PU Vanilluxe

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Vanilluxe @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Toxic
- Taunt

With the reintroduction of Snow Warning into PU, this ice cream regains its niche as a delicious and unique wallbreaker. While it only runs Ice-type moves due to its lacking coverage, the combination of Blizzard's power and hail's chip damage wears down Steel-types, with Freeze-Dry hitting bulky Water-types like Wishiwashi. Toxic cripples switch-ins that aren't Steel-types like Gigalith, while Taunt shuts down status moves, allowing Vanilluxe to avoid most status and deny recovery from Pokemon like Audino. The given EV spread ensures it can outspeed Sandslash. Switch-ins to Fighting- and Fire-types such as Sawk and Charizard like Qwilfish and Wishiwashi are heavily appreciated; in return, Qwilish can lay Spikes to wear down Steel-types like Aggron, and Wishiwashi can bring Vanilluxe in safely with a slow U-turn. Offensive partners like Ribombee and Togedemaru enjoy their shared switch-ins being worn down, with Togedemaru bringing in Vanilluxe with U-turn on Ground-types. Opposing Togedemaru are Vanilluxe's biggest issue, with a resistance to Ice, a Toxic immunity, and recovery, so Pokemon like Gallade are crucial to removing it.

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Vanilluxe @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Snow Warning
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Toxic
- Taunt

With the reintroduction of Snow Warning into PU, this ice cream regains its niche as a delicious and unique stallbreaker shouldn't it be wallbreaker?. While it only has Ice-type moves can maybe phrase to smth about how it doesn't have like any coverage options, the combination of Blizzard's power and Hail means Steel-types don't have to specify steel, shit like audino is too are slowly chipped down, with Freeze-Dry hitting bulky Water-types like Quagsire use an example that resists ice like wishi. Toxic cripples switch-ins that aren't Steel-types like Gigalith, while Taunt shuts down status moves, allowing it to avoid most status and deny recovery from Pokemon like Audino. The given EV spread ensures it can outspeed Sandslash. Vanniluxe Vanilluxe is forced out by Fighting- and Fire-types such as Sawk and Charizard, so switch-ins to these Pokemon like Qwilfish and Wishiwashi are heavily appreciated, In return, Qwilish can lay Spikes to wear down Steel-types like Aggron, and Wishiwashi can bring it in safelty with a slow U-turn. Offensive partners like Galarian Articuno and Togedemaru enjoy their shared switch-ins being worn down, while being able to bring Vanilluxe in with U-turn idt u ever fit guno and ice cream on the same team realistically, can mention ribombee here instead and comment on toge bringing in ground-types (since rib shouldn't be running uturn rn). Alolan Sandslash is Vanilluxe's biggest problem, with a 4x resistance to Ice, a Toxic immunity, and always revenge killing it under hail, so Pokemon like Gallade are crucial to removing it I dont't really follow, alolan sandslash is pretty niche and is only being more relevant as a partner for vanilluxe. togedemaru is definitely the worst for vanilluxe, include about it here instead.

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Vanilluxe @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 24 HP / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Toxic
- Taunt

With the reintroduction of Snow Warning into PU, this ice cream regains its niche as a delicious and unique wallbreaker. While it only runs Ice-type moves due to its lacking coverage, the combination of Blizzard's power and hail's chip damage wears down Steel-types, with Freeze-Dry hitting bulky Water-types like Wishiwashi. Toxic cripples switch-ins that aren't Steel-types like Gigalith, while Taunt shuts down status moves, allowing it Vanilluxe to avoid most status and deny recovery from Pokemon like Audino. The given EV spread ensures it can outspeed Sandslash. Vanilluxe is forced out by Switch-ins to Fighting- and Fire-types such as Sawk and Charizard, so switch-ins to these Pokemon like Qwilfish and Wishiwashi are heavily appreciated; (SC) in return, Qwilish can lay Spikes to wear down Steel-types like Aggron, and Wishiwashi can bring it Vanilluxe in safely with a slow U-turn. Offensive partners like Ribombee and Togedemaru enjoy their shared switch-ins being worn down, with Togedemaru bringing in Vanilluxe with U-turn on Ground-types. Opposing Togedemaru are Vanilluxe's biggest issue, with a resistance to Ice, a Toxic immunity, and recovery, so Pokemon like Gallade are crucial to removing it.

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