy Ball or Focus Blast is an option to remove crucial held items like Charizard's Heavy-Duty Boots. Accelgor can also run a more offensive late-game cleaner set with Special Attack investment, Throat Spray, and additional coverage moves in place of Final Gambit and Spikes, but this is easily checked by Fire-types and is very unreliable.
Powerful wallbreakers and sweepers like Passimian, Salazzle, and Bewear appreciate Accelgor's Spikes. VoltTurn cores also appreciate Accelgor's Spikes, as opponents need to be constantly switching to get better matchups. Defiant users like Braviary and the aforementioned Passimian can take advantage of foes using Defog, and fast attackers like Virizion and Alolan Raichu can threaten to OHKO such Defoggers. Ghost-types that spinblock are appreciated as well.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ForgottenOnes, 205691]]
- Quality checked by: [[Expulso, 202058], [Mavis, 469610]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro, 331519]]
name: Spikes Lead
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Bug Buzz
move 3: Focus Blast / Energy Ball
move 4: Final Gambit
item: Focus Sash
ability: Unburden
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Accelgor has a niche role as a suicide entry hazard lead with an extremely high Speed stat, although it is very limited outside of this role. Accelgor is one of the few RU Pokemon with Spikes, which softens foes for powerful wallbreakers to clean up. Focus Blast is a powerful coverage move against the likes of Steelix and Bewear; Energy Ball can be used instead to seriously damage Water-types and Stealth Rock setters such as Gastrodon, Mudsdale, and Rhydon. Final Gambit is used if Accelgor is up against a threat to your team; with maximum HP investment, Accelgor is able to OHKO any defensive Pokemon with less than base 80 HP, including Charizard, Vikavolt, Vileplume, and Weezing. It can also OHKO many offensive Pokemon that do not invest in HP, such as Silvally formes and Virizion. Combined with Accelgor's Speed, Final Gambit allows Accelgor to faint before the foe can move, blocking potential Defog and Rapid Spin attempts. Knock Off in place of Energy Ball or Focus Blast is an option to remove crucial held items like Charizard's Heavy-Duty Boots. Accelgor can also run a more offensive late-game cleaner set with Special Attack investment, Throat Spray, and additional coverage moves in place of Final Gambit and Spikes, but this is easily checked by Fire-types and is very unreliable.
Powerful wallbreakers and sweepers like Passimian, Salazzle, and Bewear appreciate Accelgor's Spikes. VoltTurn cores also appreciate Accelgor's Spikes, as opponents need to be constantly switching to get better matchups. Defiant users like Braviary and the aforementioned Passimian can take advantage of foes using Defog, and fast attackers like Virizion and Alolan Raichu can threaten to OHKO such Defoggers. Ghost-types that spinblock are appreciated as well.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[ForgottenOnes, 205691]]
- Quality checked by: [[Expulso, 202058], [Mavis, 469610]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro, 331519]]
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