[SET]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Water Shuriken
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Icicle Spear
item: Life Orb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Rash
evs: 168 Atk / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
ivs: 29 HP
[SET COMMENTS]
Cloyster is a terrifying sweeper on hyper offense, utilizing the unique combination of Shell Smash, Skill Link, and Water Shuriken to snowball through teams with ease. With an incredibly high Defense stat, it gets many opportunities to set up on Pokemon like Seismitoad and Weavile. Water Shuriken always hits five times thanks to Skill Link, and it preempts Accelerock users like Aerodactyl and Terrakion after Shell Smash, preventing Cloyster from being revenge killed as easily. It also lets Cloyster reliably deal with weakened Choice Scarf users like Gengar, as well as naturally faster Pokemon like Zeraora. Freeze-Dry hits bulky Water-types like Rotom-W and Toxapex, which would otherwise wall it completely. Icicle Spear provides stronger neutral coverage for bulky Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Blissey, and Clefable, and it being physical lets Cloyster better threaten Kyurem and Sylveon. Life Orb gives Cloyster the extra power it needs to break past bulky walls like Galarian Slowking and Buzzwole. 88 Speed EVs let Cloyster outspeed Aerodactyl, and 29 HP IVs minimize Life Orb recoil. Teammates like Buzzwole and Mimikyu can soften up teams for Cloyster to clean up. Cloyster's ability to remove Water-types like Toxapex and Rotom-W massively benefits teammates that tend to struggle against them, like Urshifu-R and Scizor. Due to entry hazards severely cutting into Cloyster's longevity and making it vulnerable to priority moves, entry hazard control is very important. Taunt leads like Mew and Heatran can prevent hazards from going up in the first place, and offensive entry hazard removers like Obstagoon, Tornadus-T, and Diggersby can remove them.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sulo, 528036]]
- Quality checked by: [[in the hills, 324242], [pannu, 517892]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
name: Shell Smash Sweeper
move 1: Shell Smash
move 2: Water Shuriken
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Icicle Spear
item: Life Orb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Rash
evs: 168 Atk / 252 SpA / 88 Spe
ivs: 29 HP
[SET COMMENTS]
Cloyster is a terrifying sweeper on hyper offense, utilizing the unique combination of Shell Smash, Skill Link, and Water Shuriken to snowball through teams with ease. With an incredibly high Defense stat, it gets many opportunities to set up on Pokemon like Seismitoad and Weavile. Water Shuriken always hits five times thanks to Skill Link, and it preempts Accelerock users like Aerodactyl and Terrakion after Shell Smash, preventing Cloyster from being revenge killed as easily. It also lets Cloyster reliably deal with weakened Choice Scarf users like Gengar, as well as naturally faster Pokemon like Zeraora. Freeze-Dry hits bulky Water-types like Rotom-W and Toxapex, which would otherwise wall it completely. Icicle Spear provides stronger neutral coverage for bulky Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Blissey, and Clefable, and it being physical lets Cloyster better threaten Kyurem and Sylveon. Life Orb gives Cloyster the extra power it needs to break past bulky walls like Galarian Slowking and Buzzwole. 88 Speed EVs let Cloyster outspeed Aerodactyl, and 29 HP IVs minimize Life Orb recoil. Teammates like Buzzwole and Mimikyu can soften up teams for Cloyster to clean up. Cloyster's ability to remove Water-types like Toxapex and Rotom-W massively benefits teammates that tend to struggle against them, like Urshifu-R and Scizor. Due to entry hazards severely cutting into Cloyster's longevity and making it vulnerable to priority moves, entry hazard control is very important. Taunt leads like Mew and Heatran can prevent hazards from going up in the first place, and offensive entry hazard removers like Obstagoon, Tornadus-T, and Diggersby can remove them.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sulo, 528036]]
- Quality checked by: [[in the hills, 324242], [pannu, 517892]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
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