[SET]
name: Super Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Rock Blast / Tera Blast
item: Focus Sash / King's Rock
ability: Skill Link
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Ice / Fire / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Shell Smash and Skill Link more than make up for Cloyster's weak Attack stat, making it a formidable sweeper that Focus Sash and Mimikyu can't easily stop.
* Ice Shard may seem like overkill, but it helps for not only picking off weakened threats, but getting around priority attacks from Breloom, Dragapult, and Meowscarada.
* Rock Blast is Closyer's best shot at dealing with the many Tera Fires that will attempt to deal with Icicle Spear.
Tera Types
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* **Ice-type**: The increased damage from Tera Ice makes it very difficult for Pokemon to wall Cloyster without resisting it, with even Corviknight getting OHKOed by +2 Adamant Icicle Spear after Stealth Rock damage.
* **Fire-type**: While boosted Tera Blast actually does less damage to Corviknight than Tera Ice Icicle Spear, Tera Fire otherwise helps Cloyster muscle past Steel-types it traditionally struggles to beat, such as Scizor.
* **Ghost-type**: Since Cloyster will often be at extremely low health after Shell Smash, Tera Ghost helps it avoid getting revenge killed by Breloom's Mach Punch. It also provides coverage against Gholdengo with Tera Blast.
* **Normal-type**: Tera Normal offers no offensive benefits to Cloyster, but it does prevent Mimikyu from revenge killing it with Shadow Sneak.
Items
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* **Focus Sash**: Considering Cloyster's paper thin Special Defense, Focus Sash gives Cloyster by far the most set up opportunities.
* **King's Rock**: King's Rock is a risky option for making Cloyster difficult to set up, but it does give Icicle Spear a 41% chance of flinching.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[DerpySuX, 528485], [StarkGod, 62165], [Butch Hardnight, 265677]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
name: Super Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Icicle Spear
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Rock Blast / Tera Blast
item: Focus Sash / King's Rock
ability: Skill Link
nature: Adamant / Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Ice / Fire / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Shell Smash and Skill Link more than make up for Cloyster's weak Attack stat, making it a formidable sweeper that Focus Sash and Mimikyu can't easily stop.
* Ice Shard may seem like overkill, but it helps for not only picking off weakened threats, but getting around priority attacks from Breloom, Dragapult, and Meowscarada.
* Rock Blast is Closyer's best shot at dealing with the many Tera Fires that will attempt to deal with Icicle Spear.
Tera Types
========
* **Ice-type**: The increased damage from Tera Ice makes it very difficult for Pokemon to wall Cloyster without resisting it, with even Corviknight getting OHKOed by +2 Adamant Icicle Spear after Stealth Rock damage.
* **Fire-type**: While boosted Tera Blast actually does less damage to Corviknight than Tera Ice Icicle Spear, Tera Fire otherwise helps Cloyster muscle past Steel-types it traditionally struggles to beat, such as Scizor.
* **Ghost-type**: Since Cloyster will often be at extremely low health after Shell Smash, Tera Ghost helps it avoid getting revenge killed by Breloom's Mach Punch. It also provides coverage against Gholdengo with Tera Blast.
* **Normal-type**: Tera Normal offers no offensive benefits to Cloyster, but it does prevent Mimikyu from revenge killing it with Shadow Sneak.
Items
========
* **Focus Sash**: Considering Cloyster's paper thin Special Defense, Focus Sash gives Cloyster by far the most set up opportunities.
* **King's Rock**: King's Rock is a risky option for making Cloyster difficult to set up, but it does give Icicle Spear a 41% chance of flinching.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[DerpySuX, 528485], [StarkGod, 62165], [Butch Hardnight, 265677]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
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