Camomons Toxapex [DONE]

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive Wall
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
With high bulk and only one weakness, Dark / Poison Toxapex is a potent defensive Pokemon in the metagame. Its typing allows it to be one of the most effective walls to strong special attackers such as Tapu Lele, Magearna, Alakazam, Volcarona, and Spectrier. Regenerator and Recover give it multiple tools to increase its longevity. Knock Off gives Toxapex its Dark typing while providing valuable team support. Toxapex's Poison-type moveslot is flexible, with Toxic Spikes providing the most team support. Toxic is a secondary option that more immediately poisons foes like Heavy-Duty Boots Volcarona and affects Flying-type and Levitate foes. Baneful Bunker is a less common option that allows Toxapex to scout moves from Choice item users and physical attackers or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Haze is necessary to effectively stop special attackers such as offensive Clefable, Steel-type Magearna, and Poison-type Latias from setting up, as each is immune to Toxic damage. Haze also allows Toxapex to check a number of setup sweepers in a pinch, though it has to be cautious to not lose too much HP in the process.

Toxapex fits on most playstyles, but it truly thrives on balance and bulky offense teams, providing crucial support for both. Physically defensive Steel / Flying Pokemon such as Salamence and Buzzwole are great partners for Toxapex because they cover Ground-type Pokemon, which are easily the biggest threats to Toxapex. Offensive Flying-type and Levitate Pokemon like Tornadus-T, Latios, and Hydreigon can threaten defensive Ground-types that threaten Toxapex, such as Heatran, Landorus-T, and Coalossal. Offensive Pokemon that appreciate Toxic Spikes support, such as Landorus, Garchomp, and Ground-type Hydreigon, are very valuable partners to Toxapex on bulky offense, as they can force opposing teams into difficult positions and capitalize on Toxic damage.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive Wall
move 1: Scald
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Water / Poison Toxapex is a pivot and wall that checks a various offensive Pokemon such as Entei, Arcanine, Pheromosa, and Latias. Scald is spammable thanks to its high burn chance, which threatens physical attackers such as Landorus-T, Dracovish, Garchomp, and Lycanroc-D. Toxic Spikes gives Toxapex a support option that prevents defensive Pokemon from coming in safely, which can greatly benefit Toxapex's teammates. Toxic is a secondary option that more immediately poisons foes like Heavy-Duty Boots Volcarona and affects Flying-type and Levitate foes. Baneful Bunker allows Toxapex to scout moves or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Recover increases Toxapex's longevity and allows it to check threats more readily. For the last slot, Haze allows Toxapex to check a plethora of setup sweepers such as Fire / Fairy Clefable, Water / Poison Latias, and Cresselia.

Psychic-type attackers such as Tapu Lele and Landorus, as well as Dracovish's Psychic Fangs, can be huge threats to Toxapex, so it's important to have switch-ins to these attacks; bulky Steel-type Pokemon, namely Heatran, Hydreigon, Coalossal, and Magearna, are good examples. Additionally, Ground-type Heatran, Hydreigon, and Coalossal double as checks to offensive Electric-types such as Clefable, Tapu Koko, Latios, and Dragapult that Toxapex struggles to deal with. Similarly to specially defensive Toxapex, this set benefits greatly from offensive Pokemon that appreciate Toxic Spikes support such as Entei, Hydreigon, and Landorus.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Rocky Helmet on Water / Poison Toxapex accumulates extra chip on physical attackers, particularly Extreme Speed and U-turn users such as Scizor, Entei, Pheromosa, and Arcanine. Water / Poison Toxapex can also utilize Knock Off over Haze, but without Haze it fails to check Calm Mind Clefable and Latias.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-type Attackers**: Ground-type attackers such as Landorus, Landorus-T, Melmetal, and Heatran easily break past Toxapex. However, Scald from Water / Poison Toxapex can somewhat deter physical Ground-types.

**Tapu Lele**: Tapu Lele is a huge threat to Water / Poison Toxapex due to its powerful Psychic-type attacks. Choice Specs Tapu Lele is especially threatening, as it's also difficult for Toxapex's partners to deal with, and it can even break Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases.

**Garchomp**: Garchomp breaks past Toxapex with little effort. Offensive Stealth Rock sets, such as Ground / Steel and Dragon / Steel, are generally immune to Toxic, and some run Lum Berry to avoid a burn from Scald as well. After just one Swords Dance, any Garchomp set can 2HKO either Toxapex set.

