[SET]
name: Physically Defensive (Water)
move 1: Sludge Bomb / Poison Jab
move 2: Recover
move 3: Haze
move 4: Toxic / Toxic Spikes
item: Black Sludge / Rocky Helmet / Safety Goggles
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold / Impish
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its typing and its incredible bulk, Toxapex is able to check many physical attackers in Monotype such as Meowscarada and Quaquaval. Its Safety Goggles allows it to avoid Spore and check Breloom, which otherwise would overwhelm Water-type teams. Its Poison STAB hits Grass- and Fairy-types such as Breloom and Iron Valiant, but it can also spread poison to chip down switch-ins such as Great Tusk and Garchomp, while Poison Jab can hit Hatterene and Flutter Mane. Recover allows Toxapex to remain healthy while Haze prevents foes such as Volcarona and Quaquaval from boosting themselves. Toxic can be used to stall out foes such as the aforementioned Volcarona and Quaquaval, and it can punish switch-ins that can try to use Toxapex as setup fodder such as Dragapult. Toxic Spikes can punish teams without entry hazard removal such as Dark and Fairy. Black Sludge can be used for passive recovery, and Rocky Helmet can be preferred to wear down physical attackers such as Chien-Pao. Eject Button can be an option on rain teams to get free pivoting on wallbreakers such as Floatzel and Barraskewda.
Quaquaval is a great teammate that can remove hazards to keep Toxapex healthy, while Dondozo and Quagsire can help Toxapex deal with setup sweepers such as Chien-Pao and Dragapult. Quagsire and Gastrodon provide a useful Electric immunity and can stack hazards up along with Toxapex. Rotom-W can check Ground Pokemon for Toxapex and in exchange, Toxapex can switch on Grass-type Pokemon such as Breloom and Meowscarada. Slowking can fulfill a pivoting core in Water teams and check Psychic-types such as Indeedee and Armarouge. The lack of moves to hit Steel-types such as Kingambit and Iron Treads can be very huge, so teammates that do well against them such as Quaquaval and Greninja are great partners.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- type analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
name: Physically Defensive (Water)
move 1: Sludge Bomb / Poison Jab
move 2: Recover
move 3: Haze
move 4: Toxic / Toxic Spikes
item: Black Sludge / Rocky Helmet / Safety Goggles
ability: Regenerator
nature: Bold / Impish
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Thanks to its typing and its incredible bulk, Toxapex is able to check many physical attackers in Monotype such as Meowscarada and Quaquaval. Its Safety Goggles allows it to avoid Spore and check Breloom, which otherwise would overwhelm Water-type teams. Its Poison STAB hits Grass- and Fairy-types such as Breloom and Iron Valiant, but it can also spread poison to chip down switch-ins such as Great Tusk and Garchomp, while Poison Jab can hit Hatterene and Flutter Mane. Recover allows Toxapex to remain healthy while Haze prevents foes such as Volcarona and Quaquaval from boosting themselves. Toxic can be used to stall out foes such as the aforementioned Volcarona and Quaquaval, and it can punish switch-ins that can try to use Toxapex as setup fodder such as Dragapult. Toxic Spikes can punish teams without entry hazard removal such as Dark and Fairy. Black Sludge can be used for passive recovery, and Rocky Helmet can be preferred to wear down physical attackers such as Chien-Pao. Eject Button can be an option on rain teams to get free pivoting on wallbreakers such as Floatzel and Barraskewda.
Quaquaval is a great teammate that can remove hazards to keep Toxapex healthy, while Dondozo and Quagsire can help Toxapex deal with setup sweepers such as Chien-Pao and Dragapult. Quagsire and Gastrodon provide a useful Electric immunity and can stack hazards up along with Toxapex. Rotom-W can check Ground Pokemon for Toxapex and in exchange, Toxapex can switch on Grass-type Pokemon such as Breloom and Meowscarada. Slowking can fulfill a pivoting core in Water teams and check Psychic-types such as Indeedee and Armarouge. The lack of moves to hit Steel-types such as Kingambit and Iron Treads can be very huge, so teammates that do well against them such as Quaquaval and Greninja are great partners.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- type analysis by: [[AtraX Madara, 513753]]
- Quality checked by: [[Neko, 542526], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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