[QUOTE="Dece1t, post: 7925710, member: 229630"]Just a very quick question. Why would Perish Song make 25w more dangerous for the CAP meta than Perish Trap Azumarill? I'd argue it has a worse defensive typing than it, and without reliable recovery it's hard to keep it lasting for 4 turns because it's bulk isn't that great against stronger threats. The only thing it really has going for it is the potential of a more accurate trapping move over Whirlpool (Infestation/Spider Web), Poison Heal (which one could argue it would take the place of Iapapa berry on Azu due to the need to hold the Toxic Orb), and a slightly better Protect move (Spikey Shield). Otherwise, I've noticed in other sets it's been pretty underwhelming as a defensive threat and even the offensive sets brought up here thus far; it's looking outclassed compared to Arganaught, Pyroak, Toxapex, etc.[/QUOTE]



The effect of double Leftovers really can't be understated. You could feasibly run a set like:



Movesest Name: Perish Song Trapper

Move 1: Perish Song

Move 2: Substitute

Move 3: Spiky Shield

Move 4: Infestation

Ability: Poison Heal

Item: Toxic Orb

EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe (spread would depend)

Nature: Impish



Eventually you'd get to the point where you just can't switch in something else in to Infestation (see Pajantom), Substitute against a move that won't break Substitute (again, you've tailored the mon to tank these hits), Perish Song, and use Spiky Shield in combination with Substitute. Even if you can only survive 1 hit behind Substitute before it breaks, you break even with Poison Heal recovery. Infestation also has better accuracy than Whirlpool, and Infestation has been the trapping move of choice on CAP25w.



So, why is this better than Azumarill?

1) Poison Heal allows Substitute to be run a lot easier.

2) Poison Heal heals a rather significant amount for passive healing and doesn't rely on falling below 25% to heal again.

3) Infestation can't miss, and Whirlpool can.