[SET]
RegenVest (Iron Treads) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin
- Volt Switch
[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Treads is a niche RegenVest wall that offers valuable Rapid Spin utility, pivoting, and a unique typing that resists the tier's common Psychic- and Electric-type special attacks. Volt Switch provides pivoting while also chipping switch-ins like Corviknight and Manaphy, whereas Knock Off greatly reduces the longevity of defensive walls, notably Great Tusk and Swampert who would normally come in to absorb Volt Switch. Iron Treads is a pain to deal with for fast Electric-types, including Hisuian Electrode and non-Weather Ball Zapdos, and it can survive a Focus Blast from Thundurus or an Earth Power from Sandy Shocks. It also acts as a reliable answer to Azelf, Latios, and Gholdengo, threatening them with Knock Off while not being crippled by Trick. Iron Treads fits best on stall teams, providing much-needed hazard removal while relying on other specially defensive walls like Empoleon and Blissey to cover its weaknesses to common special attackers such as Walking Wake, Primarina, and Iron Moth. Iron Treads also appreciates physically defensive walls like Corviknight and Toxapex, as it naturally loses to some of the tier's most common physical wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, Chien-Pao, and Galarian Zapdos. Iron Treads can also be run as a role compression option on more offensive teams, as it can provide semi-reliable pivoting and Rapid Spin support for Chien-Pao and Ogerpon-H; in return, they threaten the Ground-types that Iron Treads struggles against such as the aforementioned Swampert and Great Tusk.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/glaliegoesboom.539679/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slither-wing.603931/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ut.523866/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rose.511181/
RegenVest (Iron Treads) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Rapid Spin
- Volt Switch
[SET COMMENTS]
Iron Treads is a niche RegenVest wall that offers valuable Rapid Spin utility, pivoting, and a unique typing that resists the tier's common Psychic- and Electric-type special attacks. Volt Switch provides pivoting while also chipping switch-ins like Corviknight and Manaphy, whereas Knock Off greatly reduces the longevity of defensive walls, notably Great Tusk and Swampert who would normally come in to absorb Volt Switch. Iron Treads is a pain to deal with for fast Electric-types, including Hisuian Electrode and non-Weather Ball Zapdos, and it can survive a Focus Blast from Thundurus or an Earth Power from Sandy Shocks. It also acts as a reliable answer to Azelf, Latios, and Gholdengo, threatening them with Knock Off while not being crippled by Trick. Iron Treads fits best on stall teams, providing much-needed hazard removal while relying on other specially defensive walls like Empoleon and Blissey to cover its weaknesses to common special attackers such as Walking Wake, Primarina, and Iron Moth. Iron Treads also appreciates physically defensive walls like Corviknight and Toxapex, as it naturally loses to some of the tier's most common physical wallbreakers such as Ceruledge, Chien-Pao, and Galarian Zapdos. Iron Treads can also be run as a role compression option on more offensive teams, as it can provide semi-reliable pivoting and Rapid Spin support for Chien-Pao and Ogerpon-H; in return, they threaten the Ground-types that Iron Treads struggles against such as the aforementioned Swampert and Great Tusk.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/glaliegoesboom.539679/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slither-wing.603931/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ut.523866/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rose.511181/
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