Is walking talking Venus Flytrap
Overview
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Bulky Attacker
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name: Bulky Attacker
move 1: Play Rough
move 2: Sucker Punch
move 3: Iron Head / Substitute / Swords Dance
move 4: Protect
ability: Intimidate / Hyper Cutter
item: Mawilite
EVs: 252 HP / 180 Atk / 40 Def / 36 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Nature: Brave
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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Other Options
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Checks & Counters
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**Offensive Typing Advantage**: Pokemon such as Landorus-Therian and Heatran can hit very hard with their STABS. Heatran can switch in on either STAB, and can take a Sucker Punch, while Landorus-Therian can switch in on Iron head or Sucker Punch. Steel types can wall it or set up on Mawile. Mega Charizard y and sun teams in general can easily KO Mawile.
**Attack Control**: Pokemon with Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate users such as Rotom-W and Landorus-Therian are good switch-ins to Mawile. Keep in mind, that burn only cancels out Huge Power, so Mawile's attack will still hit with the force of 105 base Attack. Gyarados is a good intimidating check. Faster users of substitute can play around Sucker Punch and set up for free.
Overview
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- Mega Mawile has an already decent 105 attack coupled with the ability Huge Power, making it the hardest hitting Pokemon in the game.
- Has the useful ability intimidate before Mega Evolution to soften physical blows
- Has two good STABs in Play Rough and Iron Head, and strong priority in Sucker Punch
- Works very well in Trick Room due to low speed, but works well out of it also.
- Decent defenses overall help it take hits.
- Threatened by the many gr ound and fire attacks
- Has great defensive typing, with 9 resistances and two immunities.
- Horrendous stats prior to Mega Evolution
- Hyper Cutter is mildly useful before mega evolving
Bulky Attacker
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name: Bulky Attacker
move 1: Play Rough
move 2: Sucker Punch
move 3: Iron Head / Substitute / Swords Dance
move 4: Protect
ability: Intimidate / Hyper Cutter
item: Mawilite
EVs: 252 HP / 180 Atk / 40 Def / 36 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Nature: Brave
Moves
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- Play Rough is a powerful, decently accurate STAB which decimates dragon, Fighting, and Dark types.
- Sucker Punch is useful for picking off weakened Pokemon that might be faster (or slower in Trick room).
- Iron Head is a secondary STAB that hits other fairies, rock, and ice types hard.
- Protect is a very useful move in doubles, as it lets Mawile's partner attack while moves targetting Mawile will fail.
Set Details
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- A faster set with 252 HP / 164 Atk / 92 Spe with 31 Spe IVs and an Adamant nature can be used to outspeed Pokemon such as 0 Spe Tyranitar and Scrafty out side of Trick Room.
- This set can be used on Trick Room teams and on faster offensive teams to check Trick Room.
- Choice Specs Rotom-W's Hydro Pump, Heatran's Heat Wave, LO Garchomp's Earthquake, and-1 CB Talonflame's Flare Blitz are all survived with this spread.
Usage Tips
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- The purpose of the set is to remove Pokemon that threaten Mawile's team.
- There are two ways to play Mawile, don't Mega Evolve it immediately and switch in and out to activate Intimidate, saving it until the right conditions, or save Mawile till the end so it can sweep, in which case Hyper Cutter is the better ability. The second way is more of a secondary option and is done best when Trick Room is up and all checks and counters are weakened / removed.
- Get Trick Room up, helps a lot
- Really hard to switch into Mawile, even intimidate users take lots of damage switching in on a neutral attack
- Try to remove Intimidaters and Burning opponents early
- Timing protect well is useful, because Mawile will often be double targeted.
- Don't use protect too much under trick room, however
Team Options
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- This set works best on Trick room teams or offensive teams looking for a check to Trick room teams.
- Wide Guard support is useful, because the most common ground and fire-type moves, Heat Wave and Earthquake, are spread moves.
- Thunder wave and other Forms of speed control is good support for Mawile.
- Bulky water types and rain teams in general such as Gyarados and Suicune are good partners because they easily remove or force out ground and fire types, while Mawile can switch into grass type moves.
- Feint users such as Hitmontop are helpful to breaking protect.
- Trick Room setters such as Jellicent and Cresselia have good synergy.
Other Options
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- Fire Fang is an option for hitting Steel-types super effectively.
- Brick Break could hit Pokemon like Heatran.
- Swords Dance is a good set-up move, but Mawile hits hard enough and needs all its attacks to sweep.
- Ice Punch could be useful for Landorus-Therian, a common switch-in.
- Substitute is useful to block status and get free turns.
- Outside of these, Mawile has a small useable movepool without many other options.
Checks & Counters
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**Offensive Typing Advantage**: Pokemon such as Landorus-Therian and Heatran can hit very hard with their STABS. Heatran can switch in on either STAB, and can take a Sucker Punch, while Landorus-Therian can switch in on Iron head or Sucker Punch. Steel types can wall it or set up on Mawile. Mega Charizard y and sun teams in general can easily KO Mawile.
**Attack Control**: Pokemon with Will-O-Wisp and Intimidate users such as Rotom-W and Landorus-Therian are good switch-ins to Mawile. Keep in mind, that burn only cancels out Huge Power, so Mawile's attack will still hit with the force of 105 base Attack. Gyarados is a good intimidating check. Faster users of substitute can play around Sucker Punch and set up for free.
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