**Heracross**: Heracross can break past either Toxapex set easily with STAB Guts Facade. Additionally, thanks to Guts, Heracross doesn't care about burns from Scald. It can fear Knock Off if Flame Orb hasn't activated yet, but otherwise it is a solid check to Toxapex.

**Hydreigon**: Most of Hydreigon's type configurations do not struggle with Toxapex at all. While Hydreigon generally runs Ground-type, it sets itself apart from other Ground-type attackers, as its Water / Dragon set breaks Toxapex as well. Ground / Steel Hydreigon in particular is able to threaten Toxapex without fear of being poisoned.

**Electric-type Attackers**: Electric-type attackers such as Tapu Koko, Clefable and Zeraora are all able to threaten Toxapex in some way, though they can struggle to break past Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases. Clefable is less secure, as it can't break past Dark / Poison Toxapex reliably and runs the risk of Toxapex using Knock Off. Choice Specs Tapu Koko can 2HKO Toxapex if Stealth Rock is up or gain momentum with Volt Switch. Zeraora in particular does a great job of getting past both Toxapex sets with Taunt, as there's little Toxapex can do to stop it from breaking through.

**Substitute and Taunt**: Since Toxapex is passive, relying heavily on chipping opponents with Toxic damage and usually needing mulitple hits to break Substitutes, Substitute and Taunt are both strong tools to exploit it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[In The Hills, 324242]]
- Quality checked by: [[a loser, 410702], [[Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
 
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[SET]
name: SpD Wall
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
With high bulk and a defensive typing that only has one weakness, specially defensive Dark / Poison Toxapex is a potent defensive Pokemon in the metagame. Its Dark / Poison typing allows it to be one of the most effective walls in the metagame to strong special attackers such as Tapu Lele, Magearna, Alakazam, Volcarona, and Spectrier. With Regenerator and Recover, it has multiple ways to recover HP, which gives it increased longevity. Knock Off is its only attacking move, but gives Toxapex the typing it desires while providing valuable team support by removing opposing Pokemon's items. Toxapex's Poison-type moveslot is flexible between Toxic Spikes and Toxic, with the former providing more team support. Baneful Bunker is another option for Toxapex that allows it to scout moves or stall another turn of burn or poison damage maybe mention physical attackers specifically in scouting since they make contact with bunker. Haze is necessary for Toxapex to effectively stop special attackers such as offensive Clefable, Steel-type Magearna and Poison-type Latias from setting up as both each are immune to Toxic damage. Haze also allows Toxapex to check a number of setup sweepers in a pinch, though it has to be cautious to not lose too much HP in the process. An EV spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD and a Calm nature maximizes Toxapex's special bulk and enables it to more effectively wall special attackers.

Toxapex fits on most playstyles, but truly thrives on balance and bulky offense teams, and provides crucial support for both playstyles. Physically defensive Steel / Flying Pokemon such as Salamence and Buzzwole are great partners for Toxapex because of how important it is for any team with Toxapex to cover Ground-type Pokemon, as they are easily the biggest threats to Toxapex. Offensive Flying-type Pokemon such as Mew, Tornadus-Therian, as well as Levitate Pokemon like Latios, Latias, and Hydreigon also make great partners for Toxapex as Ground-type counterplay, while also breaking past defensive Pokemon that can ignore Toxapex This is a really long and kinda confusing sentence. What defensive mons do you mean and how do they ignore pex? how do these teammates break past these mons?. Offensive Pokemon that can utilize Toxic Spikes support such as Landorus, Garchomp, and Ground-type Hydreigon are very valuable partners to Toxapex on bulky offense, as they can force opposing teams into difficult positions and maximize on Toxic damage.

