ZU Silvally-Poison [GP 1/1]

[Tuthur]

[SET]
name: Work Up
move 1: Work Up
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Work Up Silvally-Poison is a powerful mixed attacker thanks to its great bulk and coveted Poison typing, which let it take advantage of common threats like Eldegoss, Alcremie, and Thwackey. Flamethrower lets Silvally-Poison 2HKO Tangela and OHKO Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang after a boost. Thunderbolt is an alternative for massive damage to Qwilfish, Kabutops, and Cramorant, the former resisting every other move Silvally-Poison commonly runs. Surf removes Ground- and Rock-types like Piloswine, Rhydon, and Coalossal after chip damage, as well as beating Rapidash without risking a burn from Flame Body.

Since Silvally-Poison misses a lot of OHKOs after a Work Up, it works better as a mid- or late-game wallbreaker, so it appreciates early-game wallbreakers like Black Belt Sawk and Thwackey weakening walls and removing their items with Knock Off. Rotom formes make for great partners, weakening Ground-types with Will-O-Wisp and their secondary STAB moves so Silvally-Poison can OHKO them later with Surf. Furthermore, most Electric-types like Rotom, Stunfisk, and Manectric can force in Grass-types like Thwackey, Eldegoss, and Tangela for Silvally-Poison to take advantage of. That said, Eldegoss and Tangela can put it to sleep with Sleep Powder on the switch, so Silvally-Poison should be careful setting up versus them. These Electric-types also take care of Steel-types for Silvally-Poison. Defensive pivots like Wishiwashi, Clefairy, and Tangela are appreciated to switch into revenge killers like Cinccino and Choice Scarf Sawk or defensive checks like Stunfisk and Miltank, in addition to providing it switch-in opportunities.

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Multi-Attack
move 4: Surf / Thunderbolt
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Silvally-Poison makes a good pivot with its great bulk and useful set of resistances letting it check attackers like Sawk and Thwackey. It is also one of the few Pokemon packing both a pivoting move and entry hazard removal, bringing great role compression. Surf lets it threaten common hazard setters such as Rhydon, Piloswine, and Coalossal, while Thunderbolt hits Qwilfish, another premier Spikes setter.

Silvally-Poison's key defensive utility, along with its pivoting, makes it a premier choice for VoltTurn teams. As a result, other staples of this archetype like Wishiwashi, Rotom, and Basculin make for great partners to consistently chip the opposing team. Thwackey is a particularly noticeable partner, forcing in Grass-types such as Eldegoss and Tangela, which Silvally-Poison takes advantage of, and providing Grassy Terrain support, negating Silvally-Poison's weakness to Earthquake and providing it passive recovery. Wallbreakers such as Thievul, Arctovish, and Jynx love getting safe switch-in opportunities from pivoting moves, and Silvally-Poison can switch into their checks like Sawk and Thwackey.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Flame Charge
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Silvally-Poison doubles up as an offensive pivot and late-game cleaner. U-turn allows it to generate momentum and chip its checks like Rhydon and Alolan Persian early-game. Flame Charge lets it outspeed common Choice Scarf users like Sawk and Rotom, and it also provides coverage for Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang.

This set fits better on offensive teams due to how immediately threatening it is. It appreciates Pokemon able to take advantage of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-types such as Thwackey, Basculin, and Sawk, which help it sweep late-game, while they enjoy Silvally-Poison forcing these checks in. Offensive pivots like Rotom, Articuno, and Cinccino make for great partners, forming VoltTurn cores with Silvally-Poison. Thievul is a noticeable partner that can heavily weaken physically bulky foes like Rhydon and Miltank, opening the way for a Silvally-Poison sweep, while in return Silvally-Poison can take advantage of the Fighting- and Fairy-types such as Sawk and Alcremie that Thievul forces in.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Ice Beam is an option over Surf for mixed sets, allowing Silvally-Poison to OHKO Altaria while keeping neutral coverage on the whole tier bar Piloswine when paired with Thunderbolt. However, this leaves Silvally-Poison far less consistent versus Ground- and Rock-types such as Rhydon, Stunfisk, and Coalossal. Parting Shot can be used over U-turn on Defog sets, but U-turn's damage is often preferred and Klinklang's Clear Body would prevent Silvally-Poison from freely pivoting. Surf and Thunderbolt are options over U-turn and Flame Charge on Swords Dance Silvally-Poison, giving it better coverage. Grass Pledge is a coverage move hitting Ground-types like Rhydon and Stunfisk while still hitting Water-types like Kabutops and Qwilfish, but it is signficantly weaker than Surf + Thunderbolt.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-types**: Even if carrying Surf, Silvally-Poison needs to heavily weaken Ground-types like Rhydon, Piloswine, and Stunfisk before sweeping.

