OU Dugtrio (2/2) (1/1)

[SET]
name: Arena Trap
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Reversal
move 3: Screech
move 4: Sucker Punch / Memento / Stone Edge
item: Focus Sash
ability: Arena Trap
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dugtrio's main draw is Arena Trap combined with its high Speed, which allows it to trap and eliminate Pokemon like Tyranitar, Toxtricity, and Cinderace. Reversal takes advantage of Focus Sash by doing more damage than Earthquake against foes like Galarian Darmanitan, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon. Dugtrio can switch out while forcing Galarian Darmanitan to Dynamax to sponge up a hit, therefore rendering the opponent unable to use Dynamax for the rest of the game. Screech is an important move to help trap bulky Pokemon like Toxapex and Clefable, which can otherwise take a few hits. Sucker Punch allows Dugtrio to deal some damage to faster Pokemon like Dragapult, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, and Ditto. Memento synergizes nicely with Focus Sash by significantly weakening a Pokemon to bring a teammate in to set up more easily. Stone Edge hits Pokemon that try to take advantage of Dugtrio by switching in after something is trapped like Gyarados and Togekiss. A Jolly nature is used to outspeed Cinderace, Gengar, and +1 Tyranitar.

Frail attackers like Dragapult and Galarian Darmanitan enjoy Dugtrio's ability to trap both problematic defensive and offensive checks. The aforementioned also use U-turn, which allows Dugtrio to trap defensive checks like Toxapex as they pivot out versus them. Setup sweepers like Togekiss, Bulk Up Corviknight, and Reuniclus greatly enjoy Dugtrio's ability to trap Tyranitar. Dugtrio dislikes entry hazards because they break its Focus Sash, so hazard removal from Pokemon like defensive Corviknight and Mandibuzz can help. It also suffers from being easily taken advantage of by Pokemon immune to Earthquake like Hydreigon and Rotom-W, so Pokemon that can deal with them like Clefable and Dragapult pair well.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[xapx, 406162]]
- Quality checked by: [[talah, 248449], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Rabia, 337073]]
 
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I'm kind of lost as to why Reversal is missing on this. Reversal is one of the best moves to use when you're in Focus Sash range as it does more damage to Tyranitar than STAB Earthquake (and does more damage than STAB Earthquake overall unless Reversal is resisted or immune, the latter which never matters since you're not trapping Ghosts).

Actually the entire set is confusing. Why is Screech slashed, and why the hell is it slashed second?
 
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move 4: Memento / Stone Edge / Stealth Rock
change this to be Sucker Punch / Memento / Stone Edge, Dug is a pretty awful rocks user in a meta with such good removal as the current one.

Sucker Punch is cool to pick off weakened stuff that is faster and/or to do some return damage to something like Dragapult or Scarf Darm or even being countertrapped by a Ditto. Max Darkness can also bait something like Dragapult if you really want to do that. Memento's not really good in the teams Dug usually is in unless partnered with a Reuniclus or Togekiss and you should mention that it requires partners like that. Edge sucks but I guess it technically has a use?
Reversal takes advantage of Focus Sash by having even more damage output against Earthquake against foes like Tyranitar and hits Hydreigon.
this needs to mention Darmanitan before either of those, as Sash -> Reversal can trap Scarf Darm(unless it Dynamaxes). mention how it can Dynamax to escape but you can bait it, switch to something else, and be able to trap it later anyway.

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Screech is an important move to help trap bulky Pokemon like Toxapex and Ferrothorn which can otherwise take a few hits.
replace Ferro with Clef, Dug really can't trap Ferro well at all but it can either trap weakened Clef.
like Galarian Darmanitan and Cinderace
replace Cinderace with Dragapult, it's a significantly better partner. in fact I'd mention Draga first, Darm second.
and allow them to wreak havoc with the help of Memento
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Said Pokemon also have access to U-turn, which allows Dugtrio to trap defensive checks as they pivot out of them.
setup Corvi doesn't, word this better
Dugtrio dislikes entry hazards as they break its Focus Sash, so hazard removal like Corviknight and Heavy-Duty Boots Cinderace can help.
Cinderace isn't really removal, replace it with Mandibuzz
It also suffers from being easily taken advantage of by Pokemon immune to Earthquake like Hydreigon and Rotom-W, so Pokemon that can deal with them like Choice Scarf Toxtricity and Dragapult pair well.
Toxtricity doesn't really deal with either and Scarf isn't really a good set, mention Clefable here instead.