[SET]
name: Defensive Wall
move 1: Scald
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Water / Poison Toxapex is a pivot and wall that is able to check a various number of offensive Pokemon across the metagame such as Entei, Arcanine, Dracovish, and Latias Vish can own it with psy fangs unless it is bunker. would pheromosa be a better example here?. Scald is able to threaten opposing Pokemon by potentially burning targets a spammable STAB move thanks to its high burn chance, which can be detrimental to physical attackers such as Landorus-Therian, Dracovish, Garchomp and Lycanroc-Dusk. Toxic Spikes gives Toxapex a support option that can prevent defensive Pokemon from coming in safely which can greatly benefit Toxapex's teammates. Toxic is a secondary option for Toxapex as it allows for a more immediate way of poisoning foes, like Heavy Duty Boots Volcarona, and allows Toxapex to poison Flying-type and Levitate foes. Baneful Bunker is another option for Toxapex that allows it to scout moves or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Recover increases Toxapex's longevity, and allows it to check threats more readily. For the last slot, Haze is a reliable option that allows for Toxapex to check a plethora of setup sweepers such as Fire / Fairy Clefable, Water / Poison Latias, and Cresselia. 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD with a Bold nature is the recommended spread for this set, as it maximize Toxapex's physical bulk which allows Toxapex to check a large portion of the metagame.

Psychic-type attackers such as Tapu Lele and Landorus, as well as Dracovish's Psychic Fangs coverage can be huge threats to Toxapex, so it's important to have switchins to these attacks such bulky Steel-type Pokemon, namely Heatran, Hydreigon, Coalossal and Magearna. Additionally, Ground-type Heatran, Hydreigon and Coalossal double as checks to offensive Electric-type Pokemon such as Clefable, Tapu Koko, Latias Latios, and Dragapult which are all difficult for Toxapex to deal with. Similarly to SpD Toxapex, Water / Poison Toxapex benefits greatly from offensive Pokemon that can utilize its Toxic Spikes support, such as Entei, Hydreigon and Landorus.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Rocky Helmet is an option over Black Sludge on Water / Poison Toxapex that allows it to get extra chip on physical attackers such as Scizor, Entei, and Arcanine. Knock Off is another option that Water / Poison Toxapex can utilize over Haze, as this allows Toxapex to remove opposing team's items, though without Haze Toxapex fails to check Calm Mind Clefable and Latias.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-type Attackers**: Ground-type attackers such as Landorus, Landorus-Therian, Melmetal, and Heatran are highly threatening to Toxapex, as they're able to easily break past it. However, Scald from Water / Poison Toxapex can somewhat deter physical Ground-type attackers. Landorus does an excellent job at breaking Toxapex as it has both Earth Power and Psychic as options to hit Toxapex.

**Tapu Lele**: While Tapu Lele loses to SpD Dark / Poison Toxapex, Tapu Lele is a huge threat to Water / Poison Toxapex due to its powerful Psychic-type attacks. Specs Tapu Lele is especially threatening to Toxapex, as it's difficult for Toxapex's partners to deal with it as well, and it can even break Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases.

**Garchomp**: Garchomp is a physical attacker that can break past Toxapex with little effort. Offensive Stealth Rock sets from Garchomp such as Ground / Steel and Dragon / Steel are generally immune to Toxic from Toxapex, and some run Lum Berry to avoid a burn from Scald as well. After just one Swords Dance, any Garchomp should be able to 2HKO either Toxapex set.

**Heracross**: Heracross is a strong physical attacker that can break past either Toxapex set easily with STAB Guts Facade. Additionally, Heracross doesn't care about burns from Scald, as it has access to Guts. Heracross can fear Knock Off if Flame Orb hasn't activated yet, but otherwise it is a solid check to Toxapex.

**Hydreigon**: Hydreigon is a special attacker that has multiple types, most of which do not struggle with Toxapex at all. While Hydreigon generally runs Ground-type, it sets itself apart from other Ground-type attackers because of its ability to break Toxapex with its Water / Dragon set as well. Most Ground-type Hydreigon break past Toxapex with ease, but Ground / Steel Hydreigon in particular is able to threaten Toxapex without the fear of being poisoned.

