Toxicroak @ Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch
Recently having risen to RU by usage, Swords Dance Toxicroak is a very anti-meta pick because it can handle many common defensive threats. Toxicroak's best trait is that its ability, Dry Skin, lets it freely come in on the best defensive Pokemon in the tier, Milotic, without risking Scald burns. Toxicroak's Poison typing gives it an immunity to Toxic poison, which lets it set up freely on bulky Pokemon that rely on Toxic, such as Milotic and Psywave Bronzong. Despite having relatively low bulk, it is able to offensively check Pokemon like Virizion and Golisopod due to its unique set of resistances, and it can even set up on the variants of the latter lacking the uncommon Drill Run. Toxicroak's resistance to Dark allows it to more easily set up on Pokemon with Foul Play. Ice Punch and Drain Punch give Toxicroak great overall coverage and allow it to smack anything that resists Sucker Punch hard. Ice Punch hits certain Ground- and Flying-types like Gligar, Nidoqueen, and Noivern and deals with Grass-types like Shaymin, Roserade, and Chesnaught. This little frog's unique traits make it one of the premier setup sweepers in RU!
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch
Recently having risen to RU by usage, Swords Dance Toxicroak is a very anti-meta pick because it can handle many common defensive threats. Toxicroak's best trait is that its ability, Dry Skin, lets it freely come in on the best defensive Pokemon in the tier, Milotic, without risking Scald burns. Toxicroak's Poison typing gives it an immunity to Toxic poison, which lets it set up freely on bulky Pokemon that rely on Toxic, such as Milotic and Psywave Bronzong. Despite having relatively low bulk, it is able to offensively check Pokemon like Virizion and Golisopod due to its unique set of resistances, and it can even set up on the variants of the latter lacking the uncommon Drill Run. Toxicroak's resistance to Dark allows it to more easily set up on Pokemon with Foul Play. Ice Punch and Drain Punch give Toxicroak great overall coverage and allow it to smack anything that resists Sucker Punch hard. Ice Punch hits certain Ground- and Flying-types like Gligar, Nidoqueen, and Noivern and deals with Grass-types like Shaymin, Roserade, and Chesnaught. This little frog's unique traits make it one of the premier setup sweepers in RU!
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