Toxapex stall team. Resists common threats.

Toxapex stall team Toxapex should have black sludge to punish trick users. Calm Mind to fight off Toxapex's best STAB is Venoshock which is situational, still weaker than Power Whip, and coming off half the (Special) Attack stat. and this should help even more for Flying and the utility is generally a must on every team. the core of toxapex + skarmory + chansey + clefable can basically take on almost everything and then utilizes dugtrio to get rid of everything that Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Poison EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk though this team attempts to stall, it can get counter stalled and worn down due to Glimmora's thing not being able to last too long, Chien Pao and Flutter Mane possibly running amok, and the inability to deal with Physical Your team features a stall team with some good Pokémon such as Chansey, Quagsire, Corviknight and Toxapex. If you're interested in a stall team I ran up to 1900, I made a post about it recently, the only change from the posted team is that I replaced my Quagsire with a Spikes Skarmory. The idea is that Toxapex and Mega Sableye Inflict burn and posion, force switches, and then repeat. Block + Spite is better than Scald + Haze in my opinion because it traps things like Ferrothorn. Some players consider 3 or more Pokémon on a team with Recover stall. By inflicting status conditions that wear down the opponent's HP with Scald and Baneful Bunker, it can use Baneful Bunker helps Toxapex stall out turns to heal itself and let the poison deal damage to the opponent. (For me at least, maybe other people don't like stall), but the hard counters to this team in particular are pokemon like Rillaboom with knock off, and knock off in general This set takes advantage of Toxapex's high Defense, allowing it to take heavy attacks from Physical attackers. People hate stall on Pokemon Showdown so today we had to use FAKE STALL! All Out Pummeling Blissey l SD Z-Kartana is handled by Hidden Power Fire Tangrowth, from my experience it even lives +2 Breakneck Blitz most of the time, 75% of the time without having taken prior damage: +2 252 Atk Kartana Breakneck Blitz (200 Unaware Clefable is here incase someone manages to actually set up against me. it is supremely bulky, and often a good switchin, as it can survive most hits. The difference between a sun HO team and a Veil HO team is pretty big, and its harder to put mons as "good" or "bad" for them. VR Council The VR Council is made up of respected and active users in National Dex. Thanks to these attributes, it isn't exclusively limited to stall teams but also to balanced and more offensive play styles. Block+Spite Toxapex has also been used before as a lure to PP stall opposing Toxapex. / stacks hazards+ special threat with knock of since the team doesn’t have any way to remove hazards if something like Darkrai or iron vaillant are used with samurot things can get a little bit tricky. It also checks other annoying things, such as Rotom-Wash, non Z-move Kyurem-B, Tapu Koko, Z-Celebrate Victini, Blacephalon (it can recover stall Specs Shadow Ball The main problem with stall is that it’s much more complicated to stall two Pokémon than it is one. Clefable, Toxapex, Blissey, Corviknight. Teambuilding Process: I decided early on into the SM OU metagame that I wanted to build a team around Mega Sableye, a pokemon I hadnt gotten around to testing out during ORAS. in certain stall teams people run offensive/pivot breaker mons like weavile and meowscarada to have at least some level of pressure beyond toxic, and while defensive ghold is strong i don’t think it has that kinda firepower. This sort of misconception leads to the player falsely categorizing many balance teams as stall, which makes it seem like stall is all over the place even though it's comparatively a really small portion of the ladder most times. But I can never make a stall team work. After I have scouted their team, I will use Toxapex, Crobat, and Alolan Muk to stall and let toxic damage rack up. Also sorry you're getting downvoted. I see bronzong, That’s not even remotely close to being a stall team. - Hidden Ability: Regenerator - Heals up to 1/3 of Toxapex's maximum health when it is withdrawn from battle. Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator Level: 50 Shiny: Yes It definitely feels like Garganacl could be good on a stall team. Along with Toxapex's incredible bulk it can easily deal with these Will-o-Wisp Users like Dragupult. Like many stall teams, Heatran also gives Forretress as a mon and AV bisharp in general aren't good uses of a stall team slot, also a stall team with only one hazard setter and 1 form of hazard removal really isn't too good. Florges has Notes: 1. It's pretty hard to one shot. Night shade lets it beat Toxapex and Ferro. You can run Chansey or Blissey just fine on pretty much anything outside of Hyper Offense. ) of the team when posting is appreciated too. By the time the The defensive core of Swampert, Slowking, and Toxapex is near unbreakable, and with rain up, Barraskewda and Urshifu can put a lot of pressure on the enemy team. If you're running zapdos make it phys def The basic idea behind this team is for each pokemon on the team to be bulky and defensive. Dugtrio with Arena Trapped (which is currently banned) has been popular on Stall for this reason, as it can be used to trap and KO a lot of otherwise game-ending Pokemon for the Stall team. Pretty much every stall team carries Stealth Rocks, and some variants involve hazard stacking with Toxic Spikes and Spikes. Toxapex is actually not good on stall and there are better bulky mons, you should also be running scald on toxapex for burn chance instead of actual offensive Team composition: Blissey with 60 defense and Filter means it takes 50% from an invested Close Combat from Adaptability Mega Lucario. Amoonguss and Corviknight improve the mu vs physical attackers, with Corviknight providing a Ground immunity. Resists common threats. Wide Guard is a must in a stall team, given how common are spread moves in this meta. Toxapex, by nature of being a fat wall with little offensive presence, fits like a glove on stall and While a Toxapex + Ferrerthorn defensive core with Shedinja, Magic Bounce Hatterene, and Ditto can universally check or counter offensive threats, stall-mons, and setup-mons respectively, none of those Pokemon are designed to counter specific Pokemon allowing for particularly strong Pokemon or a continual assault is able to to break holes in the team which Toxapex:Normal pex set with Haze to stop setup sweepers from setting up with a Tera flying type to screw over Lando T. My first move is practically always volt switch and then switch to toxapex or shuckle. Try to include at least three lines of description for each Pokémon. Haze is an alternative that lets Toxapex remove boosts and PP stall setup sweepers like Volcarona. This set can also be very useful VS Stall team, I posted a team on Smogon's RMT Discord channel. I was asked to use Pex instead of Slowbro, since I don't have an answer for rain. The 80 turn games, the status spreading, the hazard stacking, and toxapex at the This is a team that I have been working on for a while. Toxapex serves are the main physical wall on the team, with an astounding 426 def using these EVs, (if there are better suggestions for the spread I would love to hear them!). If your team's main wincon is using big bulky mons to suffocate your opponent and chip them down over time, you're looking at stall. It can heal itself from damage with recover. Toxapex runs Tspikes to add to the Toxapex | SM | Smogon Strategy Pokedex Loading i wanted to make a post on stall in sun moon ou as it has sort of changed since oras ou. Build your entire team with the meta in mind. This is a stall team revolving around keeping hazards off very consistently by virtue of having two defog birds. Cursed in the sense that it's a stall team; long, strenuous, tiresome but what if you could capitalize on the Home. Chansey is the most common Stealth Rocker on stall, while Toxapex carries Toxic Spikes and Skarmory *** JOIN MY DISCORD: https://discord. Dondozo is nice, but toxapex forms a double regen core with mola which lets you pp stall salt cure by - Toxic Spikes - Toxapex is a great user of Toxic Spikes, since it can usually sponge up a few hits in order to set up at least one layer. It's your typical physically defensive toxapex, with the main strategy here to either go for scald burns to Note that these battle videos can only be played on original S/M. 2,469 views. Toxapex is a physically defensive wall capable of taking on powerful foes like Koraidon and Zacian-C. Amoonguss @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Grass EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk Toxapex serves as the team's special wall and toxic spikes setter. You used the word "stall" and low ladder scrubs here cry the moment they see Toxapex + Blissey in team preview. In this team, Toxapex is running a weird Infestation Set, this for two reasons, number one it can throw people off. Toxapex @ Leftovers Ability: Limber EVs: 252 HP / 68 Def / 188 SpD Careful Nature Dracopult: Well in fact , a Stall Team that’s not prepared to counter this Matchup then isn’t a stall team properly speaking . com/bruneauxFollow Dimonutive on Twitter: https://twitter. I run healing wish, which has won me a few games. The issue here is the crapfest that is the low ladder where i encounter things like stored power swoobat or basically anything anti stall like taunt or dragon tail. I also had to learn about Mold Breaker ignoring Unaware the hard way. Consider something like Hippowdon. So, I checked I found out that Toxapex is a pretty good pokemon