NU Cacturne (Offensive)

[asa]

[SET]
name: Offensive Spikes
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Leaf Storm
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Drain Punch / Stomping Tantrum / Dark Pulse
item: Life Orb
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Cacturne is an amazing offensive Spiker in NU. Due to its strength and typing, it finds many opportunities to switch in on and threaten tier staples like Sandaconda, Qwilfish, and Drifblim. Cacturne is also good at taking advantage of Water-types like Bruxish and Vaporeon thanks to Water Absorb, giving it more chances to set up Spikes and dish out heavy damage. Drain Punch offsets Life Orb recoil and threatens Chansey, Umbreon, and Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Stomping Tantrum has a chance to 2HKO Muk while still hitting Steel-types hard. Dark Pulse reliably pressures Defoggers like Drifblim and Lurantis as well as Hattrem. A Naive nature lets Cacturne outspeed Modest Clawitzer without sacrificing any power. Tera Dark makes Sucker Punch and Dark Pulse stronger, allowing the former to OHKO foes like Jolteon and Medicham with minimal chip. Passimian is an excellent teammate for Cacturne, since it dissuades Defog attempts with Defiant, can remove foes' Heavy-Duty Boots with Knock Off, and reliably pressures special walls. In return, Cacturne offers Passimian safety from Bruxish, offensively checks Ghost-types, and can facilitate late-game cleaning with Spikes. Setup sweepers like Jolteon and Vivillon become much harder to stop when backed by Spikes and also match up well against Defoggers like Braviary and Lurantis.

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[asa]

should be ready now

 

[Rabia]

evs: naive
nature: evs listed here

 

[Stories]

[SET]
name: Offensive Spikes
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Leaf Storm
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Drain Punch / Stomping Tantrum / Dark Pulse
item: Life Orb
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Cacturne is an amazing offensive Spiker in NU. Due to its strength and typing, it finds many opportunities to switch in on and threaten tier staples exploit entry hazard setters and removers doesn't threaten all setters and removers so not really worth mentioning like Sandaconda, Qwilfish, and non-Air Slash they don't usually run this + cac threatens it out regardless Drifblim. Cacturne is also good at taking advantage of Water-types like Bruxish and Vaporeon thanks to Water Absorb, and its offensive presence lets it do so without being passive allowing it to set up Spikes and dish out heavy damage. Drain Punch offsets Life Orb recoil and threatens Chansey, Umbreon, and Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Stomping Tantrum has a chance to 2HKO Muk while still hitting Steel-types hard. Dark Pulse reliably pressures Defoggers like Drifblim and Lurantis as well as Hattrem. Using a Naive nature lets Cacturne outspeed Modest Clawitzer without sacrificing any power. Tera Dark makes Sucker Punch and Dark Pulse stronger, allowing the former to OHKO foes like Jolteon and Medicham with minimal chip. Passimian is an excellent teammate for Cacturne, since it dissuades Defog attempts with Defiant, can remove foes' Heavy-Duty Boots with Knock Off, and more reliably pressures special walls. In return, Cacturne offers Passimian safety from Bruxish, offensively checks Ghost-types, and can facilitate late-game cleaning with Spikes. Setup sweepers like Jolteon and Vivillon become much harder to stop when backed by Spikes and also match up well against Defoggers like Braviary and Lurantis.

[CREDITS]
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great work as usual 1/1 when done :3

 

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[SET]
name: Offensive Spikes
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Leaf Storm
move 3: Sucker Punch
move 4: Drain Punch / Stomping Tantrum / Dark Pulse
item: Life Orb
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Naive
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
tera type: Dark

[SET COMMENTS]

Cacturne is an amazing offensive Spiker in NU. Due to its strength and typing, it finds many opportunities to switch in on and threaten tier staples like Sandaconda, Qwilfish, and Drifblim. Cacturne is also good at taking advantage of Water-types like Bruxish and Vaporeon thanks to Water Absorb, giving it more chances to set up Spikes and dish out heavy damage. Drain Punch offsets Life Orb recoil and threatens Chansey, Umbreon, and Steel-types like Perrserker and Tera Steel Eelektross. Stomping Tantrum has a chance to 2HKO Muk while still hitting Steel-types hard. Dark Pulse reliably pressures Defoggers like Drifblim and Lurantis as well as Hattrem. Using a A Naive nature lets Cacturne outspeed Modest Clawitzer without sacrificing any power. Tera Dark makes Sucker Punch and Dark Pulse stronger, allowing the former to OHKO foes like Jolteon and Medicham with minimal chip. Passimian is an excellent teammate for Cacturne, since it dissuades Defog attempts with Defiant, can remove foes' Heavy-Duty Boots with Knock Off, and more (this feels extraneous, consider cutting) reliably pressures special walls. In return, Cacturne offers Passimian safety from Bruxish, offensively checks Ghost-types, and can facilitate late-game cleaning with Spikes. Setup sweepers like Jolteon and Vivillon become much harder to stop when backed by Spikes and also match up well against Defoggers like Braviary and Lurantis.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/asa.400292/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/togkey.400664/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/sabelette.583793/