[SET]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Strength Sap
move 2: Spore
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Toxic / Giga Drain
item: No Item / Rocky Helmet
ability: Effect Spore
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Shiinotic is a great physical wall due to its unique typing and moveset letting it check a number of threats like Sawk, Thwackey, Malamar, and Appletun. Spore can put switch-ins like Silvally-Poison and Ninetales out of commission, and the move itself forces many switches. The last moveslot can be dedicated to either Toxic, which punishes Pokemon that are immune to Spore like Tangela and Eldegoss and puts foes on a timer, or Giga Drain, which makes Shiinotic more reliable at dealing with Ground- and Water-types, such as Rhydon and Wishiwashi. No item is run to avoid Poltergeist from Gourgeist and Trevenant; however, Rocky Helmet can be used to punish Pokemon that use contact moves such as Cincinno and Silvally-Fighting.
Slower wallbreakers, like Thievul, Perrserker, and Swords Dance Rhydon, that are weak to common fast Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Sawk and Thwackey really appreciate Shiinotic's ability to answer them and create opportunities for them to wallbreak with Spore and Effect Spore. Popular Ground-types and Water-types such as Stunfisk and Wishiwashi easily fold to threats handled by Shiinotic like Appletun, Morpeko, and Basculin. In return, they answer Poison- and Flying-types like Skuntank and Unfezant and Steel- and Fire-types like Klinklang and Ninetales, respectively, that Shiinotic is weak to. Offensive teammates like Rotom and Jynx as well as defensive options like Rhydon and Hattrem greatly appreciate Shiinotic's ability to absorb Knock Off. Setup sweepers like Frosmoth and various Silvally formes also get an immense advantage out of the free turns provided by Spore, and enjoy walls getting crippled by a surprise Toxic.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options:
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Choice Specs sets can surprise opponents expecting the standard set, and have decent breaking power. However, they lose out on most of what makes Shiinotic effective and are usually outclassed by other options such as Exeggutor and Appletun.
Checks and Counters:
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**Poison-types**: Poison-types like Silvally-Poison, Qwilfish, and Ivysaur are immune to Toxic, resist Moonblast, and threaten to OHKO Shiinotic.
**Steel-types**: Steel-types are immune to Toxic, resist Shiinotic's STAB moves, and hit it super effectively. Most of them also have other ways to abuse it, like Substitute + Toxic Alolan Dugtrio or Klinklang's Clear Body, which denies Strength Sap.
**Ice-types**: Ice-types such as Abomasnow and Frosmoth threaten Shiinotic with their strong, super effective STAB attacks and do not grant much recovery if Strength Sap is used against them. Most of them also have ways to prevent or alleviate the status Shiinotic inflicts.
**Super Effective Coverage**: Shiinotic needs to be wary of foes running super effective coverage for it, like Iron Head Silvally-Dark, Ice Beam Basculin, and Sludge Bomb Tangela.
**Strong Attackers**: Some powerful breakers whose STAB moves are not resisted by Shiinotic, like Choice Banded Lycanroc, Choice Specs Exeggutor, and Choice Specs Rotom, can brute-force their way through it.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[OranBerryBlissey10, 515274]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[dex, 277988]]
name: Physical Wall
move 1: Strength Sap
move 2: Spore
move 3: Moonblast
move 4: Toxic / Giga Drain
item: No Item / Rocky Helmet
ability: Effect Spore
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Shiinotic is a great physical wall due to its unique typing and moveset letting it check a number of threats like Sawk, Thwackey, Malamar, and Appletun. Spore can put switch-ins like Silvally-Poison and Ninetales out of commission, and the move itself forces many switches. The last moveslot can be dedicated to either Toxic, which punishes Pokemon that are immune to Spore like Tangela and Eldegoss and puts foes on a timer, or Giga Drain, which makes Shiinotic more reliable at dealing with Ground- and Water-types, such as Rhydon and Wishiwashi. No item is run to avoid Poltergeist from Gourgeist and Trevenant; however, Rocky Helmet can be used to punish Pokemon that use contact moves such as Cincinno and Silvally-Fighting.
Slower wallbreakers, like Thievul, Perrserker, and Swords Dance Rhydon, that are weak to common fast Pokemon such as Choice Scarf Sawk and Thwackey really appreciate Shiinotic's ability to answer them and create opportunities for them to wallbreak with Spore and Effect Spore. Popular Ground-types and Water-types such as Stunfisk and Wishiwashi easily fold to threats handled by Shiinotic like Appletun, Morpeko, and Basculin. In return, they answer Poison- and Flying-types like Skuntank and Unfezant and Steel- and Fire-types like Klinklang and Ninetales, respectively, that Shiinotic is weak to. Offensive teammates like Rotom and Jynx as well as defensive options like Rhydon and Hattrem greatly appreciate Shiinotic's ability to absorb Knock Off. Setup sweepers like Frosmoth and various Silvally formes also get an immense advantage out of the free turns provided by Spore, and enjoy walls getting crippled by a surprise Toxic.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options:
=============
Choice Specs sets can surprise opponents expecting the standard set, and have decent breaking power. However, they lose out on most of what makes Shiinotic effective and are usually outclassed by other options such as Exeggutor and Appletun.
Checks and Counters:
===================
**Poison-types**: Poison-types like Silvally-Poison, Qwilfish, and Ivysaur are immune to Toxic, resist Moonblast, and threaten to OHKO Shiinotic.
**Steel-types**: Steel-types are immune to Toxic, resist Shiinotic's STAB moves, and hit it super effectively. Most of them also have other ways to abuse it, like Substitute + Toxic Alolan Dugtrio or Klinklang's Clear Body, which denies Strength Sap.
**Ice-types**: Ice-types such as Abomasnow and Frosmoth threaten Shiinotic with their strong, super effective STAB attacks and do not grant much recovery if Strength Sap is used against them. Most of them also have ways to prevent or alleviate the status Shiinotic inflicts.
**Super Effective Coverage**: Shiinotic needs to be wary of foes running super effective coverage for it, like Iron Head Silvally-Dark, Ice Beam Basculin, and Sludge Bomb Tangela.
**Strong Attackers**: Some powerful breakers whose STAB moves are not resisted by Shiinotic, like Choice Banded Lycanroc, Choice Specs Exeggutor, and Choice Specs Rotom, can brute-force their way through it.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[OranBerryBlissey10, 515274]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [Jett, 226429]]
- Grammar checked by: [[dex, 277988]]
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