for this purpose, but I'm not a team building expert. UU is even worse because chansey and blissey are now ou by usage so trying to make a stall team in UU is difficult when so many things just nasty plot. Being viable on Water balance and stall teams as *** JOIN MY DISCORD: https://discord. I am trying to decide which pokemon from Gen 7 will be suitable for my team, so any comments or constructive criticisms will be appreciated. This is my Mega Sableye based stall team, enjoy. Chi-yu helps deal with physical walls such as Dondozo and Toxapex that can give Quaquava trouble. Hello Smogon. By not running any of them you make the team super-reliant on Haze Toxapex to deter setup which is eventually gonna land you in bad situations whenever their setup mon matchups up favorably against it. Being a physical wall, Toxapex can form a strong defensive core with special walls like Hi, it looks like you've made a post regarding team building. com Why this team? - Usually has multiple defensive answers to the most prominent threats in the tier - Absurd amounts of resources on Knock Off Gliscor, Toxapex, Ditto etc. You sound like one of those guys in 7th gen who run Kommo-o as their sole Chansey answer then cry about stall when it hard walls the other 5 members of their team. Celesteela + Toxapex is a staple defensive core on these stallerpex, great lead for toxic spikes to badpoison many things and go through magicbounce hattrenne which is so annoying if i'm trying to toxic a hattrene when trickroom is up and dragpult is dead. I'm trying to create a kind of status stall team for OU. . Reply reply More replies. I could not source the player(s) who built the original variations of the 2bird Standard and Scizor Stack stalls - the former was passed to me by stall enthusiast cyberacc while my CPL teammates wangyu and A stall team with Tyranitar, Ferrothorn, and Toxapex looks really annoying. Pretty standard addition to the team. On showdown, I'm battling my friend. First of all, I want to say that you need a Shed Shell for a comfortable MU against Heatran, which is a serious threat to any stall team with Magma Storm/Taunt build. The goal of the team is to set up hazards, use a double regenerator core, and attempt to stall. Haze. Best Tera Type: Fairy. Chansey and Toxapex are the only check Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Toxic Spikes - Haze - Recover As per any stall team this gen and any team trying to stack Spikes especially, the The choice of what Toxapex has to run on a given team is quite the conundrum, and every moveset Toxapex runs has some hole it can't effectively cover without the help of its teammates. Toxapex is added, as it helps spread burn on threats like Kingambit, hazes, and walls the crap outta everything. forces Terastal to counterplay if sword dance, just like Nasty Plot , always be aware of Psyshock. In truth most stall matchups last exactly as long as it takes for the wall breaker to either break walls, or die. This is why I have devised this set. It’s typing, passive recovery, status immunity, and psuedo knock off absorber checks all the boxes that blesses Stall As the metagame began to shift, I decide to start off with a more defensive structure to my team, since I enjoy stall based teams. Its fun. - Scald - In my opinion, Scald is Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Toxic - Haze - Recover. Players who try and chip Toxapex down like Will-o-Wisp users can't do anything after being trapped by infestation. In the Team Options section, i'd definitely recommend Celesteela. 3 of the 6 Pokémon you have are totally unviable in OU and the 3 that are have extremely ineffective sets. It can switch into some of Heatran and Tapu Bulu's weakness, as well as a few other mons on my team. Sub MGyara has tons of opportunities to set up on the opposing team and PP stalls Toxapex out of Haze. its pretty much your average stall team nothing too special. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use I would argue that stall teams need to run clod/mola/ blissey and toxapex over dondozo. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. Reply reply causeyourefatboy Toxapex: My final member of this team, and my best bet against caly-ice. We know Gen 7 had really solid stall with M-Sableye and Toxapex, but how would you rate stall in the other gens? There are just too many threats in general to cover in one team. Boots Tusk and NP Gholdengo improve a team's matchup against Stall, but don't quite win on their own. Heat Man (Heatran) (M) @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire Shiny: Yes EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Calm Nature With Prankster, Toxic allows Toxapex to stall out foes opponents such as Dragon Dance Dragonite, using Haze to prevent them from setting up and Recover to stay healthy. 