[OVERVIEW]
Silvally-Poison is a reliable, albeit niche, Defogger that provides pivot support, can automatically remove Toxic Spikes because it's a grounded Poison-type, and checks threatening Pokemon like Comfey, Whimsicott, Passimian, and Sceptile. It also benefits from a vast pool of coverage options, including Surf, Grass Pledge, and Flamethrower, which improves its matchup against opposing entry hazard setters. Unfortunately, Silvally-Poison faces competition from more reliable Poison-types in Garbodor, Weezing, and Golbat, which provide similar amounts of utility but have recovery options, giving them better longevity. Silvally-Poison is also very susceptible to coverage moves such as Passimian's Earthquake and Whimsicott's Psychic, making it a bit unreliable as a check to them.
[SET]
name: Pivot
move 1: Multi-Attack / Poison Fang
move 2: Surf / Grass Pledge
move 3: U-turn / Parting Shot
move 4: Defog
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 196 SpD / 60 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Multi-Attack deals with Fairy- and Grass-types like Comfey, Whimsicott, and Sceptile, although Poison Fang is a viable alternative STAB option that can cripple potential switch-ins like Xatu and Rotom. Surf gives Silvally-Poison coverage for entry hazard setters like Steelix, Rhydon, and Palossand as well as Aerodactyl, while Grass Pledge hits Seismitoad super effectively and provides similar coverage to Surf. U-turn helps bring teammates in safely and can net good chip damage on Slowking, although Parting Shot is a viable alternative that helps bring teammates in more safely thanks to its stat drops. Defog lets Silvally-Poison support its team by removing entry hazards, and its good coverage options let it perform the role of a Defogger adequately.
Set Details
========
60 Speed EVs let Silvally-Poison outspeed Incineroar, while the remaining EVs with a Careful nature let it better check Pokemon like Comfey and Sceptile. Silvally-Poison can also run a physically defensive EV spread to handle Pangoro better and avoid the 2HKO from Passimian's Earthquake, although the matchups against Comfey and Whimsicott become less favored. Poison Memory and RKS System are required for Silvally to turn into Silvally-Poison.
Usage Tips
========
Silvally-Poison is likely to draw in Pokemon like Steelix, Aerodactyl, and Seismitoad that are immune to or resist Poison; take this opportunity to get good chip damage on them with Surf or Grass Pledge. One can also opt to instead use U-turn on predicted switches to bring in a teammate capable of beating the opponent's switch-in. Because Silvally-Poison lacks a recovery move or the ability to hold an item like Leftovers or a pinch Berry, it's important to pick and choose when to switch it into attacks to keep it as healthy as possible so it can check the threats that it's supposed to. Additionally, although Silvally-Poison's bulk and defensive typing let it check Pokemon like Passimian, Comfey, and Whimsicott, one must be cautious of coverage moves like Passimian's Earthquake, Comfey's Hidden Power Ground, and Whimsicott's Psychic, which can inflict great damage.
Team Options
========
Silvally-Poison generally works as a form of role compression on balanced teams that are weak to Toxic Spikes and specific wallbreakers. Due to Silvally-Poison's lack of recovery, it appreciates Wish support from Vaporeon. In return, Silvally-Poison checks Grass-types like Whimsicott and Sceptile. Wallbreakers like Sigilyph, Pangoro, and Passimian appreciate Silvally-Poison's U-turn bringing them onto the field safely. Additionally, Sigilyph enjoys Silvally-Poison luring in Steelix and Rhydon and heavily damaging them with Surf, Passimian forms a VoltTurn core with it, and both Passimian and Pangoro benefit from it checking Fairy-types. Because of Silvally-Poison's reliability as a Defogger, Pokemon weak to Stealth Rock like Incineroar, Tinted Lens Sigilyph, and Charizard appreciate its support. In return, these Pokemon provide a secondary check to Grass-types.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Flamethrower can be run on teams weak to Ferroseed, although Silvally-Poison will then struggle much more with Rhydon and Seismitoad. Toxic is more consistent at inflicting bad poison than Poison Fang, although the lack of immediate damage makes Silvally-Poison a much less effective check to Comfey.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Psychic-types**: Xatu can block Silvally-Poison's Parting Shot with Magic Bounce and hit it hard with Psychic, while other Psychic-types like Slowking, Sigilyph, and Delphox threaten immense damage with their STAB attacks.
**Poison-types**: Although Silvally-Poison can remove Garbodor's Spikes with Defog, it takes great damage from Stomping Tantrum and can't really damage bulky variants of Garbodor as they slowly weaken it. Similarly, Weezing takes very little damage from Silvally-Poison's attacks and can burn it with Will-O-Wisp. Golbat can cripple Silvally-Poison with Taunt and whittle it down with repeated Brave Birds.