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[SET]
name: Arena Trap
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Reversal
move 3: Screech
move 4: Sucker Punch / Memento / Stone Edge
item: Focus Sash
ability: Arena Trap
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dugtrio's main draw is Arena Trap and its high Speed, which allows it to trap and eliminate Pokemon like Tyranitar, Toxtricity, and Cinderace. Reversal takes advantage of Focus Sash by having even more damage output against Earthquake against foes like Galarian Darmanitan, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon. Dugtrio can switch out while forcing these Pokemon to dynamax to sponge up a hit, and therefore render the opponent unable to use Dynamax for the rest of the game. This really is only relevant for dealing with Galarian Darmanitan, so just say that instead of generalizing it to "these Pokemon". Screech is an important move to help trap bulky Pokemon like Toxapex and Clefable, which can otherwise take a few hits. Sucker Punch allows Dugtrio to deal some damage to faster Pokemon like Dragapult, Choice Scarf Darmanitan, and Ditto. Memento both take advantage of Focus Sash by significantly weakening a Pokemon to bring a teammate in to set up more easily. Because of the way this is worded, I have no idea how Memento is supposed to take advantage of Focus Sash. It doesn't take advantage of Focus Sash anyways, it just synergizes with it nicely, so say that instead. Stone Edge hits Pokemon that try to take advantage of Dugtrio by switching in after something is trapped like Gyarados and Togekiss. Jolly is used in order to outspeed Cinderace, +1 Tyranitar, and Gengar. Make Tyranitar the last Pokemon you mention because it seems like you're referring to both +1 Tyranitar and Gengar now.

Setup sweepers like Bulk Up Corviknight and frail attackers like Dragapult and Galarian Darmanitan enjoy Dugtrio's ability to trap both problematic defensive and offensive checks. The latter two also use U-turn, which allows Dugtrio to trap defensive checks like Toxapex as they pivot out of them. If running Memento, setup sweepers like Reuniclus and Togekiss are good partners to take advantage of the attack drops to set up and proceed to sweep. You should mention that Dugtrio traps Tyranitar as the primary reason to run Dugtrio with both of them. It's far more notable than Memento. Dugtrio dislikes entry hazards as they break its Focus Sash, so hazard removal like Corviknight and Mandibuzz can help. It also suffers from being easily taken advantage of by Pokemon immune to Earthquake like Hydreigon and Rotom-W, so Pokemon that can deal with them like Clefable and Dragapult pair well.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[xapx, 406162]]
- Quality checked by: [[talah, 248449], [ ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[ ]]
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[SET]
name: Arena Trap
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Reversal
move 3: Screech
move 4: Sucker Punch / Memento / Stone Edge
item: Focus Sash
ability: Arena Trap
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Dugtrio's main draw is Arena Trap and combined with (makes it clearer that this is THE main draw as opposed to the two being read separately) its high Speed, which allows it to trap and eliminate Pokemon like Tyranitar, Toxtricity, and Cinderace. Reversal takes advantage of Focus Sash by having even doing more damage output against than Earthquake against foes like Galarian Darmanitan, Tyranitar, and Hydreigon. Dugtrio can switch out while forcing Galarian Darmanitan (just Darm? or the others as well?) to dynamax Dynamax to sponge up a hit, and therefore render rendering the opponent unable to use Dynamax for the rest of the game. Screech is an important move to help trap bulky Pokemon like Toxapex and Clefable, which can otherwise take a few hits. Sucker Punch allows Dugtrio to deal some damage to faster Pokemon like Dragapult, Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan, and Ditto. Memento synergizes nicely with Focus Sash by significantly weakening a Pokemon to bring a teammate in to set up more easily. Stone Edge hits Pokemon that try to take advantage of Dugtrio by switching in after something is trapped like Gyarados and Togekiss. A Jolly nature is used in order to outspeed Cinderace, Gengar, and +1 Tyranitar.

Frail attackers like Dragapult and Galarian Darmanitan enjoy Dugtrio's ability to trap both problematic defensive and offensive checks. The aforementioned also use U-turn, which allows Dugtrio to trap defensive checks like Toxapex as they pivot out of versus (optional) them. Setup sweepers like Togekiss, Bulk Up Corviknight, and Reuniclus greatly enjoy Dugtrio's ability to trap Tyranitar. Dugtrio dislikes entry hazards as because they break its Focus Sash, so hazard removal from Pokemon like defensive Corviknight and Mandibuzz can help. It also suffers from being easily taken advantage of by Pokemon immune to Earthquake like Hydreigon and Rotom-W, so Pokemon that can deal with them like Clefable and Dragapult pair well.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[xapx, 406162]]
- Quality checked by: [[talah, 248449], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[ ]]

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