Overview
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- Gets access to coveted Shell smash which boosts its Attack, Special Attack and Speed by two stages.
- Great abilities in Sturdy and Solid rock that allow it to set up more easily.
- Rock and Water have solid offensive synergy.
- Decent Sp.Atk which allows it to go mixed and lure its traditional checks.
- Has the typing, bulk and ability to check prominent types like flying, fire, normal & ice.
- Provides stealth rock and has the ability to deter common spinners and defoggers with its stabs.
- It's overly reliant on a lot of inaccurate moves like Stone Edge.
- Outsped by all common scarfers even after a boost.
- Faces stiff competition from Barbaracle, Huntail and Gorebyss for an offensive shell smasher.
- Susceptible to taunt and slow speed means its not a reliable setter for Stealth rock.
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name: Mixed Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Ice Beam
move 4: Stone Edge
ability: Sturdy
item: Weakness Policy
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
nature: Naive / Hasty
Moves
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- Shell smash boosts Attack, Special Attack and Speed by two stages making it a force to be reckoned with.
- Hydro Pump is a strong stab move that does more to physically defensive behemoths like Mega Steelix and Quagsire.
- Ice beam lures and kills Carracosta's usual counters like Tangela, Gourgeist and Virizion.
- Stone Edge hits Mantine, Jynx and Heliolisk who would shrug off its special attacks.
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