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[SET]
Bulky Swords Dance (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Normal / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Razor Shell / Liquidation
- Toxic / Facade
- Swords Dance
- Spiky Shield / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky physical sweeper with Swords Dance that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to break past the aforementioned Pokemon that rely on status to stop sweepers. Swords Dance allows Snaelstrom to leverage its bulk and status immunity to boost its modest Attack to threatening levels. Razor Shell allows Snaelstrom to effectively wallbreak due to its 50% chance to lower the foe's defense. However, Liquidation can be used for more immediate power and accuracy. Toxic chips down Unaware Pokemon such as Arghonaut, as well as crippling Pokemon that want to set up alongside Snaelstrom such as Zamazenta and Hemogoblin. Alternatively, Facade threatens Pokemon who resist or are immune to Snaelstrom's Water STAB moves, such as Kyurem, Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Mollux. Spiky Shield guarantees Toxic Orb activation and allows Snaelstrom to scout Choice-locked Pokemon, while Recover allows it to better take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches. Tera Water boosts Snaelstrom's Water-type moves, while Tera Normal boosts Facade's already impressive damage and gives Snaelstrom an immunity to Hex. Alternatively, Tera Fairy is a generically strong defensive typing that allows Snaelstrom to muscle past Pokemon that can hit it super effectively.

Swords Dance Snaelstrom is primarily used on balance teams as a late-game wincon. Snaelstrom's ability to threaten common defensive Pokemon like Gliscor and Equilibra makes it a great partner for Shox and Galarian Slowking, which are walled by the aforementioned Pokemon. Snaelstrom also appreciates Ground-type teammates such as Gliscor, Equilibra, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, which can take on Electric-type attacks that threaten it. Pairing Snaelstrom with entry hazard removal options like Mollux, Equilibra, or Great Tusk allows it to switch in more freely throughout a battle to make progress. Pokemon such as Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Arghonaut, and Gliscor can provide entry hazards and Knock Off to wear down Pokemon such as Arghonaut and Mollux, which might otherwise halt a Snaelstrom sweep.

[SET]
Bulky Pivot (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature / Bold Nature
- Surf / U-turn
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Toxic / U-turn
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
==================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky utility Pokemon or slow pivot that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and an immunity to other status, which allows it to freely switch into the aforementioned Pokemon. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk and absorb Knock Off. The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk, and allows it to pivot into common meta metagame threats such as Cresceidon, Equilibra, and Darkrai. Alternatively, Snaelstrom can fully invest in Defense, improving its matchup against common Knock Off users like Great Tusk, Hisuian Samurott, and Ogerpon-W; however, this comes at the cost of taking more damage from Cresceidon, Galarian Slowking, and Darkrai, which Snaelstrom otherwise freely switches into. Surf allows Snaelstrom to pressure common Ground-types like Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Equilibra. Toxic lets Snaelstrom punish Pokemon that try to set up on it, while U-turn allows it to act as a slow pivot and gain momentum.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status-weak Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves. Snaelstrom's resistances make it a good partner for Ground-types such as Gliscor, Equilibra, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu. Equilibra and Great Tusk are especially great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove entry hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks, which threaten Snaelstrom. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Galarian Slowking, which are walled by Equilibra. Skeledirge and Arghonaut can handle setup attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk thanks to Unaware.


[OTHER OPTIONS]
Snaelstrom can use Infestation to lock in Pokemon and deal consistent chip damage, which pairs well with Spiky Shield or Toxic. However, this set is walled and easily taken advantage of by Galarian Slowking or Clefable, and it lacks the utility that often justifies Snaelstrom's slot on teams. Snaelstrom can also use Sticky Web, though Ribombee and Araquanid are more suited to the fast-paced nature of Sticky Web teams.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
**Stealth Rock**: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to hazards, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and absorb attacks for its teammates. It is especially susceptible to Stealth Rock due to its Rock weakness.

**Electric-types**: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super effective attacks. However, they must be wary of a potential boosted Tera Normal Facade.

**Flying-types**: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres, Venomicon-E, or Venomicon with Hurricane can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

**Neutralizing Gas**: Neutralizing Gas from Pokemon such as Miasmaw and Galarian Weezing disable Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, making it take damage from its self-inflicted poison instead. This is especially dangerous if Snaelstrom has stayed in for a high number of turns.

**Galarian Slowking**: Galarian Slowking is immune to Toxic, takes minimal damage from Surf, and takes advantage of Snaelstrom to set up Future Sight and pivot into its teammates. It also underspeeds Snaelstrom, allowing it to pivot in an appropriate answer if Snaelstrom opts to use U-turn.

**Kyurem**: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's Water-type moves while threatening it with a powerful super effective Freeze-Dry. However, Kyurem has to be wary of Terastallization, as this can remove Snaelstrom's weakness to Freeze-Dry, and Kyurem does not appreciate taking Tera Normal Facade.


[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/spammernoob.203741/
Quality checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/quziel.297859/
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Grammar checked by: https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/adorluigi.528364/
 
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[SET]
Bulky Swords Dance (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Fairy / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Razor Shell / Liquidation
- Toxic / Facade
- Swords Dance
- Recover / Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky physical sweeper with Swords Dance that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to break past Pokemon such as Kitsunoh, Toxic Gliscor, or Cresceidon, who rely on status to stop sweepers. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, which allows it to absorb Knock Off. This, combined with its natural bulk and good matchups into common Knock Off users such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk, allow it to switch into the aforementioned threats and preserve items on your other Pokemon. The previous is a bit wordy; you could probably combine the two sentences. This is also partially redundant with a section in the teammates section.

