ZU Galarian Stunfisk [done]

[Tuthur]

[SET]
name: Special Wall
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide / Stone Edge
move 4: Curse / Yawn / Foul Play
item: Leftovers
ability: Mimicry
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Stunfisk is a great Stealth Rock setter in the metagame thanks to its high HP stat, solid defensive stats, and great defensive typing that lets it wall threats such as Rotom formes and Frosmoth. Stone Edge and Rock Slide hits Pokemon such as Cramorant, Articuno, Frosmoth, and the aforementioned Rotom formes; Rock Slide is more consistent and preferred due to its higher accuracy and PP, while Stone Edge is mainly used to OHKO Centiskorch. Curse turns Galarian Stunfisk into a threatening late-game cleaner while also making up for its passivity. Yawn forces switches from Pokemon that wall Galarian Stunfisk, such as Uxie, Tangela, and Audino. Foul Play deals significant damage to Swords Dance users such as Silvally formes.

Galarian Stunfisk is a decent pick on balance and stall teams thanks to it compressing the role of an Electric immunity, Stealth Rock setter, and special wall. Bulky Water-types such as Cramorant, Jellicent, and Wishiwashi are great partners to Galarian Stunfisk, as they can take on Water-types such as Basculin and Poliwrath, which threaten Galarian Stunfisk, while also benefitting from Galarian Stunfisk's Electric immunity. Grass-types are also great partners to cover Galarian Stunfisk's weaknesses, with Appletun covering its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fire, while Gourgeist-S and Trevenant cover its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fighting. Uxie can also work as a partner, as it is resistant to Fighting and immune to Ground. Spikes stacking teams also appreciate Galarian Stunfisk's ability to force switches with Yawn, with Spikes setters such as Qwilfish and Garbodor also covering Galarian Stunfisk's weakness to Fighting.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Snap Trap traps and chips down targets while synergizing with Yawn to inflict foes with sleep. However, having one of these moves reduces Galarian Stunfisk's coverage and utility in other areas and leaves it unable to deal with Substitute + Nasty Plot Rotom formes; they should only been used in specific situations. Thunder Wave cripples and forces out faster foes like Kangaskhan and Silvally formes; however, it leaves Stunfisk Galarian unable to punish Ground-types. Protect allows Galarian Stunfisk to gain more recovery from Leftovers and lets it scout Choice item users such as Sawk and Rotom. Rest is also used as a recovery option, but it is considerably niche and only fits on select teams. Rest is best used when paired with Heal Bell support from Audino or Altaria on stall teams.

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**Water-types**: Water-types such as Basculin, Cramorant, and Wishiwashi handle Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves.

**Ground-types**: Ground-types such as Rhydon, Piloswine, and Silvally-Gound force out Galarian Stunfisk out, with the former two using that opportunity to set up Stealth Rock and the latter setting up with Swords Dance.

**Fighting-type Pokemon and Coverage**: Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves, while Cofagrigus can set up with Iron Defense and KO it with Body Press.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types such as Centiskorch, Ninetales, and Rapidash threaten Galarian Stunfisk, although they cannot safely switch in due to Galarian Stunfisk's Rock / Ground coverage.

**Strong Wallbreakers**: While Galarian Stunfisk does have great bulk, it can easily get overwhelmed by strong setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Shiftry, Silvally-Ground, Silvally-Ghost, and Iron Defense Cofagrigus.

**Item Removal**: Pokemon such as Knock Off Uxie and Trick Rotom can remove Galarian Stunfisk's main form of recovery in Leftovers, limiting its effectiveness as a special wall.