**Electric-type Attackers**: Electric-type attackers such as Tapu Koko, Clefable and Zeraora are all able to threaten Toxapex in some way, though they can struggle to break past Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases. Clefable is the only one of the threats listed that can't break past Dark / Poison Toxapex reliably, and runs the risk of Toxapex using Knock Off or Toxic Spikes. Specs Tapu Koko can 2HKO Toxapex if Stealth Rock is up, or can gain momentum with Volt Switch. Zeraora in particular does a great job of getting past both Toxapex sets with Taunt sets, as there's little it can do to stop Zeraora from breaking through.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[In The Hills, 324242]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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[SET]
name: SpD Wall
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
With high bulk and a defensive typing that only has one weakness, specially defensive Dark / Poison Toxapex is a potent defensive Pokemon in the metagame. Its Dark / Poison typing allows it to be one of the most effective walls in the metagame to strong special attackers such as Tapu Lele, Magearna, Alakazam, Volcarona, and Spectrier. With Regenerator and Recover, it has multiple ways to recover HP, which gives it increased longevity. Knock Off is its only attacking move, but gives Toxapex the typing it desires while providing valuable team support by removing opposing Pokemon's items. Toxapex's Poison-type moveslot is flexible between Toxic Spikes and Toxic, with the former providing more team support. Baneful Bunker is another option for Toxapex that allows it to scout moves from Choice users and physical attackers or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Haze is necessary for Toxapex to effectively stop special attackers such as offensive Clefable, Steel-type Magearna and Poison-type Latias from setting up as each are immune to Toxic damage. Haze also allows Toxapex to check a number of setup sweepers in a pinch, though it has to be cautious to not lose too much HP in the process. An EV spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD and a Calm nature maximizes Toxapex's special bulk and enables it to more effectively wall special attackers.

Toxapex fits on most playstyls, but truly thrives on balance and bulky offense teams, and provides crucial support for both playstyles. Physically defensive Steel / Flying Pokemon such as Salamence and Buzzwole are great partners for Toxapex because of important it is for any team with Toxapex to cover Ground-type Pokemon, as they are easily the biggest threats to Toxapex. Offensive Flying-type and Levitate Pokemon like Tornadus-Therian, Latios, and Hydreigon make great partners for Toxapex as they can threaten defensive Ground-type Pokemon that can threaten Toxapex such as Heatran, Landorus-Therian, and Coalossal. Offensive Pokemon that can utilize Toxic Spikes support such as Landorus, Garchomp, and Ground-type Hydreigon are very valuable partners to Toxapex on bulky offense, as they can force opposing teams into difficult positions and maximize on Toxic damage.

[SET]
name: Defensive Wall
move 1: Scald
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Water / Poison Toxapex is a pivot and wall that is able to check a various number of offensive Pokemon across the metagame such as Entei, Arcanine, Pheromosa, and Latias. Scald is a spammable STAB move thanks to its high burn chance, which can be detrimental to physical attackers such as Landorus-Therian, Dracovish, Garchomp and Lycanroc-Dusk. Toxic Spikes gives Toxapex a support option that can prevent defensive Pokemon from coming in safely which can greatly benefit Toxapex's teammates. Toxic is a secondary option for Toxapex as it allows for a more immediate way of poisoning foes like Heavy-Duty Boots Volcarona, and allows Toxapex to poison Flying-type and Levitate foes. Baneful Bunker is another option for Toxapex that allows it to scout moves or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Recover increases Toxapex's longevity, and allows it to check threats more readily. For the last slot, Haze is a reliable option that allows for Toxapex to check a plethora of setup sweepers such as Fire / Fairy Clefable, Water / Poison Latias, and Cresselia. 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD with a Bold nature is the recommended spread for this set, as it maximize Toxapex's physical bulk which allows Toxapex to check a large portion of the metagame.

Psychic-type attackers such as Tapu Lele and Landorus, as well as Dracovish's Psychic Fangs coverage can be huge threats to Toxapex, so it's important to have switchins to these attacks such bulky Steel-type Pokemon, namely Heatran, Hydreigon, Coalossal and Magearna. Additionally, Ground-type Heatran, Hydreigon and Coalossal double as checks to offensive Electric-type Pokemon such as Clefable, Tapu Koko, Latios, and Dragapult which are all difficult for Toxapex to deal with. Similarly to SpD Toxapex, Water / Poison Toxapex benefits greatly from offensive Pokemon that can utilize its Toxic Spikes support, such as Entei, Hydreigon and Landorus.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Rocky Helmet is an option over Black Sludge on Water / Poison Toxapex that allows it to get extra chip on physical attackers and punich flip-turn core such as Scizor, Entei, Landorus-Therian, Barraskewda, Pheromosa, and Arcanine... Knock Off is another option that Water / Poison Toxapex can utilize over Haze, as this allows Toxapex to remove opposing team's items, though without Haze Toxapex fails to check Calm Mind Clefable and Latias.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Ground-type Attackers**: Ground-type attackers such as Landorus, Landorus-Therian, Melmetal, and Heatran are highly threatening to Toxapex, as they're able to easily break past it. However, Scald from Water / Poison Toxapex can somewhat deter physical Ground-type attackers. Landorus does an excellent job at breaking Toxapex as it has both Earth Power and Psychic as options to hit Toxapex.

