Shuckle-Sanrosa

General Information

Abilities

Shell Armor

This Pokemon is protected from critical hits.

Mega Launcher

HA: Sturdy

Strategies

Set

National Dex

Wallbreaker

Shuckle-Sanrosa @ Life Orb / Heavy Duty Boots Ability: Mega Launcher / Sturdy Modest Nature EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD - Glacier Pulse / Ice Beam - Dark Pulse - Water Pulse / Bug Buzz - Earth Power / Spikes

Sanrosan Shuckle is extremely threatening with Mega Launcher boosted Glacier Pulse, even with Leech Seed and Leftovers recovery, even the bulkiest Pokemon like max special defense Ferrothorn fall to 2 Glacier Pulses. And with Sanrosan Shuckle's amazing physical defense, its capable of even coming in on some Pokemon and forcing a KO. Pokemon like the standard Great Tusk offensive utility set can barely tickle it with their attacks. Sturdy can enable Sanrosan Shuckle to force a KO on Pokemon that would assume that it has the standard Mega Launcher set. Ice Beam and Bug Buzz are good on this set, and Spikes are used to gain momentum on switches where you think that you can't do anything to the Pokemon coming in.

Trick Room Attacker

Shuckle-Sanrosa @ Heavy Duty Boots / Life Orb / Choice Specs Ability: Mega Launcher Quiet Nature EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD - Glacier Pulse - Dark Pulse / Earth Power - Water Pulse / Bug Buzz - Earth Power / Spikes

Sanrosan Shuckle is perhaps the best Trick Room attacker in the entire game with an extremely low speed of 10, and a special attacking stat of 170, the same as Kyurem White. It is extremely threatening with Glacier Pulse having a move with essentially 120 base power, and is able to force progress with Spikes if it believes a switch is coming. Which a switch likely IS coming because very little Pokemon can threaten Sanrosan Shuckle in Trick Room, and little to nothing can live 2 attacks from it. Dark Pulse and Water Pulse provide it coverage moves that can blow holes in unsuspecting victims. Bug Buzz helps more ohkos than Dark Pulse or Water Pulse, and Earth Power just lets it hit about everything that Glacier Pulse doesn't.

Team Options

Weaknesses

Sanrosan Shuckle suffers from a massive problem that it is near unusable outside of Trick Room with it's crippling 10 base speed. It also struggles heavily against bulkier types of teams where there are Pokemon that are going to be able to switch in and shrug off its attacks, it will still do a large amount of damage to them, however on those types of teams, Sanrosan Shuckle will have to rely on predictions to break the teams.