How common is Poison coverage these days? I just faced a fucking

>>30694742
Fairies mate. Also Togedemaru probably has nothing else for coverage.

>>30694754
yeah isnt gyro ball the only steel move it gets anyway?
i think things that run anti fairy coverage will usually run poison since things like tapu koko, azumarill, tapu fini and primarina are hit neutrally by steel

>>30694742
The answer is: common.

>>30694742

Outside of STAB, not very.

Most Pokemon who run non-STAB Poison moves only do it because they have nothing bettet to run.

>>30694742
>togedemaru forced to run a poison move because it learns no fucking steel move
LMAO

>>30694742
>Dedenne gets fucking nothing
>Togedamaru gets fucking nothing
fucking why GameFreak, the previous pikaclone had at least a decent movepool

>>30695143
The sad thing is that Togedamaru is arguably the best Pikaclone we've gotten.

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>>30697556
>Togedamaru is arguably the best Pikaclone we've gotten

>>30694820
>Most Pokemon who run non-STAB Poison moves only do it because they have nothing bettet to run.
but that's wrong you retard.png

>>30698005
>Plusle and Minun are absolute, irredeemable garbage with a shit gimmick that GF to this day tries and fails to push
>Pachirisu only has bulk and speed going for it, completely useless in singles
>Dedenne is fucking Dedenne

Emolga is the most not-shit one, having good speed, good typing, and major annoyance factor. Togedamaru has both decent speed and attack, but is also a piece of shit Flinch machine that RNG willing, can and will bully anything slower than it. Still shit, but better than the rest.

>>30698120
>what is Mimikyu

>>30698060
How's that poison jab garchomp working for ya pal?

>>30698137
Pikaclones are electrics types. Mimikyu is a pikamimic, not a clone.

>>30698137
Not a Pikaclone, obviously. It's a literal Pikachu imitator, not a cutesy electric rodent.

>>30698137
I hate how Mimikyu ended up being far more popular than any pikaclone ever was, but they'll still probably continue to make pikaclones in the future.

>>30698231
I'm just glad it has a not Pikaclone BST. I was getting scared when the Mimikyu in that Battle Royal GF showed got outsped by all the starters and a Komala. Thought it was going to be weak, frail, AND slow to make up for its gimmick, as GF have done in the past.

>>30698147
But that's a legit other option for it to run, especially in this meta.

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>>30694742
>run scarf salazzle on my team
>people running tapu koko expecting to outspeed her or tank sludge bomb with tapu bulu
>mfw free wins thanks to a shitmon

>>30698005
Lighting rod, fake out support, nuzzle and zing zap are great.

>>30699813
>or tank sludge bomb with tapu bulu

Literally nobody expects to tank a poison move with bulu

>>30698120
>completely useless in singles
singles are irrelevant

>>30701807
Careful, you might trigger the smogonites

>>30699813
>tanking a x4 weakness against something that has high spatk and stab

>>30697556
Emolga is the best this meta with Baton Pass+Motor Drive+Encore. Perfect combo to support Alola Marowak.

>>30701583
in a meta where ground types don't exist