Kinetic
feeling the aster
[SET]
Choice Band (Weavile) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician / Sword of Ruin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Spear / Icicle Crash
- Beat Up / Knock Off
- Ice Shard
- Low Kick / Knock Off
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Weavile utilizes its excellent Attack and Speed alongside a nearly unresisted STAB combination to function as a deadly wallbreaker and sweeper. Technician Beat Up and Icicle Spear offer tremendous power, KOing Scream Tail with seven total hits of Icicle Spear, while Sword of Ruin is a more consistent option that still lets Weavile OHKO defensive Kommo-o and Zamazenta-C. Ice Shard picks off faster, frail foes like Hisuian Electrode, Choice Scarf Sandy Shocks, and Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, as well as chipped foes like Talonflame, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Walking Wake. Low Kick threatens Zamazenta-C, Heatran, and Kingambit, while Knock Off provides a reliable Dark-type STAB move once Beat Up is weakened. Weavile appreciates physically offensive teammates such as Galarian Zapdos, Ceruledge, and Ogerpon-H, which can pressure common switch-ins that it struggles to break through like Corviknight, Quaquaval, and Scream Tail while also boosting the power of its Beat Up on Technician sets. Weavile also appreciates special wallbreakers like Gengar and Walking Wake when using Sword of Ruin sets, as they can pressure its switch-ins while not decreasing the power of Beat Up. Weavile is frail and OHKOed by most Pokemon faster than it, so defensive teammates such as Corviknight, Great Tusk, and Manaphy are appreciated, with Corviknight and Great Tusk removing the entry hazards it is prone to being chipped down by. Pivots such as the aforementioned Corviknight and Manaphy as well as Zapdos and Empoleon are appreciated for their ability to safely bring in Weavile to pressure the foe. Fast cleaners such as Barraskewda and Azelf appreciate Weavile's ability to pressure many of their checks such as Kommo-o and Empoleon, respectively, allowing them to sweep late-game.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kinetic1000.552227/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gimmickyasitgets.540420/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ut.523866/
Grammar checked by:
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Choice Band (Weavile) @ Choice Band
Ability: Technician / Sword of Ruin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Icicle Spear / Icicle Crash
- Beat Up / Knock Off
- Ice Shard
- Low Kick / Knock Off
[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Band Weavile utilizes its excellent Attack and Speed alongside a nearly unresisted STAB combination to function as a deadly wallbreaker and sweeper. Technician Beat Up and Icicle Spear offer tremendous power, KOing Scream Tail with seven total hits of Icicle Spear, while Sword of Ruin is a more consistent option that still lets Weavile OHKO defensive Kommo-o and Zamazenta-C. Ice Shard picks off faster, frail foes like Hisuian Electrode, Choice Scarf Sandy Shocks, and Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, as well as chipped foes like Talonflame, Barraskewda, and Choice Scarf Walking Wake. Low Kick threatens Zamazenta-C, Heatran, and Kingambit, while Knock Off provides a reliable Dark-type STAB move once Beat Up is weakened. Weavile appreciates physically offensive teammates such as Galarian Zapdos, Ceruledge, and Ogerpon-H, which can pressure common switch-ins that it struggles to break through like Corviknight, Quaquaval, and Scream Tail while also boosting the power of its Beat Up on Technician sets. Weavile also appreciates special wallbreakers like Gengar and Walking Wake when using Sword of Ruin sets, as they can pressure its switch-ins while not decreasing the power of Beat Up. Weavile is frail and OHKOed by most Pokemon faster than it, so defensive teammates such as Corviknight, Great Tusk, and Manaphy are appreciated, with Corviknight and Great Tusk removing the entry hazards it is prone to being chipped down by. Pivots such as the aforementioned Corviknight and Manaphy as well as Zapdos and Empoleon are appreciated for their ability to safely bring in Weavile to pressure the foe. Fast cleaners such as Barraskewda and Azelf appreciate Weavile's ability to pressure many of their checks such as Kommo-o and Empoleon, respectively, allowing them to sweep late-game.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kinetic1000.552227/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gimmickyasitgets.540420/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ut.523866/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/wrathoftheleopard.511181/
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