Monotype Slush Rush Support Alolan Sandslash (Ice) [QC: 2/2] [GP: 1/1]

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Sandslash-Alola @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Slush Rush Support (Ice)
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Sandslash provides valuable role compression for fast-paced Ice teams. It offers not only entry hazard removal, a Toxic immunity, and a resistance to Fairy but also speed control thanks to Slush Rush. Under snow, it notably outpaces and threatens Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, Dragapult, Spectrier, and +1 Baxcalibur, as well as Choice Scarf users such as Hisuian Arcanine and Gholdengo. Slush Rush finds further use in facilitating Alolan Sandslash's entry hazard removal, as it can spin on forced switches against foes such as Flutter Mane, and even if it is being sacrificed, it can generally get a Rapid Spin off before it is KOed. Iron Head is Alolan Sandslash’s primary attacking move, proving especially deadly to Flutter Mane, Hatterene, Alolan Ninetales, and Air Balloon Glimmora. Earthquake allows Alolan Sandslash to offensively pressure Toxapex, and it also smacks targets such as Heatran, Sneasler, and Hisuian Arcanine. Knock Off is valuable for menacing spinblockers such as Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and Gholdengo; it also creates permanent progress by removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, opening them up to hazard damage.

Alolan Ninetales is an essential partner to Alolan Sandslash, not only setting snow to shore up Alolan Sandslash’s Defense and allowing it to take advantage of Slush Rush but also putting up Aurora Veil to allow Alolan Sandslash to easily enter the field. Moreover, Alolan Ninetales handles the Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Great Tusk that Alolan Sandslash is extremely weak to. With a Nasty Plot + Encore set, Alolan Ninetales can also take advantage of and remove Dondozo, Toxapex, Calm Mind Clefable, and Iron Defense Corviknight. Baxcalibur makes an excellent pairing with Alolan Sandslash, greatly appreciating Alolan Sandslash eliminating targets such as Flutter Mane and Alolan Ninetales and removing entry hazards to allow it to sweep unimpeded. Choice Band Chien-Pao is another teammate that appreciates Alolan Sandslash pressuring Fairy-types, clearing entry hazards, and generally softening up the opposing team so it can avoid being chipped down over the course of a game and easily clean. In exchange, Chien-Pao can threaten Corviknight and Kingambit. Froslass absorbs Fighting-type moves for Alolan Sandslash and enjoys it removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, Quagsire, and Empoleon via Knock Off, rendering them vulnerable to Froslass’s Spikes. Smack Down Mamoswine similarly appreciates Alolan Sandslash’s Knock Off with regard to its Stealth Rock and can take out Corviknight, which otherwise walls Alolan Sandslash. Frosmoth values Alolan Sandslash bringing down Articuno and Flutter Mane, while in return threatening the pesky Quagsire, Great Tusk, and Ursaluna-B. Cetitan and Cloyster are other examples of Ice-type sweepers that massively benefit from Alolan Sandslash clearing entry hazards prior to their setup.

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

Ice
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Icicle Crash can be used in place of Knock Off to punish foes such as Dragapult, Garchomp, and Choice Scarf Landorus; however, Knock Off's utility in threatening spinblockers and removing items is generally more useful, as Alolan Sandslash's teammates can deal with these threats. Rock Slide can be used to allow Alolan Sandslash to outspeed and OHKO +1 Volcarona under snow, as well as 2HKO Moltres, but it is difficult to fit on its moveset over other mostly more useful options.

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[SET]
Sandslash-Alola @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Slush Rush Support (Ice)
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Sandslash provides valuable role compression for fast-paced Ice teams. It offers not only hazard removal, a Toxic immunity, and a Fairy resist, but also speed control thanks to Slush Rush, under snow notably outpacing and threatening Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, Dragapult, Spectrier, and +1 Baxcalibur, as well as Choice Scarfers such as Hisuian Arcanine and Gholdengo. Slush Rush finds further use facilitating Alolan Sandslash’s spinning, as Alolan Sandslash can spin on forced switches against opponents such as Flutter Mane, and even if it is being sacked can get generally get a Rapid Spin off before it is KOed. Iron Head is Alolan Sandslash’s primary attacking move, proving especially deadly to Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, Chien-Pao(you dont kill the last two, pao and val. Maybe Hatte [sometimes packs mystfire but is a huge problem otherwise] might be better?), Alolan Ninetales, and Glimmora. Earthquake allows Alolan Sandslash to wall and offensively pressure Toxapex, and also smacks targets such as Heatran, Magnezone, Sneasler, Hisuian Arcanine, and Cinderace (a bit too many examples). Knock Off is valuable for menacing spinblockers such as Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and Gengar (Gholdy might be the prime-est target here); it also creates permanent progress by removing the items of foes such as Toxapex, Baxcalibur, and Choice Scarf Jirachi (Idt Bax or Jirach would ever stay in or try to threaten snowslash tho), offensively neutering them and opening them up to hazard damage.

