>NOOOOOOOO STOP CALLING SHUCKLE A SHITMON >IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT HE HAVE >NO OFFENSE >NO SPEED >SHIT TYPING >POISON AND STEEL CAN EASILY SET UP ON HIM BECUASE HIS ONLY OFFENSE IS TOXIC >CHANSEY AND SNORLAX ARE BETTER TANK BECUASE HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT
>HE HAS THE HIGHEST DEFENSE THAT WHY HE IS SO HECKIN GOOD.
It's a suicide lead for low tiers to get up rocks/webs, sometimes both.
>>POISON AND STEEL CAN EASILY SET UP ON HIM
Which is why I always run Encore on it. If mental herb anti-shuckle set-up leads ever become a thing I'll consider otherwise.
Hudson Bennett
The Chad Suicide Lead vs The Virgin Tanky hazard setter +Fast +Usually cripples team via killing or status +Encourage hyperoffense +Sticky Webs + Sash go brrrrr +Easy prediction
>basedjak booru i can't think of anything more pathetic and cringe to have been created in the history of mankind
Liam Watson
It sure resists a lot of things, but needs a more strong user. Shuckle may block anything, but it doesn't work if he can't handle the hit or at least give it back >What are you expecting from a bug? With his power? Something useful.
Jack Butler
Can Chansey and Snorlax set up rocks and webs? I rest my case.
Henry Bailey
>Is Ubers by usage >hit legitimate OU when Dracovish was allowed >Solid niche for HO teams dumb nigger
Levi Ramirez
>230 defense and special defense >10 attack and special attack >HO Are Smoggie's actually so retarded that the stalliest stallmon to ever stall counts as HO? Or did they just ban everything with more offensive presence than Shuckle, to the point where it's the best option they have left?
Shuckle can set sticky web and then kill itself with final gambit so your actual offensive pokemon can start doing work. Unlike other pokemon that can use webs: >it has stealth rocks too >it already has sturdy so you can use a mental herb instead of a sash >it can kill itself on demand with final gambit to give sweepers safe entry For a non smogon analogy think of it like a VGC HO team using whimsicott to set tailwind. Ironically, because smogon hates hyper offense they ban pokemon LIKE shuckle, which is why deo-d isn't legal in OU.
Brayden Hernandez
That's not hyper offense, then. 5 offense mons and 1 support mon is bulky offense or fat balance or whatever. It's not HO unless it's 6 offensive mons. Same way it's not stall unless it's 6 defensive mons.