NFE Piloswine revamp [GP 1/1]

[Mirbro]

[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: High Horsepower / Earthquake
move 3: Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Eviolite
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine is a great tank, and it's a great Stealth Rock user thanks to its significant bulk and ability to threaten anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem and Vullaby. High Horsepower is standard to hit as hard as possible in Grassy Terrain, but Earthquake can be opted for if this is not a concern. Icicle Crash and Icicle Spear both threaten Grass- and Flying-type Pokemon like Thwackey, Roselia, and Vullaby, although Icicle Crash is usually preferred for its consistent damage output and the luck factor of flinching Pokemon such as Hattrem and Clefairy, preventing their recovery. Ice Shard does considerable damage to faster Pokemon like Fraxure, Hakamo-o, and Rufflet, which lets Piloswine keep offensive presence even if it gets worn down, despite its low Speed.

Piloswine can easily lose its defensive potential if hit by Knock Off from the likes of Vullaby and Ferroseed. If choosing to stay in against these targets, make sure that either Piloswine can afford to lose its Eviolite or that chipping them down is essential to the team's path to winning. Piloswine should avoid setting up Stealth Rock if the opponent's Hattrem is healthy, as it can block Stealth Rock; instead, Piloswine should predict its switch and attack it with High Horsepower or switch into a wallbreaker like Lampent. Pokemon resistant or immune to Fighting like Galarian Corsola, Clefairy, and Koffing can punish Gurdurr and Machoke for Piloswine. Ferroseed and Mareanie also pair well with Piloswine, as they can hit Hattrem with Knock Off, allowing Piloswine to overcome it.

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Earthquake / High Horsepower
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Superpower
item: Choice Band
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine can use its almost completely unresisted STAB combination to be a devastating wallbreaker with Choice Band. For example, Earthquake can 2HKO common Pokemon like Clefairy, Hattrem, and Ferroseed that might not expect the boosted damage and try to switch in. Ice Shard always OHKOes Gastly, as well as offensive Roselia after Stealth Rock damage. Superpower hits opposing Piloswine and Ferroseed very hard, guaranteeing a 2HKO on the former. With full Speed investment, Piloswine can outspeed and revenge kill slower targets like Marshtomp and Hattrem once they have been weakened or lost their Eviolite. High Horsepower can be used instead of Earthquake to maintain power in Grassy Terrain, but the loss in damage does make it harder to secure KOs against bulkier Pokemon like Wartortle.

Piloswine cannot break through most walls on its own, and it relies on Knock Off support from Mareanie and Clefairy to debilitate bulkier Pokemon like Tangela and Wartortle. On the other hand, if Piloswine loses its Choice Band due to opposing Knock Off users, it will lose its own wallbreaking potential. It should thus be paired with Knock Off switch-ins like Trick Clefairy, Covet Roselia, and Charjabug; Sticky Web support from Charjabug is also a plus for Piloswine, allowing it to outspeed threats such as Fraxure instead of relying on Ice Shard. Stealth Rock users like Ferroseed and Galarian Corsola help chip faster threats like Roselia into OHKO range of Ice Shard. Not running Eviolite can make Piloswine susceptible to revenge killers like Thwackey and Raboot; defensive pivots like Vullaby and Wartortle can help soften blows from these Pokemon while utilizing U-turn or Flip Turn to help bring Piloswine back in safely. Anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem, Vullaby, and Gurdurr help Piloswine preserve its health for extended wallbreaking.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Toxic may catch walls off guard, like Galarian Corsola and Slowpoke, but Piloswine has a hard time giving up one of its Ice-type attacks or Stealth Rock to fit it. Curse can be used to boost Piloswine's Attack stat without locking it into a move, but a lack of recovery makes it hard for Piloswine to pull off a sweep.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Physical Walls**: Piloswine has a hard time breaking through physically defensive walls like Clefairy, Hattrem, Levitate Koffing, and RestTalk Machoke, as they recover off its damage and outstall it, although they all have to be wary of the Choice Band set.