Alolan Ninetales is an essential partner to Alolan Sandslash, not only setting snow to shore up Alolan Sandslash’s Defense and allow it to take advantage of Slush Rush, but also putting up Aurora Veil to allow Alolan Sandslash to easily enter the field. Moreover, Alolan Ninetales handles the Fighting-types such as Urshifu and Iron Valiant (maybe Great Tusk a better mention over Valiant, he's a bit scary...Tusk also is physdef so that works too) which Alolan Sandslash is extremely weak to. Baxcalibur makes an excellent pairing with Alolan Sandslash, greatly appreciating Alolan Sandslash eliminating targets such Flutter Mane and Alolan Ninetales and removing hazards to allow it to sweep unimpeded. Choice Band Chien-Pao is another teammate who appreciates Alolan Sandslash pressuring Fairy-types, clearing entry hazards, and generally softening up the opposing team so it can avoid being chipped down over the course of a game and easily clean (in return paopao deals with unsavory steels like Sciz and Corv for it). Froslass can absorb Fighting moves for Alolan Sandslash and enjoys it in turn removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, Quagsire, and Empoleon via Knock Off, rendering them vulnerable to Froslass’s Spikes. Smack Down Mamoswine similarly appreciates Alolan Sandslash’s Knock Off with regard to its Stealth Rock and can take out Corviknight, who otherwise walls Alolan Sandslash. Frosmoth values Alolan Sandslash bringing down Articuno and Flutter Mane, while in return threatening the pesky Quagsire, Great Tusk, and Ursaluna-B. Cetitan and Cloyster are other examples of Ice sweepers who massively benefit from Alolan Sandslash clearing hazards prior to their setup.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Icicle Crash can be used as an alternative STAB move in place of Iron Head to better threaten opponents such as Dragapult, Garchomp, and Choice Scarf Landorus; however, the coverage of Iron Head (would be over Knock Off imo, you'd hit the other ghost for STAB or SE anyway) generally has greater utility for Alolan Sandslash’s teammates. Rock Slide can be used to allow Alolan Sandslash to outspeed and OHKO +1 Volcarona under snow, as well as 2HKO Moltres, but it is difficult to fit on its moveset over other mostly more useful options.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Ice analysis by:
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Quality checked by:

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Neko said:
[SET]
Sandslash-Alola @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Slush Rush Support (Ice)
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Sandslash provides valuable role compression for fast-paced Ice teams. It offers not only hazard removal, a Toxic immunity, and a Fairy resist, but also speed control thanks to Slush Rush, under snow notably outpacing and threatening Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, Dragapult, Spectrier, and +1 Baxcalibur, as well as Choice Scarfers such as Hisuian Arcanine and Gholdengo. Slush Rush finds further use facilitating Alolan Sandslash’s spinning, as Alolan Sandslash can spin on forced switches against opponents such as Flutter Mane, and even if it is being sacked can get generally get a Rapid Spin off before it is KOed. Iron Head is Alolan Sandslash’s primary attacking move, proving especially deadly to Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, Chien-Pao(you dont kill the last two, pao and val. Maybe Hatte [sometimes packs mystfire but is a huge problem otherwise] might be better?), Alolan Ninetales, and Glimmora. Earthquake allows Alolan Sandslash to wall and offensively pressure Toxapex, and also smacks targets such as Heatran, Magnezone, Sneasler, Hisuian Arcanine, and Cinderace (a bit too many examples). Knock Off is valuable for menacing spinblockers such as Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and Gengar (Gholdy might be the prime-est target here); it also creates permanent progress by removing the items of foes such as Toxapex, Baxcalibur, and Choice Scarf Jirachi (Idt Bax or Jirach would ever stay in or try to threaten snowslash tho), offensively neutering them and opening them up to hazard damage.

