What is "Survival Stalling"?
Survival Stalling is exclusive only to AAA & BH, Survival Stalling teams abuse the ability to carry Pranksters, Mold Breakers, Harvest and bulky toxic users. the strategy in using this type of stall is rather simple: You try to be in control of the game and end the battle with as most pokemon as possible.
How to Survival Stall?:
- Never switch any status orb Pokemon in by normal means, the orb must be activated by slow volt switched/uturn/baton pass.
- Always carry a spinner or defogger if you have 2 or more pokes with 25% SR weakness or 1 with 50%.
- All stall teams need a good defensive structure, the Survival stalling structure tries to counter: PH normals, Aerilate Boomburst users, Refrigerate Ice Types, Prankster Copycat Florges and Lucario, Keldeo, Levitate Heatran, DrizzleSwim/ChloroDrought/StreamRush, Magic Guard [Insert Pokemon with powerful recoil moves here] or [Insert Pokemon with giant SR weakness here], Breloom (prankster is top priority but if you can counter other variants, very good), and last but most importantly Victini.
- Don't just blindly switch steel types in unless magnet pull users are cleared
- Status Orb users often have strong recoil moves and/or voltturn watch out!
Examples of sets and cores made for Survival Stall:
Sample Core/Sets:
Purpose of this set: Mold Breaker, Anti Prankster and Skill Link Breloom, Lucario, and Amoongus.
Deoxys-Defense @ Safety Goggles
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 SDef / 196 HP / 60 Def
Calm Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Recover
Purpose of this set: bulky toxic abuse, Anti-Aerilate Noivern, PH normals, Magic Guard thundurus, drizzle swim check, chloro drought check, and Victini
Rhydon @ Eviolite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 44 Def / 252 HP / 212 SDef
Careful Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Toxic
Purpose of this set: Harvest abuse, Calm Mind slow sweeper, anti-Breloom, lucario, Kyurem B check, and Magic Guard check
Cresselia (F) @ Lum Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SDef / 252 Def
Bold Nature
- Rest
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Ice Beam
Using the right lead for a Paranoid Stall team:
Sample sets:
Purpose: KOs many leads before they can fulfil their purpose
Kyurem-Black @ Icicle Plate
Ability: Refrigerate
EVs: 76 HP / 252 Atk / 176 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Fusion Bolt
- Dragon Claw
- Return
- Roost
Purpose: Shut downs many leads and stall breaks things like deo-d leads
Mew @ Leftovers
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef / 4 Spd
Careful Nature
- Taunt
- Roost
- Will-O-Wisp
- Knock Off
Purpose: Able to handle Deo-S, Kyu-b and Deo-D leads very efficiently
Scizor @ Lum Berry
Ability: Flash Fire / Turboblaze
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Atk / 212 Spd
Careful Nature
- Bullet Punch
- Night Slash / Knock Off
- U-turn
- Iron Head / X-scissor
Conclusion:
Survival stalling is a great way to get around in AAA, especially with the amount of threats offense can't handle alone, I hope you enjoy trying it sometime!