**Tanks**: Gurdurr, Tangela, and Wartortle trade hits well with Piloswine, and Gurdurr also has Defog to combat its Stealth Rock attempts. However, they struggle checking Choice Band Piloswine as effectively.

**Revenge Killers**: Thwackey and Raboot are some of the best revenge killers to Piloswine. Others like Electabuzz and Fraxure may need Piloswine chipped, and they must be kept healthy to avoid being KOed by Ice Shard.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d, 231074], [Mirbro, 451786]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [Marjane, 355753], [Greybaum, 407249]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]

 

[Greybaum]

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[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: High Horsepower / Earthquake
move 3: Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Eviolite
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine is a great tank that exerts offensive pressure while being very hard to take down itself. It makes a great Stealth Rock user thanks to its significant bulk and ability to threaten anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem and Vullaby. High Horsepower is used as Piloswine's primary Ground-type STAB attack in order to hit as hard as possible when under the effects of Grassy Terrain, but Earthquake can be opted for if this is not a concern. Icicle Crash and Icicle Spear are interchangeable Ice-type attacks that threaten Grass- and Flying-type Pokemon like Thwackey, Roselia, and Vullaby, although Icicle Crash is usually preferred for its consistent damage output mention that it can also lets pilo break through mons like clef w/ flinches. Ice Shard is weaker than these two, but gives Piloswine access to a decently powerful priority move that does considerable damage to faster Pokemon like Fraxure, Hakamo-o, and Rufflet, which lets Piloswine keep its some offensive presence even if it gets worn down.

Piloswine can easily lose its defensive potential if hit by Knock Off from the likes of Vullaby and Ferroseed. If choosing to stay in against these targets, make sure that either Piloswine can afford to trade hits with them or that chipping them down is essential to the team's win condition. Piloswine should avoid setting up Stealth Rock if the opponent's Hattrem is healthy, as it can prevent Stealth Rock; instead, Piloswine should attack it with High Horsepower or switch into a wallbreaker like Lampent. Pokemon that resist Fighting like Galarian Corsola, Clefairy, and Koffing can punish Gurdurr and Machoke for Piloswine. mention teammates like ferro and mareanie that can knock hattrem so pilo can 3hko it

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Earthquake / High Horsepower
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Superpower
item: Choice Band
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine can take advantage of its almost completely unresisted dual STAB attacks to be a devastating wallbreaker with Choice Band. For example, Earthquake can 2HKO common Pokemon like Clefairy, Hattrem, and Ferroseed that might not expect the boosted damage and try and switch in. Ice Shard always OHKOes Gastly as well as offensive Roselia after Stealth Rock damage. Superpower hits opposing Piloswine and Ferroseed very hard, guaranteeing a 2HKO on the former. With full Speed investment, Piloswine can outspeed and revenge kill slower targets like Marshtomp and Hattrem once they have been weakened or lost their Eviolite. double space here High Horsepower can be used instead of Earthquake to avoid being weakened under Grassy Terrain, but the loss in damage does make it harder to secure the KO against bulkier Pokemon like Wartortle.

Piloswine cannot break most walls on its own, and relies on Knock Off support from Mareanie and Clefairy to debilitate bulkier Pokemon like Tangela and Wartortle. On the other hand, if Piloswine loses its Choice Band due to opposing Knock Off users, it will lose its own wallbreaking potential. This should be avoided by having Knock Off switch-ins like Gurdurr maybe change gurdurr to something like trick clef or covet roselia? and Charjabug; Sticky Web support from Charjabug is also a plus for Piloswine, as it allows Piloswine to outspeed threats such as Fraxure instead of relying on Ice Shard. Stealth Rock users like Palpitoad and Galarian Corsola help provide chip damage on the opposing team so that faster threats like Roselia are put in OHKO range of Ice Shard palp is a c- mon and not especially relevant to pilo - would change to a better example like ferro. Being Choice-locked into Earthquake and Ice Shard can make Piloswine susceptible to being revenge killed by Thwackey and Raboot, respectively. change this sentence to focus more on pilo not having eviolite - raboot and thwackey can RK pilo no matter what it's locked into. Defensive pivots like Vullaby and Wartortle can help soften blows from these Pokemon while utilizing U-turn or Flip Turn to help bring Piloswine back in safely. Keeping the field clear for Piloswine with the help of anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem, Vullaby, and Gurdurr helps it preserve its health for extended wallbreaking.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Toxic may catch walls off guard like Galarian Corsola and Slowpoke, but Piloswine has a hard time giving up one of its Ice-type attacks or Stealth Rock to fit it. Curse can be used to boost Piloswine's Attack stat without locking it into a move but a lack of recovery makes it hard for Piloswine to pull off a sweep.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Physical Walls**: Piloswine has a hard time breaking through physically defensive walls like Clefairy, Hattrem, Levitate Koffing, and RestTalk Machoke, as they recover past its attacks and outstall it, although they all have to be wary of the Choice Band set.