Alolan Ninetales is an essential partner to Alolan Sandslash, not only setting snow to shore up Alolan Sandslash’s Defense and allow it to take advantage of Slush Rush, but also putting up Aurora Veil to allow Alolan Sandslash to easily enter the field. Moreover, Alolan Ninetales handles the Fighting-types such as Urshifu and Iron Valiant (maybe Great Tusk a better mention over Valiant, he's a bit scary...Tusk also is physdef so that works too) which Alolan Sandslash is extremely weak to. Baxcalibur makes an excellent pairing with Alolan Sandslash, greatly appreciating Alolan Sandslash eliminating targets such Flutter Mane and Alolan Ninetales and removing hazards to allow it to sweep unimpeded. Choice Band Chien-Pao is another teammate who appreciates Alolan Sandslash pressuring Fairy-types, clearing entry hazards, and generally softening up the opposing team so it can avoid being chipped down over the course of a game and easily clean (in return paopao deals with unsavory steels like Sciz and Corv for it). Froslass can absorb Fighting moves for Alolan Sandslash and enjoys it in turn removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, Quagsire, and Empoleon via Knock Off, rendering them vulnerable to Froslass’s Spikes. Smack Down Mamoswine similarly appreciates Alolan Sandslash’s Knock Off with regard to its Stealth Rock and can take out Corviknight, who otherwise walls Alolan Sandslash. Frosmoth values Alolan Sandslash bringing down Articuno and Flutter Mane, while in return threatening the pesky Quagsire, Great Tusk, and Ursaluna-B. Cetitan and Cloyster are other examples of Ice sweepers who massively benefit from Alolan Sandslash clearing hazards prior to their setup.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Icicle Crash can be used as an alternative STAB move in place of Iron Head to better threaten opponents such as Dragapult, Garchomp, and Choice Scarf Landorus; however, the coverage of Iron Head (would be over Knock Off imo, you'd hit the other ghost for STAB or SE anyway) generally has greater utility for Alolan Sandslash’s teammates. Rock Slide can be used to allow Alolan Sandslash to outspeed and OHKO +1 Volcarona under snow, as well as 2HKO Moltres, but it is difficult to fit on its moveset over other mostly more useful options.

[CREDITS]
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Implemented, thank you Neko
 
i think mentioning encore plot tales being able to deter dondozo/pex/clefable(fire move clef)/bp corvi - misc things since set is more of a support makes that particular ninetales-a set notable

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2/2 great job
 
AMGP, take what you'd like add remove comment
[SET]
Sandslash-Alola @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Slush Rush Support (Ice)
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Sandslash provides valuable role compression for fast-paced Ice teams. It offers not only hazard removal, a Toxic immunity, and a Fairy resist, but also speed control thanks to Slush Rush, under snow notably outpacing and threatening Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, Dragapult, Spectrier, and +1 Baxcalibur, as well as Choice Scarfers Choice Scarf users such as Hisuian Arcanine and Gholdengo, under snow. Slush Rush finds further use in facilitating Alolan Sandslash's hazard removal spinning, as Alolan Sandslash it can use Rapid Spin spin on forced switches from foes against opponents such as Flutter Mane, and even if it is being sacked sacrificed, (AC) can get generally get a Rapid Spin off before it is KOed. Iron Head is Alolan Sandslash’s primary attacking move, proving especially deadly to Flutter Mane, Hatterene, Alolan Ninetales, and Glimmora. Earthquake allows Alolan Sandslash to wall and offensively pressure Toxapex, and also smacks targets such as Heatran, Sneasler, and Hisuian Arcanine. Knock Off is valuable for menacing spinblockers such as Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and Gholdengo; it also creates permanent progress by removing items from foes such as the items of foes such as Toxapex (what item?), opening them up to hazard damage.