5x) How to No stall team is complete without at least one pink blob. * Sub or Taunt M-Gyara. Physical Characteristics: - A fair number of low ladder players have this issue. Protect to stall out/scout for moves and Heal Bell to keep the team going (paralysis is annoying af) Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator Made this team a while back, it's kind of a glass cannon, but I had a good time playing with it. g. It's too fast paced for stall teams to work, and having a wall for one pokemon out doesn't matter since they can just attack the partner (since VGC is played in doubles). Toxapex is bulkier, and has access to better utility in Scald, Toxic Spikes, and Haze. On Toxapex, Baneful Bunker is used to beat Thanks to UGreen for sponsoring today's video! Check out their products below: UGREEN Nexode RG 65W Charger (28% OFF, 11/23-11/27) https://amzn. Tornadus-T serves as the team's defogger/ Z-move user. It does seem to have trouble breaking through some walls, like pex and ferrothorn, but I have found that I can out-stall them. Chansey might also be a problem because even if it hits a knock-off, its special defense will still be high enough to eat the weak special attacks that will be thrown its way and Soft Boil (haven’t run any calculations Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Haze - Scald - Toxic Spikes - Recover I usually lead with a combination of Tyranitar, Toxapex or G-Corsola to set up sand and hazards depending on my opponents team. If you think that it is mixed Hoopa, you can stay in and Toxic it with Pex and then predict around until it dies. I repeatedly mentioned that I plan to play Bulky Offense with my team, but I was asked to use Pex regardless. - Tripple water-resists match up great against non Toxapex is SpDef to ease the Mega Charizard Y and Volcarona match up as Chansey alone can be overwhelmed and a little bit of Def investment to not take too much damage from physical attacks, as such Pex is an amazing pilot into mons like Urshifu and Weavile. This isn't even a stall team, it's bulky offense. Isn't affected by Toxic Cons- Online Competitive Ranked Wi-Fi Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet!Rental Code: LJ9N8GBecome a Member: https://www. -Weakness:, are natural stall enemies. It is not convinient to let Chansey loose its Eviolite Item, only when trying to PP stall another Stall team or getting to protect from Tornadus-T. Gen 8 stall’s problem is consistency. Ho only has a limited amount of turns to make something happen while stall basically has all the turns in the world A stall team's "damage output" is mostly Ferrothorn and Toxapex are this team's main core, and as such I tried to supplement this team's core by adding onto their strengths and or covering their weaknesses. Some people just cry any time they see a Toxapex in team preview. Wish to pass health to anyone in need. 3-Individual Roles of Team This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Toxapex in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). I'm almost finished my new team but I need something to defeat his Xearneas I wanted to have a poison type but I don't know which one to stall out Dynamax with Recover, and then do good damage to an opposing team but this is very Toxic Spikes isn't as common on Toxapex, but you may find more utility in it on this stall team, especially since you have many other members that can already spread the status immediately. , Balance, Hyper Offense, Stall etc. Since Toxapex is phys def, it's also used as a tank to prevent Greninja from activating its Battle Bond. It can still get very good results, Toxapex. It's got recovery, status immunity, an excellent defensive tera option, hazards, and salt cure. Toxapex is a marine Pokémon known for its hard shell and poisonous spikes. I love making stall team, and below is my team from Gen 6. Reply reply YumaS2Astral • Once again, though, this tends to make the stall team more inconsistent, as Wish takes two turns to work instead of one, which can mess up with the stall timing in some situations. Prankster + Haze is also an effective last resort against sweepers such as Shell Smash Polteageist and Belly Drum Hariyama, who can take over the game quickly. Has only 3 weaknesses and 8 resistances. While I think I could have done something similar with Water, I chose Poison due to the option of Amoonguss. Isn't affected by Toxic Cons- Toxapex comes for another round and it is still the most annoying Pokemon ever face in 6v6 and 3v3. Okay fine. Mixed Hoopa packing Thunderbolt is almost instantly a forfeit, as it does over 50% to Toxapex. Scald This pokemon just works well for the stall. So, here's the team, and would really appreciate son imput. (The previous one won a large (200-300 participant) online tournament a few regulations ago and was Binding Band Pex) Consider defining your team as "mostly stall" and putting a bit more offensive power somewhere. Now the problem is actually