[SET]
name: Special Wallbreaker
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Dazzling Gleam
move 4: Trick / Destiny Bond
item: Choice Specs
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Gastly is powerful enough to threaten most slower targets, but being extremely frail makes it vulnerable to priority from bulky attackers like Machoke, Piloswine, and Thwackey. Gastly thus is best used breaking physical walls like Galarian Corsola and Tangela that are weak to its STAB attacks. Dazzling Gleam hits Dark- and Fighting-types, particularly Vullaby and Hakamo-o. Trick debilitates switch-ins to Gastly like Roselia, Klang, and Mareanie, while Destiny Bond takes advantage of its poor bulk to take down attackers like Machoke and Piloswine that it cannot OHKO. The immediate power of Choice Specs is usually preferred, although Life Orb is a consideration to avoid Pokemon with immunities to Gastly’s coverage like Porygon and Klang from switching in freely. Gastly opts for coverage like Energy Ball or Psychic here instead if the team relies on it to target threats like Palpitoad or the aforementioned Poison-types. A Timid nature hardly affects the scope of Gastly’s Speed tier, only relevantly netting it niche revenge kill opportunities against Adamant Raboot, Choice-locked Thwackey, and opposing Gastly at the cost of wallbreaking power.
Without any bulk to rely on in most cases, its best to preserve Gastly for safe switch-ins on the targets it prays on. This makes offensive pivots like Raboot, Thwackey, and Mienfoo great partners, as they bait in physical walls like Galarian Corsola and Tangela for Gastly to punish; the latter two additionally provide Knock Off support to soften up more targets like Vullaby and Koffing for Gastly to break. Sticky Web support from Charjabug broadens Gastly’s revenge kill opportunities to include faster threats like Galarian Linoone and Kadabra, and its Volt Switch makes it an additional pivot for Gastly to enjoy as well. Other slow pivots, such as Volt Switch Klang and Teleport Clefairy, can also bring Gastly in safely whilst covering for their Psychic- and Dark-type weaknesses, respectively. Tangela and Ferroseed are walls Gastly relies on as a defensive backbone once its threatened by faster or priority attackers like Galarian Linoone, Thwackey, and Piloswine. In return, Gastly’s immunities to Toxic and Fighting-type attacks grant it an opportunity for it to come in unscathed if its wall teammates are targeted by these moves.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Quality checked by: [[uhuhuhu7, 407249], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
name: Special Wallbreaker
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Sludge Wave
move 3: Dazzling Gleam
move 4: Trick / Destiny Bond
item: Choice Specs
ability: Levitate
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Gastly is powerful enough to threaten most slower targets, but being extremely frail makes it vulnerable to priority from bulky attackers like Machoke, Piloswine, and Thwackey. Gastly thus is best used breaking physical walls like Galarian Corsola and Tangela that are weak to its STAB attacks. Dazzling Gleam hits Dark- and Fighting-types, particularly Vullaby and Hakamo-o. Trick debilitates switch-ins to Gastly like Roselia, Klang, and Mareanie, while Destiny Bond takes advantage of its poor bulk to take down attackers like Machoke and Piloswine that it cannot OHKO. The immediate power of Choice Specs is usually preferred, although Life Orb is a consideration to avoid Pokemon with immunities to Gastly’s coverage like Porygon and Klang from switching in freely. Gastly opts for coverage like Energy Ball or Psychic here instead if the team relies on it to target threats like Palpitoad or the aforementioned Poison-types. A Timid nature hardly affects the scope of Gastly’s Speed tier, only relevantly netting it niche revenge kill opportunities against Adamant Raboot, Choice-locked Thwackey, and opposing Gastly at the cost of wallbreaking power.
Without any bulk to rely on in most cases, its best to preserve Gastly for safe switch-ins on the targets it prays on. This makes offensive pivots like Raboot, Thwackey, and Mienfoo great partners, as they bait in physical walls like Galarian Corsola and Tangela for Gastly to punish; the latter two additionally provide Knock Off support to soften up more targets like Vullaby and Koffing for Gastly to break. Sticky Web support from Charjabug broadens Gastly’s revenge kill opportunities to include faster threats like Galarian Linoone and Kadabra, and its Volt Switch makes it an additional pivot for Gastly to enjoy as well. Other slow pivots, such as Volt Switch Klang and Teleport Clefairy, can also bring Gastly in safely whilst covering for their Psychic- and Dark-type weaknesses, respectively. Tangela and Ferroseed are walls Gastly relies on as a defensive backbone once its threatened by faster or priority attackers like Galarian Linoone, Thwackey, and Piloswine. In return, Gastly’s immunities to Toxic and Fighting-type attacks grant it an opportunity for it to come in unscathed if its wall teammates are targeted by these moves.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Quality checked by: [[uhuhuhu7, 407249], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
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