Alolan Ninetales is an essential partner to Alolan Sandslash, as it can not only set setting snow to shore up Alolan Sandslash’s Defense and allow it to take advantage of Slush Rush, but also put putting up Aurora Veil to allow Alolan Sandslash to easily enter the field. Moreover, Alolan Ninetales handles the Fighting-types such as Urshifu (should be Urshifu-R) and Great Tusk (is it just these Fighting-types or Fighting-types in general? if it's in general, remove "the" and replace "which" with "that") which Alolan Sandslash is extremely weak to. With a Nasty Plot + and Encore set, Alolan Ninetales can also take advantage of and remove Dondozo, Toxapex, Calm Mind Clefable, and Iron Defense Corviknight. Baxcalibur makes an excellent pairing with Alolan Sandslash, greatly appreciating Alolan Sandslash eliminating targets such Flutter Mane and Alolan Ninetales and removing entry hazards to allow it to sweep unimpeded. Choice Band Chien-Pao is another teammate which appreciates Alolan Sandslash pressuring Fairy-types, clearing entry hazards, and generally softening up the opposing team so it can avoid being chipped down over the course of a game and easily clean. In exchange, Chien-Pao can threaten Corviknight and Kingambit. Froslass can absorb Fighting-type moves for Alolan Sandslash and enjoys it, (AC) in turn, (AC) removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, Quagsire, and Empoleon via Knock Off, rendering them vulnerable to Froslass’s Spikes. Smack Down Mamoswine similarly appreciates Alolan Sandslash’s Knock Off with regard to its Stealth Rock and can take out Corviknight, which otherwise walls Alolan Sandslash. Frosmoth values Alolan Sandslash bringing down Articuno and Flutter Mane, while in return threatening the pesky Quagsire, Great Tusk, and Ursaluna-B. Cetitan and Cloyster are other examples of Ice-type sweepers which massively benefit from Alolan Sandslash clearing entry hazards prior to their setup.

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

Ice
--------
Icicle Crash can be used in place of Knock Off to punish opponents such as Dragapult, Garchomp, and Choice Scarf Landorus; however, Knock Off's utility in threatening spinblockers and removing items is generally more useful, as Alolan Sandslash's teammates can deal with these threats. Rock Slide can be used to allow Alolan Sandslash to outspeed and OHKO +1 Volcarona under snow, as well as 2HKO Moltres, but it is difficult to fit on its moveset over other mostly more useful options.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Ice analysis by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
 
Dead by Daylight said:
AMGP, take what you'd like add remove comment
[SET]
Sandslash-Alola @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Slush Rush Support (Ice)
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Sandslash provides valuable role compression for fast-paced Ice teams. It offers not only hazard removal, a Toxic immunity, and a Fairy resist, but also speed control thanks to Slush Rush, under snow notably outpacing and threatening Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, Dragapult, Spectrier, and +1 Baxcalibur, as well as Choice Scarfers Choice Scarf users such as Hisuian Arcanine and Gholdengo, under snow. Slush Rush finds further use in facilitating Alolan Sandslash's hazard removal spinning, as Alolan Sandslash it can use Rapid Spin spin on forced switches from foes against opponents such as Flutter Mane, and even if it is being sacked sacrificed, (AC) can get generally get a Rapid Spin off before it is KOed. Iron Head is Alolan Sandslash’s primary attacking move, proving especially deadly to Flutter Mane, Hatterene, Alolan Ninetales, and Glimmora. Earthquake allows Alolan Sandslash to wall and offensively pressure Toxapex, and also smacks targets such as Heatran, Sneasler, and Hisuian Arcanine. Knock Off is valuable for menacing spinblockers such as Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and Gholdengo; it also creates permanent progress by removing items from foes such as the items of foes such as Toxapex (what item?), opening them up to hazard damage.

Alolan Ninetales is an essential partner to Alolan Sandslash, as it can not only set setting snow to shore up Alolan Sandslash’s Defense and allow it to take advantage of Slush Rush, but also put putting up Aurora Veil to allow Alolan Sandslash to easily enter the field. Moreover, Alolan Ninetales handles the Fighting-types such as Urshifu (should be Urshifu-R) and Great Tusk (is it just these Fighting-types or Fighting-types in general? if it's in general, remove "the" and replace "which" with "that") which Alolan Sandslash is extremely weak to. With a Nasty Plot + and Encore set, Alolan Ninetales can also take advantage of and remove Dondozo, Toxapex, Calm Mind Clefable, and Iron Defense Corviknight. Baxcalibur makes an excellent pairing with Alolan Sandslash, greatly appreciating Alolan Sandslash eliminating targets such Flutter Mane and Alolan Ninetales and removing entry hazards to allow it to sweep unimpeded. Choice Band Chien-Pao is another teammate which appreciates Alolan Sandslash pressuring Fairy-types, clearing entry hazards, and generally softening up the opposing team so it can avoid being chipped down over the course of a game and easily clean. In exchange, Chien-Pao can threaten Corviknight and Kingambit. Froslass can absorb Fighting-type moves for Alolan Sandslash and enjoys it, (AC) in turn, (AC) removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, Quagsire, and Empoleon via Knock Off, rendering them vulnerable to Froslass’s Spikes. Smack Down Mamoswine similarly appreciates Alolan Sandslash’s Knock Off with regard to its Stealth Rock and can take out Corviknight, which otherwise walls Alolan Sandslash. Frosmoth values Alolan Sandslash bringing down Articuno and Flutter Mane, while in return threatening the pesky Quagsire, Great Tusk, and Ursaluna-B. Cetitan and Cloyster are other examples of Ice-type sweepers which massively benefit from Alolan Sandslash clearing entry hazards prior to their setup.