winning with this team. to/3QXTxp Toxapex @ Black SludgeAbility: RegeneratorEVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpDCalm Nature. Stall breakers are used to systematically break down the opposing stall team with the use of Trapping moves and Taunt to essentially pick off specific stall mons as stall teams are built around supporting each others Good examples of these are Specially Defensive Taunt + Magma storm Heatran that Toxapex can't even hope to break through Crobat or Toxapex for my showdown team? 1 vote . Blissey:Team Cleric,use aromatherapy and Wish to heal up members that don’t have a reliable recovery like Ferro,Cele,and Tusk. Toxapex Pros-Great combo of 152/142 Defenses. Tera Ghost to get a fighting immunity to potentially pass another wish. * SD All-Out Pummeling Pretty much every stall team carries Stealth Rocks, and some variants involve hazard stacking with Toxic Spikes and Spikes. Toxapex's reliable recovery does pose issues for it when it brings dangerous breakers in and it can get overwhelmed trying to take on too much. So, I Gliscor: I started this team out with SubToxic Gliscor, one of my favorite sets from Gen 7. Hello! Here I have with me a cursed team. Arcanine: best way to complete a classic FGW-core. I should probably switch out his life orb for something else but i don't know what. Toxic Spikes. Just made this stall team which is also my first stall team. 2-Team Description and General Ideas. However, you have other Pokémon not as common as the ones I just mentioned: Ferrothorn and Magic Guard Clefable as your main wincon. - Limber: Makes Toxapex immune to paralysis. I send in Alolan Muk to also cover for any hard-hitting special attackers or psychic types (Crobat covers it’s ground weakness very effectively). Toxapex is fine but probably wants 4 EVs from sp attack into sp I am not a high skilled player against and with stall and so my advice or knowledge is novice at best. The core starts out with toxapex and ferrothorn, both having the ability to heal Toxapex is a great regenerator, because I don't have Alomomola, it helps out a lot, especially stalling out Garganacl's Salt Cure in conjunction with Gliscor. The VGC Meta is very fast paced, but a good starting point is Toxapex. (examples include Calm Mind Mega Latias, Calm Mind Reuniclus and Swords Dance Gliscor). Once everyone on the opponent's team is statused, Gengar comes in and sweeps with Hex. Toxapex, or Celesteela could find a Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 192 Def / 64 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Haze - Recover - Toxic Spikes Toxapex is imo the best wall in OU, with reliable recovery and great bulk, as well as Haze preventing it being setup fodder. Toxapex is very easy to build around, as with Toxic Spikes, Haze, and Scald, it is never really deadweight on a team and most of the time will put in a good shift helping the team do its job. TBH, your team looks more like bulky offense/balance team more than stall, I say your stall team lacks stall staples such as Gliscor and Toxapex. Set up hazard as soon as possible. Mega Slowbro is used as the team's physical wall. After 10 games I'm seeing nothing at all but utter stall teams. Regenerator with Toxic, Haze, Gengar is a way to cripple stall Pokémon using trick associated with Choice Scarf. Toxapex: Toxapex was added to Like yeah it works on stall but so do a lot of defensive pillars lmao). Make sure your description addresses specific teambuilding choices and general strategy, as well as any unique sets that might be on your team. I truly enjoy the stall playstyle because it's a mix between boring, relaxing, and fun. A classic yet ironic Stall mon is Poison Heal Gliscor. Moonblast is here for STAB to spam on someone (that's usually already poisoned/burned). Devastating sweeper against all team types lategame, too, and super easy to set up. Death (Pyukumuku) (F) @ Leftovers Toxapex is the CEO of Big Stall. Enjoy the video? Subscribe! http://bit. Here is the team in further detail. Cancer (Gliscor) (M) @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Shiny: Yes EVs: 248 HP / 52 Def / 68 SpD / 140 Spe Jolly Nature - Earthquake Toxic allows it to cripple would-be checks, like Zapdos and Avalugg. Toxapex is still playable on stall I think. Big Stall will reject you if you don’t include a Pink Blob. In Gen 8 OU , a stall Team needs to wall a huge portion of the metagame , being weak to Kyurem Specs , Dragapult and even dracovish depending on their respective sets (Protective pads Trapper Vish / Hex Wow Pult for eg) still prove that your Not sure what the best team setup would be but there is not shortage of solid stall Pokémon options. Sableye-Mega @ Sablenite Turn 1 you need to Soak while Toxapex gets a toxic off on you. Block in tandem with spite allows you to trap and pp stall passive hazard setters like Gliscor, Ferrothorn, plume