SET]
name: Special Wall
move 1: Stealth Rocks
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide / Stone Edge
move 4: Protect / Yawn / Foul Play
item: Leftovers
ability: Mimicry
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Stunfisk is a great Stealth Rock user in the metagame thanks to its high HP stat, solid defensive stats, and a great defensive typing that lets it wall threats such as Rotom, Rotom-S, Rotom-F, and Magneton. Stone Edge and Rock Slide are used to hit Pokemon such as Cramorant, Cryogonal, Frosmoth, and the aforementioned Rotom formes; Rock Slide is more consistent and preferred due to its higher accuracy and PP, while Stone Edge is mainly used to OHKO Centiskorch. Protect allows Galarian Stunfisk to gain more recovery from Leftovers and lets it scout Choice item users such as Sawk and Rotom. Yawn is used to force switches from Pokemon that wall Galarian Stunfisk such as Uxie and Miltank. Foul Play can be used in order to deal significant damage to Pokemon that have set up a Swords Dance such as the Silvally formes.
Galarian Stunfisk is a great pick on balance and stall teams thanks to it compressing the role of an Electric immunity, Stealth Rock setter, and special wall. Bulky Water-types such as Poliwrath, Jellicent, and Wishiwashi are great partners to Galarian Stunfisk, as they can take on Water-types such as Basculin and Poliwrath that threaten Galarian Stunfisk while also benefitting from Galarian Stunfisk's Electric immunity. Grass-types are also great partners to cover Galarian Stunfisk, with Appletun covering its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fire, while Gourgeist-S and Trevenant cover its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fighting. Uxie can also work as a partner, as it is resistant to Fighting and immune to Ground. Spikes stacking teams can also appreciate Galarian Stunfisk's ability to force switches with Yawn, with Spikes setters such as Qwilfish and Garbodor also covering Galarian Stunfisk's weakness to Fighting.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Snap Trap is used to trap and chip targets down while working in conjunction with Yawn to inflict sleep. However, having one of these moves reduces Galarian Stunfisk's coverage and utility in other areas and leaves it unable to deal with Substitute + Nasty Plot Rotom formes; they should only been used if the team has a good reason to need these moves. Rest is also used as a recovery option, but it is considerably niche and only fits on select teams. Rest is best used when paired with Heal Bell support from Audino or Altaria on stall teams.
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**Water-types**: Water-types such as Basculin, Poliwrath, and Wishiwashi can threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves.
**Ground-types**: Ground-types such as Rhydon, Palossand, and Silvally-Gound can threaten Galarian Stunfisk out, with the former two using that opportunity to set up Stealth Rock and the later setting up with Swords Dance.
**Fighting-types and Fighting Coverage**: Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves, while Cofagrigus can set up with Iron Defense and KO it with Body Press.
**Fire-types**: Fire-types such as Centiskorch, Ninetales, and Rapidash can threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves, although they cannot safely switch in due to Galarian Stunfisk's Rock / Ground coverage.
**Strong Wallbreakers**: While Galarian Stunfisk does have great bulk, it can easily get overwhelmed by strong setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Shiftry, Silvally-Ground, Silvally-Ghost, and Iron Defense Cofagrigus.
**Spikes**: Spikes can chip down Galarian Stunfisk over time, limiting its number of switch ins and effectiveness as a special wall.
**Item Removal**: Losing its Leftovers removes Galarian Stunfisk's main form of recovery, unless it is running rest, limiting its effectiveness as a special wall. Pokemon such as Knock Off Uxie and Trick Rotom are the ones to watch out for.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [5gen, 296755]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990], [username2, userid2]]
name: Special Wall
move 1: Stealth Rocks
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide / Stone Edge
move 4: Protect / Yawn / Foul Play
item: Leftovers
ability: Mimicry
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Galarian Stunfisk is a great Stealth Rock user in the metagame thanks to its high HP stat, solid defensive stats, and a great defensive typing that lets it wall threats such as Rotom, Rotom-S, Rotom-F, and Magneton. Stone Edge and Rock Slide are used to hit Pokemon such as Cramorant, Cryogonal, Frosmoth, and the aforementioned Rotom formes; Rock Slide is more consistent and preferred due to its higher accuracy and PP, while Stone Edge is mainly used to OHKO Centiskorch. Protect allows Galarian Stunfisk to gain more recovery from Leftovers and lets it scout Choice item users such as Sawk and Rotom. Yawn is used to force switches from Pokemon that wall Galarian Stunfisk such as Uxie and Miltank. Foul Play can be used in order to deal significant damage to Pokemon that have set up a Swords Dance such as the Silvally formes.
Galarian Stunfisk is a great pick on balance and stall teams thanks to it compressing the role of an Electric immunity, Stealth Rock setter, and special wall. Bulky Water-types such as Poliwrath, Jellicent, and Wishiwashi are great partners to Galarian Stunfisk, as they can take on Water-types such as Basculin and Poliwrath that threaten Galarian Stunfisk while also benefitting from Galarian Stunfisk's Electric immunity. Grass-types are also great partners to cover Galarian Stunfisk, with Appletun covering its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fire, while Gourgeist-S and Trevenant cover its weaknesses to Ground, Water, and Fighting. Uxie can also work as a partner, as it is resistant to Fighting and immune to Ground. Spikes stacking teams can also appreciate Galarian Stunfisk's ability to force switches with Yawn, with Spikes setters such as Qwilfish and Garbodor also covering Galarian Stunfisk's weakness to Fighting.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Snap Trap is used to trap and chip targets down while working in conjunction with Yawn to inflict sleep. However, having one of these moves reduces Galarian Stunfisk's coverage and utility in other areas and leaves it unable to deal with Substitute + Nasty Plot Rotom formes; they should only been used if the team has a good reason to need these moves. Rest is also used as a recovery option, but it is considerably niche and only fits on select teams. Rest is best used when paired with Heal Bell support from Audino or Altaria on stall teams.
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**Water-types**: Water-types such as Basculin, Poliwrath, and Wishiwashi can threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves.
**Ground-types**: Ground-types such as Rhydon, Palossand, and Silvally-Gound can threaten Galarian Stunfisk out, with the former two using that opportunity to set up Stealth Rock and the later setting up with Swords Dance.
**Fighting-types and Fighting Coverage**: Fighting-types such as Sawk and Gurdurr threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves, while Cofagrigus can set up with Iron Defense and KO it with Body Press.
**Fire-types**: Fire-types such as Centiskorch, Ninetales, and Rapidash can threaten Galarian Stunfisk with their super effective STAB moves, although they cannot safely switch in due to Galarian Stunfisk's Rock / Ground coverage.
**Strong Wallbreakers**: While Galarian Stunfisk does have great bulk, it can easily get overwhelmed by strong setup sweepers such as Swords Dance Shiftry, Silvally-Ground, Silvally-Ghost, and Iron Defense Cofagrigus.
**Spikes**: Spikes can chip down Galarian Stunfisk over time, limiting its number of switch ins and effectiveness as a special wall.
**Item Removal**: Losing its Leftovers removes Galarian Stunfisk's main form of recovery, unless it is running rest, limiting its effectiveness as a special wall. Pokemon such as Knock Off Uxie and Trick Rotom are the ones to watch out for.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Temporal Totodile, 485135]]
- Quality checked by: [[Tuthur, 369076], [5gen, 296755]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990], [username2, userid2]]
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