**Tanks**: Gurdurr, Tangela, and Wartortle trade hits well with Piloswine, and Gurdurr also has Defog to combat its Stealth Rock attempts. However, they struggle checking Choice Band Piloswine as effectively.

**Revenge Killers**: Thwackey and Raboot are some of the best revenge killers to Piloswine. Others like Surf Pikachu and Fraxure may need Piloswine chipped, and must be kept healthy to avoid being KOd by Ice Shard. remove pikachu, replace with something like ivysaur maybe?

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d, 231074], [Mirbro, 451786]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [Marjane, 355753], [Greybaum.407249]]

 

[Mirbro]

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[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: High Horsepower / Earthquake
move 3: Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Eviolite
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine is a great tank that exerts offensive pressure while being very hard to take down itself. It makes a great Stealth Rock user thanks to its significant bulk and ability to threaten anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem and Vullaby. High Horsepower is used as Piloswine's primary Ground-type STAB attack in order to hit as hard as possible when under the effects of Grassy Terrain, but Earthquake can be opted for if this is not a concern. Icicle Crash and Icicle Spear are interchangeable Ice-type attacks that threaten Grass- and Flying-type Pokemon like Thwackey, Roselia, and Vullaby, although Icicle Crash is usually preferred for its consistent damage output mention that it can also lets pilo break through mons like clef w/ flinches. Ice Shard is weaker than these two, but gives Piloswine access to a decently powerful priority move that does considerable damage to faster Pokemon like Fraxure, Hakamo-o, and Rufflet, which lets Piloswine keep its some offensive presence even if it gets worn down.

Piloswine can easily lose its defensive potential if hit by Knock Off from the likes of Vullaby and Ferroseed. If choosing to stay in against these targets, make sure that either Piloswine can afford to trade hits with them or that chipping them down is essential to the team's win condition. Piloswine should avoid setting up Stealth Rock if the opponent's Hattrem is healthy, as it can prevent Stealth Rock; instead, Piloswine should attack it with High Horsepower or switch into a wallbreaker like Lampent. Pokemon that resist Fighting like Galarian Corsola, Clefairy, and Koffing can punish Gurdurr and Machoke for Piloswine. mention teammates like ferro and mareanie that can knock hattrem so pilo can 3hko it

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Earthquake / High Horsepower
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Superpower
item: Choice Band
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine can take advantage of its almost completely unresisted dual STAB attacks to be a devastating wallbreaker with Choice Band. For example, Earthquake can 2HKO common Pokemon like Clefairy, Hattrem, and Ferroseed that might not expect the boosted damage and try and switch in. Ice Shard always OHKOes Gastly as well as offensive Roselia after Stealth Rock damage. Superpower hits opposing Piloswine and Ferroseed very hard, guaranteeing a 2HKO on the former. With full Speed investment, Piloswine can outspeed and revenge kill slower targets like Marshtomp and Hattrem once they have been weakened or lost their Eviolite. double space here High Horsepower can be used instead of Earthquake to avoid being weakened under Grassy Terrain, but the loss in damage does make it harder to secure the KO against bulkier Pokemon like Wartortle.

