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Araquanid @ Choice Band
Ability: Water Bubble
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Surging Strikes
- First Impression
- U-turn
- Jet Punch

Araquanid gains an entirely new moveset in STABmons, turning it into a powerful wallbreaker and fearsome revenge killer. Water Bubble-boosted Surging Strikes obliterates common Ground-type walls like Ting-Lu and Landorus-T while 2HKOing neutral walls and frailer Water-resistant foes like Corviknight and Rotom-Wash. It also bypasses Attack drops, which are common in STABmons, like Strength Sap and Parting Shot. Jet Punch allows it to revenge kill the plethora of fast attackers in STABmons, such as Iron Valiant and Darkrai, after minor chip. First Impression provides key coverage for Latios, Greninja, and Rillaboom, letting it force them off the field as well. U-turn is in case you see a Toxapex, which walls Araquanid. Araquanid struggles to get onto the field safely, being incredibly weak to entry hazards and needing Choice Band to not hit like a wet noodle. Pivots such as Walking Wake and Ting-Lu can bring it in safely, while hazard removal such as Toxapex and Landorus-T can keep its side Stealth Rock free and allow it more switches.

Check out its wallbreaking and revenge killing in the most Other Metagames team tour!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9stabmons-888467
 
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:araquanid:
Araquanid @ Choice Band
Ability: Water Bubble
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Surging Strikes
- First Impression
- U-turn
- Jet Punch

Araquanid gains an entierly new moveset in STABmons, turning it into a fearsome revenge killer and powerful wallbreaker. [should be swapped around, minor thing but its a breaker primarily and revenge killer secondarily] Water Bubble boosted Surging Strikes obliterates the common Ground-type physical walls like Gliscor, Ting-Lu, Great Tusk, and Landorus-T, while 2HKOinges most neutral walls and frailer water-resists like Corviknight and Gholdengo, and can even 2HKO some bulky Water-reistant [LOL typo bozo] foes like Rotom-Wash. It also bypasses the Defense Attack drops from Intimidate and Parting Shot, both of which are common in STABmons, like Strength Sap and Parting Shot. Jet Punch allows it to revenge kill the plethora of fast attackers in STABmons such as Weavile, Iron Valiant, and Darkrai after minor chip. First Impression provides key coverage for Latios, Greninja, and Rillaboom, letting it force them off the field as well. U-turn is in case you see a Toxapex, which walls Araquanid to hell and back. Despite its absurd power and priority, Arquanid is slow, entry hazard weak, and reliant on Choice Band to secure KOs, meaning it needs teammates that can get it on the field safely. U-turn is in case you see a Toxapex, which walls Araquanid to hell and back. [252+ Atk Choice Band Water Bubble Araquanid Surging Strikes (3 hits) vs. 248 HP / 160+ Def Toxapex on a critical hit: 114-135 (37.6 - 44.5%) -- 0.1% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock ts is not "to hell and back"] Araquanid struggles to get onto the field safely, being incredibly entry hazard weak and needing Choice Band to not hit like a wet noodle. Specially offensive pPivots such as Walking Wake and Latios Ting-Lu can bring it in on special wallssafely, while spinners removal such as Toxapex and Excadrill Landorus-T can keep its side Stealth Rock free and allow it more switches.

Characters: 1,015

Check out its wallbreaking and revenge killing in the most Other Metas team tour!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9stabmons-888467

1030~ words, sorry GP. this looks good tho 1/1

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Fwiw I think your character count includes spaces, as I only have a count of 882.
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1/1 GP Team done
:araquanid:
Araquanid @ Choice Band
Ability: Water Bubble
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Surging Strikes
- First Impression
- U-turn
- Jet Punch

Araquanid gains an entierly entirely new moveset in STABmons, turning it into a powerful wallbreaker and fearsome revenge killer. Water Bubble boosted Bubble-boosted Surging Strikes obliterates common Ground-type walls like Ting-Lu and Landorus-T (RC) while 2HKOing neutral walls and frailer water-resists Water-resistant foes like Corviknight and Rotom-Wash. It also bypasses Attack drops, (AC) which are common in STABmons, like Strength Sap and Parting Shot. Jet Punch allows it to revenge kill the plethora of fast attackers in STABmons, (AC) such as Iron Valiant and Darkrai, (AC) after minor chip. First Impression provides key coverage for Latios, Greninja, and Rillaboom, letting it force them off the field as well. U-turn is in case you see a Toxapex, which walls Araquanid. Araquanid struggles to get onto the field safely, being incredibly weak to entry hazard weak hazards and needing Choice Band to not hit like a wet noodle. Pivots such as Walking Wake and Ting-Lu can bring it in safely, while hazard removal such as Toxapex and Landorus-T can keep its side Stealth Rock free and allow it more switches.

Characters: 1,029
Check out its wallbreaking and revenge killing in the most Other Metas Metagames revert if incorrect but preference is to expand abbreviations team tour!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9stabmons-888467
 
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