The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk and allows Snaelstrom to set up on and out-trade common meta threats such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Slowking-Galar. Swords Dance allows Snaelstrom to leverage its bulk and status immunity to boost its modest Attack to threatening levels. For Snaelstrom's primary STAB move, Liquidation provides the most immediate power with a 20% chance to drop the opponent's defense, while Razor Shell trades 10 base power and 5% accuracy for a 50% chance to drop the opponent's defense. Swap order of the clauses. Toxic can be used to chip down Pokemon with Unaware such as Arghonaut, as well as Pokemon that want to set up alongside Snaelstrom such as Zamazenta or Hemogoblin. Alternatively, Facade can be used as another attack to threaten Pokemon who resist or are immune to Snaelstrom's Water STAB, such as Arghonaut, Kyurem, Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Mollux. Argh is in both sections. Spiky Shield is a powerful option that guarantees Toxic Orb activation, and allows Snaelstrom to scout opposing Choiced Pokemon and safely recover 1/8th of its HP. Alternatively Recover allows Snaelstrom to take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches to immediately recover a large portion of its HP. This is generally a bit wordy, you could work to remove "obvious" information. Also mention tera typings.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves. Again, a bit redundant with part of the intro section, reduce one of them. Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. Additionally, Snaelstrom is an effective sponge for Equilibra's Doom Desire, makes it a good partner for Pokemon such as Raging Bolt and Slowking-Galar, who allow Equilibra to freely use Doom Desire. Its frankly an excellent libra counter in general. Snaelstrom is very vulnerable to both Spikes and Stealth Rock, so it greatly appreciates hazard control. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards. Partners such as Equilibra, Ting-Lu, and Shox are also valuable for their ability to handle Raging Bolt, Kyurem, and Zapdos, which threaten Snaelstrom with super-effective attacks. Snaelstrom also appreciates partners that can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk, such as Skeledirge, Arghonaut, and Dragonite. Finally, Snaelstrom appreciates entry hazards and Knock Off users to wear down Pokemon that can halt its sweep like Arghonaut and Mollux. Pokemon like Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Arghonaut and Gliscor can provide this crucial support to allow Snaelstrom to sweep. A lot of this is "Snael appreciates X. Pair With Y". You can likely rephrase as "Y can support Snael by doing X" which is generally a bit shorter.

[OTHER OPTIONS]
Snaelstrom can use Rapid Spin over Toxic or Facade, allowing it to boost its middling Speed to more usable levels while providing hazard-removal utility. However, this option makes Snaelstrom less effective against Ogerpon-W than either Facade or Toxic. For its primary Water STAB, Snaelstrom also has the option of Waterfall, which has an additional 8pp over Razor Shell or Liquidation at the cost of losing the ability to drop Defense.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
** Stealth Rock **: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to Stealth Rock, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and make progress against bulky hazard-stack teams.

** Electric Types **: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super-effective Electric-type STAB. However, they must be wary of a potential boosted Tera-Normal Facade.

** Flying Types **: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres, Venomicon, or Venomicon-E with Hurricane, can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

** Phazing **: Snaelstrom does not have a lot of immediate power, and relies greatly on Swords Dance to boost its Attack to threatening levels. Thus, Pokemon such as Dragonite, Arghonaut, Zamazenta, and Ting-Lu, can

** Unaware Pokemon **: Likewise, Unaware Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Dondozo, and Skeledirge can ignore Snaelstrom's boosts and wall it. However, they have to be careful of Toxic, or being stalled out of recovery moves by Facade's impressive 32pp.

** Kyurem **: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's STAB while threatening it with a powerful super-effective Freeze-Dry.

** Miasmaw **: Miasmaw's Neutralizing Gas disables Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, making it take damage from its self-inflicted poison instead.

** Weezing-G **: Similar to Miasmaw, Weezing-G disables Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, and its physical bulk makes it difficult for Snaelstrom to easily defeat it.


Only one set of OOs and Checks and Counters; do your best to combine these. OOs should be stuff that's not relevant to either set

[SET]
Bulky Pivot (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Fairy / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature / Bold Nature
- Surf / U-turn
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Toxic / U-turn
- Recover / Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky utility Pokemon or slow pivot that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to freely switch into Pokemon who rely on status to make progress, such as Kitsunoh. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, which allows it to absorb Knock Off. This, combined with its natural bulk and good matchups into common Knock Off users such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk, allow it to switch into the aforementioned threats and preserve items on your other Pokemon.

