[OVERVIEW]
While Avalugg does sport certain positive traits like reliable recovery, a colossal Defense stat, and access to Rapid Spin, it's an unviable Pokemon. Avalugg's terrible mono-Ice typing leaves it with a Stealth Rock weakness, no useful resistances, and several crippling weaknesses, while its low Special Defense stat makes it very weak to most special attackers. Additionally, Avalugg is a bad entry hazard remover, as it's extremely vulnerable to every hazard and can't beat common entry hazard setters such as Aggron, Mesprit, and Qwilfish. It's also extremely vulnerable to poison and burns, and, thanks to its rock bottom Speed stat, it's vulnerable to Taunt from omnipresent Pokemon such as Jellicent and Froslass, which can also spinblock it. Because of these facts, Avalugg faces hopeless amounts of competition as an entry hazard remover from Pokemon such as Alolan Sandslash and Skuntank, which actually fit on teams and provide far more utility than Avalugg.
[SET]
name: Defensive Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Recover
move 3: Avalanche
move 4: Earthquake / Toxic
item: Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
ability: Sturdy
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
With this set, Avalugg attempts to be an entry hazard remover and mixed wall with its amazing Defense stat and access to reliable recovery; instead, it falls quite short of other removers such as Alolan Sandslash, Skuntank, and Kabutops because of its numerous weaknesses, awful Special Defense, and inability to beat common entry hazard setters. While its absurd Defense stat and access to Recover can sometimes come in handy, Avalugg still has no real use and is almost always outclassed.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Nuked, 382658]]
- Quality checked by: [[UberSkitty, 355061], [TJ, 331538]]
- Grammar checked by: [[A Cake Wearing A Hat, 388157]]
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