**Rotom**: Rotom resists Silvally-Poison's STAB Multi-Attack and can threaten it back with its STAB moves or a burn with Will-O-Wisp. However, sets without Choice Scarf get outspeed by Silvally-Poison and are quickly put in range of a +1 Surf.

**Qwilfish**: If Silvally-Poison isn't running Thunderbolt, it gets hard walled by Qwilfish, which can cripple it with paralysis and chip it down with Rocky Helmet damage.

**Rock-types**: If Silvally-Poison doesn't carry Surf, it can't significantly damage Coalossal and risks a Flame Body burn with its contact moves. On the other hand, if it does not have Thunderbolt, it struggles with Kabutops, which can hit it hard.

**Mixed Walls**: Very bulky Pokemon like Altaria, Miltank, and Uxie can stomach Silvally-Poison's hits and heavily damage it with their repeated attacks, even if Silvally-Poison can break through them after several boosts.

**Steel-types**: If Silvally-Poison isn't using Flamethrower, it can't really deal damage to Perrserker and Klinklang, and they can significantly weaken it with their powerful STAB moves.

**Faster Attackers**: Pokemon like Cinccino, Alolan Persian, and Rapidash outspeed Silvally-Poison and can 2HKO it while avoiding an OHKO from it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[Jett]

i can finally weeb again woooo

[SET]
name: Work Up
move 1: Work Up
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Work Up Silvally-Poison is a powerful mixed attacker thanks to its great bulk and coveted Poison-typing letting it take advantage of common threats like Eldegoss, Alcremie, and Thwackey. Flamethrower lets Silvally-Poison 2HKO Tangela and OHKO Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang after a boost. Thunderbolt is an alternative that lets Silvally-Poison deal massive damage to Qwilfish, Kabutops, and Cramorant, the former resisting every other move Silvally-Poison commonly runs. Surf removes Ground- and Rock-types like Piloswine, Rhydon, and Coalossal after chip damage, it also lets Silvally-Poison defeat Rapidash without risking a burn from Flame Body.

Since Silvally-Poison misses a lot of OHKOes after a Work Up, it works better as a mid- or late-game breaker, thus it appreciates early game wallbreakers like Black Belt Sawk and Thwackey weakening opposing walls and removing their items with Knock Off. Rotom formes make for great partners as they are able to cripple and weaken Ground-types with Will-O-Wisp and their secondary STAB move so Silvally-Poison can OHKO them later with Surf. Furthermore most Electric-types like Rotom, Stunfisk, and Manectric are also able to force in Grass-types like Thwackey, Eldegoss, and Tangela that Silvally-Poison can take advantage of. (Probably good to mention how Elde and Tangela have Sleep Powder, meaning that if you want to use Silvally-Poison as your main switch in to defensive Grass-types, you should be careful as it limits the setting up ability) They also take care of Steel-types for Silvally-Poison. Defensive pivots like Wishiwashi, Clefairy, and Tangela are appreciated to switch into revenge killers like Cinccino and Choice Scarf Sawk and defensive checks like Stunfisk and Miltank, while also providing switch-in opportunities for it.

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Multi-Attack
move 4: Surf / Thunderbolt
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Silvally-Poison's makes a good pivot with its great bulk and useful sets of resists leting it check attackers like Sawk and Thwackey. It is also one of the few Pokemon able to pack both a pivoting move in U-turn and hazard removal with Defog, bringing a lot of utility and great role compression. Surf lets it threaten common hazard setters such as Rhydon, Piloswine, and Coalossal, while Thunderbolt hits Qwilfish, premier Spikes setter.

