[Over
view]
<p> With excellent physical defense,
Ghost-typing, as well as access to Will-O-Wisp, Duskull is one of the premier walls in the Little Cup environment.
While he makes a great wall in Little Cup, (Repetitive) Duskull still has a few shortcomings
though, namely his small
HP stat and lack of strong
attacks. </p>
[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Return / Ice Beam
move 4: Pain Split
item: Oran Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Relaxed
evs: 196 HP / 116 Atk / 36 Def / 116 SpD
[Set Comments]
<p> Duskull’s main job is to check a plethora of physical sweepers with ease in the Little Cup environment. With access to Will-O-Wisp, as well as a semi-reliable recovery move, Duskull can be extremely hard to take down.
Will-O-Wisp is one of the reasons Duskull is such a premiere wall in Little Cup. (Repetitive) With Will-O-Wisp, Duskull can shut down physical attackers
like such as Gligar, Munchlax, Aron,
and Krabby
, and many more physical sweepers. Shadow Sneak helps revenge
kill things like Gastly, as well as hitting many Pokemon for neutral damage. Return may look odd on such a weak Pokemon, but it prevents things like Carvanha and Houndour from setting up Substitutes on Duskull. Ice Beam can be used over Return if you want the quick KO on Gligar, but Return and
burn damage can
also whittle
it Gligar down, thus making Ice Beam the inferior choice. Pain Split is necessary on this set to keep Duskull healthy and ready to wall physical attackers when needed. </p>
[Additional Comments]
<p> The
EVs (No apostrophe necessary) on this set give Duskull as much overall Defense as possible, while dumping the
remaining EV's rest in his Attack stat. When using Ice Beam,
and an extra 36
EVs in Duskull’s Special Attack will increase it by one point. </p>
<p> Duskull is best paired with Pokemon that can cover his weaknesses. For example, Munchlax makes an excellent partner because it can switch into
special
attacking
(Only capitalise when referring to the stat) threats like Houndour with ease.
On the contrary Conversely, Duskull can switch into
physical attacking threats that Munchlax dislikes. </p>
[SET]
name: Lead
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Shadow Sneak
move 3: Shadow Ball
move 4: Hidden Power Fire
item: Oran Berry
ability: Levitate
nature: Quiet
ivs: 30 Atk / 30 SpA / 30 Spe
evs: 196 HP / 40 Atk / 36 Def / 200 SpA / 36 SpD
[Set Comments]
<p>
While On paper, Duskull doesn’t seem like it could work well as a lead.
But with access to Will-O-Wisp, priority, and coverage moves, Duskull can make an effective anti-lead.</p>
<p> Duskull excels against many common leads in Little Cup,
including Snover, Aipom, Diglett, Chimchar, and Machop. With the usage of Hidden Power Fire, Snover can be removed early from the match, which can be extremely beneficial to many teams. With a combination of Will-O-Wisp and
Duskull's coverage moves, he has an easy
team time taking care of the aforementioned leads. Duskull also has midgame utility,
as he is able to com
e in
to the game and burn
ing the threats to your team. </p>
[Additional Comments]
<p> While Duskull does beat many common leads, it does have its shortcomings. Houndour and
Ponyta, for example, can switch in on two of Duskull’s Fire-type moves and either KO Duskull, or hit the switch-in extremely hard with a boosted STAB move. Kabuto also has a favorable matchup against Duskull, setting up Stealth
Rock, as well as
KOing Duskull with any move followed by Aqua Jet. </p>
[Team Options]
<p> As stated earlier, Duskull and Munchlax form an amazing
defensive combo, with Duskull walling
physical threats, and Munchlax walling
special threats. Anything that can check Carvanha and Houndour is also necessary. Croagunk, for example, can revenge
kill both of them with a
super
effective Vacuum Wave. Special
attackers like Gastly also enjoy the fact that Duskull can cripple Munchlax and Gligar, allowing Gastly an easier sweep. </p>
[Optional Changes]
<p> On the Support set, Trick Room with 0
IVs in Speed can be used to great success. Confuse Ray can annoy opponents, but
then users of Substitute can easily set up on Duskull. Apart from that, Duskull has an extremely shallow movepool. A Hidden Power of choice can be used to lure specific Pokemon your team has trouble with, but Duskull has weak
attacking stats, so it won’t be hitting hard. </p>
[Counters]
<p> Duskulls biggest counters are easily Fire-types,
like such as Growlithe, Houndour, Magby, and Ponyta. They are all immune to
burn damage and can easily dispose of Duskull with boosted STAB moves. Wynaut can also remove Duskull from the match by either Encoring a support move, or using Counter as Duskull uses Shadow Sneak. Substitute users like Carvanha can also scare Duskull out and set up a free Substitute. </p>
