[SET]
name: Shift Gear
move 1: Shift Gear
move 2: Boomburst
move 3: Overdrive
move 4: Tera Blast / Snarl / Sludge Bomb
item: Throat Spray
ability: Punk Rock
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Normal
[SET COMMENTS]
Toxtricity offers the liberty to swap between the roles of a Shift Gear cleaner and Throat Spray + Boomburst wallbreaker with the same set. Very few walls can take its Punk Rock-boosted attacks after Throat Spray activates––Ghost / Ground-type Pokemon like Golurk and Palossand being the only exceptions––making the likes of Gastrodon, Coalossal, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro shoddy switch-ins at best. This threat creates setup opportunities for Toxtricity, which can then outspeed most of the metagame at +2 and clean late-game. Tera Blast Ghost is its best coverage move, nailing would-be checks like Decidueye, Golurk, Palossand, and Bronzong; importantly, the defensive benefits of Tera Ghost include more setup opportunities for Toxtricity and immunity to common priority attacks from Ambipom and Arcanine. Alternatively, Tera Normal offers a nuke of a Boomburst that outright OHKOes foes like Bellibolt and Mudsdale at +1. This comes at the cost of running the weaker Snarl to hit Ghost-types, and while Snarl offers good coverage without Terastallizing, it fails to reliably OHKO any of the metagame's Ghost-types and also makes Toxtricity completely walled by Soundproof Pokemon like Hisuian Electrode. A last alternative is Sludge Bomb, and in the same vein as Snarl, it can be a stronger option versus some walls like Wo-Chien without having to use Tera Normal Boomburst, but it fails to address some targets such as Golurk and Palossand.
Sweepers such as Paldean Taurus-W and Decidueye alleviate some offensive tension that Toxtricity suffers from by targeting foes that could otherwise check it like Golurk, Goodra, and Gligar. Knock Off users like Skuntank and Scrafty help wear down walls like Mudsdale and Bellibolt so that they are KOed by a +1 Boomburst late-game. Specially offensive Knock Off users like Goodra and Salazzle also work for weakening special walls like Galarian Slowbro and Gastrodon; the former is in OHKO range from +1 Boomburst after Stealth Rock if it loses its Assault Vest. Toxtricity is often vulnerable to priority attackers after it takes damage when setting up, so teammates like Paldean Taurus-F and Staraptor are valid checks to the likes of Skuntank and Decidueye, respectively. This way, Toxtricity can be preserved and return the favor to these physically offensive teammates by putting pressure on physical walls like Mudsdale and Milotic.
[SET CREDITS]
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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Boomburst
move 2: Overdrive
move 3: Snarl
move 4: Volt Switch
item: Choice Specs
ability: Punk Rock
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal
[SET COMMENTS]
The raw power of Choice Specs, Punk Rock-boosted Boomburst, and strong STAB moves, with the option to be even stronger with Terastallization, is hard to stomach. That power, along with the opportunity to pivot with Volt Switch on the few checks Toxtricity has like Decidueye, makes Toxtricity an effective wallbreaker and pivot. Ghost-types like Golurk and Palossand are not safe switch-ins to Toxtricity given that Snarl 2HKOes them, albeit locking into Snarl can be prediction reliant. Sludge Bomb offers chances to OHKO walls like Wo-Chien and Florges, although its damage is equal to Tera Normal Boomburst and its coverage fails to nail anything notable bar Soundproof Hisuian Electrode. Due to relying heavily on prediction and Terastallization, this set sees less use and is harder to fit on teams in comparison to Toxtricity's Shift Gear set.