The key defensive utility brought by Silvally-Poison along its pivoting capabilities makes it a premier choice for VoltTurn teams. As a result, other staples of this archetype like Wishiwashi, Rotom, and Basculin make for great partners able to consistently chip the opposing team. Thwackey is a particularly noticeable partner, forcing in Grass-types such as Eldegoss and Tangela that Silvally-Poison takes advantage of, and providing Grassy Terrain support, removing Silvally-Poison's weakness to Earthquake and providing it passive recovery. Wallbreakers such as Thievul, Arctovish, and Jynx love getting safe switch-in opportunities thanks to VoltTurn and pivots like Silvally-Poison being able to switch into their checks like Sawk and Thwackey.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Flame Charge
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Silvally-Poison doubles up as an offensive pivot and late game cleaner. U-turn allows it generate momentum and chip its checks like Rhydon and Alolan Persian in early game. Flame Charge boosts Silvally-Poison's Speed, letting it outspeed common Choice Scarf users like Sawk and Rotom, and also provides coverage for Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang.

This set fits better on offensive teams due to how immediatly threatening it is. It appreciates Pokemon able to take advantage of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-types such as Thwackey, Basculin, and Sawk, since they appreciate Silvally-Poison forcing them in, while Silvally-Poison appreciates in return them to be weakened so it sweeps late game. Offensive pivots like Rotom, Articuno, and Cinccino make for great partners, forming VoltTurn cores with Silvally-Poison. Thievul is a noticeable partner that can heavily weaken physically bulky foes like Rhydon and Miltank opening the way for a Silvally-Poison sweep, while in return Silvally-Poison can take advantage of the Fighting- and Fairy-types such as Sawk and Alcremie that Thievul forces in.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Ice Beam is an option over Surf for mixed sets, allowing Silvally-Poison to OHKO Altaria, while keeping neutral coverage on the whole tier except Piloswine when paired with Thunderbolt. However, this leaves Silvally-Poison far less consistent versus Ground- and Rock-types such as Rhydon, Stunfisk, and Coalossal. Parting Shot can be used over U-turn on Defog sets to trade damage for easier switch-in opportunities for its teammates, however the added damages are often prefered and Klinklang's ability in Clear Body would prevent Silvally-Poison from freely pivoting. Surf and Thunderbolt are options over U-turn and Flame Charge on Swords Dance Silvally-Poison, giving it better coverage at the cost of its pivoting role and Speed boost, respectively.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-types**: Even if carrying Surf, Silvally-Poison needs to heavily weaken Ground-types like Rhydon, Piloswine, and Stunfisk before knocking them out in one hit. In return, they can OHKO Silvally-Poison with their super effective STAB moves.

**Rotom**: Rotom resists Silvally-Poison's STAB Multi-Attack and can threaten it back with its STAB moves or from a burn with Will-O-Wisp. However, non Choice Scarf Rotom get outspeed by Silvally-Poison and are quickly put in range of a +1 Surf.

**Qwilfish**: If Silvally-Poison isn't running Thunderbolt, it gets hard walled by Qwilfish which can cripple it with a paralysis and chip it down with Rocky Helmet damage.

**Rock-types**: If Silvally-Poison doesn't carry Surf, it can't significantly damage Coalossal and risks a burn with its contact move. On the other hand, if it does not have Thunderbolt, it struggles with Kabutops which can hit it hard.

**Mixed Walls**: Very bulky Pokemon like Altaria, Miltank, and Uxie can stomach Silvally-Poison's hits and heavily damage it with their repetitive attacks even if Silvally-Poison can break through them after several boosts.

**Steel-types**: If Silvally-Poison isn't using Flamethrower, it can really deal damage to Perrserker and Klinklang and they can significantly weaken it with their powerful STAB moves.

**Faster attackers**: Pokemon like Cinccino, Alolan Persian, and Rapidash outspeed Silvally-Poison and can 2HKO it while avoiding the OHKO from it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

rly nice stuff, qc 1/2

 

[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d]

QC 2/2

[SET]
name: Work Up
move 1: Work Up
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Work Up Silvally-Poison is a powerful mixed attacker thanks to its great bulk and coveted Poison-typing letting it take advantage of common threats like Eldegoss, Alcremie, and Thwackey. Flamethrower lets Silvally-Poison 2HKO Tangela and OHKO Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang after a boost. Thunderbolt is an alternative that lets Silvally-Poison deal massive damage to Qwilfish, Kabutops, and Cramorant, the former resisting every other move Silvally-Poison commonly runs. Surf removes Ground- and Rock-types like Piloswine, Rhydon, and Coalossal after chip damage, it also lets Silvally-Poison defeat Rapidash without risking a burn from Flame Body.

