Palossand @ Colbur Berry / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Water Compaction
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock / Toxic
- Shadow Ball
- Earth Power
- Shore Up
I shore hope you like a good physical wall, since that's just what Palossand provides for the ZU metagame! Common physical attackers like Klinklang, Sawk, and Lycanroc-D are unable to break past Palossand, so Palossand uses these matchups as opportunities to recover health and set up Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Toxic works for punishing switch-ins like Tangela and Articuno. Colbur Berry lets Palossand check Skuntank and Morpeko better, as well as deafening the blow from Sawk and Gurdurr's Knock Off. Rocky Helmet punishes contact-based attackers like Klinklang and Kangaskhan. Palossand's status vulnerability means it needs help from teammates like Silvally-Poison, Clefairy, and Heal Bell Miltank to combat opposing Toxic attempts. Dark-types like Silvally-Dark and Alolan Persian work well to punish the Ghost-types that Palossand is forced out by, like Rotom and Gourgeist-S. Articuno is a great teammate for checking Grass-types and special wallbreakers while Palossand functions as a switch-in to Klinklang, Rapidash, and Lycanroc-D.
Ability: Water Compaction
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Stealth Rock / Toxic
- Shadow Ball
- Earth Power
- Shore Up
I shore hope you like a good physical wall, since that's just what Palossand provides for the ZU metagame! Common physical attackers like Klinklang, Sawk, and Lycanroc-D are unable to break past Palossand, so Palossand uses these matchups as opportunities to recover health and set up Stealth Rock. Alternatively, Toxic works for punishing switch-ins like Tangela and Articuno. Colbur Berry lets Palossand check Skuntank and Morpeko better, as well as deafening the blow from Sawk and Gurdurr's Knock Off. Rocky Helmet punishes contact-based attackers like Klinklang and Kangaskhan. Palossand's status vulnerability means it needs help from teammates like Silvally-Poison, Clefairy, and Heal Bell Miltank to combat opposing Toxic attempts. Dark-types like Silvally-Dark and Alolan Persian work well to punish the Ghost-types that Palossand is forced out by, like Rotom and Gourgeist-S. Articuno is a great teammate for checking Grass-types and special wallbreakers while Palossand functions as a switch-in to Klinklang, Rapidash, and Lycanroc-D.
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