[SET]
Offensive Shell Smash (Polteageist) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest / Timid Nature
- Shell Smash
- Shadow Ball
- Stored Power
- Tera Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Polteageist makes use of Shell Smash, Terastallization, and its coverage options to carve a small niche in the tier as a setup sweeper on a highly niche playstyle, Psychic Terrain hyper offense. With a single Shell Smash and potentially Weak Armor boost, these not only allow it to outspeed essentially the entire metagame but crank up Stored Power to remarkable levels under the terrain to threaten most of the metagame at large, including bulky neutral targets like Gliscor, Garganacl, Tornadus-T, and even Blissey, beating it one-on-one if it only carries Seismic Toss. Tera Blast Fighting covers otherwise problematic Dark-types like Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, Darkrai, and Ting-Lu, with the defensive typing also granting it setup opportunities and preventing revenge killing attempts from them, particularly with Sucker Punch. Focus Sash compensates for its pitiful bulk to gain the one free turn of boosting that it desperately needs. The power from Modest is preferred, but Timid can be used to outspeed foes like Deoxys-S and +1 Iron Treads and Walking Wake at +2.
Polteageist is exclusively used on hyper offense teams, specifically Psychic Terrain variants. As such, Indeedee is a must-have partner due to Psychic Surge, as the terrain boosts Stored Power further and crucially protects it from being picked off by priority moves from foes like Kingambit, Ceruledge, and Raging Bolt once Focus Sash is consumed. Indeedee's Healing Wish also provides extra opportunities to set up. Offensive Psychic-types like Iron Crown and Deoxys-S take advantage of the terrain themselves to keep up the pressure against the opposition, even overwhelming shared checks like Ting-Lu, Hoopa-U, and Assault Vest Hisuian Samurott for Polteageist. Iron Crown has the added benefit of checking Booster Energy Iron Valiant, which can otherwise still outspeed and threaten a boosted Polteageist. Other offensive Pokemon like Dragonite, Hisuian Samurott, and Zamazenta provide the team with a much-needed defensive backbone against opposing offense on top of being big threats themselves; Dragonite can check Rillaboom, Booster Energy Iron Moth, and Terastallized Ogerpon, which can easily revenge kill a boosted Polteageist, with Rillaboom also capable of messing with the team's terrain; Hisuian Samurott checks Darkrai and Ghost-types like Gholdengo and Dragapult while also providing valuable entry hazards; and Zamazenta checks and threatens Dark-types and Tera Dark users like Kingambit, Blissey, and Clodsire that can prove problematic. Strong and even multiple entry hazard control is necessary to preserve Poltegeist's Focus Sash, with the likes of Iron Treads, Great Tusk, Cinderace, and Hatterene being fit for the job.
[SET CREDITS]
Offensive Shell Smash (Polteageist) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest / Timid Nature
- Shell Smash
- Shadow Ball
- Stored Power
- Tera Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Polteageist makes use of Shell Smash, Terastallization, and its coverage options to carve a small niche in the tier as a setup sweeper on a highly niche playstyle, Psychic Terrain hyper offense. With a single Shell Smash and potentially Weak Armor boost, these not only allow it to outspeed essentially the entire metagame but crank up Stored Power to remarkable levels under the terrain to threaten most of the metagame at large, including bulky neutral targets like Gliscor, Garganacl, Tornadus-T, and even Blissey, beating it one-on-one if it only carries Seismic Toss. Tera Blast Fighting covers otherwise problematic Dark-types like Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, Darkrai, and Ting-Lu, with the defensive typing also granting it setup opportunities and preventing revenge killing attempts from them, particularly with Sucker Punch. Focus Sash compensates for its pitiful bulk to gain the one free turn of boosting that it desperately needs. The power from Modest is preferred, but Timid can be used to outspeed foes like Deoxys-S and +1 Iron Treads and Walking Wake at +2.
Polteageist is exclusively used on hyper offense teams, specifically Psychic Terrain variants. As such, Indeedee is a must-have partner due to Psychic Surge, as the terrain boosts Stored Power further and crucially protects it from being picked off by priority moves from foes like Kingambit, Ceruledge, and Raging Bolt once Focus Sash is consumed. Indeedee's Healing Wish also provides extra opportunities to set up. Offensive Psychic-types like Iron Crown and Deoxys-S take advantage of the terrain themselves to keep up the pressure against the opposition, even overwhelming shared checks like Ting-Lu, Hoopa-U, and Assault Vest Hisuian Samurott for Polteageist. Iron Crown has the added benefit of checking Booster Energy Iron Valiant, which can otherwise still outspeed and threaten a boosted Polteageist. Other offensive Pokemon like Dragonite, Hisuian Samurott, and Zamazenta provide the team with a much-needed defensive backbone against opposing offense on top of being big threats themselves; Dragonite can check Rillaboom, Booster Energy Iron Moth, and Terastallized Ogerpon, which can easily revenge kill a boosted Polteageist, with Rillaboom also capable of messing with the team's terrain; Hisuian Samurott checks Darkrai and Ghost-types like Gholdengo and Dragapult while also providing valuable entry hazards; and Zamazenta checks and threatens Dark-types and Tera Dark users like Kingambit, Blissey, and Clodsire that can prove problematic. Strong and even multiple entry hazard control is necessary to preserve Poltegeist's Focus Sash, with the likes of Iron Treads, Great Tusk, Cinderace, and Hatterene being fit for the job.
[SET CREDITS]
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