The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk and allows Snaelstrom to pivot into common meta threats such as Arghonaut, Cresceidon, Equilibra, and Kitsunoh. Alternatively, Snaelstrom can fully invest in Physical Defense, giving it a better matchup into Great Tusk, Samurott-H and Ogerpon-W, improving Snaelstrom's matchup into common Knock Off users; this comes at the cost of taking much more damage from special attackers, notably Cresceidon, Slowking-G and Mollux, which Snaelstrom otherwise freely switches into. This is very wordy. Snaelstrom is often slotted on teams due to its unique typing and access to Stealth Rock or Rapid Spin; Snaelstrom's resistance to Water and Ice-type attacks sets it apart from common Stealth Rock users such as Great Tusk, Landorus-T, and Ting-Lu, allowing Snaelstrom to share a team with the aforementioned powerful Ground-types without overlapping weaknesses. Cut this. Surf is Snaelstrom's primary STAB, as it pressures Pokemon such as Gliscor and Great Tusk on their weaker special side, as well as ignoring defense boosts from common Pokemon such as Hemogoblin and Zamazenta. This could be much shorter. Toxic is a powerful status move that allows Snaelstrom to punish setup, as well as make progress against bulky Water resists such as Cresceidon and Arghonaut. In general you only need to comment on choices that need to be made, rather than explaining how stuff works. Spiky Shield is a powerful option that guarantees Toxic Orb activation, and allows Snaelstrom to scout opposing Choiced Pokemon and safely recover 1/8th of its HP. Alternatively Recover allows Snaelstrom to take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches to immediately recover a large portion of its HP.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves.
Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. Additionally, Snaelstrom is an effective sponge for Equilibra's Doom Desire, makes it a good partner for Pokemon such as Raging Bolt and Slowking-Galar, who allow Equilibra to freely use Doom Desire. Snaelstrom is very vulnerable to both Spikes and Stealth Rock, so it greatly appreciates hazard control. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards. Partners such as Equilibra, Ting-Lu, and Shox are also valuable for their ability to handle Raging Bolt, Kyurem, and Zapdos, which threaten Snaelstrom with super-effective attacks. Snaelstrom also appreciates partners that can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk, such as Skeledirge, Arghonaut, and Dragonite.

[OTHER OPTIONS]
Snaelstrom can use Infestation to lock in opposing Pokemon and deal consistent chip damage. A set of Toxic/Infestation/Surf/Spiky Shield can make great progress against teams that have difficulty pivoting around the Surf/Toxic combination, heavily punishing Pokemon such as Gliscor and Ogerpon-W. However, this set is walled and easily taken advantage of by Slowking-G, and lacks the utility that often justifies Snaelstrom's slot on teams. Snaelstrom can also use Sticky Web, though Ribombee and Araquanid are more suited to the fast-paced nature of Sticky Web teams.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
** Stealth Rock **: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to Stealth Rock, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and absorb attacks for its teammates.

** Electric Types **: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super-effective Electric-type STAB. However, they must be wary of a potential boosted Tera-Normal Facade.

** Flying Types **: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres, Venomicon, or Venomicon-E with Hurricane, can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

** Slowking-G **: Slowking-G is immune to Toxic, and takes minimal damage from Surf while taking advantage of Snaelstrom to set up Future Sight and pivot into its teammates. It also underspeeds Snaelstrom, allowing it to pivot in an appropriate answer if Snaelstrom opts to use U-turn.

** Kyurem **: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's STAB while threatening it with a powerful super-effective Freeze-Dry.




[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/spammernoob.203741/
Quality checked by:
Grammar checked by:

In general this is extremely wordy. There's a fair bit of redundancy, and I think you can do a lot of work in cutting waste. Tag me when changes are made
 
quziel said:
[SET]
Bulky Swords Dance (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Fairy / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Razor Shell / Liquidation
- Toxic / Facade
- Swords Dance
- Recover / Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky physical sweeper with Swords Dance that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to break past Pokemon such as Kitsunoh, Toxic Gliscor, or Cresceidon, who rely on status to stop sweepers. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, which allows it to absorb Knock Off. This, combined with its natural bulk and good matchups into common Knock Off users such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk, allow it to switch into the aforementioned threats and preserve items on your other Pokemon. The previous is a bit wordy; you could probably combine the two sentences. This is also partially redundant with a section in the teammates section.

The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk and allows Snaelstrom to set up on and out-trade common meta threats such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Slowking-Galar. Swords Dance allows Snaelstrom to leverage its bulk and status immunity to boost its modest Attack to threatening levels. For Snaelstrom's primary STAB move, Liquidation provides the most immediate power with a 20% chance to drop the opponent's defense, while Razor Shell trades 10 base power and 5% accuracy for a 50% chance to drop the opponent's defense. Swap order of the clauses. Toxic can be used to chip down Pokemon with Unaware such as Arghonaut, as well as Pokemon that want to set up alongside Snaelstrom such as Zamazenta or Hemogoblin. Alternatively, Facade can be used as another attack to threaten Pokemon who resist or are immune to Snaelstrom's Water STAB, such as Arghonaut, Kyurem, Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Mollux. Argh is in both sections. Spiky Shield is a powerful option that guarantees Toxic Orb activation, and allows Snaelstrom to scout opposing Choiced Pokemon and safely recover 1/8th of its HP. Alternatively Recover allows Snaelstrom to take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches to immediately recover a large portion of its HP. This is generally a bit wordy, you could work to remove "obvious" information. Also mention tera typings.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves. Again, a bit redundant with part of the intro section, reduce one of them. Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. Additionally, Snaelstrom is an effective sponge for Equilibra's Doom Desire, makes it a good partner for Pokemon such as Raging Bolt and Slowking-Galar, who allow Equilibra to freely use Doom Desire. Its frankly an excellent libra counter in general. Snaelstrom is very vulnerable to both Spikes and Stealth Rock, so it greatly appreciates hazard control. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards. Partners such as Equilibra, Ting-Lu, and Shox are also valuable for their ability to handle Raging Bolt, Kyurem, and Zapdos, which threaten Snaelstrom with super-effective attacks. Snaelstrom also appreciates partners that can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk, such as Skeledirge, Arghonaut, and Dragonite. Finally, Snaelstrom appreciates entry hazards and Knock Off users to wear down Pokemon that can halt its sweep like Arghonaut and Mollux. Pokemon like Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Arghonaut and Gliscor can provide this crucial support to allow Snaelstrom to sweep. A lot of this is "Snael appreciates X. Pair With Y". You can likely rephrase as "Y can support Snael by doing X" which is generally a bit shorter.

