Toxapex

>>29906917
Regenerator, Merciless is a stupid meme because this thing gets like zero attacking power in the first place.

Mixed defenses, it will depend on the meta where you want to invest to avoid 2hko with rocks and such.

Defensive moveset.

Regenerator w/ Scald/Recover/Toxic Spikes/Haze

it's a mix of Tentacruel and Alomomola.

>>29906917
>>29906966
>Merciless is a stupid meme
63 Atk and 53 Sp. Atk are very low for a fully evolved Pokémon, and paired with Toxic from a Poison-type, Merciless is an ability that must not be overlooked.

Also OP, HP and either Def or Sp. Def because both stats are the same but Sp. Def is 10 points lower than Def.

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>>29907173
It's just a straight better Tentacruel, my bro is fucking DEAD

>>29907173
why scald if you're gonna have spikes?

>>29906917
Regenerator, some people will run merciless but it's pretty much a meme.

Max HP, mixed def/sdef depending on what threats you need it to check, this is a pokemon that will reward you for doing lots of calcs

Defensive/supportive.

>>29907657
for poison/ steel pokes

Merciless. Toxapex has access to two recovering moves, no need to give it Regenerator. Merciless helps it deal SOME damage, which is always welcomed.

>>29907619
Tentacruel is way faster and gets SD if you feel like buying into the bulky attacker meme

>>29906917
In game, no reason not to go Merciless. Mericless Toxic + Venoshock wrecks anything that's not immune.

Competitive? Regenerator, no contest. Sets will 100% be defensive, and look a lot like >>29907173 with variations depending on meta and whatnot.

>>29907619
Tebtacruel has a better move pool

>>29907619
Rapid Spin though

Regenerator Scald Special Defense
Merciless is cute but impractical for competitive, those low base stats mean you're only doing average offensive damage after all that setup

>>29906917
For a defensive set

Toxapex @ Black Sludge
Regenerator
252 HP / 252 Def or SpD or split it
-Toxic/Toxic Spikes
-Baneful Bunker
-Recover
-Liquidation


For a tank set
Toxapex @ Black Sludge
Merciless
252 HP / 252 SpA
-Toxic/Toxic Spikes
-Venoshock
-Recover
-Scald

>>29907918
>Put Scald on the set that requires poison to do anything
>Don't put it on the defensive build that doesn't need damage

>>29907943
Scald is for steel types
also Toxapex has naturally higher Atk than SpA so with out putting EVs into SpA on the defensive set I prefer to stay physical

This thing is a counterpart to Araquanid, isn't it? I'm almost waiting for some horrifying side effect of Merciless to be uncovered.