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[Overview]
<p>Just like many of the Poison-types residing in the NU tier, Weezing has a relatively wide array of offensive and supportive moves. However, its movepool is not Weezing's only asset, as it also has a remarkable Defense stat, a great defensive typing, and an immunity to Spikes thanks to its ability in Levitate. With these factors considered, Weezing can counter the likes of Golurk, Primeape, Sawsbuck, and Scolipede all at once—something not many Pokemon can boast about. While its Special Attack might not be stellar, it is enough to hit many Pokemon in the tier for some solid damage. Unfortunately, Weezing faces stiff competition from Misdreavus, which practically runs the same support moves Weezing uses but has an added bonus of immunities to Normal- and Fighting-type attacks. Its HP is not as large as Alomomola and Lickilicky, and it also has a mediocre Special Defense stat that can be preyed upon. Its Speed, while decent for a wall, falls just short of outspeeding key threats such as Roselia and Alomomola. Other physical walls like Alomomola and Tangela can either pass a Wish or put something to sleep, respectively, making it harder for Weezing to stand out from its competition.</p>
[SET]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
name 2: Sludge Bomb
name 3: Flamethrower / Pain Split
name 4: Haze / Taunt
item: Black Sludge
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
<p>This is Weezing's trademark set; it prevents physical attackers such as Golurk and Scolipede from steamrolling through your team easily. Will-O-Wisp is a necessity for Weezing to incapacitate physical attackers from harming it and its fellow teammates. Sludge Bomb is a moderately strong STAB attack that hits many relevant Pokemon such as Swellow and Kangaskhan hard. Flamethrower roasts the Bug- and Steel-types that Weezing wouldn't normally be able to touch, hitting Pokemon like Scolipede for solid damage. Pain Split is also a possible choice for the third slot, increasing the survivability of Weezing as well as dwindling the opposing Pokemon's health if the circumstances are right. Haze sets the opponent's boosted stats back to 0, which is useful against Substitute + Bulk Up Braviary and Nasty Plot Misdreavus. Taunt can also prevent slower setup sweepers from setting up at all, but it is less reliable, as Weezing is outsped by numerous Pokemon; however, it can stop Pokemon such as Piloswine and Regirock from setting up Stealth Rock as well as prevent Wishes from Lickilicky and Audino, so it is still a solid option for the last slot.</p>
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
<p>Black Sludge is used over Leftovers to punish Trick users and make them want to Trick their Black Sludge away, wasting valuable turns and giving Weezing time to either cripple or hurt them. Fire Blast guarantees an OHKO on Scolipede after Stealth Rock as well as a 3HKO on Metang, but those KOs don't matter too much since burning them is already crippling them enough. Toxic is usually not recommended, as Weezing's main job is burning opponents, and there are much better candidates to do that job. Clear Smog may also be used in the last slot, but it is generally inferior to Haze, which can pass through Substitute. For teammates, Lickilicky and Audino can sponge most special hits and can pass big Wishes to Weezing. Metang and Skuntank can come in on any Psychic-type Pokemon including Jynx (when something is already put to sleep) and Musharna, walling or Pursuit trapping them, respectively. Weezing can support Ludicolo and Tauros by beating Scolipede and Golurk for them. Musharna can handle Mold Breaker Sawk, making it a good partner on stall and balanced teams.</p>
[Other Options]
<p>Weezing is versatile, but that does not mean it can run a set as effective as the one listed above. An offensive set consisting of Sludge Bomb, Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, and a filler move is usable, but it doesn't focus on Weezing's main stat: Defense. Weezing has literally no viable moves on the physical side, making its base 95 Attack stat just for show. Memento is possible to aid Belly Drum Linoone and Shell Smash Carracosta, but there are other Pokemon in the tier who utilize that role more effectively. Weezing can summon both Rain Dance and Sunny Day, but it doesn't benefit from those moves, and is generally outclassed by other weather setters such as Volbeat and Gardevoir. A set with Destiny Bond, Endure or Fire Blast, Will-O-Wisp, and Sludge Bomb holding a Custap Berry is a fun, gimmicky concept, and could be useful in some occasions. Rocky Helmet is a useful item that Weezing can use, which allows it to cut down HP of an opponent using a contact move, but the loss of the passive recovery can degrade its lifespan. Sludge Wave is slightly stronger than Sludge Bomb, but Weezing enjoys the higher poison chance than the power most of the time.</p>