[OTHER OPTIONS]
Snaelstrom can use Rapid Spin over Toxic or Facade, allowing it to boost its middling Speed to more usable levels while providing hazard-removal utility. However, this option makes Snaelstrom less effective against Ogerpon-W than either Facade or Toxic. For its primary Water STAB, Snaelstrom also has the option of Waterfall, which has an additional 8pp over Razor Shell or Liquidation at the cost of losing the ability to drop Defense.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
** Stealth Rock **: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to Stealth Rock, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and make progress against bulky hazard-stack teams.

** Electric Types **: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super-effective Electric-type STAB. However, they must be wary of a potential boosted Tera-Normal Facade.

** Flying Types **: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres, Venomicon, or Venomicon-E with Hurricane, can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

** Phazing **: Snaelstrom does not have a lot of immediate power, and relies greatly on Swords Dance to boost its Attack to threatening levels. Thus, Pokemon such as Dragonite, Arghonaut, Zamazenta, and Ting-Lu, can

** Unaware Pokemon **: Likewise, Unaware Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Dondozo, and Skeledirge can ignore Snaelstrom's boosts and wall it. However, they have to be careful of Toxic, or being stalled out of recovery moves by Facade's impressive 32pp.

** Kyurem **: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's STAB while threatening it with a powerful super-effective Freeze-Dry.

** Miasmaw **: Miasmaw's Neutralizing Gas disables Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, making it take damage from its self-inflicted poison instead.

** Weezing-G **: Similar to Miasmaw, Weezing-G disables Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, and its physical bulk makes it difficult for Snaelstrom to easily defeat it.


Only one set of OOs and Checks and Counters; do your best to combine these. OOs should be stuff that's not relevant to either set

[SET]
Bulky Pivot (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Fairy / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature / Bold Nature
- Surf / U-turn
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Toxic / U-turn
- Recover / Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky utility Pokemon or slow pivot that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to freely switch into Pokemon who rely on status to make progress, such as Kitsunoh. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, which allows it to absorb Knock Off. This, combined with its natural bulk and good matchups into common Knock Off users such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk, allow it to switch into the aforementioned threats and preserve items on your other Pokemon.

The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk and allows Snaelstrom to pivot into common meta threats such as Arghonaut, Cresceidon, Equilibra, and Kitsunoh. Alternatively, Snaelstrom can fully invest in Physical Defense, giving it a better matchup into Great Tusk, Samurott-H and Ogerpon-W, improving Snaelstrom's matchup into common Knock Off users; this comes at the cost of taking much more damage from special attackers, notably Cresceidon, Slowking-G and Mollux, which Snaelstrom otherwise freely switches into. This is very wordy. Snaelstrom is often slotted on teams due to its unique typing and access to Stealth Rock or Rapid Spin; Snaelstrom's resistance to Water and Ice-type attacks sets it apart from common Stealth Rock users such as Great Tusk, Landorus-T, and Ting-Lu, allowing Snaelstrom to share a team with the aforementioned powerful Ground-types without overlapping weaknesses. Cut this. Surf is Snaelstrom's primary STAB, as it pressures Pokemon such as Gliscor and Great Tusk on their weaker special side, as well as ignoring defense boosts from common Pokemon such as Hemogoblin and Zamazenta. This could be much shorter. Toxic is a powerful status move that allows Snaelstrom to punish setup, as well as make progress against bulky Water resists such as Cresceidon and Arghonaut. In general you only need to comment on choices that need to be made, rather than explaining how stuff works. Spiky Shield is a powerful option that guarantees Toxic Orb activation, and allows Snaelstrom to scout opposing Choiced Pokemon and safely recover 1/8th of its HP. Alternatively Recover allows Snaelstrom to take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches to immediately recover a large portion of its HP.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves.
Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. Additionally, Snaelstrom is an effective sponge for Equilibra's Doom Desire, makes it a good partner for Pokemon such as Raging Bolt and Slowking-Galar, who allow Equilibra to freely use Doom Desire. Snaelstrom is very vulnerable to both Spikes and Stealth Rock, so it greatly appreciates hazard control. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards. Partners such as Equilibra, Ting-Lu, and Shox are also valuable for their ability to handle Raging Bolt, Kyurem, and Zapdos, which threaten Snaelstrom with super-effective attacks. Snaelstrom also appreciates partners that can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk, such as Skeledirge, Arghonaut, and Dragonite.

[OTHER OPTIONS]
Snaelstrom can use Infestation to lock in opposing Pokemon and deal consistent chip damage. A set of Toxic/Infestation/Surf/Spiky Shield can make great progress against teams that have difficulty pivoting around the Surf/Toxic combination, heavily punishing Pokemon such as Gliscor and Ogerpon-W. However, this set is walled and easily taken advantage of by Slowking-G, and lacks the utility that often justifies Snaelstrom's slot on teams. Snaelstrom can also use Sticky Web, though Ribombee and Araquanid are more suited to the fast-paced nature of Sticky Web teams.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
** Stealth Rock **: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to Stealth Rock, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and absorb attacks for its teammates.