**Tapu Lele**: While Tapu Lele loses to SpD Dark / Poison Toxapex, Tapu Lele is a huge threat to Water / Poison Toxapex due to its powerful Psychic-type attacks. Specs Tapu Lele is especially threatening to Toxapex, as it's difficult for Toxapex's partners to deal with it as well, and it can even break Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases.

**Garchomp**: Garchomp is a physical attacker that can break past Toxapex with little effort. Offensive Stealth Rock sets from Garchomp such as Ground / Steel and Dragon / Steel are generally immune to Toxic from Toxapex, and some run Lum Berry to avoid a burn from Scald as well. After just one Swords Dance, any Garchomp should be able to 2HKO either Toxapex set.

**Heracross**: Heracross is a strong physical attacker that can break past either Toxapex set easily with STAB Guts Facade. Additionally, Heracross doesn't care about burns from Scald, as it has access to Guts. Heracross can fear Knock Off if Flame Orb hasn't activated yet, but otherwise it is a solid check to Toxapex.

**Hydreigon**: Hydreigon is a special attacker that has multiple types, most of which do not struggle with Toxapex at all. While Hydreigon generally runs Ground-type, it sets itself apart from other Ground-type attackers because of its ability to break Toxapex with its Water / Dragon set as well. Most Ground-type Hydreigon break past Toxapex with ease, but Ground / Steel Hydreigon in particular is able to threaten Toxapex without the fear of being poisoned.

**Electric-type Attackers**: Electric-type attackers such as Tapu Koko, Clefable and Zeraora are all able to threaten Toxapex in some way, though they can struggle to break past Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases. Clefable is the only one of the threats listed that can't break past Dark / Poison Toxapex reliably, and runs the risk of Toxapex using Knock Off or Toxic Spikes. Specs Tapu Koko can 2HKO Toxapex if Stealth Rock is up, or can gain momentum with Volt Switch. Zeraora in particular does a great job of getting past both Toxapex sets with Taunt sets, as there's little it can do to stop Zeraora from breaking through.

**Every Substitute's users**: With his offensive statistics and toxic, Toxapex have a big difficult to break substitute (it 2HKO or 3HKO depending on the pokemon) and can be a set-up bait for Haxorus, Dracozolt or Gyarados.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[In The Hills, 324242]]
- Quality checked by: [[a loser, 410702], [[Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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[SET]
name: SpD Specially Defensive Wall
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
With high bulk and a defensive typing that only has one weakness, specially defensive Dark / Poison Toxapex is a potent specially defensive Pokemon in the metagame. Its Dark / Poison typing allows it to be one of the most effective walls in the metagame to strong special attackers such as Tapu Lele, Magearna, Alakazam, Volcarona, and Spectrier. With Regenerator and Recover (RC) it has give it multiple ways to recover HP, which gives it increased tools that increase its longevity. Knock Off is its only attacking move, but gives Toxapex the its Dark typing it desires while providing valuable team support by removing opposing Pokemon's items. Toxapex's Poison-type moveslot is flexible between Toxic Spikes and Toxic, with the former Toxic Spikes providing more the most team support. Baneful Bunker is another a less common ("another" is redundant, but you separate BB from the two slotted earlier, so I imagine they're not on equal footing: does this correction work tone-wise/content-wise?) option for Toxapex that allows it Toxapex to scout moves from Choice item users and physical attackers or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Haze is necessary for Toxapex to effectively stop special attackers such as offensive Clefable, Steel-type Magearna(AC), and Poison-type Latias from setting up(AC), as each are is immune to Toxic damage. Haze also allows Toxapex to check a number of setup sweepers in a pinch, though it has to be cautious to not lose too much HP in the process. An EV spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD and a Calm nature maximizes Toxapex's special bulk and enables it to more effectively wall special attackers.

