LC Grimer

[churine]

[OVERVIEW]
Even though Grimer's Poison typing and Sticky Hold ability let it switch in on Fighting-types, as it resists their STAB attacks and does not risk losing its item, Trubbish does the same thing but better because of its higher Speed, access to entry hazards in Spikes, and repeated Berry Juice recovery with Recycle. Other bulky Poison-types like Foongus and Mareanie use their secondary typings to not completely fall flat to Diglett and pivot effectively with Regenerator, respectively. Lastly, Alolan Grimer completely outshadows Grimer as a bulky Poison-type because of its Poison / Dark typing, granting only one weakness and having exclusive access to moves like Knock Off and Pursuit to effectively trap Abra and Gastly.

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Gunk Shot
move 2: Fire Punch
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Thief / Memento
item: Berry Juice
ability: Sticky Hold
nature: Brave
evs: 36 HP / 196 Atk / 196 Def / 36 SpA / 36 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Grimer should switch in on Fighting-types, as it resists their STAB attacks and won't lose its item to Knock Off due to Sticky Hold, and then try hit hard with Gunk Shot or use its other moves when predicting certain Pokemon switching in. However, Grimer's low Speed and weaknesses to common types leave it vulnerable to being trapped by Diglett, making it hard to function. This leaves Grimer outclassed by Trubbish, as its greater Speed lets it perform Grimer's job more effectively, and it can set up Spikes or keep restoring its HP repeatedly with Recycle and Berry Juice.

 

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Amcheck

OVERVIEW
Looks good, maybe mention that Trubbish can take on Pawniard better than Grimer

SET
Make it Brave nature, and run 36 SpA EVs so Giga Drain OHKOs Onix

SET COMMENTS
Looks good

 

[churine]

Amcheck

OVERVIEW
Looks good, maybe mention that Trubbish can take on Pawniard better than Grimer

SET
Make it Brave nature, and run 36 SpA EVs so Giga Drain OHKOs Onix

SET COMMENTS
Looks good

a brave nature with 36 spa evs makes no difference to the damage output versus a weak armor onix

0- SpA Grimer Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 76 SpD Eviolite Onix: 16-20 (80 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
36 SpA Grimer Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 76 SpD Eviolite Onix: 16-20 (80 - 100%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO

a 9 spa grimer deals 95% minimum to sturdyjuice onix, and since sturdy avoids ohkos, the slightest chip damage will let grimer kill onix anyways. this means i dont have to speed tie with ferroseed and foongus since nature and spa investment doesnt really matter vs onix.

e: solid rock tirtouga seems to be on the rise and the brave nature lets grimer 2hko it so im gonna put it as a slash now

 

[gali]

overview: mention that trubbish is way faster than grimer. also mention other bulky poison-types such as mareanie and foongus that can somewhat deal with diglett somewhere in here as well. alolan grimer isn't honestly a good comparison to regular grimer since they do completely different things; i'd consider removing it but you don't have to since the comparison is so obvious.

set: slash thief over memento imo; it provides marginally more utility and works well with berry juice

set comments: talk about thief in here. also mention onix with tirt.

1/2

 

[Nineage]

[OVERVIEW]

• Id mention that Foongus and Marinara also have secondary typings that grant them more useful resistances.
• Mention why pursuit is helpful (to trap the likes of Gastly and Abra)

[SET COMMENTS]

• Please condense the description of the set (honestly the first sentence is probably fine on its own, but if you feel other info is REALLY important try and squish it in there).
• I'd add in here that it often will fail to perform its job because it is slow and has several common weaknesses
• Keep the final sentence as your closer

Good work, 2/2

 

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[OVERVIEW]
Even though Grimer's Poison-type Poison typing and Sticky Hold ability let it switch in on Fighting-types, resisting as it resists their STAB attacks and does not risk losing its item, Trubbish does the same thing but better because of its higher Speed, access to entry hazards in Spikes, and repeated Berry Juice recovery with Recycle. Other bulky Poison-types like Foongus and Mareanie use their secondary typings to not completely fall flat to Diglett and pivot effectively with Regenerator, (AC) respectively. Lastly, Grimer's Alolan brethren Alolan Grimer completely outshadows it Grimer as a bulky Poison-type because of its Poison/Dark Poison / Dark typing, granting only one weakness and having exclusive access to moves like Knock Off and Pursuit to effectively trap Abra and Gastly.

[SET]
name: Tank
move 1: Gunk Shot
move 2: Fire Punch
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Thief / Memento
item: Berry Juice
ability: Sticky Hold
nature: Brave
evs: 36 HP / 196 Atk / 196 Def / 36 SpA / 36 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Grimer should switch in on Fighting-types, (AC) as it resists them their STAB attacks and won't lose its item to Knock Off due to Sticky Hold, and then try hit hard with Gunk Shot or use its other moves when predicting certain Pokemon switching in. However, Grimer's low Speed and weaknesses to common types leave it vulnerable to Pokemon such as (?) Diglett and make it hard to function. This leaves it Grimer outclassed by Trubbish, as its greater Speed let lets it perform Grimer's job more effectively, while also being able to and it can set up Spikes or keep restoring its HP repeatedly with Recycled Recycle and Berry Juice.

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[churine]

done