** Electric Types **: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super-effective Electric-type STAB. However, they must be wary of a potential boosted Tera-Normal Facade.

** Flying Types **: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres, Venomicon, or Venomicon-E with Hurricane, can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

** Slowking-G **: Slowking-G is immune to Toxic, and takes minimal damage from Surf while taking advantage of Snaelstrom to set up Future Sight and pivot into its teammates. It also underspeeds Snaelstrom, allowing it to pivot in an appropriate answer if Snaelstrom opts to use U-turn.

** Kyurem **: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's STAB while threatening it with a powerful super-effective Freeze-Dry.




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[SET]
Bulky Swords Dance (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Fairy / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Razor Shell / Liquidation
- Toxic / Facade
- Swords Dance
- Recover / Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky physical sweeper with Swords Dance that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to break past the aforementioned Pokemon, who rely on status to stop sweepers. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to absorb Knock Off, allowing it to switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk without fear of losing its item. One paragraph. The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk and allows Snaelstrom to set up on and out-trade common meta threats such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Slowking-Galar. Self explanatory. Swords Dance allows Snaelstrom to leverage its bulk and status immunity to boost its modest Attack to threatening levels. Razor Shell allows Snaelstrom to effectively wallbreak due to its 50% chance to lower the opponent's defense. However, Liquidation can be used for more immediate power and accuracy. Toxic chips down Unaware Pokemon such as Arghonaut, as well as Pokemon that want to set up alongside Snaelstrom such as Zamazenta or Hemogoblin. Alternatively, Facade threatens Pokemon who resist or are immune to Snaelstrom's Water STAB, such as Kyurem, Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Mollux. Spiky Shield guarantees Toxic Orb activation, and allows Snaelstrom to scout opposing Choiced Pokemon, while Recover allows Snaelstrom to better take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches. Tera Water boosts Snaelstrom's primary STAB, while Tera Normal boosts Facade's already impressive damage while giving Snaelstrom an immunity to Hex. Tera Fairy is a generically strong defensive typing that allows Snaelstrom to avoid super-effective hits from Kyurem, Zapdos, and Raging Bolt. Cut these down a bit; most of it is defensive typing.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves.
Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Slowking-G, which are walled by Equilibra. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks which threaten Snaelstrom super-effectively. Skeledirge, Arghonaut, and Dragonite can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk. Pokemon like Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Arghonaut and Gliscor can provide entry hazards and Knock Off users to wear down Pokemon such as Arghonaut and Mollux, which might otherwise halt a Snaelstrom sweep.


[SET]
Bulky Pivot (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature / Bold Nature
- Surf / U-turn
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Toxic / U-turn
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky utility Pokemon or slow pivot that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to freely switch into the aforementioned Pokemon. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to absorb Knock Off, allowing it to switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk without fear of losing its item. Same paragraph. The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk and allows Snaelstrom to pivot into common meta threats such as Arghonaut, Cresceidon, Equilibra, and Kitsunoh. Alternatively, Snaelstrom can fully invest in Physical Defense, improving Snaelstrom's matchup into common Knock Off users like Great Tusk, Samurott-H and Ogerpon-W,; this comes at the cost of taking more damage from Cresceidon, Slowking-G and Mollux, which Snaelstrom otherwise freely switches into. Surf allows Snaelstrom to pressure common Ground-types like Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Equilibra. Toxic allows Snaelstrom to punish Pokemon that try to set up on it, while U-turn allows Snaelstrom to act as a slow pivot and gain momentum.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves.
Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Slowking-G, which are walled by Equilibra. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks which threaten Snaelstrom super-effectively.Skeledirge, Arghonaut, and Dragonite can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk.

[OTHER OPTIONS]
Snaelstrom can use Infestation to lock in opposing Pokemon and deal consistent chip damage, which pairs well with Spiky Shield or Toxic. However, this set is walled and easily taken advantage of by Slowking-G or Clefable, and lacks the utility that often justifies Snaelstrom's slot on teams. Snaelstrom can also use Sticky Web, though Ribombee and Araquanid are more suited to the fast-paced nature of Sticky Web teams.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
** Stealth Rock **: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to Stealth Rock, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and absorb attacks for its teammates.

** Electric Types **: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super-effective Electric-type STAB. However, they must be wary of a potential boosted Tera-Normal Facade.

** Flying Types **: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres,, Venomicon-E, or Venomicon with Hurricane, can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

** Neutralizing Gas **: Neutralizing Gas from Pokemon such as Miasmaw and Weezing-G disable Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, making it take damage from its self-inflicted poison instead. This is especially dangerous if Snaelstrom has stayed in for a high number of turns.

** Slowking-G **: Slowking-G is immune to Toxic, and takes minimal damage from Surf while taking advantage of Snaelstrom to set up Future Sight and pivot into its teammates. It also underspeeds Snaelstrom, allowing it to pivot in an appropriate answer if Snaelstrom opts to use U-turn.

** Kyurem **: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's STAB while threatening it with a powerful super-effective Freeze-Dry.


