Project The Next Best Thing - ORAS RU Edition (Hitmontop Voting)

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Sneasel @ Eviolite
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Ice Shard

With Eviolite equipped Alomomola Scalds won't break the sub so you can easily setup with SD and proceed to sweep. Also the extre bulk you get will let you take random hits a bit better. Icicle Crash may be used over Substitute if you don't fear burns and status o_o
 

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RU Choice Band (Sneasel) @ Choice Band
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Low Kick/Ice Shard
- Pursuit
- Icicle Crash

The premise of this set is pretty simple and it's LO sneasel with CB>LO, but I'll explain why cb is good on this. In between a rocks weakness, being grounded, and life orb recoil, sneasel takes a TON of chip damage per game and it can lose almost 40% of its health whenever you bring it out to attack, which frankly sucks ass. CB Sneasel is still obviously rocks weak, but it doesn't take the 10% chip from LO and actually gets a notable power boost, especially since knock off hits like a truck. This is mainly meant for HOs without hazard control since it helps out with all the chip that sneasel takes while still executing an AoA role very effectively. This set also does a significant amount more to both scarf medicham and Accelgor with ice shard, both of whom are huge headaches for HO, and this in tandem with another priority mon can beat pretty much any anti-offense mon in the metagame.
 

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RU Choice Band (Sneasel) @ Choice Band
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Low Kick/Ice Shard
- Pursuit
- Icicle Crash

The premise of this set is pretty simple and it's LO sneasel with CB>LO, but I'll explain why cb is good on this. In between a rocks weakness, being grounded, and life orb recoil, sneasel takes a TON of chip damage per game and it can lose almost 40% of its health whenever you bring it out to attack, which frankly sucks ass. CB Sneasel is still obviously rocks weak, but it doesn't take the 10% chip from LO and actually gets a notable power boost, especially since knock off hits like a truck. This is mainly meant for HOs without hazard control since it helps out with all the chip that sneasel takes while still executing an AoA role very effectively. This set also does a significant amount more to both scarf medicham and Accelgor with ice shard, both of whom are huge headaches for HO, and this in tandem with another priority mon can beat pretty much any anti-offense mon in the metagame.
Thats already standard,,,
 

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Sneasel @ Eviolite
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 136 HP / 252 Atk / 120 Spe or 56 HP / 252 Atk / 200 Spe
Adamant/Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Agility
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash

Dual dance sneasel nuf said
 
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Choice Scarf Sneasel

Sneasel @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard/Pursuit
- Low Kick

This is the AoA set but with Scarf (in order to outspeed opposite Scarfers and/or pokemon that outspeed this thing) which enables to run an Adamant nature to boost its Atk stat.
This is a good way to deafeat opposite Sneasel witout relying on a Spe tie and towards monsters able to boost their Spe.

Ice Shard seems less useful with this extra Spe, so maybe Poison Jab is more useful now or even Pursuit to get rid of Hoopa.

329 Spe x 1,5 = 493 Spe (rounded down) instead of 361. Flying (100-base Spe monster with a +Spe nature, plus 252 Evs and a +1 boost) reaches 492.

Wall of calcs:
252+ Atk Sneasel Icicle Crash vs. 252 HP / 116 Def Flygon: 516-612 (141.7 - 168.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Sneasel Icicle Crash vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Vivillon: 426-504 (141.5 - 167.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Sneasel Icicle Crash vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Rotom-C: 234-276 (97 - 114.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Sneasel Icicle Crash vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Sceptile: 350-414 (124.5 - 147.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Sneasel Icicle Crash vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Aerodactyl: 350-414 (116.2 - 137.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Sneasel Ice Shard vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Flygon: 280-336 (93 - 111.6%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

252+ Atk Sneasel Low Kick (60 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0- Def Houndoom: 224-264 (76.9 - 90.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
252+ Atk Sneasel Low Kick (60 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Eviolite Sneasel: 248-296 (98.8 - 117.9%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Sneasel Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Delphox: 368-434 (126.4 - 149.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Sneasel Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Vivillon: 243-286 (80.7 - 95%) -- guaranteed 2HKO


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Sneasel @ Lansat Berry/Liechi Berry/Watmel Berry
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Natural Gift

Basically, lure in a counter like Gurdurr or Mola and weaken it for a partner, or sweep yourself. It's team-customizable which is nice.
 

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Sneasel @ Lansat Berry/Liechi Berry/Watmel Berry
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Natural Gift

Basically, lure in a counter like Gurdurr or Mola and weaken it for a partner, or sweep yourself. It's team-customizable which is nice.
Because adding normal crap is better than adding weeb crap right ahaha
 

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Sneasel @ Lansat Berry/Liechi Berry/Watmel Berry
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Natural Gift

Basically, lure in a counter like Gurdurr or Mola and weaken it for a partner, or sweep yourself. It's team-customizable which is nice.
Weaken mola so it can wish / switch out the next turn (cwl)
252 Atk Liechi Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Grass) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 164-194 (32.7 - 38.7%) -- 5.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
 

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Sneasel @ Lansat Berry/Liechi Berry/Watmel Berry
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Natural Gift

Basically, lure in a counter like Gurdurr or Mola and weaken it for a partner, or sweep yourself. It's team-customizable which is nice.
252 Atk Liechi Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Grass) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 164-194 (32.7 - 38.7%) -- 5.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

252 Atk Life Orb Sneasel Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 156-185 (31.1 - 36.9%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

So it comes, wastes the item then fat fish uses wish and that turn was a waste? LO Knock Off does almost the same and takes out Leftovers from Alomomola (and Evio from Gurdurr)...
 

