[SET]
Gholdengo @ Choice Scarf
name: Choice Scarf (Steel)
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Trick
- Focus Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Gholdengo is a good Choice Scarf user on Steel teams due to its decent Speed, great Special Attack, and ability to take out Iron Valiant and Flutter Mane. Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB move and can take out Mamoswine and Choice Specs Hisuian Zoroark. Shadow Ball threatens Ghost-types like Choice Specs Dragapult and Spectrier, whereas Trick allows it to Choice-lock walls like Empoleon, Hisuian Goodra, and Corviknight. Focus Blast helps against Steel-, Dark-, and Normal-types like non-Choice Scarf Iron Treads, Choice Specs Greninja, and Ursaluna.
Skarmory is a great wall to pair with Gholdengo since it can set entry hazards with Spikes and check physical threats like Excadrill, Meowscarada, and Hisuian Samurott with Body Press. While Skarmory is also valuable due to its Ground Immunity, it appreciates Gholdengo's ability to absorb status moves for Skarmory with Good as Gold. Hisuian Goodra is a great special wall that is able to tank hits from Choice Specs users like Zapdos and Greninja, which Gholdengo appreciates. In return, Gholdengo takes out mixed attacker Iron Valiant for Hisuian Goodra. Heatran is essential for Steel teams due to its Fire immunity and is able to take out threats like Iron Moth and Volcarona with its powerful coverage. Heatran can also provide support with Stealth Rock to break Ceruledge's Focus Sash, which allows Gholdengo to remove it with ease. Iron Treads helps in the Steel mirror and Fire matchup by dealing with Hisuian Goodra, Ninetales, and Hisuian Arcanine. Iron Treads also provides support with Rapid Spin while also removing Landorus-I with Ice Spinner. Archaludon is a strong wall that provides Thunder Wave support to paralyze Pokemon that threaten Gholdengo like the Ogerpon formes, Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, and Dragonite. After using Swords Dance, Scizor takes out Belly Drum Azumarill and Ursaluna with Bullet Punch and Close Combat, respectively. Bisharp also makes a good pairing with Gholdengo as it can similarly use Swords Dance to take out checks to Gholdengo like Assault Vest Gallade and Hoopa-U. Both Scizor and Bisharp utilize Gholdengo's Trick to set up on Choice-locked Pokemon. All of Gholdengo's teammates appreciate its Fighting immunity and ability to take out the aforementioned Iron Valiant and Mamoswine.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/namranan.353292/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
Grammar checked by:
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Gholdengo @ Choice Scarf
name: Choice Scarf (Steel)
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Trick
- Focus Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Gholdengo is a good Choice Scarf user on Steel teams due to its decent Speed, great Special Attack, and ability to take out Iron Valiant and Flutter Mane. Make It Rain is Gholdengo's strongest STAB move and can take out Mamoswine and Choice Specs Hisuian Zoroark. Shadow Ball threatens Ghost-types like Choice Specs Dragapult and Spectrier, whereas Trick allows it to Choice-lock walls like Empoleon, Hisuian Goodra, and Corviknight. Focus Blast helps against Steel-, Dark-, and Normal-types like non-Choice Scarf Iron Treads, Choice Specs Greninja, and Ursaluna.
Skarmory is a great wall to pair with Gholdengo since it can set entry hazards with Spikes and check physical threats like Excadrill, Meowscarada, and Hisuian Samurott with Body Press. While Skarmory is also valuable due to its Ground Immunity, it appreciates Gholdengo's ability to absorb status moves for Skarmory with Good as Gold. Hisuian Goodra is a great special wall that is able to tank hits from Choice Specs users like Zapdos and Greninja, which Gholdengo appreciates. In return, Gholdengo takes out mixed attacker Iron Valiant for Hisuian Goodra. Heatran is essential for Steel teams due to its Fire immunity and is able to take out threats like Iron Moth and Volcarona with its powerful coverage. Heatran can also provide support with Stealth Rock to break Ceruledge's Focus Sash, which allows Gholdengo to remove it with ease. Iron Treads helps in the Steel mirror and Fire matchup by dealing with Hisuian Goodra, Ninetales, and Hisuian Arcanine. Iron Treads also provides support with Rapid Spin while also removing Landorus-I with Ice Spinner. Archaludon is a strong wall that provides Thunder Wave support to paralyze Pokemon that threaten Gholdengo like the Ogerpon formes, Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, and Dragonite. After using Swords Dance, Scizor takes out Belly Drum Azumarill and Ursaluna with Bullet Punch and Close Combat, respectively. Bisharp also makes a good pairing with Gholdengo as it can similarly use Swords Dance to take out checks to Gholdengo like Assault Vest Gallade and Hoopa-U. Both Scizor and Bisharp utilize Gholdengo's Trick to set up on Choice-locked Pokemon. All of Gholdengo's teammates appreciate its Fighting immunity and ability to take out the aforementioned Iron Valiant and Mamoswine.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/namranan.353292/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/boomp.637295/
Grammar checked by:
X
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