[SET]
Piloswine @ Choice Band
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe OR 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- High Horsepower
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its insane Attack and amazing movepool, Choice Band Piloswine is one of the deadliest wallbreakers and revenge killers of the metagame. High Horsepower is the preferred move under Thwackey's Grassy Terrain, while Earthquake serves as a more consistent option outside of it. Ice Shard picks off foes like Fraxure, Gabite, and low-HP Girafarig. 124 Speed EVs ensure Piloswine outspeeds Quaxwell without Speed investment. Maximum Attack and Speed investment can also be used to not risk Speed tier shenanigans.
Piloswine fits on bulky offense and balance teams. It is best paired with entry hazard setters like Tinkatuff, Frogadier, and Koffing to relentlessly pressure foes like Quaxwell and wallbreak as effectively as possible. Tinkatuff and Koffing also act as Knock Off absorbers, aiding Piloswine in keeping its Choice Band, and they also check Grass-types like Thwackey, Ivysaur, and Servine. Tinkatuff can also try to steal Quaxwell's Eviolite with Pickpocket, invalidating it as a potential Piloswine answer. Monferno and Pignite provide Knock Off support and offensively pressure Misdreavus + Quaxwell structures Piloswine may face some difficulty against. Special stallbreakers and wallbreakers such as Misdreavus and Choice Specs Girafarig can work in tandem with Piloswine to absolutely dismantle opposing defensive cores with Pokemon like Quaxwell, Misdreavus, Ivysaur, Tinkatuff, and Dunsparce. Piloswine is vulnerable to Will-O-Wisp from Misdreavus, so Girafarig is an especially noteworthy partner, along with Pokemon like Dunsparce, Vigoroth, and previously mentioned Fire-types, all of which can absorb burns and check Misdreavus. Thwackey and Ivysaur check pesky Water-types that check Piloswine, namely Frogadier, Wartortle, and Quaxwell, while also providing Knock Off support and, in Thwackey's case, passive recovery. In return, Piloswine handles Tinkatuff and Vullaby for them. Piloswine likes taking as little chip damage as possible, so hazard control options such as Quaxwell, Wartortle, and Vullaby are appreciated. Fraxure can take advantage of the holes Piloswine blows into opposing teams to set up and sweep. Servine is also an excellent partner for similar reasons and aids Piloswine by checking Water-types and providing Glare support, potentially mitigating its issue of having mediocre Speed. Pikachu also checks Water-types and provides Volt Switch support to Piloswine, bringing it in on forced switches and enabling its wallbreaking.
[SET CREDITS]
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Piloswine @ Choice Band
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 132 HP / 252 Atk / 124 Spe OR 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- High Horsepower
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Earthquake
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its insane Attack and amazing movepool, Choice Band Piloswine is one of the deadliest wallbreakers and revenge killers of the metagame. High Horsepower is the preferred move under Thwackey's Grassy Terrain, while Earthquake serves as a more consistent option outside of it. Ice Shard picks off foes like Fraxure, Gabite, and low-HP Girafarig. 124 Speed EVs ensure Piloswine outspeeds Quaxwell without Speed investment. Maximum Attack and Speed investment can also be used to not risk Speed tier shenanigans.
Piloswine fits on bulky offense and balance teams. It is best paired with entry hazard setters like Tinkatuff, Frogadier, and Koffing to relentlessly pressure foes like Quaxwell and wallbreak as effectively as possible. Tinkatuff and Koffing also act as Knock Off absorbers, aiding Piloswine in keeping its Choice Band, and they also check Grass-types like Thwackey, Ivysaur, and Servine. Tinkatuff can also try to steal Quaxwell's Eviolite with Pickpocket, invalidating it as a potential Piloswine answer. Monferno and Pignite provide Knock Off support and offensively pressure Misdreavus + Quaxwell structures Piloswine may face some difficulty against. Special stallbreakers and wallbreakers such as Misdreavus and Choice Specs Girafarig can work in tandem with Piloswine to absolutely dismantle opposing defensive cores with Pokemon like Quaxwell, Misdreavus, Ivysaur, Tinkatuff, and Dunsparce. Piloswine is vulnerable to Will-O-Wisp from Misdreavus, so Girafarig is an especially noteworthy partner, along with Pokemon like Dunsparce, Vigoroth, and previously mentioned Fire-types, all of which can absorb burns and check Misdreavus. Thwackey and Ivysaur check pesky Water-types that check Piloswine, namely Frogadier, Wartortle, and Quaxwell, while also providing Knock Off support and, in Thwackey's case, passive recovery. In return, Piloswine handles Tinkatuff and Vullaby for them. Piloswine likes taking as little chip damage as possible, so hazard control options such as Quaxwell, Wartortle, and Vullaby are appreciated. Fraxure can take advantage of the holes Piloswine blows into opposing teams to set up and sweep. Servine is also an excellent partner for similar reasons and aids Piloswine by checking Water-types and providing Glare support, potentially mitigating its issue of having mediocre Speed. Pikachu also checks Water-types and provides Volt Switch support to Piloswine, bringing it in on forced switches and enabling its wallbreaking.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zastra.558636/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/5dots.543866/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/mirbro.451786/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-blue-banana.649096/
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