qwilfish skeleton

Overview
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- solid defensive typing in water/poison; while its good, it still gives a weakness to ground which is a common attacking type. poison type also lets it absorb t.spikes
- solid abilities such as Intimidate and Swift Swim
- movepool includes colourful options such as spikes, t.spikes, t-wave, taunt, d.bond, explosion, and good stab moves such as waterfall and poison jab, making it a threat on a supportive level
- good lead for offensive and bulky teams alike that depend on hazards
- great lead to have on hyper offense in particular for its ability to lay down hazards quickly and easily allow a threat to come in safely afterwards
- pitiful SpD that doesn't allow Qwilfish to check Pokemon it otherwise could, such as Samurott, Omastar, and Typhlosion.

Hazards Support
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name: Hazards Support
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Pain Split
move 3: Waterfall / Scald
move 4: Taunt / Thunder Wave
ability: Intimidate
item: Black Sludge
evs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 Spe
nature: Impish / Bold

Moves
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- spikes is spikes, good hazard that is stackable etc
- pain split is a somewhat reliable recovery move that Qwilfish can utilize with its low HP
- Waterfall is good STAB
- Scald is a weak STAB thanks to Qwilfish's poor SpA stat but is an option for its 30% chance to burn
- Taunt stops some walls like Lickilicky and Audino from wishtect shenanigans, and also prevents defog and allows Qwilfish to work as a stallbreaker
- thunder wave can be used to cripple sweepers such as Sawk
- toxic spikes is a good move to have on Qwilfish as well
- poison jab is a usable STAB if you want it
- haze is usable but qwilfish kinda doesn't have a place for it

Set Details
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- EVs aim to maximize bulk as much as possible, with enough speed to outspeed Timid Omastar which allows Qwilfish to taunt it to prevent hazards.
- Black Sludge used for good passive recovery
- Impish if Waterfall, Bold if Scald

Usage Tips
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- can be used as a lead for more defensive teams
- can be used throughout the game to set up hazards more than one time and check threats such as Sawk, Feraligatr (shaky), and Hariyama
- uses the combination of Spikes, Pain Split, and Taunt to set up as much hazards as possible, stop Defog and all attempts of set up, and stay alive thanks to Pain Split

Team Options
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- spinblockers such as spiritomb and mismagius can block rapid spin attempts
- phazers can go well with qwilfish to spread more residual damage thanks to the hazards it lays down. dragon tail lickilicky, roar rhydon, and steelix. the latter two can also set up SR which helps pressure the opp and overwhelm them with hazards
- ground-types like seismitoad and again, rhydon are good as they are immune to electric-type attacks and can set up SR.
- Pokemon on balance that appreciate qwilfish's hazards can go well with it. Pokemon such as Electivire, Typhlosion, and Feraligatr.
- wish support from pokemon like lickilicky or audino can keep qwilfish alive
- grass-types such as ferroseed are good to stomach the electric attacks aimed at qwilfish

Suicide Lead
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name: Suicide Lead
move 1: Spikes
move 2: Taunt
move 3: Toxic Spikes
move 4: Explosion
ability: Intimidate
item: Focus Sash
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
nature: Jolly

Moves
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- spikes is spikes, good hazard that is stackable etc
- taunt prevents opposing taunt and hazards from being set up, also prevents defog
- toxic spikes is good, induces poison etc
- Explosion can work as a psuedo spinblock, as using it when the opponent is using defog/rapid spin will make it fail since there will be no target etc. it's also good to go with a bang.
- waterfall is a good STAB to have but has no place on the set

Set Details
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- focus sash allows qwilfish to guarantee at least 1 or 2 hazards down
- intimidate can allow Qwilfish to take some weaker hits to set up more hazards
- max speed used to be as fast as possible to lay down as much hazards as possible

Usage Tips
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- qwilfish is usually used as a lead for hyper offense teams, so use it as a lead for hyper offense teams
- depending on the opposite pokemon, as in if it was a set up pokemon such as probopass or something then use taunt then lay down hazards, to prevent potential stealth rock from being set up
- if using toxic spikes, then sometimes it is better to lay down 1 layer as opposed to 2 layers against offensive teams, this is because offensive Pokemon like Ludicolo and Magmortar take more damage over short periods of time, unlike with 2 layers which gives a lot of damage over a long period of time. on the other hand, against defensive teams that have Pokemon such as Lickilicky and Audino, 2 layers is better
- go boom against a potential rapid spin/defog/xatu to keep hazards

Team Options
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- usually used on hyper offense teams, so Pokemon that like hazards like having Qwilfish as a teammate
- sweepers such as rain dance ludicolo, choice scarf pyroar and typhlosion, slurpuff, feraligatr like having hazards on the field therefore they are good teammates
- stealth rock users go well to pressure opponent even more. mesprit and magnet pull probopass are great stealth rock users on offensive teams.
- wallbreakers such as choice specs pyroar and typhlosion, magmortar, and choice band granbull also like having hazards

Other Options
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- swords dance with pjab, waterfall, and explosion (although have to use poison point or swift swim cuz intimidate illegal with sd, and aqua jet + sd is illegal)
- rain dance with swift swim for rain dance teams
- all-out attacker with waterfall, pjab, explosion, and aqua jet with intimidate to bluff a support set
- life orb hydro pump and sludge bomb are kinda strong and usable options
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Checks & Counters
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**Psychic-types**: Psychic-type attacks are super effective on Qwilfish and therefore most Psychic-type Pokemon can stop Qwilfish. Kadabra and Xatu are good at this, the latter especially because it can use Magic Bounce to reflect Qwilfish's own hazards back at it, while the former is unaffected by hazards thanks to Magic Guard. Mesprit can also use its STAB Psychic to KO Qwilfish.

**Special Attackers**: Thanks to Qwilfish's poor SpD stat, any strong special attacker can stop it in its tracks. Seismitoad, Rotom-N, Rotom-F, Mismagius, and Sceptile can all damage Qwilfish for a lot with their STAB attacks. Cryogonal and Articuno both can carry Freeze Dry which is super effective against Qwilfish. Additionally, Seismitoad has Water Absorb and resists Poison-type moves while having Earth Power to hurt Qwilfish.

**Defog/Taunt**: While Qwilfish can carry Taunt to stop Defog, most Defoggers such as Mantine and Pelipper are immune to its hazards and can come in later and remove them with ease. Faster Taunt users can also stop Qwilfish in its tracks, and those include Mismagius, Samurott, and Liepard.