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Doubles/Triples Sets
Amoonguss @ Occa Berry / Mental Herb / Coba Berry
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
ivs: 0 Spe
nature: Sassy
ability: Effect Spore
- Spore
- Rage Powder
- Giga Drain
- Protect / Hidden Power Ice
- You can't OHKO this set except with very powerful super effective attacks, and Rage Powder helps to capitalize on that, allowing Amoonguss's partner to set up Trick Room easily.
- Spore incapacitates an opponent, and in conjunction with Giga Drain, Amoonguss provides an easy stop to most Water-types and Rain teams.
- Hidden Power Ice allows Amoonguss to break genie Substitutes and hit Dragon-types that resist Giga Drain for super effective damage.
- An Occa Berry allows Amoonguss to take any Fire-type attack, but Mental Herb allows it to take a Taunt, while Coba Berry lets it survive an Acrobatics or Brave Bird.
- An alternate spread of 252 HP / 180 Def / 76 SpD with a Sassy nature allows Amoonguss to take Abomasnow's Blizzard, but also gives it a lot more physical bulk, only being 4HKOed by Terrakion's Rock Slide.
- Amoonguss provides an excellent partner to Trick Room teams with Rage Powder and Spore, but can work well even outside of Trick Room thanks to its huge natural bulk and access to Spore.
- Good partners for Amoonguss are powerful Trick Room attackers, since it's unable to do much damage itself. Since Amoonguss struggles against Steel-types, a Ground- or Fighting-type partner such as Hariyama or Rhyperior can be an effective partner. Amoonguss's ability to stop most Fighting-types such as Hitmontop in their tracks with Spore allows it to help Pokemon such as Tyranitar that are weak to Mach Punch.
- Amoonguss can opt to run more Speed to screw over slower Amoonguss and the majority of Trick Room teams, but it does detract from Amoonguss's bulk.