Piloswine cannot break most walls on its own, and relies on Knock Off support from Mareanie and Clefairy to debilitate bulkier Pokemon like Tangela and Wartortle. On the other hand, if Piloswine loses its Choice Band due to opposing Knock Off users, it will lose its own wallbreaking potential. This should be avoided by having Knock Off switch-ins like Gurdurr maybe change gurdurr to something like trick clef or covet roselia? and Charjabug; Sticky Web support from Charjabug is also a plus for Piloswine, as it allows Piloswine to outspeed threats such as Fraxure instead of relying on Ice Shard. Stealth Rock users like Palpitoad and Galarian Corsola help provide chip damage on the opposing team so that faster threats like Roselia are put in OHKO range of Ice Shard palp is a c- mon and not especially relevant to pilo - would change to a better example like ferro. Being Choice-locked into Earthquake and Ice Shard can make Piloswine susceptible to being revenge killed by Thwackey and Raboot, respectively. change this sentence to focus more on pilo not having eviolite - raboot and thwackey can RK pilo no matter what it's locked into. Defensive pivots like Vullaby and Wartortle can help soften blows from these Pokemon while utilizing U-turn or Flip Turn to help bring Piloswine back in safely. Keeping the field clear for Piloswine with the help of anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem, Vullaby, and Gurdurr helps it preserve its health for extended wallbreaking.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Toxic may catch walls off guard like Galarian Corsola and Slowpoke, but Piloswine has a hard time giving up one of its Ice-type attacks or Stealth Rock to fit it. Curse can be used to boost Piloswine's Attack stat without locking it into a move but a lack of recovery makes it hard for Piloswine to pull off a sweep.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Physical Walls**: Piloswine has a hard time breaking through physically defensive walls like Clefairy, Hattrem, Levitate Koffing, and RestTalk Machoke, as they recover past its attacks and outstall it, although they all have to be wary of the Choice Band set.

**Tanks**: Gurdurr, Tangela, and Wartortle trade hits well with Piloswine, and Gurdurr also has Defog to combat its Stealth Rock attempts. However, they struggle checking Choice Band Piloswine as effectively.

**Revenge Killers**: Thwackey and Raboot are some of the best revenge killers to Piloswine. Others like Surf Pikachu and Fraxure may need Piloswine chipped, and must be kept healthy to avoid being KOd by Ice Shard. remove pikachu, replace with something like ivysaur maybe?

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d, 231074], [Mirbro, 451786]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [Marjane, 355753], [Greybaum.407249]]

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[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Stealth Rock
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: High Horsepower / Earthquake
move 3: Icicle Crash / Icicle Spear
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Eviolite
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine is a great tank that exerts offensive pressure while being very hard to take down itself. It makes tank, and it's a great Stealth Rock user thanks to its significant bulk and ability to threaten anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem and Vullaby. High Horsepower is used as Piloswine's primary Ground-type STAB attack in order standard to hit as hard as possible when under the effects of in Grassy Terrain, but Earthquake can be opted for if this is not a concern. Icicle Crash and Icicle Spear are interchangeable Ice-type attacks that both threaten Grass- and Flying-type Pokemon like Thwackey, Roselia, and Vullaby, although Icicle Crash is usually preferred for its consistent damage output and the RNG luck factor of flinching Pokemon such as Hattrem and Clefairy to avoid Clefairy, preventing their recovery. Ice Shard gives Piloswine access to a decently powerful priority move that does considerable damage to faster Pokemon like Fraxure, Hakamo-o, and Rufflet, which lets Piloswine keep offensive presence even if it gets worn down, despite its low Speed.

Piloswine can easily lose its defensive potential if hit by Knock Off from the likes of Vullaby and Ferroseed. If choosing to stay in against these targets, make sure that either Piloswine can afford to trade hits with them lose its Eviolite (I imagine?) or that chipping them down is essential to the team's win condition. path to winning. Piloswine should avoid setting up Stealth Rock if the opponent's Hattrem is healthy, as it can prevent block Stealth Rock; instead, Piloswine should predict its switch and (I imagine? remove if i'm incorrect) attack it with High Horsepower or switch into a wallbreaker like Lampent. Pokemon that resist resistant or immune to Fighting like Galarian Corsola, Clefairy, and Koffing can punish Gurdurr and Machoke for Piloswine. Ferroseed and Mareanie also pair well with Piloswine, (AC) as they can Knock Off Hattrem hit Hattrem with Knock Off, allowing Piloswine to overcome it.