Since Silvally-Poison misses a lot of OHKOes after a Work Up, it works better as a mid- or late-game breaker, thus it appreciates early game wallbreakers like Black Belt Sawk and Thwackey weakening opposing walls and removing their items with Knock Off. Rotom formes make for great partners as they are able to cripple and weaken Ground-types with Will-O-Wisp and their secondary STAB move so Silvally-Poison can OHKO them later with Surf. Furthermore, most Electric-types like Rotom, Stunfisk, and Manectric are also able to force in Grass-types like Thwackey, Eldegoss, and Tangela that Silvally-Poison can take advantage of. That said, Silvally-Poison shouldn't be one's team only Grass switch-in, as Eldegoss and Tangela can put it to sleep with Sleep Powder on the switchin (I get the disclaimer but the this is just a weird tangent by itself; the point here is to just watch out for Sleep Powder when setting up so you want to attack after the Volt Switch to capitalize, so mention that rather than other Grass-type checks) These Electric-types also take care of Steel-types for Silvally-Poison. Defensive pivots like Wishiwashi, Clefairy, and Tangela are appreciated to switch into revenge killers like Cinccino and Choice Scarf Sawk and defensive checks like Stunfisk and Miltank, while also providing switch-in opportunities for it.

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Multi-Attack
move 4: Surf / Thunderbolt
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Silvally-Poison's makes a good pivot with its great bulk and useful sets of resists letting it check attackers like Sawk and Thwackey. It is also one of the few Pokemon able to pack both a pivoting move in U-turn and hazard removal with Defog, bringing a lot of utility and great role compression. Surf lets it threaten common hazard setters such as Rhydon, Piloswine, and Coalossal, while Thunderbolt hits Qwilfish, another premier Spikes setter.

The key defensive utility brought by Silvally-Poison along its pivoting capabilities makes it a premier choice for VoltTurn teams. As a result, other staples of this archetype like Wishiwashi, Rotom, and Basculin make for great partners able to consistently chip the opposing team. Thwackey is a particularly noticeable partner, forcing in Grass-types such as Eldegoss and Tangela that Silvally-Poison takes advantage of, and providing Grassy Terrain support, removing Silvally-Poison's weakness to Earthquake and providing it passive recovery. Wallbreakers such as Thievul, Arctovish, and Jynx love getting safe switch-in opportunities thanks to VoltTurn and pivots like Silvally-Poison being able to switch into their checks like Sawk and Thwackey.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Flame Charge
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Silvally-Poison doubles up as an offensive pivot and late game cleaner. U-turn allows it generate momentum and chip its checks like Rhydon and Alolan Persian in early game. Flame Charge boosts Silvally-Poison's Speed, letting lets (fluff) it outspeed common Choice Scarf users like Sawk and Rotom, and also provides coverage for Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang.

This set fits better on offensive teams due to how immediately threatening it is. It appreciates Pokemon able to take advantage of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-types such as Thwackey, Basculin, and Sawk, since they appreciate Silvally-Poison forcing them in, while Silvally-Poison appreciates in return them to be weakened so it sweeps late game. Offensive pivots like Rotom, Articuno, and Cinccino make for great partners, forming VoltTurn cores with Silvally-Poison. Thievul is a noticeable partner that can heavily weaken physically bulky foes like Rhydon and Miltank opening the way for a Silvally-Poison sweep, while in return Silvally-Poison can take advantage of the Fighting- and Fairy-types such as Sawk and Alcremie that Thievul forces in.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Ice Beam is an option over Surf for mixed sets, allowing Silvally-Poison to OHKO Altaria, while keeping neutral coverage on the whole tier except Piloswine when paired with Thunderbolt. However, this leaves Silvally-Poison far less consistent versus Ground- and Rock-types such as Rhydon, Stunfisk, and Coalossal. Parting Shot can be used over U-turn on Defog sets to trade damage for easier switch-in opportunities for its teammates, however the added damages are often preferred and Klinklang's ability in Clear Body would prevent Silvally-Poison from freely pivoting. Surf and Thunderbolt are options over U-turn and Flame Charge on Swords Dance Silvally-Poison, giving it better coverage at the cost of its pivoting role and Speed boost, respectively. (Grass Pledge could have a mention because surely Palpitoad is a legit threat. Ok but seriously it be for hitting Ground-types + Qwilfish and Kabutops in one slot if necessary for coverage compression)

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-types**: Even if carrying Surf, Silvally-Poison needs to heavily weaken Ground-types like Rhydon, Piloswine, and Stunfisk before knocking them out in one hit sweeping. In return, they can OHKO Silvally-Poison with their super effective STAB moves. (Stunfisk cannot OHKO, and it should be obvious that a Poison-type would be weak to Ground-types so we can keep it at this)

**Rotom**: Rotom resists Silvally-Poison's STAB Multi-Attack and can threaten it back with its STAB moves or from a burn with Will-O-Wisp. However, non Choice Scarf Rotom get outspeed by Silvally-Poison and are quickly put in range of a +1 Surf.

