Snubbull (Analysis)

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[Overwiew]

- Snubbulls lack of speed really hurts it in lc but because of this, it can become a great tr sweeper due to a high attack stat, decent bulk, and intimidate.

[Set]

name: Trick Room Sweeper
move 1: Return
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Crunch
move 4: Ice Punch / Fire Punch
item: Life Orb / Oran Berry
ability: Intimidate
nature: Brave
evs: 196 HP / 196 Atk / 116 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe

[Set Comments]

- Great sweeper under TR.
- Unresisted coverage.
- 2hkos the metagame.
- fire punch for strongest atk vs. bronzor.
- no other set/analysis on-site.

[Additional Comments]

- bulk up can be used but it wastes valuable tr turns.
- a support set with thunder wave can be used but is generally outclassed by something like duskull or slowpoke. it does have roar but that isn't to viable in lc.
- scarf wont work because it only hits 19 spe w/ scarf and ties with a lot of the metagame.

[Teammates]

- bulky mons that set up tr are cool. (duskull has decent synergy, and slowpoke is bulky + takes fighting attacks.)
- porygon is a cool partner. they both spam their stab moves and one can usually overpower the normal resist(s). once the normal resists are gone, the other can freely spam return/tri-attack.
- wynaut can give it free switch-ins and remove priority users.

[Counters]

- no true "counters" because everything gets 2hkod.
- munchlax checks under tr because it's slow.
- croagunk can revenge. basically anything w/ priority.
- once tr is up, anything faster with decent attack stats can usually revenge.


Ok so thats what i have. Now i was wondering if a Sub 3 attacks set would work with Wynaut support? I haven't tested it because i want qc to weigh in on it and see if it'd be viable. something like sub/crunch/return/close combat. anyway, heres snubbull!
 
First thing that comes to mind is Intimidate+TWave. If it works for Ekans, it should work on Snubbull. Something like Thunder Wave / Return / Crunch / Ice Punch or Fire Punch. Also, why are you running Close Combat over Earthquake? Nothing that comes to mind resists Normal / Ground / Dark. I think it is worth the cost of losing 20 Base Power in exchange for no defense drops, which can help Croagunk revenge-kill with priority, etc.

Other than that, not much else to say. Choice Band might be an interesting option.
 
Choice Band really doesn't seem to good because of the fact that Snubbull doesn't really need the extra boost. It 2hkos everything without it, and with Choice Band you're asking Gastly to set up on you. As for Earthquake, that seems fine but I just like getting the guaranteed KO on Munchy. Bulky T Wave might be pretty cool so I'll test that out. What do you think about a Sub set though?
 
you testing twave/intimidate? i agree it looks cool and snubbel is a lot better offensively than ekans with return/crunch. please update so i can evaluate from there
 
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