ShuckleDeath
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[OVERVIEW]
[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Giga Drain / Wood Hammer
move 2: Blizzard
move 3: Earthquake / Focus Blast
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Life Orb
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Mild / Hasty
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD/ 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Seed Bomb
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Swords Dance
item:Life Orb / Grassium Z
ability:Soundproof / Snow Warning
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Describe the other aspects of the set such as what the EVs do and nature/item.
Usage Tips
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain / Energy Ball
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4:Earthquake / Rock Slide
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Usage Tips
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Team Options
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Checks and Counters
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**Fighting-types**: Abomasnow struggles to break through Fighting-types like Gurdurr and Hitmonchan who can the latter being able to out prioritize Ice Shard with Mach Punch.
**Entry Hazards**: Abomasnow is used for both checking certain Pokemon and its offensive presence meaning it will coming on and off the field a lot which is never good for a rock weak Pokemon, it also severely lowers longevity along with Life Orb.
**Fire-types**: While it carries coverage for them it is oupaced by the majority of them and is highly threaten of there STABs.
**Steel-types**: Similarly to Fire-types, however Abomasnow may outpace most of them they are often times bulky enough to take at least one coverage move and can treaten back with STAB.
**Specially Bulky Normal-types**: Munchlax, and Type: Null can shurg off every hit Abomasnow throws at them bar the rare positive-SpA nature Focus Blast and can proceed to set up or retaliate with an attack. Thick Fat Miltank only fears Focus Blast and can heal off damage with Milk Drink and set up Stealth Rock against you.
[OVERVIEW]
- Abomasnow has a unique Grass and Ice dual typing allowing it check certain Pokemon such as Gastrodon, Lanturn, and Floatzel and Lilligant.
- Snow Warning gives 100% accurate blizzards and hard checks weather teams with scarf
- STAB priority in Ice Shard can be used to pick off weakened offensive foes such as Ninjask.
- Weak to Stealth Rock, it's typing leaves it weak to common attacking types like Fire and Fighting.
[SET]
name: Mixed Attacker
move 1: Giga Drain / Wood Hammer
move 2: Blizzard
move 3: Earthquake / Focus Blast
move 4: Ice Shard
item: Life Orb
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Mild / Hasty
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD/ 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Giga Drain is reliable special STAB that can help keep Abomasnow healthy, alternatively Wood Hammer can be used to hit Lanturn and Hitmonchan for much higher damage.
- Blizzard is it's strongest available Ice STAB complimented very well by Snow Warning making it a 100% accurate move.
- Earthquake hits the Steel-types and Fire-types that resist it's STABs, doing massive damage to Magmotar and Togedemaru, Focus Blast can be used here to threaten Ferroseed and specially defenisve Miltank.
- Ice Shard is good priority allowing you to pick off weakened offensive threats as well as soft checking Jumpluff, Archeops and other Flying-types.
Set Details
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- 252 Special Attack and Speed EVs let Abomasnow hit as hard as possible.
- A Mild Nature lets Abomasnow hit for as damage as it can muster, helping it in wallbreaking.
- a Hasty Nature lets Abomasnow outpace neutral-nature base 70s such as Ludicolo.
- Mild and Hasty are chosen as Abomasnow's typing aides it in checking Grass and Water types better, which are primarily special.
- Snow Warning makes Blizzard 100% accurate
- Life Orb increases damage output, with the down side of recoil for every turn.
Usage Tips
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- Abomasnow should primarily be used offensively, but can be switched in on Pokemon like Gastrodon bar Toxic.
- Once Abomasnow is in you will want to be clicking Blizzard as much as possible.
- Go for coverage in absolutely necessary situations.
- Ice Shard should be used to pick off low health Pokemon and used to threaten faster Flying-types.
Team Options
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- Hazard control is a must as Abomasnow is whittled down very quickly from Life Orb recoil as well having a weakness to Stealth Rock. Swanna makes a good partner as it can threaten the Fire-types that threaten Abomasnow where as Hitmonchan can be used to threaten Steel-types that can be a nuisance to it as well as keeping your hazards on the playing filed.
- Pokemon with Volt Switch or U-turn make good partners for Abomasnow as they can give it a free entry in to battle. Lanturn is notable as it checks fire-type Pokemon and lures in Grass-types, like Exeggutor-Alola, for Abomasnow to take advantage of. Primeape is a solid U-turn user to pair with Abomasnow as it checks Steel-types and lures in physically defenisve mon such as Musharna and Weezing that Abomasnow can take advantage of.
- Water-types such as Gastrodon and Poliwrath check Fire-types and Steel-Types that threaten Abomasnow, where Abomasnow can check the Grass-types that threaten them.
- Fighting-type resists such as Mesprit and Sableye are a must with Abomasnow as it has a terrible match up against Fighting-type Pokemon.
[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Seed Bomb
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Ice Shard
move 4: Swords Dance
item:Life Orb / Grassium Z
ability:Soundproof / Snow Warning
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Seed Bomb is reliable physical grass stab, and lets you not be destroyed by recoil, as Wood Hammer would. I also has the benefit of not making contact letting you avoid Iron Barb and Rocky Helmet damage from the likes of Ferroseed and Qwilfish.
- Earthquake is a nice coverage moves that allows Abomasnow to hit fire-type Pokemon like Magmortar and Pyroar, it also hit's Steel-types such as Togedemaru for super effective damage.
- Ice Shard is STAB priority, that can be used to clean late game as well as picking off weakened threats.
- Swords Dance boosts your attack two stages, letting this set wallbreak or clean depending on the circumstances.