**Spikes**: Spikes chips down Galarian Stunfisk over time, limiting its switch-ins and effectiveness as a special wall.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135], [Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [5gen, 296755]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990]]

 

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Steel Fish

[SET]
name: Special Wall
move 1: Stealth Rocks
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide / Stone Edge
move 4: Curse / Yawn / Foul Play
item: Leftovers
ability: Mimicry
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Stunfisk is a great Stealth Rock user setter in the metagame thanks to its high HP stat, solid defensive stats, and a great defensive typing that lets it wall threats such as Rotom formes and Frosmoth. Stone Edge and Rock Slide are used to hits Pokemon such as Cramorant, Articuno, Frosmoth, and the aforementioned Rotom formes; Rock Slide is more consistent and preferred due to its higher accuracy and PP, while Stone Edge is mainly used to OHKO Centiskorch. Curse turns Galarian Stunfisk into a threatening late-(AH)game cleaner,(RC) while also making up for its passivity. Yawn is used to forces switches from Pokemon that wall Galarian Stunfisk,(AC) such as Uxie, Tangela, and Audino. Foul Play can be used in order to deals significant damage to Pokemon that have set up a Swords Dance Swords Dance users such as the Silvally formes.

Galarian Stunfisk is an average a decent pick on balance and stall teams thanks to it compressing the role of an Electric immunity, Stealth Rock setter, and special wall. Bulky Water-types such as Cramorant, Jellicent, and Wishiwashi are great partners to Galarian Stunfisk, as they can take on Water-types such as Basculin and Poliwrath,(AC) that which threaten Galarian Stunfisk,(AC) while also benefitting from Galarian Stunfisk's Electric immunity. Grass-types are also great partners to cover Galarian Stunfisk's weaknesses, with Appletun covering its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fire, while Gourgeist-S and Trevenant cover its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fighting. Uxie can also work as a partner, as it is resistant to Fighting and immune to Ground. Spikes stacking teams can also appreciate Galarian Stunfisk's ability to force switches with Yawn, with Spikes setters such as Qwilfish and Garbodor also covering Galarian Stunfisk's weakness to Fighting.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Snap Trap is used to trap and chipstargets down while working in conjunction with Yawn to inflict sleep. Snap Trap traps and chips down targets while synergizing with Yawn to inflict foes with sleep. However, having one of these moves reduces Galarian Stunfisk's coverage and utility in other areas and leaves it unable to deal with Substitute + Nasty Plot Rotom formes; they should only been used if the team has a good reason to need these moves in specific situations. Thunder Wave lets Galarian Stunfisk cripples and threaten forces out faster foes like Kangaskhan and Silvally formes;(comma to semicolon) however,(AC) it leaves Stunfisk Galarian unable to punish Ground-types. Protect allows Galarian Stunfisk to gain more recovery from Leftovers and lets it scout Choice item users such as Sawk and Rotom. Rest is also used as a recovery option, but it is considerably niche and only fits on select teams. Rest is best used when paired with Heal Bell support from Audino or Altaria on stall teams.

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**Water-types**: Water-types such as Basculin, Cramorant, and Wishiwashi can threaten handle Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves.

**Ground-types**: Ground-types such as Rhydon, Piloswine, and Silvally-Gound can threaten force out Galarian Stunfisk out, with the former two using that opportunity to set up Stealth Rock and the later latter setting up with Swords Dance.

**Fighting-types and Fighting Coverage Fighting-type Pokemon and Coverage**: Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves, while Cofagrigus can set up with Iron Defense and KO it with Body Press.

**Fire-types**: Fire-types such as Centiskorch, Ninetales, and Rapidash can threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves, although they cannot safely switch in due to Galarian Stunfisk's Rock / Ground coverage.

**Strong Wallbreakers**: While Galarian Stunfisk does have great bulk, it can easily get overwhelmed by strong setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Shiftry, Silvally-Ground, Silvally-Ghost, and Iron Defense Cofagrigus.

**Item Removal**: Losing its Leftovers removes Galarian Stunfisk's main form of recovery, unless it is running rest, limiting its effectiveness as a special wall. Pokemon such as Knock Off Uxie and Trick Rotom are the ones to watch out for. Pokemon such as Knock Off Uxie and Trick Rotom can remove Galarian Stunfisk's main form of recovery in Leftovers, limiting its effectiveness as a special wall.

**Spikes**: Spikes can chips down Galarian Stunfisk over time, limiting its number of switch-(AH)ins and effectiveness as a special wall.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135], [Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [5gen, 296755]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990], [username2, userid2]]

Consider this recheck as GP 1/1.

 

[Tuthur]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/stunfisk-galar/zu/