[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Dual Wingbeat
move 4: Protect
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Speed Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 232 HP / 252 Atk / 24 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Ninjask holds a unique niche in NU as a set up sweeper that can snowball incredibly quickly thanks to the combination of Swords Dance and Speed Boost. Additionally, a fast and strong U-turn gives Ninjask mid-game utility as an offensive pivot. Protect lets Ninjask activate Speed Boost safely to outrun Choice Scarf users. Running no item and Acrobatics over Dual Wingbeat is an option to give Ninjask more powerful and reliable Flying-type STAB, but forgoing Heavy-Duty Boots leaves Ninjask with a crippling 4x weakness to the omnipresent Stealth Rock, greatly limiting its ability to pivot. The EV spread allows Ninjask to outrun Alolan Persian while maximizing its bulk, making it harder to revenge kill via priority like Gourgeist-S's Shadow Sneak.
Bulky Pokemon that resist Ninjask's STAB moves, like Garbodor, Weezing, and Galarian Stunfisk, are the biggest thorns in Ninjask's side, as it lacks a way to break through them. Therefore, wallbreakers that can break through these Pokemon, such as Nasty Plot Toxicroak, Basculin, and Golurk, make for excellent partners. In return, Ninjask can bring them onto the field safely with U-turn, allowing them to wallbreak more effectively. Other pivots form a strong VoltTurn core with Ninjask, keeping up offensive momentum. Silvally formes, Wishiwashi, and Basculin are all effective as pivots, while the later two particularly appreciate Ninjask threatening Eldegoss. Lastly, as Ninjask's typing is lackluster defensively, bulky Pokemon like Eldegoss, Cofagrigus, and Sandaconda should be used to pick up its defensive slack.
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- Written by: [[SpacialRendevous, 483285]]
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name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Dual Wingbeat
move 4: Protect
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Speed Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 232 HP / 252 Atk / 24 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Ninjask holds a unique niche in NU as a set up sweeper that can snowball incredibly quickly thanks to the combination of Swords Dance and Speed Boost. Additionally, a fast and strong U-turn gives Ninjask mid-game utility as an offensive pivot. Protect lets Ninjask activate Speed Boost safely to outrun Choice Scarf users. Running no item and Acrobatics over Dual Wingbeat is an option to give Ninjask more powerful and reliable Flying-type STAB, but forgoing Heavy-Duty Boots leaves Ninjask with a crippling 4x weakness to the omnipresent Stealth Rock, greatly limiting its ability to pivot. The EV spread allows Ninjask to outrun Alolan Persian while maximizing its bulk, making it harder to revenge kill via priority like Gourgeist-S's Shadow Sneak.
Bulky Pokemon that resist Ninjask's STAB moves, like Garbodor, Weezing, and Galarian Stunfisk, are the biggest thorns in Ninjask's side, as it lacks a way to break through them. Therefore, wallbreakers that can break through these Pokemon, such as Nasty Plot Toxicroak, Basculin, and Golurk, make for excellent partners. In return, Ninjask can bring them onto the field safely with U-turn, allowing them to wallbreak more effectively. Other pivots form a strong VoltTurn core with Ninjask, keeping up offensive momentum. Silvally formes, Wishiwashi, and Basculin are all effective as pivots, while the later two particularly appreciate Ninjask threatening Eldegoss. Lastly, as Ninjask's typing is lackluster defensively, bulky Pokemon like Eldegoss, Cofagrigus, and Sandaconda should be used to pick up its defensive slack.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[SpacialRendevous, 483285]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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