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

Ice
--------
Icicle Crash can be used in place of Knock Off to punish opponents such as Dragapult, Garchomp, and Choice Scarf Landorus; however, Knock Off's utility in threatening spinblockers and removing items is generally more useful, as Alolan Sandslash's teammates can deal with these threats. Rock Slide can be used to allow Alolan Sandslash to outspeed and OHKO +1 Volcarona under snow, as well as 2HKO Moltres, but it is difficult to fit on its moveset over other mostly more useful options.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Ice analysis by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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Have implemented some of these changes, thank you
 
1/1 GP Team done credit both of us
[SET]
Sandslash-Alola @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Slush Rush Support (Ice)
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Sandslash provides valuable role compression for fast-paced Ice teams. It offers not only entry hazard removal, a Toxic immunity, and a Fairy resist resistance to Fairy (RC) but also speed control thanks to Slush Rush, under snow notably outpacing and threatening Rush. Under snow, it notably outpaces and threatens Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, Dragapult, Spectrier, and +1 Baxcalibur, as well as Choice Scarf users such as Hisuian Arcanine and Gholdengo. (split into 2 because original sentence is rly long) Slush Rush finds further use in facilitating Alolan Sandslash's entry hazard removal, as it can spin on forced switches against foes such as Flutter Mane, and even if it is being sacked sacrificed, it can generally get a Rapid Spin off before it is KOed. Iron Head is Alolan Sandslash’s primary attacking move, proving especially deadly to Flutter Mane, Hatterene, Alolan Ninetales, and Glimmora. (does glimm make sense as an example here when you talk about eq in the next time which hits it even harder) Earthquake allows Alolan Sandslash to wall (how does eq allow it to wall pex? the move doesnt do this, i assume alolaslash's typing is what does it) and offensively pressure Toxapex, and it also smacks targets such as Heatran, Sneasler, and Hisuian Arcanine. Knock Off is valuable for menacing spinblockers such as Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and Gholdengo; it also creates permanent progress by removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, opening them up to hazard damage.

Alolan Ninetales is an essential partner to Alolan Sandslash, not only setting snow to shore up Alolan Sandslash’s Defense and allowing it to take advantage of Slush Rush (RC) but also putting up Aurora Veil to allow Alolan Sandslash to easily enter the field. Moreover, Alolan Ninetales handles the Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Great Tusk which that Alolan Sandslash is extremely weak to. With a Nasty Plot + Encore set, Alolan Ninetales can also take advantage of and remove Dondozo, Toxapex, Calm Mind Clefable, and Iron Defense Corviknight. Baxcalibur makes an excellent pairing with Alolan Sandslash, greatly appreciating Alolan Sandslash eliminating targets such as Flutter Mane and Alolan Ninetales and removing entry hazards to allow it to sweep unimpeded. Choice Band Chien-Pao is another teammate which that appreciates Alolan Sandslash pressuring Fairy-types, clearing entry hazards, and generally softening up the opposing team so it can avoid being chipped down over the course of a game and easily clean. In exchange, Chien-Pao can threaten Corviknight and Kingambit. Froslass can absorb absorbs Fighting-type moves for Alolan Sandslash and enjoys it removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, Quagsire, and Empoleon via Knock Off, rendering them vulnerable to Froslass’s Spikes. Smack Down Mamoswine similarly appreciates Alolan Sandslash’s Knock Off with regard to its Stealth Rock and can take out Corviknight, which otherwise walls Alolan Sandslash. Frosmoth values Alolan Sandslash bringing down Articuno and Flutter Mane, while in return threatening the pesky Quagsire, Great Tusk, and Ursaluna-B. Cetitan and Cloyster are other examples of Ice-type sweepers which that massively benefit from Alolan Sandslash clearing entry hazards prior to their setup.

