[SET]
Magic Guard (Mandibuzz) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Relaxed Nature
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Roost
- U-turn / Knock Off / Toxic
- Toxic / Defog
[SET COMMENTS]
Mandibuzz is a solid physical wall with high defensive stats, a useful typing, and valuable utility moves in Defog, Toxic, and Knock Off. Magic Guard circumvents its normally crippling Stealth Rock weakness, letting it act as an excellent Knock Off absorber from the likes of Roaring Moon and Meowscarda, as well as a status absorber from Toxapex, Pecharunt, and opposing Mandibuzz. Foul Play allows Mandibuzz to beat physical setup sweepers such as Dragonite and Ceruledge, while Knock Off can limit the longevity of defensive walls and remove Assault Vests, enabling special attacking teammates like Primarina, Latios, and Azelf. Toxic can cripple walls such as Swampert and Scream Tail and shuts down bulky setup sweepers like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Bulk Up Great Tusk. Defog provides valuable entry hazard control, especially for Stealth Rock-weak wallbreakers Chien-Pao, Ceruledge, and Ogerpon-H, which Mandibuzz can also slow pivot in with U-turn alongside 0 Speed IVs and a Relaxed nature. Leftovers provides passive healing that can't be mitigated by indirect damage, while Rocky Helmet punishes contact moves, most notably U-turn from Corviknight and Roaring Moon. Mandibuzz naturally loses to many of the tier's common physical attackers, including Chien-Pao and Ogerpon-C, exacerbated by the fact that it lacks a true defensive ability or immunity; other physically defensive walls such as Corviknight and Toxapex help shore up these weaknesses. Although Mandibuzz can be an emergency switch-in to Psychic-types like Azelf, Deoxys-S, and Latios, it should generally not be relied on due to its uninvested special bulk and their various super effective coverage moves. Therefore, Mandibuzz appreciates specially defensive walls, such as Empoleon, Manaphy, and Swampert, to check the previous mentioned special attackers along with Walking Wake and Primarina.
[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:
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Magic Guard (Mandibuzz) @ Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
Relaxed Nature
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Roost
- U-turn / Knock Off / Toxic
- Toxic / Defog
[SET COMMENTS]
Mandibuzz is a solid physical wall with high defensive stats, a useful typing, and valuable utility moves in Defog, Toxic, and Knock Off. Magic Guard circumvents its normally crippling Stealth Rock weakness, letting it act as an excellent Knock Off absorber from the likes of Roaring Moon and Meowscarda, as well as a status absorber from Toxapex, Pecharunt, and opposing Mandibuzz. Foul Play allows Mandibuzz to beat physical setup sweepers such as Dragonite and Ceruledge, while Knock Off can limit the longevity of defensive walls and remove Assault Vests, enabling special attacking teammates like Primarina, Latios, and Azelf. Toxic can cripple walls such as Swampert and Scream Tail and shuts down bulky setup sweepers like Calm Mind Scream Tail and Bulk Up Great Tusk. Defog provides valuable entry hazard control, especially for Stealth Rock-weak wallbreakers Chien-Pao, Ceruledge, and Ogerpon-H, which Mandibuzz can also slow pivot in with U-turn alongside 0 Speed IVs and a Relaxed nature. Leftovers provides passive healing that can't be mitigated by indirect damage, while Rocky Helmet punishes contact moves, most notably U-turn from Corviknight and Roaring Moon. Mandibuzz naturally loses to many of the tier's common physical attackers, including Chien-Pao and Ogerpon-C, exacerbated by the fact that it lacks a true defensive ability or immunity; other physically defensive walls such as Corviknight and Toxapex help shore up these weaknesses. Although Mandibuzz can be an emergency switch-in to Psychic-types like Azelf, Deoxys-S, and Latios, it should generally not be relied on due to its uninvested special bulk and their various super effective coverage moves. Therefore, Mandibuzz appreciates specially defensive walls, such as Empoleon, Manaphy, and Swampert, to check the previous mentioned special attackers along with Walking Wake and Primarina.
[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/ken.594478/
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