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PUPL Champion
Nihilego @ Electrium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 24 Def / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sludge Wave
- Thunder
- Dazzling Gleam
- Stealth Rock
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 248 HP / 44 SpD / 216 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Facade
- Roost
- Swords Dance
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 24 Def / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sludge Wave
- Thunder
- Dazzling Gleam
- Stealth Rock
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 248 HP / 44 SpD / 216 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Facade
- Roost
- Swords Dance
Nihilego's versatility lets it threaten so many things on this team so I started off with a SR set that lures the Defogger in Emp with Electrium Z as well as Kommo-o with Dazzling Gleam and threatens things such as Sylveon and Moltres. Nihil has a weird speed tier and doesn't especially need to tie with other Nihilego so I just crept base 100s and tossed the rest in Def to take Pursuits a bit better. Aware of the fact that both Beedrill and Krookodile can revenge this, and potentially in Krook's case Pursuit trap it, I went with SD Gliscor in the second slot, taking advantage of the defensive core in Sylveon + Empoleon, as well as countering Beedrill and Krookodile. Moltres can threaten Gliscor pretty easily, but Nihilego is the best hard check to that mon in the game, so I wasn't really worried about it. Playing carefully around Krook, Nihilego + Gliscor can easily capitalize on both the dependence of Empoleon as a Defogger and reliance on Krook+Bee to revenge things.
tl;dr Nihilego lures Empoleon and Kommo-o and pressures the rest of the team with rocks and coverage. Gliscor sets up on 2 of the main revenge killers and can sweep
edit: the nihil set does have a suspiciously good matchup is not a cteam but something I've used before as it pressures basically every defogger in the tier besides gliscor
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