LC Nasty Plot Croagunk

[churine]

Croagunk @ Eviolite
Ability: Dry Skin
Level: 5
EVs: 52 HP / 36 Def / 188 SpA / 36 SpD / 196 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Focus Blast
- Vacuum Wave
- Sludge Bomb

Nasty Plot Croagunk's main draw in LC comes from its ability to capitalize on its unique set of resistances and useful ability in Dry Skin to force out common metagame threats such as Mienfoo and Corphish, giving it multiple opportunities to set up a Nasty Plot to turn into a powerful wallbreaker. Focus Blast and Sludge Bomb provide strong coverage with each other, with the former hitting Steel- and Rock-types like Onix and Ferroseed especially hard, and the latter is an accurate option that hits Fairy-types like Spritzee and Snubbull. Vacuum Wave lets Croagunk act as a cleaner, as it mitigates Croagunk's middling Speed stat and lets it pick off faster revenge killers. Croagunk appreciates Dark-types like Pawniard, Alolan Grimer, and Vullaby, as it's walled by Gastly and is outsped and OHKOed by Abra due to its 4x weakness to Psychic; Pawniard and Alolan Grimer especially help, as they're able to Pursuit trap these threats. Croagunk's typing and average Speed cause it to struggle against Flying-types, so Pokemon such as Onix and Magnemite work well, with Onix also being able to set up Stealth Rock to aid Croagunk by securing potential KOs. Ground-types like Mudbray and Diglett pose a threat to Croagunk, so Pokemon that hit them super effectively such as Snivy and Staryu make for great partners.

 

[Coconut]

Nasty Plot Croagunk's main draw in the LC metagame comes from its ability to capitalize on its unique set of resistances and useful ability in Dry Skin to force out common metagame threats such as Mienfoo, Corphish, and Alolan Grimer

Replace Alolan Grimer with something more prevalent in the metagame. Or just remove it altogether. You could possibly include Mareanie here, but they kind of mutually wall each other so do this with caution.

I'd also include a line about grounds and how Gunk is weak to them.

This is actually very solid, great work!

QC 1/1

 

[dhelmise]

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Croagunk @ Eviolite
Ability: Dry Skin
Level: 5
EVs: 52 HP / 36 Def / 188 SpA / 36 SpD / 196 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Focus Blast
- Vacuum Wave
- Sludge Bomb

Nasty Plot Croagunk's main draw in the LC metagame comes from its ability to capitalize on its unique set of resistances and useful ability in Dry Skin to force out common metagame threats such as Mienfoo and Corphish, and potentially giving it multiple opportunities to set up a Nasty Plot and to turn into a powerful wallbreaker. Focus Blast and Sludge Bomb provide strong coverage with each other, with Focus Blast the former especially hitting Steel- and Rock-types like Onix and Ferroseed hard, (AC) while Sludge Bomb and the latter is an accurate option that also hits Fairy-types like Spritzee and Snubbull. Vacuum Wave lets Croagunk act as a cleaner, (AC) as it mitigates Croagunk's middling Speed stat and lets it pick off faster Pokemon that may try to revenge killers. Croagunk appreciates Dark-types like Pawniard, Alolan Grimer, and Vullaby, (AC) as it's walled by Gastly if it doesn't run Shadow Ball (set doesnt list shadow ball, so this is a moot point) and is outsped and OHKOed by Abra due to its 4x weakness to Psychic; (comma -> semicolon) Pawniard and Alolan Grimer especially help, as they're with the former two able to Pursuit trap these threats. Croagunk's typing and average Speed make cause it to struggle against Flying-types, (AC) so Pokemon such as Onix and Magnemite work well with Croagunk to check these Pokemon, with Onix also being able to set up Stealth Rock, (RC) to aiding Croagunk by securing potential KOs. Ground-types like Mudbray and Diglett pose a threat to Croagunk, so Pokemon that hit them super effectively such as Snivy and Staryu make for great partners to Croagunk.

 

[churine]

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