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LC Sandshrew-Alola

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Sandshrew-Alola @ Eviolite
Ability: Slush Rush
Level: 5
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 36 HP / 236 Atk / 36 Def / 196 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Triple Axel
- Earthquake
- Rapid Spin
- Ice Shard

Alolan Sandshrew rushes to victory! With solid natural bulk, and attack backed up by a great move pool, Alolan Sandshrew can serve as excellent offensive threat and Rapid Spin user for teams. Triple Axel cleans through Grass- and Ground-types such as Fongus and Trapinch. Earthquakes targets Ice resists like Mareanie, Tinkatink, and Chinchou. Ice Shard can deal with faster threats that Sandshrew may otherwise struggle with like Toedscool and Doduo. Tera Fairy turns its crippling Fighting weakness into a resistance along with disabling its Fire one enabling it stay in and handle Mienfoo and Heat Wave Vullaby. Snover serves as an excellent compliment to Alolan Sandshrew by providing Snow through Snow Warning allowing to Sandshrew to comfortably outspeed and check Alolan Diglett and Vullaby without needing to use its Tera or Rapid Spin in advance along with Snover checking Shellos. Wingull enjoys Sandshrew removing Stealth Rock with Rapid Spin and in return can check Fire-types such as Non Choice Scarf Hisuian Growlithe and Numel safely.
 
The main use case of Ice Shard is for nasty plot vullaby, and doduo isn’t a meta relevant mon. Just mention plot vull instead of it and later on if you wanna keep the dig mention ice shard can KO it after it takes some chip. Would also remove the lsentence featuring shellos it’s not a common mon

Snow also isn’t a common strategy in LC snowshrew is more of this on its own kinda mon. You can mention foo as a good partner as foo invites in foongus which ashrew teams match up quite well into due to the lack of ice resists and triple axel killing it.

Rest looks good, qc 1/1
 
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