OU Cloyster [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

Egor

Egor

[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Rock Blast
move 4: Ice Shard
item: King's Rock
ability: Skill Link
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Shell Smash turns Cloyster into a potent late-game cleaner, outpacing the entire unboosted metagame after one boost. Icicle Spear and Rock Blast synergize well with Skill Link and enable Cloyster to hit many relevant threats like Dragapult, Hydreigon, Corviknight, Clefable, and Rotom-H either super effectively or neutrally. Ice Shard helps Cloyster pick off weakened offensive threats even when unboosted and deal with faster Choice Scarf users like Dragapult and Hydreigon after Shell Smash. King's Rock capitalizes on Cloyster's ability Skill Link and multi-hit moves, granting them a big chance to flinch the target and allowing Cloyster to potentially overwhelm its checks like Toxapex, Aegislash, and Keldeo. A Jolly nature is preferred to outpace Choice Scarf Keldeo, Terrakion, Hydreigon, and Jirachi at +2, although an Adamant nature lets Cloyster OHKO Clefable most of the time as well as potentially 2HKO Toxapex after Stealth Rock. Cloyster generally should set up on passive Pokemon like Corviknight late-game, which is when its answers are severely weakened or removed.

Cloyster fits best on offensive teams that are capable of applying strong pressure on its answers and keep up the momentum. Pokemon like Dugtrio, Dragapult, Cinderace, and Excadrill can deal with the likes of Toxapex, Jirachi, and Keldeo, which Cloyster struggles with. Cloyster has a hard time finding setup opportunities, so on hyper offensive teams, Grimmsnarl is an especially notable ally because of its access to Reflect and Light Screen, giving Cloyster much more freedom in setting up. Entry hazards from setters like Excadrill and Mew soften up the opposition, opening a way for Cloyster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Egor, 439341]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [Ruft, 295110]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
 
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Egor said:
[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Rock Blast
move 4: Ice Shard
item: King's Rock
ability: Skill Link
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Shell Smash turns Cloyster into a potent late-game cleaner, outpacing the entire unboosted metagame after one boost. Icicle Spear and Rock Blast synergize well with Skill Link and enable Cloyster to hit many relevant threats like Dragapult, Hydreigon, Corviknight, and Clefable either super effectively or neutrally. Ice Shard helps Cloyster pick off weakened offensive threats even when unboosted or deal with faster Choice Scarf users like Dragapult and Hydreigon after Shell Smash. King's Rock capitalizes on Cloyster's Skill Link and multi-hit moves, granting them a big chance to flinch the target and allowing Cloyster to potentially overwhelm its checks like Toxapex, Aegislash, and Keldeo. Definitely talk about Ice Shard a little as well; it's not very intuitive why you'd run a priority move on a Speed-boosting sweeper like Cloyster. A Jolly nature is preferred to outpace Choice Scarf Hydreigon and Jirachi at +2, although an Adamant nature lets Cloyster OHKO Clefable most of the time as well as potentially 2HKO Toxapex after Stealth Rock. The main reason why you'd run a Jolly nature now is because of Choice Scarf Keldeo and Terrakion, those should definitely be mentioned. I would also like to see a tip that relates to when to set up with Cloyster.

Cloyster fits best on offensive teams that are capable of applying strong pressure on its answers and keep up the momentum. Pokemon like Dugtrio, Dragapult, and Excadrill can deal with the likes of Toxapex, Jirachi, and Keldeo, which Cloyster struggles with. Cloyster has a hard time finding setup opportunities, so on hyper offensive teams, Grimmsnarl is an especially notable ally to Cloyster because of its access to Reflect and Light Screen, giving Cloyster much more freedom in setting up. Entry hazards from setters like Excadrill and Mew soften up the opposition, opening up a way for Cloyster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Egor, 439341]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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Good job, 1/2.
 
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Egor said:
[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Rock Blast
move 4: Ice Shard
item: King's Rock
ability: Skill Link
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Shell Smash turns Cloyster into a potent late-game cleaner, outpacing the entire unboosted metagame after one boost. Icicle Spear and Rock Blast synergize well with Skill Link and enable Cloyster to hit many relevant threats like Dragapult, Hydreigon, Corviknight, and Clefable All of these are hit hardest by Icicle Spear, add a Rock Blast target like Rotom-H. either super effectively or neutrally. Ice Shard helps Cloyster pick off weakened offensive threats even when unboosted or deal with faster Choice Scarf users like Dragapult and Hydreigon after Shell Smash. King's Rock capitalizes on Cloyster's Skill Link and multi-hit moves, granting them a big chance to flinch the target and allowing Cloyster to potentially overwhelm its checks like Toxapex, Aegislash, and Keldeo. A Jolly nature is preferred to outpace Choice Scarf Keldeo, Terrakion, and Jirachi Add Hydreigon here too since +2 Adamant Ice Shard is still only a 2HKO. at +2, although an Adamant nature lets Cloyster OHKO Clefable most of the time as well as potentially 2HKO Toxapex after Stealth Rock. Cloyster generally should set up on passive Pokemon like Corviknight late-game, when its answers are severely weakened or removed.

Cloyster fits best on offensive teams that are capable of applying strong pressure on its answers and keep up the momentum. Pokemon like Dugtrio, Dragapult, and Excadrill can deal with the likes of Toxapex, Jirachi, and Keldeo, which Cloyster struggles with. You should also mention Cinderace since it can check the likes of Aegislash and Jirachi as well as remove Stealth Rock in a pinch. Cloyster has a hard time finding setup opportunities, so on hyper offensive teams, Grimmsnarl is an especially notable ally to Cloyster because of its access to Reflect and Light Screen, giving Cloyster much more freedom in setting up. Entry hazards from setters like Excadrill and Mew soften up the opposition, opening a way for Cloyster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Egor, 439341]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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Great job bud, 2/2.
 
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[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Rock Blast
move 4: Ice Shard
item: King's Rock
ability: Skill Link
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Shell Smash turns Cloyster into a potent late-game cleaner, outpacing the entire unboosted metagame after one boost. Icicle Spear and Rock Blast synergize well with Skill Link and enable Cloyster to hit many relevant threats like Dragapult, Hydreigon, Corviknight, Clefable, and Rotom-H either super effectively or neutrally. Ice Shard helps Cloyster pick off weakened offensive threats even when unboosted or and deal with faster Choice Scarf users like Dragapult and Hydreigon after Shell Smash. King's Rock capitalizes on Cloyster's ability Skill Link and multi-hit moves, granting them a big chance to flinch the target and allowing Cloyster to potentially overwhelm its checks like Toxapex, Aegislash, and Keldeo. A Jolly nature is preferred to outpace Choice Scarf Keldeo, Terrakion, Hydreigon, and Jirachi at +2, although an Adamant nature lets Cloyster OHKO Clefable most of the time as well as potentially 2HKO Toxapex after Stealth Rock. Cloyster generally should set up on passive Pokemon like Corviknight late-game, which is when its answers are severely weakened or removed.

Cloyster fits best on offensive teams that are capable of applying strong pressure on its answers and keep up the momentum. Pokemon like Dugtrio, Dragapult, Cinderace, and Excadrill can deal with the likes of Toxapex, Jirachi, and Keldeo, which Cloyster struggles with. Cloyster has a hard time finding setup opportunities, so on hyper offensive teams, Grimmsnarl is an especially notable ally because of its access to Reflect and Light Screen, giving Cloyster much more freedom in setting up. Entry hazards from setters like Excadrill and Mew soften up the opposition, opening a way for Cloyster.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Egor, 439341]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [Ruft, 295110]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
Good job, 1/1 :blobthumbsup:
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