**Qwilfish**: If Silvally-Poison isn't running Thunderbolt, it gets hard walled by Qwilfish which can cripple it with a paralysis and chip it down with Rocky Helmet damage.

**Rock-types**: If Silvally-Poison doesn't carry Surf, it can't significantly damage Coalossal and risks a burn with its contact move. On the other hand, if it does not have Thunderbolt, it struggles with Kabutops which can hit it hard.

**Mixed Walls**: Very bulky Pokemon like Altaria, Miltank, and Uxie can stomach Silvally-Poison's hits and heavily damage it with their repetitive attacks even if Silvally-Poison can break through them after several boosts.

**Steel-types**: If Silvally-Poison isn't using Flamethrower, it can really deal damage to Perrserker and Klinklang and they can significantly weaken it with their powerful STAB moves.

**Faster attackers**: Pokemon like Cinccino, Alolan Persian, and Rapidash outspeed Silvally-Poison and can 2HKO it while avoiding the OHKO from it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

also fix formatting obvi

 

[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Work Up
move 1: Work Up
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: Flamethrower / Thunderbolt
move 4: Surf
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Work Up Silvally-Poison is a powerful mixed attacker thanks to its great bulk and coveted Poison-typing letting Poison typing, which let it take advantage of common threats like Eldegoss, Alcremie, and Thwackey. Flamethrower lets Silvally-Poison 2HKO Tangela and OHKO Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang after a boost. Thunderbolt is an alternative that lets Silvally-Poison deal for massive damage to Qwilfish, Kabutops, and Cramorant, the former resisting every other move Silvally-Poison commonly runs. Surf removes Ground- and Rock-types like Piloswine, Rhydon, and Coalossal after chip damage, it also lets Silvally-Poison defeat as well as beating Rapidash without risking a burn from Flame Body.

Since Silvally-Poison misses a lot of OHKOes after a Work Up, it works better as a mid- or late-game wallbreaker, thus so it appreciates early-game (added hyphen) wallbreakers like Black Belt Sawk and Thwackey weakening opposing walls and removing their items with Knock Off. Rotom formes make for great partners, (AC) as they are able to cripple and weaken weakening Ground-types with Will-O-Wisp and their secondary STAB moves so Silvally-Poison can OHKO them later with Surf. Furthermore, most Electric-types like Rotom, Stunfisk, and Manectric are also able to can force in Grass-types like Thwackey, Eldegoss, and Tangela that Silvally-Poison can for Silvally-Poison to take advantage of. That said, Eldegoss and Tangela can put it to sleep with Sleep Powder on the switchin, so Silvally-Poison should be careful setting up versus them. These Electric-types also take care of Steel-types for Silvally-Poison. Defensive pivots like Wishiwashi, Clefairy, and Tangela are appreciated to switch into revenge killers like Cinccino and Choice Scarf Sawk and or defensive checks like Stunfisk and Miltank, while also providing switch-in opportunities for it. in addition to providing it switch-in opportunities.

[SET]
name: Defog
move 1: Defog
move 2: U-turn
move 3: Multi-Attack
move 4: Surf / Thunderbolt
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Naive
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Silvally-Poison's makes a good pivot with its great bulk and useful sets of resistances letting it check attackers like Sawk and Thwackey. It is also one of the few Pokemon able to pack packing both a pivoting move in U-turn and hazard removal with Defog, bringing a lot of utility and and entry hazard removal, bringing great role compression. Surf lets it threaten common hazard setters such as Rhydon, Piloswine, and Coalossal, while Thunderbolt hits Qwilfish, another premier Spikes setter.

