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[SET]
name: Fur Coat Wall
move 1: Earth Power
move 2: Spectral Thief / Scald
move 3: Recover
move 4: Teleport / Anchor Shot / Scald
item: Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
ability: Fur Coat
nature: Relaxed
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
A great defensive typing along with Fur Coat helps Seismitoad check some of the strongest physical attackers in the metagame, like Zacian-C, Zekrom, and Galarian Darmanitan-Z. A Relaxed nature is used to maximize physical bulk and ensures that Seismitoad is not 2HKOed by attacks like Choice Band Intrepid Sword V-create from Galarian Darmanitan-Z after Stealth Rock. Despite the nature, maximum Speed investment is ideal so Seismitoad can steal Speed boosts and outspeed base 90 Pokemon at +1 and Zacian-C at +2. Leftovers provides passive recovery to keep Seismitoad healthy and avoid potential 2HKOs. Rocky Helmet is an alternative that provides useful chip damage to attackers using contact moves, limiting the number of times they can come in. Earth Power is a spammable STAB move because Ground-resistant Pokemon are not common, and it notably 2HKOes Melmetal. Spectral Thief steals foes' stat boosts and keeps Seismitoad from being overpowered by setup attackers like Poison Heal Zekrom. Scald is a secondary STAB move that is also spammable thanks to its high burn chance. Teleport is a great pivot move that allows Seismitoad to gain momentum while the foe switches out. Anchor Shot is an alternative move that traps and removes opposing Imposter users and can become Max Steelspike while Dynamaxed to provide a useful Defense boost in a pinch.
Special walls like Zamazenta-C and Poison Heal Snorlax are great teammates for Seismitoad, as they help check special attackers that threaten it like Refrigerate Kyurem-W and Choice Specs Lunala. Physical attackers like Choice Band Galarian Darmanitan-Z and Zeraora also pair nicely with Seismitoad because it checks Zacian-C, which outspeeds and beats both of them. Seismitoad can also serve as a check against Imposter users of these attackers, depending on the coverage moves chosen. Seismitoad's typing gives it an exploitable 4x weakness to Grass-type attacks, so Imposter users like Wobbuffet are useful teammates to scout for lure sets like Power Whip Zeraora and Solar Blade Darmanitan-Galar-Zen. Seismitoad can use Teleport to safely pivot into teammates like the aforementioned Choice Band wallbreakers and Imposter users. If it's running Anchor Shot, Seismitoad does not need to worry about opposing Imposter users taking advantage of its set and healing up for free. If it's running Teleport, teammates like Poison Heal Snorlax or Kyurem-W can come in on and Imposter of Seismitoad and gain momentum with a slow pivot or force it out with the threat of powerful attacks.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[a loser, 410702]]
- Quality checked by: [[MAMP, 225453], [Chessking345, 355040]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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