[Checks and Counters]
<p>Bulky Psychic-types, such as Musharna, Duosion, and Gardevoir, take little damage from Weezing's attacks, don't mind Taunt too much, and can use Psychic for the kill. Jynx can OHKO with Psychic, but it shouldn't switch in to Weezing because it is hit hard by Flamethrower. Fire-types, such as Charizard, Simisear, and Camerupt, can proceed to come in on a Fire-type move and roast Weezing with their STAB attacks; however, the first two get hit hard with Sludge Bomb, so you should be cautious. Generally, strong special attackers, such as Life Orb Haunter and Eelektross, can dispatch of Weezing in two hits with their STAB moves. A fast Taunt from Misdreavus or Samurott can also prevent Weezing from doing much. Regice can take even a Flamethrower and retaliate back with Ice Beam.</p>
[Overview]
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
name 2: Sludge Bomb
name 3: Flamethrower / Pain Split
name 4: Haze / Taunt
item: Black Sludge
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
[Other Options]
[Checks and Counters]
- Walls many of the prominent physical attackers in the tier thanks to its great defensive typing and ability. (Kangaskhan, Primeape, Skuntank, Scolipede, Golem).
- Its Special Attack is good.
- Immunity to Toxic is p good too.
- Misdreavus gives Weezing the most competition due to immunities to Normal- and Fighting-type attacks, but Weezing has more bulk as well as the ability to use Black Sludge effectively.
- Special Defense is not great, but can allow it to handle attacks from special attacking Grass-types like Serperior and Roselia.
- Pretty good at what it does, but has a lot of competition as a physical wall.
name: Physically Defensive
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
name 2: Sludge Bomb
name 3: Flamethrower / Pain Split
name 4: Haze / Taunt
item: Black Sludge
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
- This is Weezing's trademark set; it disallows physical attackers like Golurk and Primeape from steamrolling through your team with ease.
- Will-O-Wisp is a crucial move to have on Weezing as it incapacitates physical attackers from doing much harm to it.
- Sludge Bomb is a handy STAB that hits most of the relevant Pokemon in the tier for neutral damage.
- Flamethrower roasts Scolipede. It also deals good damage to Steel-types like Metang.
- But Pain Split gives Weezing some sort of recovery, which lengthens its survivability.
- Haze prevents dangerous setup sweepers such as SubBU Braviary and SubNP Misdreavus from using Weezing as setup fodder.
- Taunt also does that, but since Weezing is quite slow, it is less reliable. It prevents Pokemon like Piloswine and Regirock on setting up Stealth Rock however.
[ADDITIONAL COMMENTS]
- Black Sludge punishes Trick users, but since they might want to Trick it back to one of your non-Poison type Pokemon later on the match, Leftovers is a viable option.
- Fire Blast is more powerful than Flamethrower, but Weezing isn't meant to dish off a lot of damage and the loss off accuracy might be proven fatal.
- Toxic can be used, but the utility of burning opponents and decreasing their Attack stat is just too hard to pass off.
- Lickilicky takes Special hits decently and can pass of Wishes to heal Weezing.
- Something that can beat Psychic-types are good teammates as well, making Metang and Skuntank good teammates.
- Pokemon that dislike Primeape and Scolipede benefit from Weezing's presence, Tauros and Ludicolo make good partners as well.
- Musharna full on counters Mold Breaker Sawk, which Weezing might find troublesome due to its ability to hit it with Earthquake, making it a good teammate on stall teams.
[Other Options]
- Offensive
- Sludge Wave
- D. Bond
- Rocky Helmet
- Weather
- Explosion
- Memento
[Checks and Counters]
- Musharna and fast Psychic-types like Gardevoir and Jynx.
- Fire-types like Camerupt and Charizard that can come in WoW
- Strong Special Attacks from the likes of Samurott and Eelektross can do decent damage.
- Swellow and Ursaring can come in on WoW, but Sludge Bomb hurts the former a lot.
- Taunt shuts it down almost completely.
- Special walls like Regice and Lickilicky can come in on non-Taunt variants and wall it.
- Misdreavus can take any hit and can either Heal Bell the status off or deal some good damage with Shadow Ball
