[SET]
name: Mixed Hail Wallbreaker
move 1: Bolt Beak
move 2: Blizzard
move 3: Freeze Dry
move 4: Hydro Pump / Substitute
item: Life Orb
ability: Slush Rush
nature: Naive
evs: 108 Atk / 176 SpA / 224 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Under hail, Arctozolt is an immensely powerful and fast wallbreaker that outspeeds RU's most common Choice Scarf user in Xurkitree. Using Bolt Beak's incredibly high Base Power, Arctozolt is able to put immense pressure on any Pokemon it hits neutrally while threatening the rest with excellent Ice-type STAB coverage in Blizzard. The given EV spread allows Arctozolt to 2HKO Steelix with Blizzard after Stealth Rock and Hail damage, outspeed up to Choice Scarf Heracross, and maximize Bolt Beak's damage output, while a Naive nature allows it to switch into Flying-type Pokemon such as Crobat easier. Freeze-Dry nails Seismitoad and Gastrodon, which otherwise wall it, and eases prediction against teams with both Water- and Grass-types. Substitute similarly takes advantage of forced switches to ease prediction, but limited hail turns only make it useful on dedicated hail team. Otherwise, Hydro Pump provides a stronger move to hit Steelix and Stakataka with and OHKOes Rhyperior and Alolan Marowak. A spread with maximum Attack investment and Icicle Crash can be run to hit Steel-types such as Cobalion and Metagross harder, but it misses out on powerful special coverage that Blizzard provides.
As a hail wallbreaker and sweeper, Arctozolt must always be run with a Snow Warning user. This means it can only fit on archetypes such as Aurora Veil teams with Vanilluxe and dedicated hail teams with Abomasnow, or else work with Choice Specs Vanilluxe as a semi-hail core. Aurora Veil teams should attempt to overwhelm the opponent with threatening setup sweepers such as Barbaracle, Linoone, Polteageist, and Quick Draw Galarian Slowbro, while full hail functions similarly, pairing Arctozolt with other hail wallbreakers like Arctovish and Nasty Plot + Weather Ball Thundurus.
Arctozolt is vulnerable to faster Choice Scarf users, particularly Mienshao, Darmanitan, and Zarude, so Pokemon that can switch into them or set up on them are necessary, like RestTalk Suicune and Noivern. It also needs Steel-types such as Cobalion and Metagross chipped, as they can take Bolt Beak from full HP. Weakening them can be achieved through Spikes from Pokemon like Klefki and Roserade. Teams with Vanilluxe + Arctozolt only need to be able to deal with sturdier Steel-types such as Registeel, which can wall both Pokemon easily. Fighting-types like Cobalion and Mienshao can deal with them. Finally, although less necessary on Aurora Veil teams, solid entry hazard control such as Starmie or Xatu on hail or Noivern and Togekiss on semi-hail is almost required on teams with Arctozolt, as they will always have two Ice-types extremely vulnerable to entry hazards.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith,410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[GoldCat, 359771], [phantom,180300]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro,331519]]
name: Mixed Hail Wallbreaker
move 1: Bolt Beak
move 2: Blizzard
move 3: Freeze Dry
move 4: Hydro Pump / Substitute
item: Life Orb
ability: Slush Rush
nature: Naive
evs: 108 Atk / 176 SpA / 224 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Under hail, Arctozolt is an immensely powerful and fast wallbreaker that outspeeds RU's most common Choice Scarf user in Xurkitree. Using Bolt Beak's incredibly high Base Power, Arctozolt is able to put immense pressure on any Pokemon it hits neutrally while threatening the rest with excellent Ice-type STAB coverage in Blizzard. The given EV spread allows Arctozolt to 2HKO Steelix with Blizzard after Stealth Rock and Hail damage, outspeed up to Choice Scarf Heracross, and maximize Bolt Beak's damage output, while a Naive nature allows it to switch into Flying-type Pokemon such as Crobat easier. Freeze-Dry nails Seismitoad and Gastrodon, which otherwise wall it, and eases prediction against teams with both Water- and Grass-types. Substitute similarly takes advantage of forced switches to ease prediction, but limited hail turns only make it useful on dedicated hail team. Otherwise, Hydro Pump provides a stronger move to hit Steelix and Stakataka with and OHKOes Rhyperior and Alolan Marowak. A spread with maximum Attack investment and Icicle Crash can be run to hit Steel-types such as Cobalion and Metagross harder, but it misses out on powerful special coverage that Blizzard provides.
As a hail wallbreaker and sweeper, Arctozolt must always be run with a Snow Warning user. This means it can only fit on archetypes such as Aurora Veil teams with Vanilluxe and dedicated hail teams with Abomasnow, or else work with Choice Specs Vanilluxe as a semi-hail core. Aurora Veil teams should attempt to overwhelm the opponent with threatening setup sweepers such as Barbaracle, Linoone, Polteageist, and Quick Draw Galarian Slowbro, while full hail functions similarly, pairing Arctozolt with other hail wallbreakers like Arctovish and Nasty Plot + Weather Ball Thundurus.
Arctozolt is vulnerable to faster Choice Scarf users, particularly Mienshao, Darmanitan, and Zarude, so Pokemon that can switch into them or set up on them are necessary, like RestTalk Suicune and Noivern. It also needs Steel-types such as Cobalion and Metagross chipped, as they can take Bolt Beak from full HP. Weakening them can be achieved through Spikes from Pokemon like Klefki and Roserade. Teams with Vanilluxe + Arctozolt only need to be able to deal with sturdier Steel-types such as Registeel, which can wall both Pokemon easily. Fighting-types like Cobalion and Mienshao can deal with them. Finally, although less necessary on Aurora Veil teams, solid entry hazard control such as Starmie or Xatu on hail or Noivern and Togekiss on semi-hail is almost required on teams with Arctozolt, as they will always have two Ice-types extremely vulnerable to entry hazards.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[zizalith,410251]]
- Quality checked by: [[GoldCat, 359771], [phantom,180300]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro,331519]]
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