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- Overview
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- Fairy-Typing gives it useful resistances in Dark, Fighting, Bug, and a Dragon immunity
- Intimidate + 90/75 bulk allow it to switch in on numerous physical attackers
- Access to a solid support movepool with moves such as Thunder Wave, Roar, Heal Bell, and Taunt
- 120 Base attack means it isn't lacking in the offensive department
- Special bulk is lacking, meaning it can rarely switch in on most special attackers, and speed is very low
- No reliable recovery outside of RestTalk hampers it, meaning that without Wish support it can't take too much abuse
- Defensive
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- name: Pivot/Cleric
- move 1: Play Rough
- move 2: Earthquake
- move 3: Heal Bell
- move 4: Roar / Thunder Wave
- ability: Intimidate
- item: Leftovers
- evs: 248 HP / 232 Def / 24 Spe
- nature: Impish
- Moves
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- Play Rough is Granbull's main choice for STAB, and does solid damage off of its 120 Base attack stat, despite no investment
- Earthquake hits the Fire-Types, Posion-Types, and Steel-Types which resist Play Rough, making it a good attacking combo
- Heal Bell allows Granbull to play the role of a cleric as well as a pivot, allowing it to heal its teammates from any detrimental status
- Roar is used to phaze out boosting opponents and can rack up hazard damage
- Thunder Wave can cripple and slowdown opposing physical attackers, making them much easier for your team to beat
- Set Details
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- 248 HP EVs minimizes SR damage, and 232 Def keeps it as physically bulky as possible
- Remaining 24 EVs are to put in Spe to outspeed uninvested Base 50s
- Impish Nature is used to maximize Defense
- Leftovers to increase longevity
- Usage Tips
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- Used to switch in and cripple / phaze out physical threats like DD Feraligatr, Physical Samurott, Kangashkhan, and Hariyama
- Heal Bell can be game changing, so it is to be used at every opportunity when your team is suffering from status
- Using Roar whenever an obvious switch will be made to rack up hazard damage can greatly help your team in wearing down powerful threats
- Team Options
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- Wish support is greatly useful, as Granbull can worn down quickly when it is checking a threat multiple times a game
- Special pivots or walls are very useful to take the special attacks aimed at Granbull, as it is much easier to KO from the special side than the physical side.
- Steel-types like Ferroseed and Kilnklang can take Steel or Poison-Type attacks, and proceed to setup on the opposing Pokemon
- Pokemon that are troubled with status but can put pressure on the opponent benefit from Granbull's abilities as a cleric, meaning that they aren't useless if statused
- Other Options
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- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
- Choice Band
- RestTalk
- Taunt
- Checks & Counters
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- **Strong special attackers**: Pokemon such as
- **Defensive Walls**: Ferroseed and Rhydon are both examples, eating up any almost any move it has and setting up hazards / retaliating
- **Offensive Fire-Types**: Typhlosion and Pyroar can switch into Play Rough, and can KO Granbull with their powerful attacks, but must watch out for Earthquake
- **Poison-Types**: Most Poison-types carry a second type, which allows them to survive an Earthquake and KO back, while most offensive ones can simply KO Granbull outright
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