[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Dark Pulse / Vacuum Wave
item: Life Orb
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its access to Nasty Plot, Toxicroak can turn its mediocre Special Attack stat into something to be worried about, threatening Pokemon like Sandaconda and Drifblim that beat physical variations of it. Dark Pulse enables it to get around Pokemon that resist its STAB combination, which including Ghost-types like Drifblim, Rotom, and Spiritomb as well as Poison-types like Muk and Qwilfish. Vacuum Wave is a solid STAB move with priority to help it revenge kill faster threats like Zoroark, Lycanroc, and Tera Ice Jolteon. Tera Fighting heavily increases Focus Blast's already high damage output, allowing Toxicroak to rip through bulkier teams. Tera Fighting Toxicroak can run a Modest nature to give it a favorable chance to 2HKO Muk at +2 with Focus Blast; however, it becomes noticeably slower, getting outpaced by Mabosstiff, Bombirdier, and Braviary. Tera Dark Toxicroak better checks Bruxish while also boosting Dark Pulse's power. Without the use of its Tera type, Toxicroak struggles against bulkier teams that often include Muk or Crocalor, so Pokemon that put pressure on them like Sandaconda and Bruxish pair well with Toxicroak. Toxicroak often relies on Spikes from users such as Qwilfish, Vespiquen, and Cacturne to chip away at foes that Toxicroak can't handle on its own. Due to Toxicroak's lackluster bulk, it appreciates help from Umbreon, which can pass a Wish to it, as well as other walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Drifblim, and Muk. Other Pokemon that benefit from Toxicroak include Scyther, Mabosstiff, and Coil Eelektross, as they appreciate the removal of physical walls. Toxicroak's Dry Skin gives it a Water immunity that allows it to switch in on bulky Water-types, like Vaporeon and Qwilfish, which would otherwise check teammates like Bruxish, Clawitzer, and Basculin.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lucario, 189361]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pokeslice, 509790]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumii, 493772], [UT, 523866]]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Focus Blast
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Dark Pulse / Vacuum Wave
item: Life Orb
ability: Dry Skin
nature: Timid / Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Fighting / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its access to Nasty Plot, Toxicroak can turn its mediocre Special Attack stat into something to be worried about, threatening Pokemon like Sandaconda and Drifblim that beat physical variations of it. Dark Pulse enables it to get around Pokemon that resist its STAB combination, which including Ghost-types like Drifblim, Rotom, and Spiritomb as well as Poison-types like Muk and Qwilfish. Vacuum Wave is a solid STAB move with priority to help it revenge kill faster threats like Zoroark, Lycanroc, and Tera Ice Jolteon. Tera Fighting heavily increases Focus Blast's already high damage output, allowing Toxicroak to rip through bulkier teams. Tera Fighting Toxicroak can run a Modest nature to give it a favorable chance to 2HKO Muk at +2 with Focus Blast; however, it becomes noticeably slower, getting outpaced by Mabosstiff, Bombirdier, and Braviary. Tera Dark Toxicroak better checks Bruxish while also boosting Dark Pulse's power. Without the use of its Tera type, Toxicroak struggles against bulkier teams that often include Muk or Crocalor, so Pokemon that put pressure on them like Sandaconda and Bruxish pair well with Toxicroak. Toxicroak often relies on Spikes from users such as Qwilfish, Vespiquen, and Cacturne to chip away at foes that Toxicroak can't handle on its own. Due to Toxicroak's lackluster bulk, it appreciates help from Umbreon, which can pass a Wish to it, as well as other walls like Assault Vest Eelektross, Drifblim, and Muk. Other Pokemon that benefit from Toxicroak include Scyther, Mabosstiff, and Coil Eelektross, as they appreciate the removal of physical walls. Toxicroak's Dry Skin gives it a Water immunity that allows it to switch in on bulky Water-types, like Vaporeon and Qwilfish, which would otherwise check teammates like Bruxish, Clawitzer, and Basculin.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lucario, 189361]]
- Quality checked by: [[Pokeslice, 509790]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumii, 493772], [UT, 523866]]
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