Toxapex fits on most playstyles, (spelling) but it truly thrives on balance and bulky offense teams, and provides providing crucial support for both playstyles. Physically defensive Steel / Flying Pokemon such as Salamence and Buzzwole are great partners for Toxapex because of important it is for any team with Toxapex to they cover Ground-type Pokemon, as they which are easily the biggest threats to Toxapex. Offensive Flying-type and Levitate Pokemon like Tornadus-Therian, Latios, and Hydreigon make great partners for Toxapex as they can threaten defensive Ground-types Pokemon that can threaten Toxapex(AC), such as Heatran, Landorus-Therian, and Coalossal. Offensive Pokemon that can utilize appreciate Toxic Spikes support(AC), such as Landorus, Garchomp, and Ground-type Hydreigon(AC), are very valuable partners to Toxapex on bulky offense, as they can force opposing teams into difficult positions and maximize capitalize on (or did you mean just "maximize", as in increase the amount of Toxic damage?) Toxic damage.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive Wall
move 1: Scald
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Water / Poison Toxapex is a pivot and wall that is able to check a checks various number of offensive Pokemon across the metagame such as Entei, Arcanine, Pheromosa, and Latias. Scald is a spammable STAB move thanks to its high burn chance, which can be detrimental to threatens physical attackers such as Landorus-Therian, Dracovish, Garchomp(AC), and Lycanroc-Dusk. Toxic Spikes gives Toxapex a support option that can prevents defensive Pokemon from coming in safely(AC), which can greatly benefit Toxapex's teammates. Toxic is a secondary option for Toxapex as it allows for a more immediate way of poisoning that more immediately poisons foes like Heavy-Duty Boots Volcarona (RC) and allows Toxapex to poison affects Flying-type and Levitate foes. Baneful Bunker is another option for Toxapex that allows it Toxapex to scout moves or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Recover increases Toxapex's longevity (RC) and allows it to check threats more readily. For the last slot, Haze is a reliable option that allows for Toxapex to check a plethora of setup sweepers such as Fire / Fairy Clefable, Water / Poison Latias, and Cresselia. 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD with a Bold nature is the recommended spread for this set, as it maximize Toxapex's physical bulk which allows Toxapex to check a large portion of the metagame. (if this set checks a larger general meta portion than the SpD wall set, id specifically say that and put it in the first or second sentence)

Psychic-type attackers such as Tapu Lele and Landorus, as well as Dracovish's Psychic Fangs coverage(AC), can be huge threats to Toxapex, so it's important to have switch(AC)-ins to these attacks such(AS); bulky Steel-type Pokemon, namely Heatran, Hydreigon, Coalossal(AC), and Magearna(AC), are good examples. Additionally, Ground-type Heatran—if Ground-type, (clarity) Hydreigon(AC), and Coalossal double as checks to offensive Electric-types Pokemon such as Clefable, Tapu Koko, Latios, and Dragapult which are all difficult for that Toxapex struggles to deal with. Similarly to SpD specially defensive Toxapex, Water / Poison Toxapex this set benefits greatly from offensive Pokemon that can utilize appreciate its Toxic Spikes support (RC) such as Entei, Hydreigon(AC), and Landorus.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Rocky Helmet is an option over Black Sludge on Water / Poison Toxapex that allows it to get accumulates extra chip on physical attackers, particularly Extreme Speed and U-turn users such as Scizor, Entei, Pheromosa, and Arcanine. Knock Off is another option that Water / Poison Toxapex can also utilize Knock Off over Haze, as this allows Toxapex to remove opposing team's items, though but without Haze Toxapex(AC), it fails to check Calm Mind Clefable and Latias.

Checks and Counters
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**Ground-type Attackers**: Ground-type attackers such as Landorus, Landorus-Therian, Melmetal, and Heatran are highly threatening to Toxapex, as they're able to easily break past it Toxapex. However, Scald from Water / Poison Toxapex can somewhat deter physical Ground-types attackers. Landorus does an excellent job at breaking Toxapex is particularly dangerous(AC), as it has both Earth Power and Psychic as options to hit Toxapex. (what's the extra benefit of psychic, given that earth power hits both sets super effectively?)

**Tapu Lele**: While Tapu Lele loses to SpD Dark / Poison Toxapex, Tapu Lele is a huge threat to Water / Poison Toxapex due to its powerful Psychic-type attacks. Choice Specs Tapu Lele is especially threatening to Toxapex, as it's also difficult for Toxapex's partners to deal with it as well, and it can even break Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases.