One of Toxtricity's shortcomings is its frailty, so it relies on pivots such as Scyther, Staraptor, and Ambipom to get in safely. These teammates make an offensive VoltTurn core with Toxtricity, which returns the favor by positioning them through Volt Switch on some of its potential switch-ins like Decidueye and Galarian Slowbro. Dark-types like Bombirdier and Skuntank are necessary to punish opposing Ghost-types once Toxtricity is locked into Boomburst. Similarly, teammates such as Decidueye and Kilowattrel are important to defeat Ground-types like Gligar and Gastrodon. Toxtricity's wallbreaking can pave the way for specially offensive teammates like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Choice Scarf Florges to clean late-game. Spikes support from Alolan Sandslash and Qwilfish is noteworthy in supporting Toxtricity's wallbreaking, as a single layer of Spikes creates favorable chances to OHKO walls like Gastrodon and Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro with +1 Tera Normal Boomburst.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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name: Shift Gear
move 1: Shift Gear
move 2: Boomburst
move 3: Overdrive
move 4: Tera Blast / Snarl / Sludge Bomb
item: Throat Spray
ability: Punk Rock
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost / Normal
[SET COMMENTS]
Toxtricity offers the liberty to swap between the roles of a Shift Gear cleaner and Throat Spray + Boomburst wallbreaker with the same set. Very few walls can take its Punk Rock-boosted attacks after Throat Spray activates––Ghost / Ground-type Pokemon like Golurk and Palossand being the only exceptions––making the likes of Gastrodon, Coalossal, and Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro shoddy switch-ins at best. This threat creates setup opportunities for Toxtricity, which can then outspeed most of the metagame at +2 and clean late-game. Tera Blast Ghost is its best coverage move, nailing would-be checks like Decidueye, Golurk, Palossand, and Bronzong; importantly, the defensive benefits of Tera Ghost include more setup opportunities for Toxtricity and immunity to common priority attacks from Ambipom and Arcanine. Alternatively, Tera Normal offers a nuke of a Boomburst that outright OHKOes foes like Bellibolt and Mudsdale at +1. This comes at the cost of running the weaker Snarl to hit Ghost-types, and while Snarl offers good coverage without Terastallizing, it fails to reliably OHKO any of the metagame's Ghost-types and also makes Toxtricity completely walled by Soundproof Pokemon like Hisuian Electrode. A last alternative is Sludge Bomb, and in the same vein as Snarl, it can be a stronger option versus some walls like Wo-Chien without having to use Tera Normal Boomburst, but it fails to address some targets such as Golurk and Palossand.
Sweepers such as Paldean Taurus-W and Decidueye alleviate some offensive tension that Toxtricity suffers from by targeting foes that could otherwise check it like Golurk, Goodra, and Gligar. Knock Off users like Skuntank and Scrafty help wear down walls like Mudsdale and Bellibolt so that they are KOed by a +1 Boomburst late-game. Specially offensive Knock Off users like Goodra and Salazzle also work for weakening special walls like Galarian Slowbro and Gastrodon; the former is in OHKO range from +1 Boomburst after Stealth Rock if it loses its Assault Vest. Toxtricity is often vulnerable to priority attackers after it takes damage when setting up, so teammates like Paldean Taurus-F and Staraptor are valid checks to the likes of Skuntank and Decidueye, respectively. This way, Toxtricity can be preserved and return the favor to these physically offensive teammates by putting pressure on physical walls like Mudsdale and Milotic.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/s1nn0hc0nfirm3d.231074/
Quality checked by:
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[SET]
name: Choice Specs
move 1: Boomburst
move 2: Overdrive
move 3: Snarl
move 4: Volt Switch
item: Choice Specs
ability: Punk Rock
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Normal
[SET COMMENTS]
The raw power of Choice Specs, Punk Rock-boosted Boomburst, and strong STAB moves, with the option to be even stronger with Terastallization, is hard to stomach. That power, along with the opportunity to pivot with Volt Switch on the few checks Toxtricity has like Decidueye, makes Toxtricity an effective wallbreaker and pivot. Ghost-types like Golurk and Palossand are not safe switch-ins to Toxtricity given that Snarl 2HKOes them, albeit locking into Snarl can be prediction reliant. Sludge Bomb offers chances to OHKO walls like Wo-Chien and Florges, although its damage is equal to Tera Normal Boomburst and its coverage fails to nail anything notable bar Soundproof Hisuian Electrode. Due to relying heavily on prediction and Terastallization, this set sees less use and is harder to fit on teams in comparison to Toxtricity's Shift Gear set.
One of Toxtricity's shortcomings is its frailty, so it relies on pivots such as Scyther, Staraptor, and Ambipom to get in safely. These teammates make an offensive VoltTurn core with Toxtricity, which returns the favor by positioning them through Volt Switch on some of its potential switch-ins like Decidueye and Galarian Slowbro. Dark-types like Bombirdier and Skuntank are necessary to punish opposing Ghost-types once Toxtricity is locked into Boomburst. Similarly, teammates such as Decidueye and Kilowattrel are important to defeat Ground-types like Gligar and Gastrodon. Toxtricity's wallbreaking can pave the way for specially offensive teammates like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Choice Scarf Florges to clean late-game. Spikes support from Alolan Sandslash and Qwilfish is noteworthy in supporting Toxtricity's wallbreaking, as a single layer of Spikes creates favorable chances to OHKO walls like Gastrodon and Assault Vest Galarian Slowbro with +1 Tera Normal Boomburst.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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