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

Ice
--------
Icicle Crash can be used in place of Knock Off to punish opponents foes such as Dragapult, Garchomp, and Choice Scarf Landorus; however, Knock Off's utility in threatening spinblockers and removing items is generally more useful, as Alolan Sandslash's teammates can deal with these threats. Rock Slide can be used to allow Alolan Sandslash to outspeed and OHKO +1 Volcarona under snow, as well as 2HKO Moltres, but it is difficult to fit on its moveset over other mostly more useful options.

[CREDITS]
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Quality checked by:
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autumn said:
1/1 GP Team done credit both of us
[SET]
Sandslash-Alola @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Slush Rush Support (Ice)
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Knock Off

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Sandslash provides valuable role compression for fast-paced Ice teams. It offers not only entry hazard removal, a Toxic immunity, and a Fairy resist resistance to Fairy (RC) but also speed control thanks to Slush Rush, under snow notably outpacing and threatening Rush. Under snow, it notably outpaces and threatens Chien-Pao, Flutter Mane, Dragapult, Spectrier, and +1 Baxcalibur, as well as Choice Scarf users such as Hisuian Arcanine and Gholdengo. (split into 2 because original sentence is rly long) Slush Rush finds further use in facilitating Alolan Sandslash's entry hazard removal, as it can spin on forced switches against foes such as Flutter Mane, and even if it is being sacked sacrificed, it can generally get a Rapid Spin off before it is KOed. Iron Head is Alolan Sandslash’s primary attacking move, proving especially deadly to Flutter Mane, Hatterene, Alolan Ninetales, and Glimmora. (does glimm make sense as an example here when you talk about eq in the next time which hits it even harder) Earthquake allows Alolan Sandslash to wall (how does eq allow it to wall pex? the move doesnt do this, i assume alolaslash's typing is what does it) and offensively pressure Toxapex, and it also smacks targets such as Heatran, Sneasler, and Hisuian Arcanine. Knock Off is valuable for menacing spinblockers such as Dragapult, Hisuian Zoroark, and Gholdengo; it also creates permanent progress by removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, opening them up to hazard damage.

Alolan Ninetales is an essential partner to Alolan Sandslash, not only setting snow to shore up Alolan Sandslash’s Defense and allowing it to take advantage of Slush Rush (RC) but also putting up Aurora Veil to allow Alolan Sandslash to easily enter the field. Moreover, Alolan Ninetales handles the Fighting-types such as Urshifu-R and Great Tusk which that Alolan Sandslash is extremely weak to. With a Nasty Plot + Encore set, Alolan Ninetales can also take advantage of and remove Dondozo, Toxapex, Calm Mind Clefable, and Iron Defense Corviknight. Baxcalibur makes an excellent pairing with Alolan Sandslash, greatly appreciating Alolan Sandslash eliminating targets such as Flutter Mane and Alolan Ninetales and removing entry hazards to allow it to sweep unimpeded. Choice Band Chien-Pao is another teammate which that appreciates Alolan Sandslash pressuring Fairy-types, clearing entry hazards, and generally softening up the opposing team so it can avoid being chipped down over the course of a game and easily clean. In exchange, Chien-Pao can threaten Corviknight and Kingambit. Froslass can absorb absorbs Fighting-type moves for Alolan Sandslash and enjoys it removing Heavy-Duty Boots from foes such as Toxapex, Quagsire, and Empoleon via Knock Off, rendering them vulnerable to Froslass’s Spikes. Smack Down Mamoswine similarly appreciates Alolan Sandslash’s Knock Off with regard to its Stealth Rock and can take out Corviknight, which otherwise walls Alolan Sandslash. Frosmoth values Alolan Sandslash bringing down Articuno and Flutter Mane, while in return threatening the pesky Quagsire, Great Tusk, and Ursaluna-B. Cetitan and Cloyster are other examples of Ice-type sweepers which that massively benefit from Alolan Sandslash clearing entry hazards prior to their setup.

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

Ice
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Icicle Crash can be used in place of Knock Off to punish opponents foes such as Dragapult, Garchomp, and Choice Scarf Landorus; however, Knock Off's utility in threatening spinblockers and removing items is generally more useful, as Alolan Sandslash's teammates can deal with these threats. Rock Slide can be used to allow Alolan Sandslash to outspeed and OHKO +1 Volcarona under snow, as well as 2HKO Moltres, but it is difficult to fit on its moveset over other mostly more useful options.

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