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Hisuian Samurott is one of the most prolific entry hazard setters in the tier with its signature move Ceaseless Edge, letting it both set Spikes and deal heavy damage thanks to its Sharpness ability. Hisuian Samurott also provides immense offensive pressure, as it is able to threaten hazard removers like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, and Cinderace with strong Water-type damage, making the Spikes it sets much harder to remove. In addition, Hisuian Samurott has an immense utility movepool, such as Knock Off, Encore, Taunt, and priority with either Sucker Punch or Aqua Jet. Its typing also lets it naturally check Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking, and Heatran, granting it an easier time finding entry to stack Spikes. Hisuian Samurott has immense customizability through its items. Assault Vest grants Hisuian Samurott the defensive prowess to stand up to special attackers like Gholdengo, Darkrai, and Choice Specs Dragapult, while Choice Scarf patches its somewhat subpar Speed to outspeed foes like Dragapult and Cinderace. Heavy-Duty Boots helps Hisuian Samurott in mirror matchups where multiple layers of Spikes can be set on both sides. Focus Sash makes it an amazing lead on hyper offense thanks to its solid matchups against entry hazard leads like Deoxys-S and Glimmora. Black Glasses alongside Swords Dance and Tera Dark makes Hisuian Samurott incredibly difficult to wall while also making it hard to revenge kill due to Sucker Punch. Hisuian Samurott, however, struggles with an average Speed tier and frailty without heavy investment, and it has difficulty handling certain hazard removers like Corviknight and especially Galarian Weezing. While Cinderace’s direct matchup against Hisuian Samurott is poor, it can still dissuade setting hazards via Court Change and force Hisuian Samurott to play more carefully. Moreover, Hisuian Samurott can be punished heavily by Fighting- and Fairy-types like Zamazenta, Iron Valiant, and Primarina, which can all switch in with minimal risk and threaten it.
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On teams that require more of its breaking power, Hisuian Samurott can afford to run Choice Band to increase the power of its moves, allowing it to 2HKO Raging Bolt with Ceaseless Edge, OHKO Great Tusk with Razor Shell, and OHKO uninvested Gholdengo with Sucker Punch. Lum Berry can be used on Swords Dance sets to cure status effects such as Moltres's Will-O-Wisp and Pecharunt's Malignant Chain. Black Glasses sets can forgo Swords Dance in exchange for another attack; with Tera Dark, these sets are incredibly hard for checks like Alomomola, Corviknight, and Dondozo to handle long-term with Knock Off while still keeping Sucker Punch as priority. Mystic Water can be used on Swords Dance sets alongside Aqua Jet, which at +2 can outright OHKO faster foes like Cinderace. Mixed attacking sets with Surf or Hydro Pump can bypass Glimmora's Toxic Debris as well as hit Great Tusk and Galarian Weezing harder. Tera Ground can be used to give Hisuian Samurott a better matchup against Electric-types like Raging Bolt and Zapdos while blocking Volt Switch from Iron Crown.
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Hisuian Samurott is one of the most prolific entry hazard setters in the tier with its signature move Ceaseless Edge, letting it both set Spikes and deal heavy damage thanks to its Sharpness ability. Hisuian Samurott also provides immense offensive pressure, as it is able to threaten hazard removers like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, and Cinderace with strong Water-type damage, making the Spikes it sets much harder to remove. In addition, Hisuian Samurott has an immense utility movepool, such as Knock Off, Encore, Taunt, and priority with either Sucker Punch or Aqua Jet. Its typing also lets it naturally check Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking, and Heatran, granting it an easier time finding entry to stack Spikes. Hisuian Samurott has immense customizability through its items. Assault Vest grants Hisuian Samurott the defensive prowess to stand up to special attackers like Gholdengo, Darkrai, and Choice Specs Dragapult, while Choice Scarf patches its somewhat subpar Speed to outspeed foes like Dragapult and Cinderace. Heavy-Duty Boots helps Hisuian Samurott in mirror matchups where multiple layers of Spikes can be set on both sides. Focus Sash makes it an amazing lead on hyper offense thanks to its solid matchups against entry hazard leads like Deoxys-S and Glimmora. Black Glasses alongside Swords Dance and Tera Dark makes Hisuian Samurott incredibly difficult to wall while also making it hard to revenge kill due to Sucker Punch. Hisuian Samurott, however, struggles with an average Speed tier and frailty without heavy investment, and it has difficulty handling certain hazard removers like Corviknight and especially Galarian Weezing. While Cinderace’s direct matchup against Hisuian Samurott is poor, it can still dissuade setting hazards via Court Change and force Hisuian Samurott to play more carefully. Moreover, Hisuian Samurott can be punished heavily by Fighting- and Fairy-types like Zamazenta, Iron Valiant, and Primarina, which can all switch in with minimal risk and threaten it.
Other Options
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On teams that require more of its breaking power, Hisuian Samurott can afford to run Choice Band to increase the power of its moves, allowing it to 2HKO Raging Bolt with Ceaseless Edge, OHKO Great Tusk with Razor Shell, and OHKO uninvested Gholdengo with Sucker Punch. Lum Berry can be used on Swords Dance sets to cure status effects such as Moltres's Will-O-Wisp and Pecharunt's Malignant Chain. Black Glasses sets can forgo Swords Dance in exchange for another attack; with Tera Dark, these sets are incredibly hard for checks like Alomomola, Corviknight, and Dondozo to handle long-term with Knock Off while still keeping Sucker Punch as priority. Mystic Water can be used on Swords Dance sets alongside Aqua Jet, which at +2 can outright OHKO faster foes like Cinderace. Mixed attacking sets with Surf or Hydro Pump can bypass Glimmora's Toxic Debris as well as hit Great Tusk and Galarian Weezing harder. Tera Ground can be used to give Hisuian Samurott a better matchup against Electric-types like Raging Bolt and Zapdos while blocking Volt Switch from Iron Crown.
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