[SET]
name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Dire Claw / Gunk Shot
move 4: Tera Blast / Acrobatics / Shadow Claw / Night Slash
item: Air Balloon / White Herb
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Ground / Flying / Ghost / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Sneasler can take advantage of its unmatched Speed tier after Unburden and its wide coverage to be a dangerous and unpredictable sweeper. Dire Claw can ease setup or secure a sweep by inflicting checks such as Landorus-T, Skeledirge, and Toxapex with sleep or paralysis in a pinch. On the other hand, Gunk Shot is far more powerful, OHKOing Zapdos and Amoonguss after Swords Dance while avoiding the former's Static. Tera Blast Ground allows Sneasler to hit Skeledirge and OHKO Toxapex, defensive Gholdengo, and Galarian Slowking after Swords Dance. Acrobatics, alongside Tera Flying, allows Sneasler to OHKO Great Tusk after Swords Dance and gives it setup opportunities against other Ground-types such as Landorus-T and Iron Treads. Shadow Claw and Night Slash both retain huge damage on Gholdengo in particular and make Sneasler less reliant on Terastallizing to hit it. The choice between the two largely comes down to Tera type; Tera Ghost grants Sneasler an immunity to Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Great Tusk's Rapid Spin, while Tera Dark makes it immune to Future Sight and retains its Sucker Punch resistance after Terastallizing. Tera Dark Night Slash is also Sneasler's best chance at breaking through Tera Ghost Garganacl. An Air Balloon lets Sneasler set up freely against Ground-types such as defensive Great Tusk and Ting-Lu lacking Whirlwind. White Herb is an alternative that allows Sneasler to activate Unburden itself by using Close Combat instead of being reliant on taking a hit and popping Air Balloon to sweep.
Sneasler is at home on hyper offense teams that can wear down opposing defensive cores for it to sweep late-game. Grimmsnarl and Dragapult are excellent teammates for their ability to set dual screens, which ease Sneasler's setup tremendously, especially if it is running Air Balloon and needs to take a hit in order to sweep. Glimmora and Hisuian Samurott are excellent leads that can provide valuable entry hazard support; Hisuian Samurott in particular can threaten many of Sneasler's checks, such as Great Tusk, Skeledirge, and Gholdengo. Other setup sweepers such as Iron Valiant, Baxcalibur, Kingambit, and Cresselia are good partners that can break through defensive cores for Sneasler or end games if it falls short of a sweep. Zamazenta is particularly valuable in this role, as it benefits immensely from Sneasler's ability to lure and break through shared checks such as Toxapex, Gholdengo, and Zapdos.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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name: Unburden Sweeper
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Close Combat
move 3: Dire Claw / Gunk Shot
move 4: Tera Blast / Acrobatics / Shadow Claw / Night Slash
item: Air Balloon / White Herb
ability: Unburden
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Ground / Flying / Ghost / Dark
[SET COMMENTS]
Sneasler can take advantage of its unmatched Speed tier after Unburden and its wide coverage to be a dangerous and unpredictable sweeper. Dire Claw can ease setup or secure a sweep by inflicting checks such as Landorus-T, Skeledirge, and Toxapex with sleep or paralysis in a pinch. On the other hand, Gunk Shot is far more powerful, OHKOing Zapdos and Amoonguss after Swords Dance while avoiding the former's Static. Tera Blast Ground allows Sneasler to hit Skeledirge and OHKO Toxapex, defensive Gholdengo, and Galarian Slowking after Swords Dance. Acrobatics, alongside Tera Flying, allows Sneasler to OHKO Great Tusk after Swords Dance and gives it setup opportunities against other Ground-types such as Landorus-T and Iron Treads. Shadow Claw and Night Slash both retain huge damage on Gholdengo in particular and make Sneasler less reliant on Terastallizing to hit it. The choice between the two largely comes down to Tera type; Tera Ghost grants Sneasler an immunity to Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Great Tusk's Rapid Spin, while Tera Dark makes it immune to Future Sight and retains its Sucker Punch resistance after Terastallizing. Tera Dark Night Slash is also Sneasler's best chance at breaking through Tera Ghost Garganacl. An Air Balloon lets Sneasler set up freely against Ground-types such as defensive Great Tusk and Ting-Lu lacking Whirlwind. White Herb is an alternative that allows Sneasler to activate Unburden itself by using Close Combat instead of being reliant on taking a hit and popping Air Balloon to sweep.
Sneasler is at home on hyper offense teams that can wear down opposing defensive cores for it to sweep late-game. Grimmsnarl and Dragapult are excellent teammates for their ability to set dual screens, which ease Sneasler's setup tremendously, especially if it is running Air Balloon and needs to take a hit in order to sweep. Glimmora and Hisuian Samurott are excellent leads that can provide valuable entry hazard support; Hisuian Samurott in particular can threaten many of Sneasler's checks, such as Great Tusk, Skeledirge, and Gholdengo. Other setup sweepers such as Iron Valiant, Baxcalibur, Kingambit, and Cresselia are good partners that can break through defensive cores for Sneasler or end games if it falls short of a sweep. Zamazenta is particularly valuable in this role, as it benefits immensely from Sneasler's ability to lure and break through shared checks such as Toxapex, Gholdengo, and Zapdos.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/memesketch.537558/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsusetsuna.548068/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dreadfury.408271/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ut.523866/
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