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[SET]
Bulky Swords Dance (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Fairy / Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Razor Shell / Liquidation
- Toxic / Facade
- Swords Dance
- Recover / Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky physical sweeper with Swords Dance that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to break past the aforementioned Pokemon, who rely on status to stop sweepers. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to absorb Knock Off, allowing it to switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk without fear of losing its item. Swords Dance allows Snaelstrom to leverage its bulk and status immunity to boost its modest Attack to threatening levels. Razor Shell allows Snaelstrom to effectively wallbreak due to its 50% chance to lower the opponent's defense. However, Liquidation can be used for more immediate power and accuracy. Toxic chips down Unaware Pokemon such as Arghonaut, as well as cripple Pokemon that want to set up alongside Snaelstrom such as Zamazenta or Hemogoblin. Alternatively, Facade threatens Pokemon who resist or are immune to Snaelstrom's Water STAB, such as Kyurem, Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Mollux. Spiky Shield guarantees Toxic Orb activation, and allows Snaelstrom to scout opposing Choiced Pokemon, while Recover allows Snaelstrom to better take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches. Either switch the order here or the order of slashes on the actual set. Imo guaranteeing the proc on PHeal is slightly more important overall so I would swap slashes but I will let you decide. Tera Water boosts Snaelstrom's primary STAB, while Tera Normal boosts Facade's already impressive damage by giving it STAB while giving Snaelstrom an immunity to Hex. Alternatively, Tera Fairy is a generically strong defensive typing that allows Snaelstrom to muscle past Pokemon that can hit it's base typing super-effectively. Again, I would reorder either the slashes on the set to reflect the order here. Personally I think you could leave the Fairy slash off the actual set and just mention it here but if it stays slashed, I would recommend making it the 3rd slash.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves.
Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Equilibra, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. In fact, Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks which threaten Snaelstrom super-effectively. more of a GP thing but add hyphens after each type such as Ice-, Ground-, etc. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Slowking-G, which are walled by Equilibra. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks which threaten Snaelstrom super-effectively. moved this sentence to the end of the Ground type mentions for better fluidity. Skeledirge, and Arghonaut, and Dragonite can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk thanks to Unaware. Pokemon like such as Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Arghonaut and Gliscor can provide entry hazards and Knock Off users to wear down Pokemon such as Arghonaut and Mollux, which might otherwise halt a Snaelstrom sweep.


[SET]
Bulky Pivot (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature / Bold Nature
- Surf / U-turn
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Toxic / U-turn
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky utility Pokemon or slow pivot that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to freely switch into the aforementioned Pokemon. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to absorb Knock Off, allowing it to and switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk without fear of losing its item. The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk and allows Snaelstrom to pivot into common meta threats such as Arghonaut, Cresceidon, Equilibra, and Kitsunoh. I would focus on special attackers mentions here. Alternatively, Snaelstrom can fully invest in Physical Defense, improving Snaelstrom's matchup into common Knock Off users like Great Tusk, Samurott-H and Ogerpon-W, mention Kitsunoh here rather than with the SpD spread list of mons walled; however, this comes at the cost of taking more damage from Cresceidon, Slowking-G and Mollux, which Snaelstrom otherwise freely switches into. Surf allows Snaelstrom to pressure common Ground-types like Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Equilibra. Toxic allows Snaelstrom to punish Pokemon that try to set up on it, while U-turn allows Snaelstrom to act as a slow pivot and gain momentum.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves.
Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground Types such as Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water type attacks. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Slowking-G, which are walled by Equilibra. Equilibra and Great Tusk are great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks which threaten Snaelstrom super-effectively. Skeledirge, Arghonaut, and Dragonite can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk.

I am lazy but all the notes from the first "partner" section applies here as well. Reordering and the few additions to make it feel more cohesive :)

[OTHER OPTIONS]
Snaelstrom can use Infestation to lock in opposing Pokemon and deal consistent chip damage, which pairs well with Spiky Shield or Toxic. However, this set is walled and easily taken advantage of by Slowking-G or Clefable, and lacks the utility that often justifies Snaelstrom's slot on teams. Snaelstrom can also use Sticky Web, though Ribombee and Araquanid are more suited to the fast-paced nature of Sticky Web teams.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
** Stealth Rock **: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to Stealth Rock, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and absorb attacks for its teammates. I would expand this into all entry hazards as it doesn't appreciate any chip but explicitly mention it hates SR more due to the 2x weakness to it.

** Electric Types **: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super-effective Electric-type STAB  move. However, they must be wary of a potentially boosted Tera-Normal Facade.

** Flying Types **: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres, Venomicon-E, or Venomicon with Hurricane, can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

** Neutralizing Gas **: Neutralizing Gas from Pokemon such as Miasmaw and Weezing-G disable Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, making it take damage from its self-inflicted poison instead. This is especially dangerous if Snaelstrom has stayed in for a high number of turns.

** Slowking-G **: Slowking-G is immune to Toxic, and takes minimal damage from Surf while taking advantage of Snaelstrom to set up Future Sight and pivot into its teammates. It also underspeeds Snaelstrom, allowing it to pivot in an appropriate answer if Snaelstrom opts to use U-turn.

** Kyurem **: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's STAB while threatening it with a powerful super-effective Freeze-Dry. Since you mentioned Tera Normal Facade in the Electric types C&C section, I would reiterate it here as Kyurem would hate that too and a SpD Snael can tank hits should it be healthy + no longer Water type.


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[SET]
Bulky Swords Dance (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Normal / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Razor Shell / Liquidation
- Toxic / Facade
- Swords Dance
- Spiky Shield / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky physical sweeper with Swords Dance that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and an immunity to other status, which allows it to break past the aforementioned Pokemon (RC) who that rely on status to stop sweepers. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to absorb Knock Off, allowing it to switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk without fear of losing its item and absorb Knock Off. Swords Dance allows Snaelstrom to leverage its bulk and status immunity to boost its modest Attack to threatening levels. Razor Shell allows Snaelstrom to effectively wallbreak due to its 50% chance to lower the opponent's foe's defense. However, Liquidation can be used for more immediate power and accuracy. Toxic chips down Unaware Pokemon such as Arghonaut, as well as crippling Pokemon that want to set up alongside Snaelstrom such as Zamazenta or and Hemogoblin. Alternatively, Facade threatens Pokemon who that resist or are immune to Snaelstrom's Water STAB Water-type moves, such as Kyurem, Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Mollux. Spiky Shield guarantees Toxic Orb activation (RC) and allows Snaelstrom to scout opposing Choiced Choice-locked Pokemon, while Recover allows Snaelstrom it to better take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches. Tera Water boosts Snaelstrom's primary STAB Water-type moves, while Tera Normal boosts Facade's already impressive damage by giving it STAB, while giving and gives Snaelstrom an immunity to Hex. Alternatively, Tera Fairy is a generically strong defensive typing that allows Snaelstrom to muscle past Pokemon that can hit it's base typing super-effectively it super effectively.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon status-weak Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves. remove newline Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes resistances make it a good partner for Ground-types such as Gliscor, Equilibra, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu (RC) due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water-type attacks. Equilibra and Great Tusk are especially great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove entry hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks, (AC) which threaten Snaelstrom super-effectively. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Slowking-G Galarian Slowking, which are walled by Equilibra. Skeledirge and Arghonaut can handle set-up setup attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk thanks to Unaware. Pokemon such as Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Arghonaut, (AC) and Gliscor can provide entry hazards and Knock Off to wear down Pokemon such as Arghonaut and Mollux, which might otherwise halt a Snaelstrom sweep.


[SET]
Bulky Pivot (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature / Bold Nature
- Surf / U-turn
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Toxic / U-turn
- Spiky Shield

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
===================
Snaelstrom can act as a bulky utility Pokemon or slow pivot that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to freely switch into the aforementioned Pokemon. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to absorb Knock Off and switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk without fear of losing its item. please rephrase this line; copying lines from 1 set to another isn't allowed The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk, (AC) and allows Snaelstrom it to pivot into common meta threats such as Cresceidon, Equilibra, and Darkrai. Alternatively, Snaelstrom can fully invest in Physical Defense, improving Snaelstrom's its matchup into against common Knock Off users like Great Tusk, Samurott-H Hisuian Samurott, (AC) and Ogerpon-W; however, this comes at the cost of taking more damage from Cresceidon, Slowking-G Galarian Slowking, (AC) and Darkrai, which Snaelstrom otherwise freely switches into. Surf allows Snaelstrom to pressure common Ground-types like Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Equilibra. Toxic allows lets Snaelstrom to punish Pokemon that try to set up on it, while U-turn allows Snaelstrom it to act as a slow pivot and gain momentum.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status weak pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves. Snaelstrom's defensive typing makes it a good partner for Ground-types such as Gliscor, Equilibra, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu due to its resistance to Ice, Ground, and Water-type attacks. Equilibra and Great Tusk are especially great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks which threaten Snaelstrom super-effectively. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Slowking-G, which are walled by Equilibra. Skeledirge and Arghonaut can handle set-up attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk thanks to Unaware.
this entire paragraph is copy pasted from above, please rephrase it in full and I'll check.


[OTHER OPTIONS]
there is a random space at the start Snaelstrom can use Infestation to lock in opposing Pokemon and deal consistent chip damage, which pairs well with Spiky Shield or Toxic. However, this set is walled and easily taken advantage of by Slowking-G or Galarian Slowking and Clefable, and it lacks the utility that often justifies Snaelstrom's slot on teams. Snaelstrom can also use Sticky Web, though Ribombee and Araquanid are more suited to the fast-paced nature of Sticky Web teams.


[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Checks and Counters
===================
don't keep any spaces; phrase titles like this:
**Stealth Rock**:
** Stealth Rock **: Snaelstrom's inability to hold Heavy-Duty Boots leaves it vulnerable to entry hazards, hampering its ability to consistently switch in and absorb attacks for its teammates. It is especially susceptible to Stealth Rock due to its Rock weakness.

** Electric-types **: Strong Electric-type Pokemon like Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Caribolt can outspeed Snaelstrom and threaten it with super-effective Electric-type STAB super effective attacks. However, they must be wary of a potential boosted Tera Normal Facade.

** Flying-types **: Strong Flying-type Pokemon such as the aforementioned Zapdos, Moltres, (RC) double comma here Venomicon-E, or and Venomicon with Hurricane (RC) can deal significant damage to Snaelstrom. However, Hurricane is a less common option on many defensive Flying-type Pokemon, such as the aforementioned Moltres and Venomicon.

** Neutralizing Gas **: Neutralizing Gas from Pokemon such as Miasmaw and Weezing-G disable Galarian Weezing disables Snaelstrom's Poison Heal ability, making it take damage from its self-inflicted poison instead. This is especially dangerous if Snaelstrom has stayed in for a high number of turns.

** Slowking-G Galarian Slowking **: Slowking-G Galarian Slowking is immune to Toxic, and takes minimal damage from Surf, (AC) and takes while taking advantage of Snaelstrom to set up Future Sight and pivot into its teammates. It also underspeeds Snaelstrom, allowing it to pivot in an appropriate answer if Snaelstrom opts to use U-turn.

** Kyurem **: Kyurem resists Snaelstrom's STAB Water-type moves while threatening it with a powerful super-effective super effective Freeze-Dry. However, Kyurem has to be wary of Tera Terastallization, as this can remove Snaelstrom's weakness to Freeze-Dry, (AC) and Kyurem does not appreciate taking Tera Normal Facade.


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[SET]
Bulky Swords Dance (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Water / Normal / Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Razor Shell / Liquidation
- Toxic / Facade
- Swords Dance
- Spiky Shield / Recover

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
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Snaelstrom can act as a bulky physical sweeper with Swords Dance that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and immunity to other status, which allows it to break past the aforementioned Pokemon that rely on status to stop sweepers. Swords Dance allows Snaelstrom to leverage its bulk and status immunity to boost its modest Attack to threatening levels. Razor Shell allows Snaelstrom to effectively wallbreak due to its 50% chance to lower the foe's defense. However, Liquidation can be used for more immediate power and accuracy. Toxic chips down Unaware Pokemon such as Arghonaut, as well as crippling Pokemon that want to set up alongside Snaelstrom such as Zamazenta and Hemogoblin. Alternatively, Facade threatens Pokemon who resist or are immune to Snaelstrom's Water STAB moves, such as Kyurem, Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Mollux. Spiky Shield guarantees Toxic Orb activation and allows Snaelstrom to scout Choice-locked Pokemon, while Recover allows it to better take advantage of weaker attacks and forced switches. Tera Water boosts Snaelstrom's Water-type moves, while Tera Normal boosts Facade's already impressive damage and gives Snaelstrom an immunity to Hex. Alternatively, Tera Fairy is a generically strong defensive typing that allows Snaelstrom to muscle past Pokemon that can hit it super effectively.

Swords Dance Snaelstrom is primarily used on balance teams as a lategame win condition late-game wincon. Snaelstrom's ability to threaten common defensive Pokemon like Gliscor and Equilibra make makes it a great partner for Shox and Galarian Slowking, which are walled by the aforementioned Pokemon. Snaelstrom also appreciates Ground-type teammates such as Gliscor, Equilibra, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu, which can take on Electric-type attacks that threaten it. Pairing Snaelstrom with entry hazard removal options like Mollux, Equilibra, or Great Tusk allows it to switch in more freely throughout a battle to make progress. Pokemon such as Landorus-T, Great Tusk, Arghonaut, and Gliscor can provide entry hazards and Knock Off to wear down Pokemon such as Arghonaut and Mollux, which might otherwise halt a Snaelstrom sweep.

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Bulky Pivot (Snaelstrom) @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Careful Nature / Bold Nature
- Surf / U-turn
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Toxic / U-turn
- Spiky Shield

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Snaelstrom can act as a bulky utility Pokemon or slow pivot that punishes passive or status-reliant Pokemon such as Clefable, Cresceidon, and Toxic Gliscor. Poison Heal combined with Toxic Orb gives Snaelstrom powerful passive recovery and an immunity to other status, which allows it to freely switch into the aforementioned Pokemon. Additionally, after the initial Toxic Orb activation, Snaelstrom no longer requires its item, allowing it to switch into Pokemon such as Arghonaut, Gliscor, and Great Tusk and absorb Knock Off. The default EV spread maximizes special bulk, which complements Snaelstrom's naturally impressive physical bulk, and allows it to pivot into common meta metagame threats such as Cresceidon, Equilibra, and Darkrai. Alternatively, Snaelstrom can fully invest in Defense, improving its matchup against common Knock Off users like Great Tusk, Hisuian Samurott, and Ogerpon-W; however, this comes at the cost of taking more damage from Cresceidon, Galarian Slowking, and Darkrai, which Snaelstrom otherwise freely switches into. Surf allows Snaelstrom to pressure common Ground-types like Gliscor, Great Tusk, and Equilibra. Toxic lets Snaelstrom punish Pokemon that try to set up on it, while U-turn allows it to act as a slow pivot and gain momentum.

Pokemon such as Cresceidon, Kitsunoh, and Equilibra appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to switch into Knock Off once its Toxic Orb has activated. Similarly, status-weak pokemon Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Dragapult appreciate Snaelstrom's ability to easily switch into status moves. Snaelstrom's resistances make it a good partner for Ground-types such as Gliscor, Equilibra, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu. Equilibra and Great Tusk are especially great teammates for Snaelstrom due to their ability to remove entry hazards and immunity to Electric-type attacks, which threaten Snaelstrom. Snaelstrom is also a very effective counter to Equilibra, making it a good teammate for Raging Bolt and Slowking-G Galarian Slowking, which are walled by Equilibra. Skeledirge and Arghonaut can handle setup attackers such as Dragonite, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta that can muscle past Snaelstrom's natural bulk thanks to Unaware.
rechecked the edited stuff, should be good to go now

plz use this to implement gp changes btw

 
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