**Ground- and Rock-types**: Depending on which coverage move Silvally-Poison opts for, it will have a rougher time against certain Pokemon like Aerodactyl and Seismitoad. Furthermore, due to Silvally-Poison's rather mediocre damage output, Steelix can easily switch into Surf and set Stealth Rock or hit Silvally-Poison with Earthquake.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[quziel, 297859], [poh, 298730], [Eternally, 295647]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Empress, 175616], [deetah, 297659]]
Silvally-Poison is a reliable, albeit niche, Defogger that provides pivot support, can automatically remove Toxic Spikes because it's a grounded Poison-type, and checks threatening Pokemon like Comfey, Whimsicott, Passimian, and Sceptile. It also benefits from a vast pool of coverage options, including Surf, Grass Pledge, and Flamethrower, which improves its matchup against opposing entry hazard setters. Unfortunately, Silvally-Poison faces competition from more reliable Poison-types in Garbodor, Weezing, and Golbat, which provide similar amounts of utility but have recovery options, giving them better longevity. Silvally-Poison is also very susceptible to coverage moves such as Passimian's Earthquake and Whimsicott's Psychic, making it a bit unreliable as a check to them.
[SET]
name: Pivot
move 1: Multi-Attack / Poison Fang
move 2: Surf / Grass Pledge
move 3: U-turn / Parting Shot
move 4: Defog
item: Poison Memory
ability: RKS System
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 196 SpD / 60 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Multi-Attack deals with Fairy- and Grass-types like Comfey, Whimsicott, and Sceptile, although Poison Fang is a viable alternative STAB option that can cripple potential switch-ins like Xatu and Rotom. Surf gives Silvally-Poison coverage for entry hazard setters like Steelix, Rhydon, and Palossand as well as Aerodactyl, while Grass Pledge hits Seismitoad super effectively and provides similar coverage to Surf. U-turn helps bring teammates in safely and can net good chip damage on Slowking, although Parting Shot is a viable alternative that helps bring teammates in more safely thanks to its stat drops. Defog lets Silvally-Poison support its team by removing entry hazards, and its good coverage options let it perform the role of a Defogger adequately.
Set Details
========
60 Speed EVs let Silvally-Poison outspeed Incineroar, while the remaining EVs with a Careful nature let it better check Pokemon like Comfey and Sceptile. Silvally-Poison can also run a physically defensive EV spread to handle Pangoro better and avoid the 2HKO from Passimian's Earthquake, although the matchups against Comfey and Whimsicott become less favored. Poison Memory and RKS System are required for Silvally to turn into Silvally-Poison.
Usage Tips
========
Silvally-Poison is likely to draw in Pokemon like Steelix, Aerodactyl, and Seismitoad that are immune to or resist Poison; take this opportunity to get good chip damage on them with Surf or Grass Pledge. One can also opt to instead use U-turn on predicted switches to bring in a teammate capable of beating the opponent's switch-in. Because Silvally-Poison lacks a recovery move or the ability to hold an item like Leftovers or a pinch Berry, it's important to pick and choose when to switch it into attacks to keep it as healthy as possible so it can check the threats that it's supposed to. Additionally, although Silvally-Poison's bulk and defensive typing let it check Pokemon like Passimian, Comfey, and Whimsicott, one must be cautious of coverage moves like Passimian's Earthquake, Comfey's Hidden Power Ground, and Whimsicott's Psychic, which can inflict great damage.
Team Options
========
Silvally-Poison generally works as a form of role compression on balanced teams that are weak to Toxic Spikes and specific wallbreakers. Due to Silvally-Poison's lack of recovery, it appreciates Wish support from Vaporeon. In return, Silvally-Poison checks Grass-types like Whimsicott and Sceptile. Wallbreakers like Sigilyph, Pangoro, and Passimian appreciate Silvally-Poison's U-turn bringing them onto the field safely. Additionally, Sigilyph enjoys Silvally-Poison luring in Steelix and Rhydon and heavily damaging them with Surf, Passimian forms a VoltTurn core with it, and both Passimian and Pangoro benefit from it checking Fairy-types. Because of Silvally-Poison's reliability as a Defogger, Pokemon weak to Stealth Rock like Incineroar, Tinted Lens Sigilyph, and Charizard appreciate its support. In return, these Pokemon provide a secondary check to Grass-types.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Flamethrower can be run on teams weak to Ferroseed, although Silvally-Poison will then struggle much more with Rhydon and Seismitoad. Toxic is more consistent at inflicting bad poison than Poison Fang, although the lack of immediate damage makes Silvally-Poison a much less effective check to Comfey.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Psychic-types**: Xatu can block Silvally-Poison's Parting Shot with Magic Bounce and hit it hard with Psychic, while other Psychic-types like Slowking, Sigilyph, and Delphox threaten immense damage with their STAB attacks.
**Poison-types**: Although Silvally-Poison can remove Garbodor's Spikes with Defog, it takes great damage from Stomping Tantrum and can't really damage bulky variants of Garbodor as they slowly weaken it. Similarly, Weezing takes very little damage from Silvally-Poison's attacks and can burn it with Will-O-Wisp. Golbat can cripple Silvally-Poison with Taunt and whittle it down with repeated Brave Birds.
**Ground- and Rock-types**: Depending on which coverage move Silvally-Poison opts for, it will have a rougher time against certain Pokemon like Aerodactyl and Seismitoad. Furthermore, due to Silvally-Poison's rather mediocre damage output, Steelix can easily switch into Surf and set Stealth Rock or hit Silvally-Poison with Earthquake.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Rabia, 336073]]
- Quality checked by: [[quziel, 297859], [poh, 298730], [Eternally, 295647]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Empress, 175616], [deetah, 297659]]
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