**Garchomp**: Garchomp is a physical attacker that can breaks past Toxapex with little effort. Offensive Stealth Rock sets from Garchomp(AC), such as Ground / Steel and Dragon / Steel(AC), are generally immune to Toxic from Toxapex, and some run Lum Berry to avoid a burn from Scald as well. After just one Swords Dance, any Garchomp should be able to set can 2HKO either Toxapex set. (could this be merged with Ground-type attackers?

**Heracross**: Heracross is a strong physical attacker that can break past either Toxapex set easily with STAB Guts Facade. Additionally, thanks to Guts, Heracross doesn't care about burns from Scald, as it has access to Guts. Heracross It can fear Knock Off if Flame Orb hasn't activated yet, but otherwise it is a solid check to Toxapex.

**Hydreigon**: Hydreigon is a special attacker that has multiple types, most of which Most of Hydreigon's type configurations do not struggle with Toxapex at all. While Hydreigon generally runs Ground-type, it sets itself apart from other Ground-type attackers because of its ability to break Toxapex with its Water / Dragon set breaks Toxapex as well. Most Ground-type Hydreigon break past Toxapex with ease, but Ground / Steel Hydreigon in particular is able to threaten Toxapex without the fear of being poisoned.

**Electric-type Attackers**: Electric-type attackers such as Tapu Koko, Clefable(AC), and Zeraora are all able to threaten Toxapex in some way, though they can struggle to break past Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases. Clefable is less secure(AC), the only one of the threats listed that can't unable to break past Dark / Poison Toxapex reliably, and it runs the risk of Toxapex using Knock Off or setting Toxic Spikes. (is tspikes bad because it hurts clefable, or because it hurts clefable's team?) Choice Specs Tapu Koko can 2HKO Toxapex if Stealth Rock is up (RC) or can gain momentum with Volt Switch. Zeraora in particular does a great job of getting past both Toxapex sets with Taunt sets, as there's little it Toxapex can do to stop Zeraora it from breaking through.

**Substitute and Taunt**: Since Toxapex relies is passive, relying heavily on chipping opponents with Toxic damage and usually needing multiple hits to break Substitutes, Substitute and Taunt are both strong tools that can punish Toxapex's passive nature, as Toxapex generally takes multiple hits to break Substitute. to exploit it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[In The Hills, 324242]]
- Quality checked by: [[a loser, 410702], [[Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
 
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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive Wall
move 1: Knock Off
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
With high bulk and only one weakness, Dark / Poison Toxapex is a potent defensive Pokemon in the metagame. Its typing allows it to be one of the most effective walls to strong special attackers such as Tapu Lele, Magearna, Alakazam, Volcarona, and Spectrier. Regenerator and Recover give it multiple tools that to increase its longevity. Knock Off gives Toxapex the its Dark typing while providing valuable team support. Toxapex's Poison-type moveslot is flexible, with Toxic Spikes providing the most team support. Toxic is a secondary option for Toxapex that more immediately poisons foes like Heavy-Duty Boots Volcarona and affects Flying-type and Levitate foes. Baneful Bunker is a less common option that allows Toxapex to scout moves from Choice item users and physical attackers or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Haze is necessary to effectively stop special attackers such as offensive Clefable, Steel-type Magearna, and Poison-type Latias from setting up, as each is immune to Toxic damage. Haze also allows Toxapex to check a number of setup sweepers in a pinch, though it has to be cautious to not lose too much HP in the process.

Toxapex fits on most playstyles, but it truly thrives on balance and bulky offense teams, providing crucial support for both. Physically defensive Steel / Flying Pokemon such as Salamence and Buzzwole are great partners for Toxapex because they cover Ground-type Pokemon, which are easily the biggest threats to Toxapex. Offensive Flying-type and Levitate Pokemon like Tornadus-T, Latios, and Hydreigon can threaten defensive Ground-types that threaten Toxapex, such as Heatran, Landorus-T, and Coalossal. Offensive Pokemon that appreciate Toxic Spikes support, such as Landorus, Garchomp, and Ground-type Hydreigon, are very valuable partners to Toxapex on bulky offense, as they can force opposing teams into difficult positions and capitalize on Toxic damage.

