[SET]
name: Bulk Up
move 1: Bulk Up
move 2: Drain Punch
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Rest
item: Leftovers
ability: Shed Skin
nature: Careful
evs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Poison
[SET COMMENTS]
Scrafty utilizes Bulk Up in conjunction with Rest, Shed Skin, and good natural bulk to become a strong setup sweeper that also provides valuable defensive utility as a special wall. Drain Punch and Knock Off are solid STAB moves that give it longevity, utility, and the ability to weaken Pokemon that like their items such as Gligar and Arcanine, all while forcing out special attackers like Galarian Slowbro and Delphox. Poison Jab is a fringe option that sees use mainly to hit Florges as it switches in, making it a shakier check; however, dropping one of Knock Off or Drain Punch can cause problems for Scrafty's ability to hit Ghost-types and its longevity, respectively, while dropping Rest means Scrafty lacks immediate recovery. Rest also synergizes well with Shed Skin, buffing Rest's recovery while giving it setup opportunites on status users like Bellibolt and Altaria, which is preferable to Intimidate. Tera Poison is mainly used for flipping Scrafty's otherwise horrible 4x Fairy weakness into a resistance, letting it set up on foes like Scream Tail and Grimmsnarl, as well as giving it a useful Fighting resistance for foes like Virizion and Flamigo. This is mainly a defensive Terastallization, though, and Scrafty is unable to properly threaten these Pokemon without outside support or some chip damage accrued beforehand.
Being a specially defensive Pokemon, Scrafty appreciates physically defensive bulwarks like Bellibolt and Galarian Slowbro that can also take on Flying- and Fighting-types like Staraptor, Flamigo, and Paldean Tauros-W for it. In return, Scrafty helps check strong special attackers like Delphox and Zoroark. Offensive partners like Staraptor and Decidueye can wear down shared checks like Mudsdale and Bombirdier for Scrafty, and in return, they appreciate Scrafty removing items from these checks. Florges also deserves a special mention, as every set can OHKO Scrafty before it Terastallizes, and Psychic Noise sets can hit Scrafty even after Terastallization, so checks like Galarian Slowbro and Alolan Sandslash to help deal with it are heavily appreciated.
[SET CREDITS]
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