Cloyster Set 1 Cloyster @ White Herb

Ability: Skill Link

EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature

- Icicle Spear

- Rock Blast

- Liquidation

- Shell Smash



252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Mach Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Cloyster: 134-162 (55.6 - 67.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Cloyster Set 2 Cloyster @ Heavy-Duty Boots

Adamant Nature

Ability: Skill Link

EVs: 236 Atk / 16 Def / 252 Spe

- Shell Smash

- Icicle Spear

- Rock Blast

- Liquidation



252+ Atk Guts Conkeldurr Mach Punch vs. -1 0 HP / 16 Def Cloyster: 204-240 (84.6 - 99.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Here's the motherfucking tea.

Alright now that I've gotten that Dracovish post of the way, here are the noms I want discussed in slate.Dugtrio A >>> A+Duggy is kind of overwhelming at the moment. I'm of the opinion that sash is probably worth about A rank, but the banded set takes people's souls. Any Pokemon with Duggy's combination of speed, power and Arena Trap in this current metagame deserves A+ rank. Obviously it is seeing a lot of success in SPL, but this is coming from my own personal experience. It is easy to execute, never dead weight on a team and works on lots of different builds / supports a lot of different Pokemon. It honestly feels uncompetitive, but that is another discussion for another day.Hatterene B+ >>> BThe Hat with the loss of G and Dmax is not as crash hot as it used to be. Trick Room is also no longer as viable as it once was, or at least it isn't utilized nearly as often. It gets hard walled by Clefable and Sylveon, beaten down and/or revenge killed by any of the viable steel types above it (minus Ferro). It feels nice to run, but not as nice as other fairy types.Sylveon B+ >>> A-I believe Sylveon's niche over Sp. Def Clef is viable enough to warrant A- status. It just deals so well with techs that beat clef, alongside dealing with special attackers in general nicely with higher special bulk and mystical fire. There is some opportunity cost in running Sylveon over Sp. Def Clef, but it can be invaluable in situations against stuff like sub Hydra and sub Dragapult. I have been running both physically and specially defensive Sylveon and have found specially defensive to be incredibly useful in dealing with common special attackers.Dracozolt B >>> B-Dracozolt is currently suffering from all the defensive fairy and ground types running around. Seismitoad especially, but other stuff is generally popping up everywhere. Also is easily revenge killed by the stupid 3 headed moles. Once Duggy is gone I would say that it can probably go back up to B, but for now it is a liabilityToxtricity B >>> B-Same boat as Dracozolt, the best teams are naturally resistant to Toxitricity at the moment. Ghost types, Ground Types, Steel Types and even occasionally soundproof mons. At the minimum one or two of these are present on most teams currently. Still a good pick into specific matchups, and is still a good answer to Clef / Sylveon. Meta just hasn't fallen its way at the moment.Cloyster C+ >>> B-/BI'm sorry to be joining the people riding on Cloyster's nuts, but this Pokemon is way better than anything in C+ or even in B- no? Yes it's Sp Def is atrocious, yes King's Rock is unreliable, yes priority does really well into it. Of these issues I would say priority is the biggest one. Conk in particular is rough. The work it can put in despite these things is a testament to how good it can be when played at a high level in the right matchup.Here's what I've been running to alleviate the Conk issue. At +2 with Adamant you always knock it out, so you need to set up on something which won't hit you.I'm open to criticism on this one, as I understand there are numerous issues with Cloyster, but I genuinely believe it is severely undervalued at the moment.Durant C- >>> C/C+Durant has been putting in work for me. It took a bit of testing to figure out what would work with it in this meta (I tried stuff like stone edge, blunder policy, it was awful). Band is solid and can act as a strong wallbreaker / revenge killer with first impression. Scarf is a solid sweeper that doesn't need first impression. I wouldn't say that it is amazing, hence why I'm not recommending it higher than C+ at the moment. I do think it is currently undervalued.Polteageist C- >>> UnrankedThis thing is really bad. Like... REALLY bad. It's outclassed in practically every conceivable way. I've tried making it work a few times and it just feels bad to use, and not the good kind of feels bad to use (duggy).Quagsire C- >>> C/C+Again, shoutouts to Mr. Ponty for putting me onto this thing. While I don't think it's quite as good as he does, I definitely see its usage rising in future as more people try it out. What you lose for not running Seismitoad is losing a bit of roll compression, the ability to set up rocks and some power. What you get is the ability to recover, and some slightly better physical defense. This does free up slots to not need wish passing, and places less of a constraint (in my opinion) on teambuilding as a result.