[SET]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Giga Drain / Strength Sap / Substitute
item: Focus Sash / White Herb
ability: Queenly Majesty
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Polteageist is a dangerous setup sweeper and cleaner thanks to Shell Smash, Stored Power, and its excellent Special Attack, allowing it to sweep with a single turn of setup. Giga Drain provides coverage for Ting-Lu and Ice Scales Garganacl, Strength Sap gives Polteageist a way to restore its Focus Sash after chip damage and set up on weaker physical attackers, while Substitute allows for safe setup on status-reliant walls like Blissey. Focus Sash the preferred item to safely ensure Polteageist can use Shell Smash. Polteageist can often struggle to get itself onto the field safely, so it appreciates a slow pivot from Corviknight or Shed Tail Cyclizar who can also facilitate Polteageist's setup with screens or a passed Substitute. Polteageist pairs well with physical wallbreakers like Triage Iron Hands that can break through opposing Ice Scales walls. Due to its reliance on Focus Sash, Polteageist needs reliable entry hazard removal like Cyclizar and Great Tusk.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[LordBox, 611238]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
name: Shell Smash
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Shadow Ball
move 3: Stored Power
move 4: Giga Drain / Strength Sap / Substitute
item: Focus Sash / White Herb
ability: Queenly Majesty
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Polteageist is a dangerous setup sweeper and cleaner thanks to Shell Smash, Stored Power, and its excellent Special Attack, allowing it to sweep with a single turn of setup. Giga Drain provides coverage for Ting-Lu and Ice Scales Garganacl, Strength Sap gives Polteageist a way to restore its Focus Sash after chip damage and set up on weaker physical attackers, while Substitute allows for safe setup on status-reliant walls like Blissey. Focus Sash the preferred item to safely ensure Polteageist can use Shell Smash. Polteageist can often struggle to get itself onto the field safely, so it appreciates a slow pivot from Corviknight or Shed Tail Cyclizar who can also facilitate Polteageist's setup with screens or a passed Substitute. Polteageist pairs well with physical wallbreakers like Triage Iron Hands that can break through opposing Ice Scales walls. Due to its reliance on Focus Sash, Polteageist needs reliable entry hazard removal like Cyclizar and Great Tusk.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[LordBox, 611238]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [Isaiah, 375662]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
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