[OVERVIEW]
* Alolan Muk is a specially defensive tank that can put a dent in Ghost-, and Psychic-types, while taking special hits with its natural bulk.
* Has an excellent typing of Poison/Dark, making it immune to the ever common Psychic type, and only having 1 weakness to Ground while having 4 useful resistances.
* With Pursuit and Knock Off, Alolan Muk can take on Ghost-, and Psychic-types like Mega Gengar, Lunala, and Deoxys-A easily, while removing items from other Pokemon.
* Excellent Poison/Dark typing allows it to check and trapsome of the majors threats in the tier, such as Deoxys-Attack, Mega Gengar, Lunala, and Arceus-Ghost.
* Respectable special bulk allows Alolan Muk to tank special attacks from special attackers.
* Low base attack by Uber standards, has trouble harming the opponent without super effective moves.
* Alolan Muk's only weakness, Ground, is commonly seen due to Primal Groudon, Arceus-Ground and Zygarde-C.
* Horrible physical defense along with low speed makes Alolan Muk weak against physical attackers.
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Poison Jab
move 2: Pursuit
move 3: Taunt
move 4: Toxic / Rest
item: Black Sludge
ability: Poison Touch
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spd
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Poison Jab allows Alolan Muk to deal damage to Fairy Types, such as Xerneas, Arceus-Fairy, and Tapu Lele. It can poison the opponent 51% of the time thanks to Poison Touch.
* Pursuit can trap the opposing Pokemon, making it effective against Psychic-types like Lunala and Deoxys-A. It can also beat Perish Trapper Mega Gengar, at the cost of sacrificing Alolan Muk.
* Taunt is used to block status moves from Mega Gengar, Lunala, and Arceus-Dark.
* Toxic allows Alolan Muk to cripple commonly seen threats like Primal Groudon, Xerneas, Primal Kyogre and Ho-Oh on switch in.
* Alternatively, Rest can be used to restore its health to full if it's low on health.
* Knock Off is an alternative, allowing Alolan Muk to remove the opponent's item, which is useful against Lunala, Celesteela, Deoxys-A, Lugia, and Zygarde-C.
Set Details
========
* 252 HP and 252 Spd is used to maximize its special defense to wall special attackers like Lunala, Xerneas and Mega Gengar.
* Careful is used to boost its Special Defense even further while sacrificing its non-used Special Attack.
* Black Sludge is used to give Alolan Muk a passive recovery outside of Rest.
Usage Tips
========
* The main purpose of this set is to trap and cripple many Pokemon with Toxic along with Pursuit.
* Alolan Muk can go up against Ghost-, and Psychic-types with Toxic and Pursuit.
* Predict a Primal Groudon or Xerneas switch in to poison them with Toxic.
* Walls like Lugia can be dealt with Poison Jab or Toxic.
* Use Rest when Alolan Muk is low on health to heal it up and keep up the assault.
* Alolan Muk can check Mega Gengars who run Perish Song with Taunt and Pursuit.
* Physical attackers like Mega Salamence, Arceus-Normal and Ho-Oh can easily take care of Alolan Muk.
* Avoid sending it out against Ground-Types, such as Primal Groudon, Excadrill, Zygarde-C, Arceus-Ground and Landorus-T.
Team Options
========
* Primal Kyogre is a good teammate, as it take care of Ground-Types such as Primal Groudon, Zygarde-C, Excadrill, Arceus-Ground and Landorus-T. Primal Kyogre can also deal with Mega Salamence and Ho-Oh with its coverage moves.
* Primal Groudon with a Fire-Type move can take care of Steel-Types like Celesteela, Skarmory, Solgaleo, Magearna and Dialga, while checking physical threats such as Mega Salamence and Ho-oh with its sky-high physical defense.
* A physical wall in the likes of Lugia and Bronzorg can allow the team to switch out between walls and force switch outs.
* Alolan Muk can assist Hex users like Mega Gengar and Giratina-O with Toxic and Poison Jab.
[SET]
name: Assault Vest
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Gunk Shot/Poison Jab
move 4: Pursuit
item: Assault Vest
ability: Poison Touch
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spd
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
* Knock Off is used to remove the opponent's item and deal massive damage, which is useful against Lunala, Celesteela, Deoxys-A, Lugia, and Tapu Lele.
