[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Knock Off
item: Choice Band
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Spd / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Mamoswine's bone chilling power, along with an amazing offensive typing, make Mamoswine an excellent wallbreaker in the metagame. Ice Shard gives Mamoswine very powerful priority that allows it to revenge kill faster offensive threats such as Hydreigon, Dragapult, and Venusaur under the sun after some prior damage. Knock Off is used to allow Mamoswine to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Rotom-H, Ferrothorn, and Rotom-W. If other Knock Off users such as Clefable and Ferrothorn are on Mamoswine's team, Stone Edge is a viable alternative to smack Rotom-H. A Jolly nature as it allows Mamoswine to outpace Jolly Dracovish and Necrozma, as well as speed tie with Togekiss and Chandelure. Adamant is a viable alternative however if these threats can be dealt with, as Adamants power boost can be very helpful, most notable against physically defensive Corviknight. Oblivious, while useful in preventing Intimidate from lowering Mamoswine's attack, is rather situational due to the lack of Intimidate users in the metagame. In addition, the only viable Intimidate users in the tier, Incineroar and Arcanine, lose to Mamoswine anyway. Thick Fat, on the other hand, improves Mamoswine's matchup against Rotom-H, as well as allowing it switch into Choice Specs Kyurem's Ice attacks in niche situations.
Late game cleaners such as Zeraora, Dragapult, and Excadrill can take advantage Mamoswine's ability to break through common defensive Pokemon such as Seismitoad and Rotom-H to clean up late game after Mamoswine leaves enough holes in the opponents team. Due to Mamoswine's decidedly average bulk and lack of useful resistances, it primarily relies on momentum via U-Turn or Volt Switch to get into battle. Pokemon that can get Mamoswine into battle against bulky Pokemon like Toxapex and Mandibuzz it can force out such as Dragapult, Corviknight, and Teleport Clefable make excellent partners. Mamoswine's poor speed tier means it is often forced out by faster offensive Pokemon such as Terrakion and Excadrill. Defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and the aforementioned Corviknight can pivot into threatening offensive Pokemon to protect Mamoswine. Lastly, Choice Specs Kyurem paired with Mamoswine form a devastating Ice-spam core that can quickly overwhelm Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Rotom-H.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Spoopy, 511359]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Icicle Crash
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Knock Off
item: Choice Band
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Spd / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Mamoswine's bone chilling power, along with an amazing offensive typing, make Mamoswine an excellent wallbreaker in the metagame. Ice Shard gives Mamoswine very powerful priority that allows it to revenge kill faster offensive threats such as Hydreigon, Dragapult, and Venusaur under the sun after some prior damage. Knock Off is used to allow Mamoswine to cripple defensive Pokemon such as Rotom-H, Ferrothorn, and Rotom-W. If other Knock Off users such as Clefable and Ferrothorn are on Mamoswine's team, Stone Edge is a viable alternative to smack Rotom-H. A Jolly nature as it allows Mamoswine to outpace Jolly Dracovish and Necrozma, as well as speed tie with Togekiss and Chandelure. Adamant is a viable alternative however if these threats can be dealt with, as Adamants power boost can be very helpful, most notable against physically defensive Corviknight. Oblivious, while useful in preventing Intimidate from lowering Mamoswine's attack, is rather situational due to the lack of Intimidate users in the metagame. In addition, the only viable Intimidate users in the tier, Incineroar and Arcanine, lose to Mamoswine anyway. Thick Fat, on the other hand, improves Mamoswine's matchup against Rotom-H, as well as allowing it switch into Choice Specs Kyurem's Ice attacks in niche situations.
Late game cleaners such as Zeraora, Dragapult, and Excadrill can take advantage Mamoswine's ability to break through common defensive Pokemon such as Seismitoad and Rotom-H to clean up late game after Mamoswine leaves enough holes in the opponents team. Due to Mamoswine's decidedly average bulk and lack of useful resistances, it primarily relies on momentum via U-Turn or Volt Switch to get into battle. Pokemon that can get Mamoswine into battle against bulky Pokemon like Toxapex and Mandibuzz it can force out such as Dragapult, Corviknight, and Teleport Clefable make excellent partners. Mamoswine's poor speed tier means it is often forced out by faster offensive Pokemon such as Terrakion and Excadrill. Defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and the aforementioned Corviknight can pivot into threatening offensive Pokemon to protect Mamoswine. Lastly, Choice Specs Kyurem paired with Mamoswine form a devastating Ice-spam core that can quickly overwhelm Ice-resistant Pokemon such as Rotom-H.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Spoopy, 511359]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jordy, 395754], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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