[SET]
name: Physically Defensive Wall
move 1: Scald
move 2: Toxic Spikes / Toxic / Baneful Bunker
move 3: Recover
move 4: Haze
item: Black Sludge
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Water / Poison Toxapex is a pivot and wall that checks a various offensive Pokemon such as Entei, Arcanine, Pheromosa, and Latias. Scald is spammable thanks to its high burn chance, which threatens physical attackers such as Landorus-T, Dracovish, Garchomp, and Lycanroc-D. Toxic Spikes gives Toxapex a support option that prevents defensive Pokemon from coming in safely, which can greatly benefit Toxapex's teammates. Toxic is a secondary option for Toxapex that more immediately poisons foes like Heavy-Duty Boots Volcarona and affects Flying-type and Levitate foes. Baneful Bunker allows Toxapex to scout moves or stall another turn of burn or poison damage. Recover increases Toxapex's longevity and allows it to check threats more readily. For the last slot, Haze allows Toxapex to check a plethora of setup sweepers such as Fire / Fairy Clefable, Water / Poison Latias, and Cresselia.

Psychic-type attackers such as Tapu Lele (RC) and Landorus, as well as Dracovish's Psychic Fangs, can be huge threats to Toxapex, so it's important to have switch-ins to these attacks; bulky Steel-type Pokemon, namely Heatran, Hydreigon, Coalossal, and Magearna, are good examples. Additionally, Ground-types such as (Can Heatran/Hydrei/Coal be Steel / Ground? If yes, do this check. If not, still do this check and replace "double as" with "are") Heatran, Hydreigon(AC), and Coalossal double as checks to offensive Electric-types such as Clefable, Tapu Koko, Latios, and Dragapult that Toxapex struggles to deal with. Similarly to specially defensive Toxapex, this set benefits greatly from offensive Pokemon that appreciate Toxic Spikes support such as Entei, Hydreigon, and Landorus.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Rocky Helmet on Water / Poison Toxapex that accumulates extra chip on physical attackers, particularly Extreme Speed and U-turn users such as Scizor, Entei, Pheromosa, and Arcanine. Water / Poison Toxapex can also utilize Knock Off over Haze, but without Haze it fails to check Calm Mind Clefable and Latias.

Checks and Counters
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**Ground-type Attackers**: Ground-type attackers such as Landorus, Landorus-T, Melmetal, and Heatran easily break past Toxapex. However, Scald from Water / Poison Toxapex can somewhat deter physical Ground-types.

**Tapu Lele**: Tapu Lele is a huge threat to Water / Poison Toxapex due to its powerful Psychic-type attacks. Choice Specs Tapu Lele is especially threatening, as it's also difficult for Toxapex's partners to deal with, and it can even break Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases.

**Garchomp**: Garchomp breaks past Toxapex with little effort. Offensive Stealth Rock sets, such as Ground / Steel and Dragon / Steel, are generally immune to Toxic, and some run Lum Berry to avoid a burn from Scald as well. After just one Swords Dance, any Garchomp set can 2HKO either Toxapex set.

**Heracross**: Heracross can break past either Toxapex set easily with STAB Guts Facade. Additionally, thanks to Guts, Heracross doesn't care about burns from Scald. It can fear Knock Off if Flame Orb hasn't activated yet, but otherwise it is a solid check to Toxapex.

**Hydreigon**: Most of Hydreigon's type configurations do not struggle with Toxapex at all. While Hydreigon generally runs Ground-type, it sets itself apart from other Ground-type attackers(AC), as its Water / Dragon set breaks Toxapex as well. Ground / Steel Hydreigon in particular is able to threaten Toxapex without fear of being poisoned.

**Electric-type Attackers**: Electric-type attackers such as Tapu Koko, Clefable and Zeraora are all able to threaten Toxapex in some way, though they can struggle to break past Dark / Poison Toxapex in some cases. Clefable is less secure, as it can't break past Dark / Poison Toxapex reliably (RC) and it runs the risk of Toxapex using Knock Off. Choice Specs Tapu Koko can 2HKO Toxapex if Stealth Rock is up or gain momentum with Volt Switch. Zeraora in particular does a great job of getting past both Toxapex sets with Taunt, as there's little Toxapex can do to stop it from breaking through.

**Substitute and Taunt**: Since Toxapex is passive, relying heavily on chipping opponents with Toxic damage and usually needing mulitple hits to break Substitutes, Substitute and Taunt are both strong tools to exploit it.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[In The Hills, 324242]]
- Quality checked by: [[a loser, 410702], [[Dragonillis, 466276]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

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