Tapler
Coral Bitch
Set 1 - Draugelid
Stats: 75 / 90 / 50 / 55 / 75 / 65 [BST: 410]
Type:
Abilities: Adaptability / Slush Rush / Technician
Notable Moves: Bonemerang, Ice Shard, Icicle Crash, Poltergeist, Rock Tomb, Shadow Bone, Shadow Sneak, Spikes, Switcheroo, Swords Dance, Triple Axel
Set 3 - Refluse
Stats: 51 / 139 / 66 / 78 / 66 / 110 [BST: 510]
Type:
Abilities: Compound Eyes / Insomnia / Corrosion
Notable Moves: Fell Stinger, Focus Blast, Gunk Shot, Hone Claws, Leech Life, Megahorn, Protect, Spirit Shackle, Sticky Web, Substitute, Taunt, Toxic, Toxic Spikes
Stats: 75 / 90 / 50 / 55 / 75 / 65 [BST: 410]
Type:
Abilities: Adaptability / Slush Rush / Technician
Notable Moves: Bonemerang, Ice Shard, Icicle Crash, Poltergeist, Rock Tomb, Shadow Bone, Shadow Sneak, Spikes, Switcheroo, Swords Dance, Triple Axel
Ally Switch, Astonish, Bite, Blizzard, Body Slam, Bonemerang, Bone Rush, Brick Break, Confide, Confuse Ray, Copycat, Curse, Dark Pulse, Destiny Bond, Dig, Disable, Dream Eater, Echoed Voice, Endeavor, False Swipe, Fling, Freeze-Dry, Frost Breath, Giga Impact, Growl, Grudge, Hail, Haze, Hex, Hone Claws, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Ice Fang, Ice Shard, Icicle Crash, Icy Wind, Lash Out, Mist, Night Shade, Night Slash, Perish Song, Phantom Force, Poltergeist, Psych Up, Rain Dance, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Scary Face, Scratch, Screech, Shadow Ball, Shadow Bone, Shadow Claw, Shadow Sneak, Sheer Cold, Slash, Snarl, Spikes, Spite, Switcheroo, Swords Dance, Thief, Thrash, Throat Chop, Torment, Triple Axel, Uproar, Weather Ball + All Universal TMs and TRs, except Rest
I don’t know the Restrictions meta all too well, but from what I’ve seen in replays, bulkier teams are incredibly common, so here’s a mon to throw a wrench into that. Draugelid is a Crawdaunt-inspired breaker, in that it hits ungodly hard before or after an SD and has very few consistent switchins (bulky Polbearab and Modolith), but struggles to switch in itself due to its low speed tier and frailty. Boots are the obvious item and allow it to play the “force a switch to set a Spike” game quite well, but Life Orb and Band are potent as well, allowing for an unboosted 2HKO on even physically defensive Faerenheit and Borassa with Technician Bonemerang and Triple Axel respectively. The final thing this mon has going for it is strong priority, with Tech/Adapt Ice Shard or Shadow Sneak allowing it to retain some usefulness against offensive builds rather than it just beating fat.
Set 3 - Refluse
Stats: 51 / 139 / 66 / 78 / 66 / 110 [BST: 510]
Type:
Abilities: Compound Eyes / Insomnia / Corrosion
Notable Moves: Fell Stinger, Focus Blast, Gunk Shot, Hone Claws, Leech Life, Megahorn, Protect, Spirit Shackle, Sticky Web, Substitute, Taunt, Toxic, Toxic Spikes
Absorb, Acid, Acid Spray, Astonish, Body Slam, Bounce, Bug Bite, Bug Buzz, Clear Smog, Confusion, Cross Poison, Dig, Double-Edge, Dream Eater, Electroweb, Embargo, Fell Stinger, Focus Blast, Fury Cutter, Gastro Acid, Giga Drain, Giga Impact, Gunk Shot, Hex, Hone Claws, Hyper Beam, Infestation, Leech Life, Lunge, Mean Look, Megahorn, Night Shade, Payback, Poison Fang, Poison Jab, Poison Sting, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Skitter Smack, Slash, Sludge Bomb, Spirit Shackle, Spite, Sticky Web, String Shot, Struggle Bug, Swagger, Taunt, Thief, Toxic, Toxic Spikes, Toxic Thread, Venom Drench, Venoshock, Wide Guard, X-Scissor + All Universal TMs and TRs
Refluse is a fairly versatile Bug that can play in one of three ways. The first is as a suicide lead with Sticky Web, playing the Ribombee to Snailord’s Shuckle. The second is as a dedicated Corrosion abuser with Black Sludge and Protect + Sub + Toxic, Salazzle style, which is further aided by Leech Life to keep it healthy or Spirit Shackle to trap mons and force them to take repeated poison damage. This isn’t broken, as most walls in the meta carry either a super-effective move or pivoting, meaning that they won’t be stuck with Refluse long-term if played well. The final and flagship set for Refluse is offensive. Megahorn and Gunk Shot hit really hard, but form a poor STAB combination, and that’s where Spirit Shackle comes into play. Alongside STAB, it makes for perfect coverage against everything but Modolith, and also traps mons to make predictions easier and force status chip. Offensive sets can also carry a very strong tool to cripple switchins in Corrosion Toxic, though if you don’t want to take advantage of it, you can instead opt for Compound Eyes to ensure your moves connect, opening up the fourth moveslot for options like Fell Stinger for setup, Focus Blast as tech for Modolith, or your entry hazard of choice.
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