- 252 Attack and Speed let gives you the best chance to clean or wallbreak.
- Adamant is used for maximum damage output.
- Life Orb can be used to give the maximain damage output to all of it's moves at the cost of recoil, whereas Grassium Z lets you get a one time nuke, OHKOing many resists such as Magmortar.
- Soundproof lets you avoid Roar, it can also be used to check Pyroar locked in to Hyper Voice as well as avoids damage from Chatots STABs, Snow Warning may be used for hail teams or getting extra chip damage.
Describe the other aspects of the set such as what the EVs do and nature/item.
Usage Tips
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- Abomasnow can be used effectively early-game through mid-game as a wallbreaker weakening Pokemon such as Qwilfish and Regirock for its teammates, as well as opening itself up for a sweep.
- Abomasnow should be brought in on a free switch via Volt Turn and U-turn or after a teammate has fainted as the things Abomasnow switches in on can threaten this set much more than the more special variants such as Gastrodon's Scald.
- If using Abomasnow on a very offensive team in some circumstances it is best to use it sparingly as it can be used to check threats such as Lilligant, Archeops and Oricorio-Sensu.
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- Sweepers such as Carracosta, Lycanroc and Lilligant appreciate Abomasnow weaking opposing teams, and casn also be used to weaken teams for Abomasnow.
- Mesprit resists Fighting-type attacks that threaten Abomasnow and can also give it a slow U-Turn and Healing Wish support.
- Hazards like Spikes and Toxic Spikes can aide Abomasnow in wallbreaking and sweeping. Qwilfish stands out as an excellent partner as it can set both while checking Fighting-types like Hitmonchan.
- Hazard control is mandatory as Abomasnow is worn down quickly by hazards with its weakness to Stealth Rock. Swanna is a notable partner as it can check Fighting- and Fire-types like Magmortar and Choice Band Primeape.
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain / Energy Ball
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4:Earthquake / Rock Slide
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Hasty
evs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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- Blizzard is strong Ice-type Stab, used for checking sun teams as Grass-types are a staple of them.
- Giga Drain is a reliable Grass-type STAB that is reliable and gives HP back and it's used for checking rain teams as Water-types are a Staple of them, Energy Ball is a stronger STAB alternative that does not heal HP.
- Focus Blast is coverage hitting Fire-types and steel types most notably Pyroar and Ferroseed.
- Earthquake is used primarily for Assault Vest Magmotar it also scores a OHKO on Togedemaru.
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- Choice Scarfs main use is for the checking of weather teams but is also good for revenge killing certain Pokemon particularly hitting both Grass-types and Water-types as well as Flying-types.
- Snow Warning is used to cancel out opposing weather, also makes Blizzard 100% accurate
- 252 Spatk and Speed are needed to hit reliable check weather.
- Hasty is used as you need a positive speed nature to outpace positive-nature base 110's like Raichu-Alola, it also leaves Spdef in tact which Abomasnows typing fits better.
Usage Tips
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- Choice Scarf Abomasnow is used primarily for revenge killing not wallbreaking or sweeping like its other sets. It can be used to revenge kill Pokemon such as Victreebel, Life Orb Kabutops, Archeops and Alolan Dugtrio.
- It does not like switching directly into battle as it has many common weaknesses so it is best to bring it in after a teammate has fainted or by Volt Switch and U-Turn.
- Choice Scarf Abomasnow is quite uncommon and can net surprise knock outs fairly easily on Pokemon like Swanna and Lilligant.
Team Options
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- Water-types like Floatzel have great offensive synergy with Abomasnow as they beat common Fire-types such as Magmortar and Pyroar, while it takes on Grass-type Pokemon like Lurantis.
- Paring it with a strong wallbreaker like Stoutland can open an opportunity for a sweep which is quite possible.
- Abomasnow needs to be paired with some kind of hazard control as it is worn down very quickly by them. Hitmonchan works well with Choice Scarf Abomasnow as it forces out Steel-types like Ferroseed. Abomasnow also beats common spin blockers such as Golurk, Gourgeist and Calm Mind Oricorio-Sensu and actually lures in the latter.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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- Choice Specs can be used for very powerful attacks but Abomasnow likes the ability to switch moves as it can check more things at once.
- SubSeed + Snow Warning can be quite annoying but it is rather slow to use it effectively and is even further hindered by having seven weaknesses.
- Resits berrys like Chople can be used to lure in certain threats but it loses a lot of power by dropping Life Orb or Grassium Z, Lum Berry is a decent option on Swords Dance as it can stop a Scald burn from crippling it completely.
- Wood Hammer on Swords Dance hits very hard but you take a lot of recoil from it + Life Orb
Checks and Counters
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**Fighting-types**: Abomasnow struggles to break through Fighting-types like Gurdurr and Hitmonchan who can the latter being able to out prioritize Ice Shard with Mach Punch.
**Entry Hazards**: Abomasnow is used for both checking certain Pokemon and its offensive presence meaning it will coming on and off the field a lot which is never good for a rock weak Pokemon, it also severely lowers longevity along with Life Orb.
**Fire-types**: While it carries coverage for them it is oupaced by the majority of them and is highly threaten of there STABs.
**Steel-types**: Similarly to Fire-types, however Abomasnow may outpace most of them they are often times bulky enough to take at least one coverage move and can treaten back with STAB.
**Specially Bulky Normal-types**: Munchlax, and Type: Null can shurg off every hit Abomasnow throws at them bar the rare positive-SpA nature Focus Blast and can proceed to set up or retaliate with an attack. Thick Fat Miltank only fears Focus Blast and can heal off damage with Milk Drink and set up Stealth Rock against you.
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