Rose + Nihi + Starmie Spikes Balance
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It seems Avarice and I both recognized the value of Starmie alongside Roserade
This team is centred around wearing the opposing team down through hazards pressure from Roserade and Nihilego while keeping itself healthy. Every Pokemon on the team is able to heal itself barring Nihilego, and Umbreon can provide additional longevity through Wish support. In addition, many of the Pokemon on this team are immune to various status conditions, or in Starmie and Roserade's cases, can cure themselves of it upon switching out. Roserade is the spike stacker of the team and loves being able to pivot in on Amoonguss and abuse it. It is also able to pressure the main hazard removers in the tier in the Rotom formes and Salamence with a Sludge Bomb upon switch-in, which still sintgs quite a bit even without SpA investment and has the chance to inflict poison. Rotom-Wash is a phenomenal partner for Roserade for reasons I mentioned in the
Matchmaking thread, but here it is mainly useful for providing a Ground immunity, speed control, and pivot support. Nihilego aids in the hazard stacking effort with Stealth Rock, and like Roserade, is able to abuse the Defoggers of the tier. It is also the team's Knock Off user. Buzzwole provides some physical backbone while not easing up on offensive pressure and threatens the special walls of the meta in Chansey and Umbreon. I opted for Rock Tomb over Stone Edge on it for increased consistency as well as the ability to slow down faster Flying-type switch-ins such as Moltres, Salamence, and Tornadus. Starmie was a choice inspired by seeing Azelf on
Indigo Plateau's Roserade sample team and performs a similar role - it outspeeds most of the metagame and is extremely difficult to switch into safely. Starmie is also unique in that it is able to heal itself with Recover and can shrug off status with Natural Cure as mentioned before. I opted for Surf over Hydro Pump on it again to improve consistency for the team (and since Starmie is already hitting quite hard with Life Orb STAB attacks). Finally, Umbreon gives the team backbone against scary special attackers like Nidoking and gives the team some recourse against setup from opposing sweepers, as well as again providing Wish support to keep the team healthy.