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[OVERVIEW]
Silvally-Ground struggles to find a place in the metagame due to its shallow movepool and lack of immediate power. The abundance of Water- and Ice-types that can either take a hit from it or outspeed it such as Jellicent, Floatzel, Aurorus, and Froslass severely limit its usability. It is also outclassed both offensively and defensively by Mudsdale, which has more power, checks Pokemon much better, and can run a healing item. Other Swords Dance sweepers like Lycanroc and Dodrio are much faster than Silvally-Ground and can hold Z-Crystals to provide much more offensive pressure. Meanwhile, other forms of hazard control like Altaria and Alolan Sandslash have better typings and no weakness to Toxic Spikes. The niche it has over these other Pokemon is its ability to use Defog while still having an offensive presence due to Ground's fairly good coverage.
[SET]
name: Fast Pivot
move 1: Multi-Attack
move 2: Rock Slide
move 3: Parting Shot / U-turn
move 4: Defog / Swords Dance
item: Ground Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This set can try to be an offensive presence while still offering team support with Defog, or it can choose to be a sweeper with Swords Dance. The choice between Parting Shot or U-turn depends the choice between the sets, but both allow it to pivot out against things like Mesprit and Claydol. This is outclassed by Mudsdale due to Silvally-Ground's lack of recovery and initial power, as well as other Swords Dance users and Defoggers like Dodrio, Lycanroc, Skuntank, and Alolan Sandslash.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[SergioRules, 265399]]
- Quality checked by: [[UberSkitty, 355061], [Megazard, 202117]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]
[OVERVIEW]
Silvally-Ground struggles to find a place in the metagame due to its shallow movepool and lack of immediate power. The abundance of Water- and Ice-types that can either take a hit from it or outspeed it such as Jellicent, Floatzel, Aurorus, and Froslass severely limit its usability. It is also outclassed both offensively and defensively by Mudsdale, which has more power, checks Pokemon much better, and can run a healing item. Other Swords Dance sweepers like Lycanroc and Dodrio are much faster than Silvally-Ground and can hold Z-Crystals to provide much more offensive pressure. Meanwhile, other forms of hazard control like Altaria and Alolan Sandslash have better typings and no weakness to Toxic Spikes. The niche it has over these other Pokemon is its ability to use Defog while still having an offensive presence due to Ground's fairly good coverage.
[SET]
name: Fast Pivot
move 1: Multi-Attack
move 2: Rock Slide
move 3: Parting Shot / U-turn
move 4: Defog / Swords Dance
item: Ground Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
This set can try to be an offensive presence while still offering team support with Defog, or it can choose to be a sweeper with Swords Dance. The choice between Parting Shot or U-turn depends the choice between the sets, but both allow it to pivot out against things like Mesprit and Claydol. This is outclassed by Mudsdale due to Silvally-Ground's lack of recovery and initial power, as well as other Swords Dance users and Defoggers like Dodrio, Lycanroc, Skuntank, and Alolan Sandslash.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[SergioRules, 265399]]
- Quality checked by: [[UberSkitty, 355061], [Megazard, 202117]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]
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