[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. A single Shell Smash and a potential Weak Armor boost not only allow Polteageist to outspeed essentially the entire metagame but also crank up Stored Power to remarkable levels under the Terrain to threaten most foes, including bulky neutral targets like Gliscor; Garganacl; Tornadus-T; and even Blissey, which Polteageist beats one-on-one if it only carries Seismic Toss. Tera Fighting lets Polteageist cover otherwise problematic Dark-types like Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, Darkrai, and Ting-Lu with Tera Blast, and the defensive typing grants it setup opportunities and prevents 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 a Modest nature is preferred, but Timid can be used to let +2 Polteageist outspeed foes like Deoxys-S and +1 Iron Treads and Walking Wake.
Polteageist is exclusively used on hyper offense teams, specifically Psychic Terrain variants. As such, Indeedee-M is a must-have partner due to Psychic Surge, as the Terrain boosts Stored Power further and crucially protects Polteageist from being picked off by priority moves from foes like Kingambit, Ceruledge, and Raging Bolt once Focus Sash is consumed. Indeedee-M'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. Similarly, the nicher Hawlucha is a Fighting-type alternative that can take advantage of the Psychic Terrain itself with Psychic Seed + Unburden, giving the team an even better matchup against offensive teams. Strong and even multiple forms of hazard control are necessary to preserve Poltegeist's Focus Sash, with the likes of Iron Treads, Great Tusk, Cinderace, and Hatterene being fit for the job. Polteageist can also be used as a niche option on dual screens hyper offense teams, as it takes advantage of Reflect + Light Screen from common setters like Deoxys-S and can still be easily paired with common threats on said structure, like the aforementioned Zamazenta and Dragonite.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/marnie.493260/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/heatranator.647728/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kd458.633798/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-blue-banana.649096/
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. A single Shell Smash and a potential Weak Armor boost not only allow Polteageist to outspeed essentially the entire metagame but also crank up Stored Power to remarkable levels under the Terrain to threaten most foes, including bulky neutral targets like Gliscor; Garganacl; Tornadus-T; and even Blissey, which Polteageist beats one-on-one if it only carries Seismic Toss. Tera Fighting lets Polteageist cover otherwise problematic Dark-types like Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, Darkrai, and Ting-Lu with Tera Blast, and the defensive typing grants it setup opportunities and prevents 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 a Modest nature is preferred, but Timid can be used to let +2 Polteageist outspeed foes like Deoxys-S and +1 Iron Treads and Walking Wake.
Polteageist is exclusively used on hyper offense teams, specifically Psychic Terrain variants. As such, Indeedee-M is a must-have partner due to Psychic Surge, as the Terrain boosts Stored Power further and crucially protects Polteageist from being picked off by priority moves from foes like Kingambit, Ceruledge, and Raging Bolt once Focus Sash is consumed. Indeedee-M'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. Similarly, the nicher Hawlucha is a Fighting-type alternative that can take advantage of the Psychic Terrain itself with Psychic Seed + Unburden, giving the team an even better matchup against offensive teams. Strong and even multiple forms of hazard control are necessary to preserve Poltegeist's Focus Sash, with the likes of Iron Treads, Great Tusk, Cinderace, and Hatterene being fit for the job. Polteageist can also be used as a niche option on dual screens hyper offense teams, as it takes advantage of Reflect + Light Screen from common setters like Deoxys-S and can still be easily paired with common threats on said structure, like the aforementioned Zamazenta and Dragonite.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/marnie.493260/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/heatranator.647728/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/kd458.633798/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/a-blue-banana.649096/
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