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Sneasel @ Lansat Berry/Liechi Berry/Watmel Berry
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Natural Gift

Basically, lure in a counter like Gurdurr or Mola and weaken it for a partner, or sweep yourself. It's team-customizable which is nice.
252 Atk Liechi Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Grass) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 164-194 (32.7 - 38.7%) -- 5.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

good lure
 

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Sneasel @ Lansat Berry/Liechi Berry/Watmel Berry
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Natural Gift

Basically, lure in a counter like Gurdurr or Mola and weaken it for a partner, or sweep yourself. It's team-customizable which is nice.
252 Atk Liechi Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Grass) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 164-194 (32.7 - 38.7%) -- 5.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

I, too, like forgoing a boosting item so I can hit Alomomola for insignificant damage and lose out on important damage benchmarks against other Pokemon.
 
Are you guys going to ignore that the berry is team-specific

The premise is still the same, and a lansat berry or watmel berry is still gonna do the job

besides, are you gonna ignore rhyperior, seismitoad, fighting-types, and steel types, or focus on one mistake I made?
 
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Sneasel @ Lansat Berry/Liechi Berry/Watmel Berry
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Ice Shard
- Natural Gift

Basically, lure in a counter like Gurdurr or Mola and weaken it for a partner, or sweep yourself. It's team-customizable which is nice.
Weaken mola so it can wish / switch out the next turn (cwl)
252 Atk Liechi Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Grass) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 164-194 (32.7 - 38.7%) -- 5.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Liechi Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Grass) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 164-194 (32.7 - 38.7%) -- 5.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

252 Atk Life Orb Sneasel Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 156-185 (31.1 - 36.9%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

So it comes, wastes the item then fat fish uses wish and that turn was a waste? LO Knock Off does almost the same and takes out Leftovers from Alomomola (and Evio from Gurdurr)...
YOU GUYS ARE MISSING THE REAL DEAL OF NATURAL GIFT

UPON CONTACT SNEASEL WILL STEAL MOLA'S LEFTOVERS REGARDLESS AND YOU WILL GET THEM

Now onto REAL things

Sneasel @ Eviolite
Ability: Pickpocket
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
Just use substitute on the switch to Alomomola then boost up and beat everything (!)
0 SpA Alomomola Scald vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Eviolite Sneasel: 36-43 (14.3 - 17.1%) -- possible 6HKO
+6 252 Atk Sneasel Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 475-561 (94.8 - 111.9%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
 

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YOU GUYS ARE MISSING THE REAL DEAL OF NATURAL GIFT

UPON CONTACT SNEASEL WILL STEAL MOLA'S LEFTOVERS REGARDLESS AND YOU WILL GET THEM
Bulbapedia said:
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, the Pokémon with this Ability will steal the held item of the attacking Pokémon. It will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability already has a held item. It will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability is knocked out by that move.
Not Magician :/ Still poop :/
 

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Even taking into account team specificity, I'm not convinced that set is worth using over LO four attacks in any situation.

Gurdurr is a flawed example because it cannot afford the risk of switching into Knock Off, Rhyperior doesn't want to switch into Sneasel because of Icicle Crash, Seismitoad is already easy enough to check thanks to offensive Grass-types being good in this metagame, Steel-types already take enough damage from Life Orb-boosted Low Kick... why would I use this? To OHKO Combusken?

252 Atk Lansat Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Flying) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Combusken: 264-312 (101.1 - 119.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Natural Gift means you forgo a boosting item in exchange for a "coverage move" that you can only use once, and really gives you no advantage over using LO + Low Kick, the move you have replaced. Here are several examples of Natural Gift failing to either do any meaningful damage or being a waste of a moveslot when LO Low Kick (or LO moves in general) are better options.

252 Atk Sneasel Natural Gift vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Poliwrath: 132-156 (34.3 - 40.6%) -- 46.9% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

252 Atk Lansat Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Flying) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Emboar: 248-294 (68.6 - 81.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Life Orb Sneasel Low Kick (100 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Emboar: 161-191 (44.5 - 52.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

252 Atk Liechi Berry Sneasel Natural Gift (100 BP Grass) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 164-194 (32.7 - 38.7%) -- 5.4% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Life Orb Sneasel Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 120 HP / 136+ Def Alomomola: 156-185 (31.1 - 36.9%) -- guaranteed 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

What is Pickpocket doing? Stealing Eviolite from Gurdurr that OHKO you with Drain Punch?

I get the idea of it being a 'lure', but there is just so much opportunity cost associated with using Natural Gift Sneasel that I cannot see myself ever using it.
 

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Sneasel @ Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Icicle Crash
- Toxic / Pursuit
- Taunt / Pursuit

Offensive stallbreaker Sneasel. Sneasel normally has a hard matchup versus stall but Taunt + Toxic can surprise bulky waters like Alomomola and Blastoise. Sneasel will still have a hard time significantly hurting them but they will be easier to break through late-game. Toxic is always nice to have since residual damage is helpful in most situations (i.e not Gurdurr), and Taunt is nice to have to beat low health bulky pokemon like Alomomola, and to beat Destiny Bond spammers (i.e Mega Banette). Both are exchangeable for Pursuit if you want that.

Hope you like it!
 
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