Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Trait: Poison Heal
EVs: 244 HP / 176 Def / 88 Spd
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Substitute
- Toxic
- Earthquake
- Protect
Few sets match this one in terms of pure FFFF factor. With Poison Heal and Protect, Gliscor has the potential to be one of the most annoying and effective Toxic stallers in the game. Plenty of traditional Gliscor counters are vulnerable to poison damage, leaving them helpless against the strategy behind this set.
Using SubToxic Gliscor is pretty simple. Just switch in on a physical attacker and safely set up a Substitute. Common switch-ins like Rotom-W or other bulky Waters will be outsped and poisoned. From that point on, it's basically a matter of wearing them down from Toxic damage.
These EVs maximize Poison Heal recovery and leave enough extra points to speed creep the 244 mark by 4 points. This is important for outspeeding Tyranitar, Jirachi, Rotom-W and a few other threats. The SubToxic combo allows Gliscor to poison opponents and continuously create subs, with Protect and Poison Heal ensuring that it doesn't lose any health at all. Earthquake is the set's only STAB, which can be used for hitting opponents weak to Ground.
A few other options exist for the last moveslot: Taunt and Ice Fang are the most notable. The former shuts down Ferrothorn and Skarmory, while the latter gives you something with which to hit other Gliscor and Balloon Excadrill. Gliscor also works really well with a Toxic Spikes user, since it won't have to manually Toxic opponents. Roserade and Tentacruel are great choices for the role. When this set is used correctly, unprepared teams can't really touch it at all.
I've used this set, it's super good at what it does. Just make sure to have a back up to Excadrill if you aren't running Ice Fang.
ReplyDeleteShucks this set is an annoying piece of work. If it gets more popular it'll be all your fault faladran! >.<
ReplyDeletei actually ran a variant with taunt over toxic due to the usage of toxic spikes, and i pp stalled every sweeper on ladder with this thing. breloom hard-counters this set though, which is why you should always run a restalk gyara when using this or something.
ReplyDeleteI use this set on my ou team, and it does a lot of work. I saw Haydunn and TheFlamingSpade use this set which inspired me to use this, and I have been ever since :)
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