What makes this Pokemon so good?

It's a shittier tentacool.

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A nice, tight, poisonous asshole.

Not only will I lose my virginity, but I'll probably die shortly afterwards. It's win/win.

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>good defensive typing
>can't be toxic stalled
>has poison+protect in 1 move
>regenerator
>can run all kinds of sets thanks to its abilities
>has the cutest prevo

Merciless

Walls everything under the fucking sun unless you have a SE hit on a Pokemon with good offenses.

Trying to set up? Nah fuck you, Haze
Want to slowly weaken it? Nah fuck you, Recover
Want to damage it down with Toxic? Impossible without Soak or Salazzle
Bring in something it can't do anything against? Nah fuck you it gets free health back for switching anyway

>>30274450
>merciless
>not regenerator
You sir have not clue what is going on

>>30274450
Merciless is an idiot trap.

It would have been decent on, say, Salazzle, but it's not worth it when you have fucking Regenerator.

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>>30275988
>You sir
back to re.ddit

>>30274363

> Incredibly high defenses make it super bulky
> Poison typing is really useful in the current meta
> Passive healing with Regenerator makes it impossible to wear down
> Without Regen, hyper offense could wear it down with constant offensive pressure
> Recover too, so you need to 2HKO to kill it
> Regen + Recover means that it doesn't need Leftovers much, so it can run other useful stuff like Rocky Helmet to punish U-turn spam or Shed Shell to escape Dugtrio
> Can scout enemy attacks safely by staying in and using Recover, then getting Regen upon switchout - it's not threatened by much, which can foil its opponent's attempts to gain momentum with VoltTurn or offensive pressure and forced switching

>>30274421
>>can't be toxic stalled

What's a Salandit/Salazzle?

>>30274471
>I keep one shotting them with topu keku
Thats right, just keep wasting a pokemon.

>>30274363
The sudden lack of corsola.

>>30276187
trash

>>30274421
>>30276179
Don't forget it's Butt Buddies with Ferrothorn since the two pair up so well, which means Skarmbliss has a spiritual successor.

>>30276187
You're sending in a frail fire type against a water type wall, plus anyone who's not retarded knows what Salazzle can do.

>>30276187
Yeah, because a frail speedy attacker is the best thing for toxic stalling.

If you use Salazzle you'll never going to toxic anything with it.

>>30274421
don't forget reliable recovery

>>30276187
what's a shitmon/switching out when you see some obvious shit?

Sorry for being that retarded, but why is regenerator better than merciless? Just asking, I'm trying to learn to play competitive

>>30276419
Merciless would be a great ability if Toxapex was more offense orientated, but it has very low attacking stats. The ability itself is also null on Steel and other Poison types.
Regenerator is better because it's a free heal that goes in tandem with Toxapex's natural absurdly high defenses on top of Recover. Toxapex can take a bunch of damage, use Recover, then switch out, and thanks to Regenerator, come right back in with full HP the next turn. In short, Regen fits Toxapex's role as a needle fortress better than Merciless, though Merciless would be insane on any other poison type.
Lurk more before asking questions.

>>30276419
you should just give up on that

>>30276419
>Opponent sends in something that will one shot you
>You switch out to avoid getting killed
>You heal some of whatever damage you were dealt
You don't need merciless if poison is going to kill them anyway