Shuckle

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[Zen]

Basic stalling shuckle.

Shuckle (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 255 Def / 255 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Rollout/Toxic
- Acupressure
- Rest
- Double Team

Meant to pimp her evasion, Resting where necessary. Acupressure also does wonders for pimping her attack (remains quite pathetic, nonetheless). Or use Toxic if there's nothing to fear from Taunt and steel-types.

Double Team, if pulled off once or twice, could spell doom for those annoying Taunters, if you're lucky.

[renowner]

This is a fun set I thought up for my teams of pokemon people rarely use! This ungodly beast of a pokemon utilizes sacred blood rituals sacrificing longevity for an unrivaled base attack stat, 110 points higher than the maximum attack stat of the infamous attack form Deoxys! Watch as your enemies crumble beneath your insurmountable physical prowess! Well...without further ado... Here is the offensive god! Shuckle!

[ #1 physical beast ]
-Shuckle m/f @ air baloon/ wide lens
Ability: sturdy
-E.V.s: 248 hp, 252 attack, 8 defense
[ Relaxed ]
-Power trick
-Rock blast/rock slide/ stone edge
-earthquake
-Gyro ball

This first set needs support in the form of trick room, With a speed of 13, it practically guarantees the first move in the battle if noone uses prirority! Furthermore gyro ball will have 150 power if the enemies speed is 78 or more, which is almost always possible. With a gargantuan 614 attack stat, and decent type spread, it can destroy many a pokemon. I personally prefer rock blast over the other rock moves to neutralize sashes and sturdy or subs, but it does generally have the least reliability. I use wide lens so that the rock moves don't miss as often. Though air balloon can potentially be used to keep your hp at full and let your sturdy guarantee another K.O. Counters for this set are priority physical attacks, pokemon that stop trick room, and probabally ferrothorn. All in all, they won't know what to expect, and this will catch them completely off guard the first battle you have against them! It has great sweeping potential with trick room, and since power trick doesn't swap your sp.atk/sp.def. you can still take a few sp.atk hits! Destroying volcarona and thunderous outside of trick room! When you think of the highest base attack stat, no longer is it Deoxys....its Shuckle.



Set #2:
[ You have HOW MUCH ATTACK?!?! ]
[Shuckle] M/f @choice band/ wide lens
ability: sturdy
E.V.s: 248 hp, 252 defense, 8 sp.def.
Relaxed nature
Moves:
- bug bite
- rock blast/rock slide/ stone edge
- earthquake
-gyro ball

This set needs a bit more help to pull off, but can actually (if abusing the choice band) come out onto the field with 921 attack! No boosts outside of choice band! That's pretty incredible. Same as before except you not only need trick room support but power trick support, You need somebody to baton pass it to shuckle. The two pokemon that can do this are smeargle (recommended) and medicham/meditite. Once again, you can choose whatever rock move you prefer, in doubles rock slide would probably be best.


So there you have it! The pokemon everyone uses for laughs.... Has actually been hiding a power that is greater than anything any other pokemon can initially come out with! Without offensive boosts. With the right set-up you can sweep 2-5 pokemon depending on how many sp.atackers they have, however: be wary of physical priority users, and ferrothorn with power whip. Have fun

[Zen]

Offensive shuckle that doesn't compromise defense.

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Shuckle (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sturdy
EVs: 255 Def / 255 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Rollout
- Defense Curl
- Rest
- Power Trick

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Defense Curl up to 6 times, then run Power Trick and Rollout.

Slow and needs a setup, but it works alright in sand.

[renowner]

You aren't gonna get 56 defense into being decent. Not even if you made it around 120 with no H.P. investment.

[Zen]

With 6 Defense Curls, it goes somewhere close to 200+. Works alright.

[renowner]

Alright, kudos on thinking outside the box. Hmm.... could be a fun thing to try! Wouldn't rely on other pokemon setting up trick room.
Leftovers IS nice, but rollout misses a lot for me.... I may try it with a wide-lens, Shuckle doesn't have much hp anyway, so the hp given every turn won't be very much. quick claw could also be nice. Edited October 13, 2012 by renowner

[Summer]

Shuckle (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Contrary
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk)
- Shell Smash
- Toxic
- Knock Off
- Protect
An unseen set- [u]Contrary Shuckle[/u] can boost its already amazing bulk and reduce its already crappy speed and attack with a single [b]Shell Smash[/b]. [b]Toxic[/b] is the only option for Shuckle to do actual damage, while [b]Knock Off[/b] slaps [i]Leftovers[/i] that could stall out the posion. [b]Protect[/b] is obvious - stall out.