The key defensive utility brought by Silvally-Poison along its pivoting capabilities Silvally-Poison's key defensive utility, along with its pivoting, makes it a premier choice for VoltTurn teams. As a result, other staples of this archetype like Wishiwashi, Rotom, and Basculin make for great partners able to consistently chip the opposing team. Thwackey is a particularly noticeable partner, forcing in Grass-types such as Eldegoss and Tangela that Tangela, which Silvally-Poison takes advantage of, and providing Grassy Terrain support, removing negating Silvally-Poison's weakness to Earthquake and providing it passive recovery. Wallbreakers such as Thievul, Arctovish, and Jynx love getting safe switch-in opportunities thanks to VoltTurn and pivots like Silvally-Poison being able to from pivoting moves, and Silvally-Poison can switch into their checks like Sawk and Thwackey.

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Multi-Attack
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Flame Charge
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance Silvally-Poison doubles up as an offensive pivot and late-game (added hyphen) cleaner. U-turn allows it to generate momentum and chip its checks like Rhydon and Alolan Persian in early game. early-game. Flame Charge lets it outspeed common Choice Scarf users like Sawk and Rotom, and it also provides coverage for Steel-types like Perrserker and Klinklang.

This set fits better on offensive teams due to how immediately threatening it is. It appreciates Pokemon able to take advantage of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-types such as Thwackey, Basculin, and Sawk, since they appreciate which help it sweep late-game, while they enjoy Silvally-Poison forcing them in, while Silvally-Poison appreciates in return them to be weakened so it sweeps late game. these checks in. Offensive pivots like Rotom, Articuno, and Cinccino make for great partners, forming VoltTurn cores with Silvally-Poison. Thievul is a noticeable partner that can heavily weaken physically bulky foes like Rhydon and Miltank, (AC) opening the way for a Silvally-Poison sweep, while in return Silvally-Poison can take advantage of the Fighting- and Fairy-types such as Sawk and Alcremie that Thievul forces in.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Ice Beam is an option over Surf for mixed sets, allowing Silvally-Poison to OHKO Altaria (RC) while keeping neutral coverage on the whole tier except bar Piloswine when paired with Thunderbolt. However, this leaves Silvally-Poison far less consistent versus Ground- and Rock-types such as Rhydon, Stunfisk, and Coalossal. Parting Shot can be used over U-turn on Defog sets to trade damage for easier switch-in opportunities for its teammates, however the added damages are sets, but U-turn's damage is often preferred and Klinklang's ability in Clear Body would prevent Silvally-Poison from freely pivoting. Surf and Thunderbolt are options over U-turn and Flame Charge on Swords Dance Silvally-Poison, giving it better coverage at the cost of its pivoting role and Speed boost, respectively. Grass Pledge is an option as a coverage move hitting Ground-types like Rhydon and Stunfisk for less damage while still hitting Water-types like Kabutops and Qwilfish, however but it is signficantly weaker than Surf + Thunderbolt.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-types**: Even if carrying Surf, Silvally-Poison needs to heavily weaken Ground-types like Rhydon, Piloswine, and Stunfisk before sweeping.

**Rotom**: Rotom resists Silvally-Poison's STAB Multi-Attack and can threaten it back with its STAB moves or from a burn with Will-O-Wisp. However, non Choice Scarf Rotom sets without Choice Scarf get outspeed by Silvally-Poison and are quickly put in range of a +1 Surf.

**Qwilfish**: If Silvally-Poison isn't running Thunderbolt, it gets hard walled by Qwilfish, (AC) which can cripple it with a paralysis and chip it down with Rocky Helmet damage.

**Rock-types**: If Silvally-Poison doesn't carry Surf, it can't significantly damage Coalossal and risks a Flame Body burn with its contact moves. On the other hand, if it does not have Thunderbolt, it struggles with Kabutops, (AC) which can hit it hard.

**Mixed Walls**: Very bulky Pokemon like Altaria, Miltank, and Uxie can stomach Silvally-Poison's hits and heavily damage it with their repetitive repeated attacks, (AC) even if Silvally-Poison can break through them after several boosts.

**Steel-types**: If Silvally-Poison isn't using Flamethrower, it can't really deal damage to Perrserker and Klinklang, (AC) and they can significantly weaken it with their powerful STAB moves.

**Faster Attackers**: Pokemon like Cinccino, Alolan Persian, and Rapidash outspeed Silvally-Poison and can 2HKO it while avoiding the an OHKO from it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Tuthur, 369076]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [Ho3nConfirm3d, 231074]]
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