[SET]
name: Physical Cleaner
move 1: Waterfall
move 2: Crunch
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Speed Boost
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Sharpedo's Speed Boost, good coverage, and nice offensive stats and typing make it a threatening late-game cleaner that Choice Scarf users are often unable to revenge kill. Close Combat covers threats such as Zarude, Cobalion, and Registeel. Protect is needed to activate Speed Boost safely. It also foils attempts by Golisopod to KO Sharpedo with First Impression. Waterfall is preferred over Liquidation, because Liquidation does not achieve any notable KOs that Waterfall doesn't, and the flinch chance is largely more useful than Liquidation's chance to drop Defense given Sharpedo's need to avoid taking damage at all costs. A Life Orb is required to give Sharpedo maximum damage output while still allowing it to switch moves. An Adamant nature also helps Sharpedo hit as hard as possible, but it does mean that +1 Sharpedo is outrun by Choice Scarf Heracross and Choice Scarf Xurkitree, so these threats should be accounted for before committing to a Sharpedo sweep.
Sharpedo is best utilized with entry hazard stacking offense or hyper offense teams that can chip down the opposition as much as possible before Sharpedo attempts a sweep. Sharpedo's extreme frailty means that it should ideally OHKO everything it faces, lest it get OHKOed in return. Stealth Rock setters such as Metagross, Rhyperior, and Cobalion are good partners as a result. Spikes is also quite useful for accumulating even more chip damage, so setters such as Klefki, Roserade, and Golisopod work well with Sharpedo. Knock Off support can remove Heavy-Duty Boots from annoying Pokemon such as Zarude and Togekiss, letting them get chipped into Sharpedo KO range. Employing users of the move, such as Thundurus, Mienshao, and Incineroar can work wonders as a result. Completely removing users of strong priority that revenge kills Sharpedo, such as Zygarde-10%, is mandatory. Sharpedo can work on hyper offense teams to apply a ton of offensive pressure in conjunction with other powerful teammates. Options such as Necrozma, Mimikyu, Polteageist, and Toxtricity are all nice choices for hyper offense teams looking to keep the pressure on. Pivoting teammates such as Mienshao, Toxtricity, and Zarude can use their pivoting moves to get Sharpedo in safely, which is important given its extreme frailty.
[SET]
name: Specially Biased Mixed Cleaner
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Dark Pulse
move 3: Close Combat
move 4: Protect
item: Life Orb
ability: Speed Boost
nature: Mild
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Special Attack investment and powerful moves such as Hydro Pump enable mixed Sharpedo to get past a few notable threats with much greater ease than it would if running a fully physical set. Galarian Slowbro, Togekiss, Seismitoad, Chople Berry Cobalion, bulky Metagross, Steelix, Galarian Weezing, and Doublade are all examples of Pokemon that mixed Sharpedo matches up significantly better against. Dark Pulse is preferred to guarantee OHKOs onto the likes of Galarian Slowbro, Metagross, and Doublade. It also has a chance to put Golisopod into Emergency Exit range. Crunch can be used, however, as it hits Assault Vest Reuniclus harder. Close Combat is necessary to hit Zarude and Registeel hard, though both must be chipped down before they are outright KOed by the move. Protect allows Sharpedo to accrue Speed boosts, therefore making it easier for it to sweep, while also preventing Golisopod from revenge killing it with First Impression. Ice Beam can be used to OHKO Noivern and 2HKO Togekiss without having to rely on the inaccurate Hydro Pump, but it is hard to fit on the moveset. Maximum Special Attack EVs are preferred for the best KO odds on Galarian Weezing, Togekiss, and Doublade.
Sharpedo can be employed on entry hazard stacking offense and hyper offense teams that are in need of a late-game option. Sharpedo needs to have the opposition chipped down before it attempts to sweep, so Stealth Rock and Spikes setters are fantastic teammates. Stealth Rock can be set by partners such as Metagross, Cobalion, and Seismitoad, while Spikes from the likes of Klefki and Roserade is important. Mixed Sharpedo doesn't match up quite as well against a few common threats, most notably Zarude but also Registeel and Umbreon. Employing methods of chipping these threats down specifically is recommended. Knock Off from the likes of Thundurus, Seismitoad, and Heracross is crippling, especially to the former two, and hazards can help wear these threats down, therefore giving Sharpedo an easier time busting past them. Pivoting Fighting-types, most notably Mienshao, can force these threats to switch around constantly, therefore also keeping up the pressure and wearing them down into Sharpedo KO range. Knock Off is also generally nice to have on your side, as it makes wearing down threats such as Togekiss and Noivern much easier.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sputnik, 475916]]
- Quality checked by: [[gorex, 244449], [EonX, 91480]]
- Grammar checked by: [[CryoGyro, 331519]]
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