Team of the Week: [Gen 9] RU Chesnaught Stall

[Gen 9] RU Team of the Week: Chesnaught Stall

Team and description by Yourwelcomethanku | Grammar checked by Lumari

Slowbro-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots  
Ability: Regenerator  
Tera Type: Water  
EVs: 252 HP / 244 Def / 8 Spe  
Bold Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Sludge Bomb  
- Flamethrower  
- Nasty Plot  
- Slack Off  

Blissey @ Heavy-Duty Boots  
Ability: Natural Cure  
Tera Type: Dark  
EVs: 252 Def / 244 SpD / 12 Spe  
Bold Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Seismic Toss  
- Soft-Boiled  
- Calm Mind  
- Shadow Ball  

Sableye @ Heavy-Duty Boots  
Ability: Prankster  
Tera Type: Poison  
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD  
Careful Nature  
- Knock Off  
- Will-O-Wisp  
- Recover  
- Encore  

Avalugg @ Heavy-Duty Boots  
Ability: Sturdy  
Tera Type: Water  
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD  
Impish Nature  
- Body Press  
- Ice Spinner  
- Iron Defense  
- Recover  

Chesnaught @ Heavy-Duty Boots  
Ability: Bulletproof  
Tera Type: Ghost  
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def  
Impish Nature  
- Drain Punch  
- Spikes  
- Synthesis  
- Leech Seed  

Krookodile @ Choice Scarf  
Ability: Moxie  
Tera Type: Dark  
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
- Earthquake  
- Crunch  
- Gunk Shot  
- Stealth Rock  

Stall is very powerful, though not common, in SV RU. Between Sableye, Blissey, Galarian Slowbro, and Avalugg and their ability to Terastallize, stall teams can wall a lot of foes. This kind of stall team in particular has no way to remove entry hazards and instead focuses on using and making use of (idk what this means) its own entry hazards. Chesnaught and Krookodile provide Spikes and Stealth Rock, and Sableye's Knock Off can remove Heavy-Duty Boots. Five out of the six Pokemon on the team have Heavy-Duty Boots themselves to help with the team's inability to remove entry hazards. Galarian Slowbro provides the team with a strong Calm Mind sweeper, an immunity to Toxic, and a Fairy resistance that can be helpful vs Gardevoir. Blissey counters or at least checks just about any special attacker, and with Calm Mind, it beats non-Taunt Oricorio formes and helps deal with Nasty Plot Tatsugiri and Rotom-H. Tera Dark lets Blissey beat Psyshock users like Calm Mind Armarouge, and Shadow Ball hits Ghost-types that would otherwise wall it. Sableye most importantly provides Knock Off, but it can also spinblock Forretress and Brambleghast and check setup sweepers like Slowbro with Encore. Tera Poison allows Sableye to counter Galarian Slowbro, since it will not be poisoned by Sludge Bomb. Terastallization and IronPress help Avalugg check just about every physical attacker, though it often doesn't need to Terastallize on this team. Krookodile, Staraptor, and Mudsdale are some of the physical attackers it checks without Terastallization, and with Terastallization, this extends to the likes of Paldean Tauros-W and Slither Wing. Chesnaught is really simple, as it provides Spikes plus a Wo-Chien switch-in. Tera Ghost could allow it to spinblock in a pinch. Krookodile provides three important things: a Volt Switch blocker, a fast Pokemon, and Stealth Rock. It also could sweep a weakened team with Moxie-boosted attacks.