
[SET]
Coalossal @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Physically Defensive (Rock)
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
Flamethrower
Body Press
Rapid Spin
Will-O-Wisp / Spikes
[SET COMMENTS]
Coalossal is a decent defensive wall that fits well on Rock teams due to it being able to tank physical hits from Scizor, non-Choice Band Chien-Pao, and Meowscarada, which greatly threaten Rock teams. Coalossal does well in the Steel matchup, as it threatens Gholdengo, Corviknight, and Kingambit. Flame Body allows it to fish for burns to weaken physical threats like Kleavor, Scizor, Kingambit, Mimikyu, and Meowscarada. Body Press is a great move thanks to Coalossal's high Defense stat that allows it to deal incredible damage to Chien-Pao and Kingambit. Rapid Spin combined with Heavy-Duty Boots allows Coalossal to come in and remove hazards without taking any chip damage, so its teammates won't get worn down. Will-O-Wisp allows Coalossal to burn physical threats such as Kleavor, Hoopa-U, and Iron Hands. An alternative EV spread of 252 HP / 92 Def / 164 Spe allows Coalossal to outspeed and burn uninvested Kingambit with Will-O-Wisp. Spikes is another option to run on Coalossal over Will-O-Wisp to help Rock teams stack hazards and wear down foes.
Garganacl helps Coalossal by dealing with defensive Pokemon like Quagsire, Gastrodon, and Heatran with Salt Cure. In return Garganacl appreciates Coalossal checking Meowscarada. Air Balloon Shell Smash Drednaw is another good teammate for Coalossal, providing a soft Ground-type immunity and dealing with Ground- and Steel- types like Landorus-T, Sandy Shocks, Iron Treads, Heatran, and Hisuian-Goodra. Choice Scarf Glimmora with its diverse moveset is another option to pair with Coalossal, as it can outspeed and threaten to OHKO non-Choice Scarf users like Iron Valiant and Greninja. Glimmora can also deal with Water-, Fighting-, Dark-, and Dragon- Types like Quagsire, Hisuian Liligant, Hisuian Samurott, and Hydreigon with its various coverage moves. Furthermore, Glimmora run Air Balloon to act as an alternative Ground-type immunity that can deal with threats like Quagsire and Great Tusk. Tyranitar sets sand for Coalossal to boosts its Special Defense, which can allow Coalossal to tank special attacks from Choice Scarf Gholdengo and Choice Specs Magnezone and threaten them in return. Choice Band Lycanroc-D is a good revenge killer that can help out Coalossal by taking out threats such as Enamorus and Cloyster with Accelerock and Urshifu-R and Clodsire with Psychic Fangs. Hisuian Arcanine is another good revenge killer with Extreme Speed and can act as a wallbreaker, taking out foes such as Toxapex and Clodsire with Head Smash and Flare Blitz, respectively. Kleavor is a good lead for Rock teams, as it can deal damage while setting up Stealth Rock with Stone Axe, which helps with hazard stacking. In return, Coalossal complements Kleavor by dealing with Scizor. Diancie can ease the Fighting match by dealing decent damage to Gallade and Iron Valiant with Moonblast and by being able to take Fighting-type moves due to its Fairy-typing. In return, Coalossal helps Diancie by dealing with Scizor, Kingambit and Meowscarada.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
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