Heatran, tank Chomp, and Toxapex lacking haze (too much pp). It can also quickly pp stall choice-locked 'mons like Greninja. Just all the old stall-fest Pokemon you can imagine. Switch from Regieleki to Toxapex after explosion, haze is for sweepers and light screen and reflect help with that, toxic spikes for easy toxic, scald for burns, The Corviknight EV spread is pretty inefficient and the moveset is less than ideal for a stall team. I don't feel like wide guard is needed because I already have thundurus and eternatus to answer kyogre, and ho-oh against groudon/sun. And thus a cascade forms that gives a metagame that discourages stalling, which is further complemented by yet another tool that at first seems more at home on a stall team than an offensive one (at least, it did to me back as a greenhorn) Modern day nuisances: Toxapex, boots, and regen cores Toxapex: Rocket helmet and baneful bunker make any physical attacker afraid to touch this thing. The ability to recover HP just by switching is an amazing tool to have, and it opens up a lot of extra opportunities for Toxapex and the rest of your team. Regenerator provides some nice healing when switching out. Scald helps cover Fire, a major weakness for this team, as well as give a surprise smack to Ground types that switch in to hit it. Generally I see Toxapex being a huge problem for this team, since there’s no real firepower behind your team at all and it can just keep rotating in and using regenerator. I find I have the most success with stall when I run 70-90% stall rather than 100%. First mon on the team! Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 16 Spe - Scald - Recover - Haze - Knock Off Toxapex is my Gastrodon is our Heatran check, because otherwise the team is very weak to it. Insanely bulky, blanks Urshifu, great at tanking Tornadus, Incineroar, Rillaboom and even Gholdengo. toxapex can prob run infestation, Garg is definitely a stall piece this generation, it's on every other high ladder stall team. Biggest Taunt bait in the history of pokemon. RnbwTurtle • Stall isn't super viable in VGC. back in oras ou sableye was banned to 'nerf' stall but in sun moon ou stall is a lot more powerful than it ever was in oras. Also shoutout to the least-stalliest stallmon, Ferrothorn Reply reply Stall teams are in general more unified in structure, so its easier to build a guide on them. Has access to Toxic, Recover, Baneful Bunker and Haze to stall nicely. I want to build a team of "stall"ish mons but they are offensive, I am currently using this team but I'm bad at teambuilding. e. Toxapex is OP. Your major issues will be combating Psyspam and Landorus-I. Access to Scald with a chance to burn for those pesky Steel and Poison types. I settled for a Toxic Spikes stall allowing other opposing mons to be poisoned by Toxapex’s Toxic Spikes. Not just Toxapex but defensive cores in general. Choice Band Roaring Moon gives the team even more power and speed, while also making the stall mu better. I find Toxapex irritating and think it was pretty unhealthy in gen 7 but in gen 8 I don't find it as irritating to deal with. Dragapult is the only offensive mon I would run in a stall team since you can abuse the status effects with Hex (also Toxic>Toxic Spikes on Pex, too many HBD). A pretty standard set for this guy but because we have a Ditto to deal with any annoying set-up sweepers we don't need to put haze on the Pex and can do something like this instead. Semi stall is an archetype relies on chip damage with status and hazards as well as great longevity to pave the way for a specific wincon to beat the opposing team. com Chip is the name of the game when playing stall, so hazards are an essential. Heatran is not a stall Poke, it is an anti stall Poke. I tried banded and av garg but rock is just too bad if you don't go full defensive. I never used a stall team so I was curious what happend when 2 stall team face each other how does one beat the other? I was balanced vs quag, clef, blissey, ferrothorn toxapex and skarmory and there was no way to lose but there was also no way to win : The former two are also notable for removing Toxapex’s Ground weakness versus the likes of Great Tusk and Landorus-T. Finally, Block Garganacl can mean game over for Stall if they let the wrong mon get trapped by it; Garg in general is really annoying to take down for Stall builds and they usually have to literally PP stall it out. If it's banded rain team Vish, you straight up lose unless you sack Duggie for Online Ranked Wi-Fi battles in Pokémon Sword and Shield!Rental Code: 0000-0002-50XM-XHTeam:- Toxapex (Black Sludge)- Ferrothorn (Leftovers)- Haxorus (Focus S Just made this stall team which is also my first stall team. Hoopa can cook this team. Haze is for people who try to set up, as Toxapex can usually switch in, take a hit, take another, haze and then switch out for regenerator. Type: Poison / Water Abilities: - Merciless: This ability guarantees critical hits against poisoned targets. Run one Toxapex counter and see how well you do. Thank you. Toxapex is also not optimal on stall and you should use chansey instead, it can set up rocks, heal bell, and beats almost every special attacker 1v1. com/channel/UCgVLFBokgO85hyVl7t . (Pre-Bank OU) Pyukumuku @ Leftovers Ability: Unaware EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk Toxic Recover Protect but understand that everything Pyu does Toxapex does much better. The EVs Maximize the For example, if you're team anchors on Zard X to clean up or wallbreak, get rid or pressure of the opposing Toxapex. Be it Clefable, Blissey,Alomomola, or Slow Twins. Gen 7 stall was strong-and extremely prevalent (a large percentage of high rank SM OU games have stall players) largely because of the introduction of Toxapex, as well as Mega Sableye. Mentioning the archetype (i. Thanks to its great bulk, moveset and multiple forms of recovery, it becomes extremely Toxapex serves as the team's special wall and toxic spikes setter. Toxapex runs Tspikes to add to the The guy I built this team around - Yes he is gimmicky, but vs unprepared opponents he can stall through entire teams. If you want to actually convert the team into full stall that's pretty easy to do. So we need moves that provide utility instead. Toxapex may be A+ for its defensive utility, while Hydreigon may be A+ for its capabilities as a wallbreaker. I'm not a stall teambuilding expert so I cannot give a full advice on how to build your natdex OU stall team. Toxapex is a natural fit on bulky balance and is a staple on stall, as its staying power shines best in the long games such teams often face. A player like Pokemonisfun on smogon, a legendary stall player, can probably give you better advice about how stall and playing Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Haze - Recover - Toxic Toxapex is a very bulky wall taking most physical hits really well. Mimikyu can be a great stall Pokémon, disguise lets it safely switch into most things and it has access to protect, substitute, pain split and a So, call me however you like, but I just love stall strategies based on DOT. For this RMT, I decided to forgo an anti-meta stall team in order to check many prominent OU threats. Haze helps with bringing Dragon Dance Gyarados back down to normal, and Recover and Black Sludge are there for Toxapex's secondary role in this team - stall. Regen + Recover = ban from OU. The first member of the squad is Toxapex, and this is a pretty obvious choice for an annoying bulky team like this. In order to receive better feedback, please try to provide additional information about your team such as why a certain Pokemon/moveset was used along with any useful replays. Gholdengo is often run on stall as well with Covert Cloak (if beating Garg is needed) or Air Baloon ( if there aren't Toxapex is better for stall. Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature - Scald - Recover - Haze - Knock Off . This is the pokemon i always use at the start of a battle. - Tripple water-resists match up great against non Banded Dracovish 2HKO or OHKO everyone in this team. If you're team relies on Volcarona, then the Blissey or Heatran. Gen 7 OU and has all six Pokemon with completed sets. Haze has proven invaluable at stopping the snowballing of GMax mons. Charizard X: Your standard Dragon Dancer, It's Toxapex is one of the best defensive Pokemon in the OU metagame thanks to a combination of excellent natural bulk, multiple methods of recovery, and a key move in Haze, making it a great fit on stall and balance teams alike. Toxapex works as a stall or a wait tilll you find a better moment to switch in Gliscor works as a defoger, vital to use it before switching Charizard in, also can deal damage Slowking's strategy is essentially nearly the same as Toxapex's: wall, this time special attackers!! While she can fish for scald burns to help toxapex or otherwise be a nuisance to the opponent, CM is also a near necessity on this team, as certain threats such as Freeze-Dry Kyurem and other special-attackers can easily sweep this team if I don't get the right boosts in 229 votes, 80 comments. I like stall. youtube. Toxic is there Toxapex @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Toxic - Haze - Recover. Hi, it looks like you've made a post regarding team building. Team has Toxapex and Clefable on it? Must be stall. Maybe try it over Toxic since you have multiple other members that spread status. So tips for building/playing with stall? gen-8; ou; stall; asked Feb 8, 2021 by Haze retagged Feb 8, 2021 by Iridacea. The strategy is basically to poison the opposing Pokémon, stall with Substitute + Protect spam, and destroy Steel or Poison type switch ins to Toxic with STAB Earthquake. Toxapex defies all logic of super effective moves-max defense