VGC Abomasnow [GP 0/1]

[yuki]

[OVERVIEW]

* Snow lets Abomasnow carve itself a niche in the current metagame.

* Abomasnow is a decent offensive support Pokemon with Aurora Veil, which partners well with various Ice-types such as Baxcalibur, Cetitan, and Glaceon, as they gain a Defense boost in snow.

* Abomasnow's offensive typing is well-suited in a metagame filled with Ground-, Dragon-, and Water-types such as Garchomp, Hydreigon, and Rotom-W.

* Despite the Defense boost in snow, Abomasnow is still fairly specially frail with a poor set of weaknesses that leave it vulnerable to some of the most common special attackers in the format like Gholdengo and Armarouge.

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain / Earth Power
move 3: Aurora Veil
move 4: Protect
item: Focus Sash / Babiri Berry
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
tera type: Water / Ground
evs: 220 HP / 252 SpA / 36 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Giga Drain gives Abomasnow some longevity when behind Aurora Veil and lets it beat the likes of Rotom-W and Palafin which resist Blizzard. Earth Power is an alternative that hits Fire- and Steel-types like Torkoal and Gholdengo, notably OHKOing the former when Terastallized.

* Abomansow runs items that help it overcome its crucial weaknesses. Focus Sash allows it to take any one hit, such as Rotom-H's Overheat, letting it set up Aurora Veil. Babiri Berry serves a similar purpose, allowing it to survive Gholdengo's Make It Rain and Tera Steel Hydreigon's Flash Cannon.

* The Speed investment allows Abomsnow to outspeed Garchomp while in Tailwind.

* Water is the primary Tera type used by Abomasnow, turning its Fire and Steel weaknesses into resistances. Ground is an alternative Tera type that allows it to fire off STAB-boosted Earth Powers, catching its common checks by surprise.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[yuki, 294287]]
- Quality checked by: [[yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036]]

 

[Yourwelcomethanku]

In the overview, it'd be good to talk about Abomasnow's good matchups, ie Rotom-W, Garchomp, etc

Cetitan I think is something that should really be mentioned in the overview when you talk about Ice-types

qc 1/1 SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

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[yuki]

GP Team

Do your worst :)

 

[Sulo]

add remove comment
ac = add comma, rc = remove comma

oh i'll do my worst alright...

[OVERVIEW]

* Snow lets Abomasnow With the changes to Snow in Generation 9, Abomasnow is able to (can't put heavy emphasis on generational mechanics / changes like this) carve itself a niche in the current metagame.

* Abomasnow is a decent offensive support Pokemon with access to Aurora Veil, which partners well with various Ice-types in the game such as Baxcalibur, Cetitan, and Glaceon, (ac) as they gain a that gain a Defense boost in snow.

* Abomasnow's offensive typing is well-suited in a metagame filled with Ground-, Dragon-, (ac) and Water-types such as Garchomp, Hydreigon, and Rotom-W.

* Despite the Defense boost in snow, Abomasnow is still fairly specially frail with a poor set of weaknesses that leave leaves it vulnerable to some of the most common special attackers in the format like Gholdengo and Armarouge.

[SET]
name: Support
move 1: Blizzard
move 2: Giga Drain / Earth Power
move 3: Aurora Veil
move 4: Protect
item: Focus Sash / Babiri Berry
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Modest
tera type: Water / Ground
evs: 220 HP / 252 SpA / 36 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

* Blizzard is Abomasnow's primary STAB move as it cannot miss while in snow. (this kinda feels like dex info + saying it's the primary STAB move when you don't have any others isn't needed it feels. if you'd wanna keep it I think something like "Blizzard is used over other Ice-type moves for its perfect accuracy in snow." might work.)

* Giga Drain gives allows Abomasnow some longevity when behind Aurora Veil (rc) and lets it beat the likes of Rotom-W and Palafin, (ac) which would otherwise resist Blizzard. Earth Power is an alternative that hits a good option to take on Fire- and Steel-types like Torkoal and Gholdengo, notably OHKOing the former when Terastallized.

* Abomansow runs items generally chooses to run items that help it overcome its crucial weaknesses. Focus Sash allows it to take any one hit, such as Rotom-H's Overheat, letting it set up Aurora Veil. Babiri Berry serves a similar purpose, allowing it to survive Gholdengo's Make It Rain and Tera Steel Hydreigon's Flash Cannon.

* The Speed investment allows Abomsnow to outspeed Garchomp while in Tailwind.

* Water is the primary Tera type Type used by Abomasnow, turning its Fire and Steel weaknesses into resistances. Ground is an alternative Tera type Type that allows it to fire off STAB-boosted Earth Powers, catching its common checks by surprise.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[yuki, 294287]]
- Quality checked by: [[yourwelcomethanku, 541847]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036]]

GP Team done