[SET]
name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Leaf Storm
move 2: Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Fire
move 3: Sludge Bomb
move 4: Spikes / Extrasensory
item: Choice Scarf
ability: Technician
nature: Timid
evs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Leaf Storm is Roserade's most powerful STAB move. Spikes should be used on predicted switches to allow Roserade to weaken its checks and support its teammates outside of revenge killing. Hidden Power Ground lets Roserade reliably revenge kill Salazzle, allowing it to run Sludge Bomb as an alternative STAB move for late-game cleaning. However, Roserade sadly misses out on the chance to revenge kill Durant and Escavalier and hit Pokemon with Bulletproof like Chesnaught and Kommo-o for notable damage. Thus, running Hidden Power Fire paired with Extrasensory over Hidden Power Ground and Spikes is an alternative that will allow Roserade to perform the aforementioned tasks while still being able to revenge kill Salazzle.
Set Details
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The EV spread and nature maximize Roserade's speed and power, letting it hit as hard and fast as possible. Choice Scarf boosts Roserade's already respectable Speed, allowing it to revenge kill setup sweepers and clean weakened teams. Technician is chosen due to the bump in strength it grants Hidden Power.
Usage Tips
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Roserade's main goal is to revenge kill sweepers such as Salazzle, Durant, and Feraligatr. Roserade is not particularly bulky and should usually avoid directly switching into any moves. However, it switches very easily into more defensive Water-types, such as Jellicent and Milotic, and Grass-types, such as Chesnaught and Shaymin. Roserade also can aggressively switch into a predicted setup move from Feraligatr or Salazzle and threaten to revenge kill them. Use Spikes on predicted switches from your opponent to Pokemon that check Roserade, such as Dragalge, Umbreon, and Kommo-o. Similarly, if Roserade is your check to a setup sweeper capable of boosting its Speed, such as Dragon Dance Feraligatr, avoid allowing it to get multiple Speed boosts. Late-game, Roserade can clean up weakened teams with a move other than Leaf Storm.
Team Options
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What Roserade primarily brings to a team is its ability to compress a Spikes setter and a revenge killer into one teamslot. Stealth Rock setters, such as Rhyperior, Registeel, Diancie, Gigalith, and Gligar, appreciate Roserade's ability to revenge kill Pokemon that may take advantage of them, such as Dragon Dance Feraligatr and Salazzle, while Roserade in turn appreciates the support of Stealth Rock to ensure Flying-types and Levitate users Roserade's Spikes would not normally touch are weakened. As Roserade fails to revenge kill some of the faster setup sweepers in the tier, such as Flygon and Naive Cloyster, make sure your team has alternatives to check these Pokemon such as priority users like Mega Abomasnow, Sneasel, and Comfey or defensive checks such as Gligar, Milotic, and Bronzong. Pangoro, Bewear, Escavalier, and similar wallbreakers are great partners for Choice Scarf Roserade, as they take advantage of the special walls lured in by Roserade such as Cresselia, Umbreon, and Snorlax. Setup sweepers such as Flygon, Durant, Salazzle, and Feraligatr appreciate Roserade's ability to set Spikes, as it secures the chip damage they need for certain OHKOs. Roserade pairs well with Rock-types capable of stomaching Fire-type attacks thrown at it such as Diancie, Gigalith, and Rhyperior. Water-type Pokemon such as Milotic, Vaporeon, and Jellicent assist Roserade in the same way.
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