Donphan is also a decent Spinner to use if you're using Tyranitar for Sandstream. It packs a pretty good punch, and Ice Shard is a decent attack.
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Sandstorm Teams: Concept and Development.
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my only hesitancy about using donphan is that i'm also using ttar and garchomp. (skarm/ttar/dusknoir/meta/garchomp/starm-kabuto-donphan).. if i go with donphan that will be another water weakness and a gyarados/starmie/slowbro would rip me a new one. however, i do know how good donphan is, not to mention that using him would give me a different stealth rock user, so i could free up a spot on my ttar.
and on a side note, i think it's really important for spinners to be fast. when they know it's your spinner that's out, they're gonna try to kill you before you can spin.
and on a side note, i think it's really important for spinners to be fast. when they know it's your spinner that's out, they're gonna try to kill you before you can spin.
Donphan makes a good spinner, but adding another pure-ground pokemon that's not otherwise exceptional in any way hurts your type coverage. SS teams aren't in as much need of a spinner anyways (though it's still a good idea to have one), since 2 of their main types resist SR.
Also, though it's already mentioned, Cradily makes an excellent special wall. It's weakness to ice isn't much of an issue, since there aren't many very strong special ice attackers that can do over 50% without boosting. Weakness to fighting is a bummer, though, as things like Focus Punching will still hurt it a lot. At least it resists explosion.
Also, though it's already mentioned, Cradily makes an excellent special wall. It's weakness to ice isn't much of an issue, since there aren't many very strong special ice attackers that can do over 50% without boosting. Weakness to fighting is a bummer, though, as things like Focus Punching will still hurt it a lot. At least it resists explosion.