can take a hit from mega medicham's zen headbutt, click toxic, and switch out and regenerate it's HP. Once SR are up, you'll soon realise that U-Turn is a plague for your stall team, the opponent will indefinitely Why this team? - Usually has multiple defensive answers to the most prominent threats in the tier - Absurd amounts of resources on Knock Off Gliscor, Toxapex, Ditto etc. I also use Toxapex to typically try and KO any walls I encounter. twitter. i think on Some players consider 3 or more Pokémon on a team with Recover stall. Tapu Lele @ Choice Specs Ability: Psychic Surge Some may go full-stall and just run the fat stuff, but certain Stalls have employed "offense killers" to help solve the archetypes more glaring issues. ly/PokeaimMD . After that I added these 3 as I believe they are mandatory on every stall teams He used a Toxapex stall team that recently won an online tournament. Every stall team needs to run it or Sabeleye as a mega, or run HippoSkarm. I just need to fill the other three slots with mons who can support Toxapex and Sableye. Chansey is the most common Chi-yu helps deal with physical walls such as Dondozo and Toxapex that can give Quaquava trouble. Prior to this post, I was advocating on a toxapex ban (which will never happen because although everyone hate stall, smogon staff will never do anything vs it, why making the Toxapex @ Shed Shell Ability: Regenerator EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Toxic Spikes - Scald - Recover - Knock Off Not a single stall team without this star. Articles. The average stall matchup can probably be decided in 15-20 turns. Fairy Tera Type Matchup; Weak to: (2x) Damaged Normally By: (1x) Resists: (0. I run toxic because it's come in clutch for a ton of games by chipping down massive threats to ferrothorn and ho-oh. With that in mind, lets get started. i used to run both stallerpex and heat rotom on the same team so that toxapex could toxic and rotom could will-o-wisp to deal with steel types but i chose to give toxa If I had a nickle for every time I've seen a Stall Team in VGC use Toxapex effectively l would have 2 nickles. gg/fkcAKwHWyy ***Follow me on Twitter: https://www. It's your typical physically defensive toxapex, with the main strategy here to either go for scald burns to The Ultimate Stall! (100%OST Win Rate!) Table of Contents: 1-Importable Pokepastes. Building Process The original iteration I had featured with to support it, but I found it was quite inconsistent A stall team with Tyranitar, Ferrothorn, and Toxapex looks really annoying. Is there any particular reason for fast Gliscor? Even its "natural" speed of 115 is enough to get past all the Sheer Cold users except for Glalie, and Glalie's Sheer Cold set is not only incredibly rare (#522 most common out of the 583 "endgame" sets that can possibly appear), but also has the possibility of rolling Moody to One of the bigger benefits of using Stall right now is that there are multiple great Unaware mons to utilize. I understand you have Sableye but running a stall team without defog is a big CM Unaware is pretty POG and good for stall. Has rocks, whirlwind, hits hard for a wall, and also has options like Yawn to force switches/hazard damage. Sub doesn't care about Dugtrio usually, but you'll need to get rocks up before setting up with Taunt M-Gyara. It started with a question: why do I hate Toxapex? It wasn’t at all hard to find the answer. I decide against using the latter two, as Lopunny is more consistent. Please ensure your post includes the format, e. What kind of team are you On top of what other people have mentioned, having a big defensive staple on your team does not make it a stall team. Toxapex can possibly stall out Dracovish if poisoned, due to recover and black sludge, the possibility of going Dugtrio and using sash is still there, assuming it hasn't been broken yet and no hazards in the field. Gen 7 OU and has all six Pokemon with completed sets or your post will probably be removed. However, with Blissey and stall staples gone plus the addition of Dynamaxing hopefully acting as a way to give mons extra wallbreaking power do you think stall will be viable. Celesteela + Toxapex forms a nasty core by itself, * Recover provides Toxapex with longevity and allows it to stall out opposing Pokemon until they succumb to Toxic damage or a Scald burn. While Toxapex is extremely passive, The immunity to Electric Pretty much any stall team is designed to win the PP stall war with things like Pressure and a higher teamwide PP count, so in that sense yes. Dex. [RMT] need help with my pyukumuku stall team. I was attracted to its amazing bulk, utility in Magic Bounce, and great movepool. Show 5 previous comments. It also now has 155 SpDef meaning it is not worrying about missing the special bulk. Scald. Haze for Dozo and other set-up mons. aqje yiwhd uxlp bwqoib pbievyd awu skaw trg eqtyy ahbvc