* Shadow Sneak allows Alolan Muk to pick off opponents who are low on health.
* Gunk Shot can deal massive damage against Fairy-types like Xerneas, Arceus-Fairy and Tapu Lele. However, it can miss and doesn't work with Poison Touch. Poison Jab can also be used to have a safer, more crippling but less damaging alternative.
* Pursuit can trap the opposing Pokemon, making it effective against Psychic-types like Lunala and Deoxys-A. It can also beat Perish Trapper Mega Gengar, at the cost of sacrificing Alolan Muk.
Set Details
========
* 252 HP is used to maximize its defenses without sacrificing any attack boosts. 252 Atk allows Muk to hit as hard as possible and to OHKO certain threats, such as Mega Gengar and Xerneas, which would otherwise be 2HKO's.
* Adamant is used to boost its Attack even further while sacrificing its non-used Special Attack.
* Assault Vest allows Alolan Muk to survive special attacks it couldn't normally, such as a +2 Moonblast from Xerneas or a +2 Spacial Rend from Palkia.
Usage Tips
========
* This set is used to remove items while tanking special hits
* Bring in Alolan Muk against Ghost and Psychic types to pressure them with Knock Off, and trap them with Pursuit.
* Can also keep Yveltal in check if it doesn't run Knock Off.
* Alolan Muk can also deal with walls like Lugia by poisoning them with Poison Jab and removing their items with Knock Off.
* Use Shadow Sneak to finish off weakened opponents.
* Send it out against a Perish Trapper Mega Gengar to remove it from play, at the cost of sacrificing Alolan Muk.
* Avoid sending it out against Physical Attackers such as Mega Salamence, Arceus-Normal and Ho-Oh, because Alolan Muk can't tank against any physical hits.
* Also avoid sending it out against Ground-Types, such as Primal Groudon, Excadrill, Zygarde-C, Arceus-Ground and Landorus-T.
Team Options
========
* Primal Kyogre is a preffered teammate, because it can take care of very threatening Ground-Types such as Primal Groudon, Zygarde-C, Excadrill, Arceus-Ground and Landorus-T. Primal Kyogre can also take care of physical threats like Mega Salamence and Ho-Oh with its coverage moves.
* Similarly, Primal Groudon with a Fire-Type move can take care of pesky Steel-Types like Celesteela, Skarmory, Solgaleo, Magearna and Dialga, who would otherwise wall out Alolan Muk. Primal Groudon can also check physical threats such as Mega Salamence and Ho-oh with its sky-high physical defense and OHKO them with Stone Edge/Rock Tomb.
* A physical wall in the likes of Lugia and Bronzorg can allow the team to switch out between walls and force switch outs.
* Hex users like Mega Gengar and Giratina-O appreciates the fact Alolan Muk can easily spread Poison to power up Hex.
* Alolan Muk also appreciates any Wish or Heal Bell users like Chansey or Blissey to keep its health full and restoring any status conditions like Burn or Sleep.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
* Sleep Talk combined with Rest can allow Alolan Muk keep up the assault even when its sleeping.
* Clear Smog can be used to remove stat boosts from the opponent, which is useful against Xerneas, Arceus-Dark and Lunala.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Primal Groudon**: One of the biggest threats to Alolan Muk, simply because Alolan Muk can't do anything except try to poison it on a switch in. Primal Groudon can set up Stealth Rock and OHKO it with Precipice Blades easily.
**Steel-types**: Because Alolan Muk can't poison them, it can't deal much damage against them and generally Steel Types like Mega Lucario, Celesteela, Skarmory, Solgaleo, Magearna and Dialga won't care what Alolan Muk hit them with.
**Ground-types**: Ground Types like Primal Groudon, Excadrill, Zygarde-C, Arceus-Ground and Landorus-T are a major pain to Alolan Muk. Alolan Muk can only poison them, while all of them can OHKO them with a Ground-type move.
**Arceus-Normal**: Arceus-Normal can 2HKO Alolan Muk with Earthquake, while Alolan Muk can only hope to poison it.
**Mega Salamence**: Alolan Muk can't really hurt Mega Salamence thanks to its amazing physical bulk. Mega Salamence can OHKO Alolan Muk with Double-Edge or +1 Return/Earthquake. Even if Alolan Muk manages to Poison Mega Salamence, sets that carry Refresh can easily remedy that problem.
Last edited:
