Sneasel

[Minus]

posting for discussion or w/e, this is still a wip so don't grill my ass pls

Overview
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• is a qt
• Two good offensive STABs
• strongest Knock Off in the tier
• Access to prio (Ice Shard + Pursuit) (no sucker punch :[[[)
• literal glass canon
• set up bait for everything that can take it's moves
• moves have low BP

Life Orb
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name: Life Orb
move 1: Ice Shard
move 2: Pursuit / Low Kick
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: Ice Punch
ability: Pickpocket
item: Life Orb / Choice Band
evs: need to calc but probs standard 252 / 252
nature: Jolly / Adamant

Moves
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INFO ABOUT MOVES GOES HERE

Set Details
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EVS / ITEM / NATURE INFORMATION GOES HERE

Usage Tips
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USAGE TIPS GO HERE

Team Options
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TEAM OPTIONS GO HERE


Swords Dance
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name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Ice Punch
move 4: Ice Shard
ability: Pickpocket
item: Eviolite
evs: same as above
nature: Jolly / Adamant

Moves
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INFO ABOUT MOVES GOES HERE

Set Details
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EVS / ITEM / NATURE INFORMATION GOES HERE

Usage Tips
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USAGE TIPS GO HERE

Team Options
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TEAM OPTIONS GO HERE


Other Options
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OTHER OPTIONS GOES HERE. STUFF LIKE ALTERNATE MOVES, ALTERNATE SETS, NICHE STUFF THAT DOESN'T GET A MAIN SET MENTION


Checks & Counters
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CHECKS & COUNTERS GO HERE
NOTE THAT THIS WILL BE MORE THREATLISTY SO MENTION POKEMON / OTHER EFFECTS ONE AT A TIME

 

[g]

Remove adamant pls

 

[Minus]

k

 

[soulgazer]

I would mention Choice Band on the first set (or maybe even slash it with Life Orb).

galbia what's wrong with Adamant Sneasel? It will outspeed base 100s by 1 pts and have a stronger Knock Off, and most of the things that outspeed it won't apprecial a Ice Shard anyway (except like Cryogonal, which might be able to 2HKO you with Ice Beam and Stealth Rock, but you can always just come in with a slower Volt Switch/U-Turn/Baton Pass if you absolutely need Sneasel to trap Cryogonal).

oh and Swords Dance is kinda bad imo

 

[g]

I would mention Choice Band on the first set (or maybe even slash it with Life Orb).

galbia what's wrong with Adamant Sneasel? It will outspeed base 100s by 1 pts and have a stronger Knock Off, and most of the things that outspeed it won't apprecial a Ice Shard anyway (except like Cryogonal, which might be able to 2HKO you with Ice Beam and Stealth Rock, but you can always just come in with a slower Volt Switch/U-Turn/Baton Pass if you absolutely need Sneasel to trap Cryogonal).

oh and Swords Dance is kinda bad imo

Ok my bad I thought it missed 100s but I still think jolly is far superior :/
SD can be in moves on the first set at best I'd say and eviolite can probably go in set details as sneasel is almost as bulky as pawniard so that works

 

[Raseri]

I've always ran Pickpocket as the ability of choice on Sneasel in XY. It's usage is niche because Knock Off doesn't activate it. But if you get hit by a Knock Off (which Sneasel can easily tank due to resisting it). You can steal an item with Ice Punch.

I'd also make Ice Punch an only slash, and put Low Kick behind Pursuit. When I run Sneasel, if I drop a move, its one of those two. Ice Punch is just a really nice and consistent STAB alongside Knock Off, for hitting things like Vileplume, Dragalge and a lot of other big threats.

 

[CanadianWifier]

Not quite sure why Keen eye is listed for both abilities, but yea change that :]
I personally prefer Inner Focus to avoid Fake out, but for the reasoning Raseri posted above you can go with pickpocket. They're both pretty situational, lol

 

[Raseri]

because Minus quit and hasnt been on for awhile, im going to reassign this.