Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
- Earthquake
Gastrodon has seen a surge in usage over the past couple of months for its ability to take on certain metagame titans. Gastrodon has an amazing Water / Ground typing that, when coupled with its amazing bulk, lets it combat Mega Latios, Magearna, and most variants of Heatran. Its typing also makes it stand out as one of the few Water-types that isn't weak to Electric-type attacks, which ultimately lets it take on Electric-types such as Tapu Koko, something a lot of teams appreciate. Its ability Storm Drain is also a blessing, as it lets Gastrodon successfully combat Ash-Greninja, something most Pokemon simply can't. Access to reliable recovery in Recover lets it constantly switch into these Pokemon and keep them at bay. Gastrodon struggles against Grass-types, which makes Pokemon that can take them on, such as Heatran and Tornadus-T, great partners.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-384173 In this replay, Gastrodon can be seen consistently switching into Greninja, completely neutering it from doing anything in the match.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-380424 Gastrodon consistently keeps Gliscor low in this replay, which allowed for the rest of the team to deal with it.
Ability: Storm Drain
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
- Earthquake
Gastrodon has seen a surge in usage over the past couple of months for its ability to take on certain metagame titans. Gastrodon has an amazing Water / Ground typing that, when coupled with its amazing bulk, lets it combat Mega Latios, Magearna, and most variants of Heatran. Its typing also makes it stand out as one of the few Water-types that isn't weak to Electric-type attacks, which ultimately lets it take on Electric-types such as Tapu Koko, something a lot of teams appreciate. Its ability Storm Drain is also a blessing, as it lets Gastrodon successfully combat Ash-Greninja, something most Pokemon simply can't. Access to reliable recovery in Recover lets it constantly switch into these Pokemon and keep them at bay. Gastrodon struggles against Grass-types, which makes Pokemon that can take them on, such as Heatran and Tornadus-T, great partners.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-384173 In this replay, Gastrodon can be seen consistently switching into Greninja, completely neutering it from doing anything in the match.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7ou-380424 Gastrodon consistently keeps Gliscor low in this replay, which allowed for the rest of the team to deal with it.
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