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[OVERVIEW] Despite being a Little Cup Pokemon, Exeggcute holds a small but interesting niche within RBY UU thanks to its ability to spread Sleep and Paralysis and defensive utility thanks to its unique Grass- and Psychic-typing. It is the only Pokemon in the tier asides from Hypno able to...

Introduction Hey its Ika here. Anyone who knows me well knows how much of a fan I am of the old gens of BSS, to the point that I've spent far too much time looking through archival footage and Japanese Blogs so I could understand the tiers better. I've been wanting to post long form old gen...

Introduction: Ever since I started taking Battle Spot Singles seriously in early 2018, I have had two basic aims to what I wanted to bring to the community, first to increase the accessibility of BSS to newer players coming in and second to bridge the skill gap between the top players of Japan...

[SET] name: Defensive (Poison) move 1: Knock Off move 2: Poison Jab move 3: Taunt move 4: Toxic Spikes item: Black Sludge ability: Battle Armor nature: Careful evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD [SET COMMENTS] Drapion is one of the two Pokemon on Poison teams to be immune to Psychic-type moves due...

[SET] name: Special Dynamax Sweeper move 1: Scald / Hydro Pump move 2: Earth Power move 3: Grass Knot move 4: Sludge Bomb item: Life Orb / Rindo Berry ability: Swift Swim nature: Modest Evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Seismitoad has a niche as a surprise Dynamax rain sweeper with a decent typing...

(Shoutouts to 1TP, Dragonwhale, ThickFatAzumarill for editing help on Discord and iDybalaJr en YT! for making the banner) Welcome to the SWSH Battle Stadium Singles Role Compendium! The purpose of this thread is to provide a visual list of what roles Pokemon fulfill in the current metagame...

[SET] name: Recycle Sets move 1: Recycle move 2: Curse / Yawn move 3: Heat Crash / Heavy Slam / Body Slam move 4: Darkest Lariat / Earthquake item: Figy Berry ability: Gluttony nature: Impish Evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Snorlax is one of if not the most versatile pokemon in...

[SET] name: Bulky Physical Attacker move 1: Earthquake move 2: Rock Blast / Stone Edge / Rock Wrecker move 3: Fire Punch move 4: Rock Wrecker / Hammer Arm / Swords Dance item: Weakness Policy / Assault Vest ability: Solid Rock nature: Adamant evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD [SET COMMENTS] Due to...

name: Standard move 1: Freeze Dry move 2: Sparkling Aria move 3: Sheer Cold / Thunderbolt move 4: Ice Shard / Substitute item: Assault Vest / Leftovers / Weakness Policy ability: Water Absorb nature: Modest evs: 236 HP / 252 SpA / 20 Spe Lapras functions as a solid special tank and is able to...

[SET] name: Belly Drum move 1: Belly Drum move 2: Icicle Spear move 3: Zen Headbutt / Liquidation move 4: Substitute / Liquidation / Iron Head / Head Smash item: Sitrus Berry / Salac Berry ability: Ice Face nature: Jolly evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Eiscue's unique ability in...

[SET] name: Assault Vest move 1: Bolt Beak move 2: Outrage / Dragon Claw move 3: Earthquake move 4: Fire Fang / Low Kick item: Assault Vest ability: Volt Absorb / Hustle nature: Adamant evs: 76 HP / 252 Atk / 76 SpD / 100 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Dracozolt's unique defensive typing and decent bulk...

[SET] name: Defensive Wall move 1: Scald move 2: Yawn / Counter move 3: Earth Power / Clear Smog move 4: Recover item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry ability: Storm Drain nature: Bold evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA [SET COMMENTS] This set uses Gastrodon's decent special bulk and access to recover in...

[SET] name: Shell Smasher move 1: Shell Smash move 2: Icicle Spear move 3: Rock Blast move 4: Ice Shard / Liquidation item: Focus Sash / Life Orb / White Herb ability: Skill Link nature: Adamant / Jolly evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Cloyster functions as a Shell Smash sweeper...

[SET] name: Nasty Plot Sweeper move 1: Thunderbolt move 2: Air Slash move 3: Nasty Plot move 4: Shadow Ball / Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave item: Sharp Beak / Weakness Policy / Expert Belt / Sitrus Berry ability: Levitate nature: Timid evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Rotom-S functions...

[SET] name: Defensive move 1: Foul Play move 2: Roost move 3: Taunt move 4: Iron Defense / Toxic / U-turn / Knock Off item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers ability: Overcoat / Big Pecks nature: Impish evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Mandibuzz functions as a decent defensive check to...

[SET] name: Special Scarfer move 1: Overheat / Fire Blast move 2: Shadow Ball move 3: Fire Blast / Flamethrower / Energy Ball move 4: Trick / Will-o-Wisp item: Choice Scarf ability: Infiltrator / Flash Fire nature: Timid evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Chandelure functions as a...

[SET] name: Physical Sweeper move 1: Pyro Ball move 2: High Jump Kick move 3: U-turn / Substitute move 4: Sucker Punch / Bounce / Taunt item: Focus Sash / Choice Band / Choice Scarf ability: Blaze nature: Adamant evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Cinderace aims to use Dynamax as a...

name: Bulky Wall move 1: Flare Blitz move 2: Extreme Speed move 3: Will-O-Wisp / Wild Charge / Play Rough move 4: Morning Sun / Close Combat item: Rocky Helmet / Assault Vest / Sitrus Berry ability: Intimidate nature: Adamant evs: 140 HP / 204 Atk / 156 Def / 4 SpD / 4 Spe [SET COMMENTS]...

[SET] name: Guts Attacker move 1: Drain Punch move 2: Mach Punch move 3: Thunder Punch move 4: Ice Punch / Bulk Up / Payback item: Flame Orb ability: Guts nature: Adamant evs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 4 SpD / 20 Spe [SET COMMENTS] Conkeldurr with a Guts boost hits extremely hard and only has...

[SET] name: Bulky Special Attacker move 1: Hyper Voice move 2: Mystical Fire move 3: Quick Attack / Psyshock / Substitute move 4: Calm Mind / Hyper Beam item: Pixie Plate / Choice Specs / Leftovers ability: Pixilate nature: Modest / Quiet evs: 236 HP / 252 SpA / 20 Spe [SET COMMENTS] This set...