Mawile-Mega @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 144 HP / 252 Atk / 112 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Substitute
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
- Focus Punch
With balance teams becoming very common, Substitute Mega Mawile has been seeing high usage in the Official Ladder Tournament VI playoffs and Smogon Snake Draft thanks to its ability to easily set up Substitute on passive Pokemon like Toxapex and Ferrothorn as well as on forced switches. With the protection from Substitute, Mega Mawile becomes much harder for these bulkier teams to deal with and can proceed to break them down easily with its near-perfect coverage that hits popular balance staples like Heatran, Mega Latias, Gliscor, and Skarmory as it comes in. This set makes a good partner for Pokemon that appreciate Pokemon like Heatran, Toxapex, and Gliscor being removed, such as Tornadus-T and Clefable. Due to the fact Mega Mawile can break through bulky teams so well, sweepers like Ash-Greninja and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele make for good partners as well, with Ash-Greninja even bringing entry hazard support in the form of Spikes to make switching into Mega Mawile even harder.
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 144 HP / 252 Atk / 112 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Substitute
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
- Focus Punch
With balance teams becoming very common, Substitute Mega Mawile has been seeing high usage in the Official Ladder Tournament VI playoffs and Smogon Snake Draft thanks to its ability to easily set up Substitute on passive Pokemon like Toxapex and Ferrothorn as well as on forced switches. With the protection from Substitute, Mega Mawile becomes much harder for these bulkier teams to deal with and can proceed to break them down easily with its near-perfect coverage that hits popular balance staples like Heatran, Mega Latias, Gliscor, and Skarmory as it comes in. This set makes a good partner for Pokemon that appreciate Pokemon like Heatran, Toxapex, and Gliscor being removed, such as Tornadus-T and Clefable. Due to the fact Mega Mawile can break through bulky teams so well, sweepers like Ash-Greninja and Choice Scarf Tapu Lele make for good partners as well, with Ash-Greninja even bringing entry hazard support in the form of Spikes to make switching into Mega Mawile even harder.
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