[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Earthquake / High Horsepower
move 2: Icicle Crash
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Superpower
item: Choice Band
ability: Thick Fat
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Piloswine can take advantage of use its almost completely unresisted dual STAB attacks STAB combination to be a devastating wallbreaker with Choice Band. For example, Earthquake can 2HKO common Pokemon like Clefairy, Hattrem, and Ferroseed that might not expect the boosted damage and try and to (optional) switch in. Ice Shard always OHKOes Gastly, (AC) as well as offensive Roselia after Stealth Rock damage. Superpower hits opposing Piloswine and Ferroseed very hard, guaranteeing a 2HKO on the former. With full Speed investment, Piloswine can outspeed and revenge kill slower targets like Marshtomp and Hattrem once they have been weakened or lost their Eviolite. High Horsepower can be used instead of Earthquake to avoid being weakened under maintain power in Grassy Terrain, but the loss in damage does make it harder to secure the KO KOs against bulkier Pokemon like Wartortle.

Piloswine cannot break through most walls on its own, and it relies on Knock Off support from Mareanie and Clefairy to debilitate bulkier Pokemon like Tangela and Wartortle. On the other hand, if Piloswine loses its Choice Band due to opposing Knock Off users, it will lose its own wallbreaking potential. This should be avoided by having It should thus be paired with Knock Off switch-ins like Trick Clefairy, Covet Roselia, and Charjabug; Sticky Web support from Charjabug is also a plus for Piloswine, as it allows Piloswine allowing it to outspeed threats such as Fraxure instead of relying on Ice Shard. Stealth Rock users like Ferroseed and Galarian Corsola help provide chip damage on the opposing team so that chip faster threats like Roselia are put in into OHKO range of Ice Shard. Not running Eviolite can make Piloswine susceptible to being revenge killed by Thwackey and Raboot, respectively. revenge killers like Thwackey and Raboot; defensive ("in Thwackey and Raboot" is fine if you meant literally just these two) pivots like Vullaby and Wartortle can help soften blows from these Pokemon while utilizing U-turn or Flip Turn to help bring Piloswine back in safely. Keeping the field clear for Piloswine with the help of anti-entry Anti-entry hazard Pokemon like Hattrem, Vullaby, and Gurdurr helps it help Piloswine preserve its health for extended wallbreaking.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Toxic may catch walls off guard, (AC) like Galarian Corsola and Slowpoke, but Piloswine has a hard time giving up one of its Ice-type attacks or Stealth Rock to fit it. Curse can be used to boost Piloswine's Attack stat without locking it into a move, (AC) but a lack of recovery makes it hard for Piloswine to pull off a sweep.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Physical Walls**: Piloswine has a hard time breaking through physically defensive walls like Clefairy, Hattrem, Levitate Koffing, and RestTalk Machoke, as they recover past its attacks off its damage and outstall it, although they all have to be wary of the Choice Band set.

**Tanks**: Gurdurr, Tangela, and Wartortle trade hits well with Piloswine, and Gurdurr also has Defog to combat its Stealth Rock attempts. However, they struggle checking Choice Band Piloswine as effectively.

**Revenge Killers**: Thwackey and Raboot are some of the best revenge killers to Piloswine. Others like Electabuzz and Fraxure may need Piloswine chipped, and they must be kept healthy to avoid being KOd KOed by Ice Shard.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[S1nn0hC0nfirm3d, 231074], [Mirbro, 451786]]
- Quality checked by: [[Jett, 226429], [Marjane, 355753], [Greybaum, 407249]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]

GP Team done

 

[Theia]

Implemented and uploaded, thank you!

https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/piloswine/