How To BEAT SNEASLER In Regulation H...

[@EJJTheMiner]

Have you seen the clip where Dragonite gets poisoned by Dire Claw, activates its Lum Berry, and then gets poisoned again because of Poison Touch 😭😭

[@julianbrandhofer644]

no way thats so stupid😭

[@ThighdeologyVX]

i visibly cringed when that happened i felt so bad for that dragonite

[@matthewk5538]

Would love to have the link of the clip if you guys can find it somewhere :) thanks

[@Shimahou]

That sounds like actual hell 😭

[@BlackReshiram]

thats just bad juju that dragonite must have done some horrible shit in a past life

[@wishitwas95]

I EV'd my Gholdengo to live a throat chop from Sneasler then I got OHKO'd by Fling with Big Nugget which is apparently 130 BP. I had to put the gameboy down after that one.

[@Tino7100]

Gholdengo doesn't die ffom a throat chop though😅

[@michaelkarim57]

I'm starting to see Dual Wingbeat Talonflame just to beat sash variants immediately

[@nerdyfalco408]

I remember a similar thing happening in SS when dual wingbeat just got out. Everybody started running dual wingbeat talonflame to oneshot focus sash whimsicott which was everywhere. The first match I tried it on showdown with a random team, I faced a max hp whimsicott which resisted at like 3 hp and set up tailwind anyway. I forfeited.

[@michaelkarim57]

@@nerdyfalco408 it's not a good move choice, but people are desperate

[@offtotheside3008]

Tera flying tera blast ttar, brings it down to sash then dies to sand

[@michaelkarim57]

What do you do when you get dire claw slept/para'd? You only beat Sneasler 80% of the time

[@JustDandyGuy]

Bro had to sneeze in the sneasler video

[@Zylefer]

My go-to answer against Sneasler is Galarian Weezing w/ Misty Surge. I'm honestly a bit surprised not more people are running the Misty Surge set since it beats Sneasler and its partners.

[@michaelkarim57]

@@Zylefer it doesn’t do much else

[@Zylefer]

@@michaelkarim57 That's fair to think. I find good value out of my set with Tera Fairy Choice Specs Dazzling Gleam for good damage, Overheat to deal with steel types, Sludge Bomb to deal with Rillaboom, and Clear Smog to deal with Dondozo

[@Savings_and_Grift_Plan]

Some people have been running Unaware Clefable with manual misty terrain as well.

[@michaelkarim57]

@@Zylefer it doesn’t do any of those particularly well, Gholdengo and Arch are going to take you out before you move, AV Gambit destroys it(SD loses but it’s a bit commitment), Dondozo EQ blows it up, and Rillaboom isn’t the hardest thing to counter as its counters are very splashable(steels, incin, sneasler etc)

[@browserjunior4707]

One thing I’ve done for Sneasler was use Quash Sableye paired with support Volcarona Regardless of what set Sneasler runs it can’t kill Sableye in one hit if screens are up and when Volcarona is on the field it has to respect the burn chance that comes with all of its attacks being contact. Usually they’ll fake out Volcarona turn 1 so they risk a 30% burn, but if they didn’t get burned, quash wisp forces them to act last making Volcarona have another chances to burn with wisp the following turn. For anyone curious, the odds that a Sneasler will get burned from flame body or wisp in these 2 turns is 89.5%, which is much more consistent. A burnt Sneasler is effectively just fishing for status and with screens Sableye you can freely set up as it can’t touch you, especially a burn Sneasler. 252+ Atk Sneasler Dire Claw vs. 252 HP / 60 Def Sableye: 44-52 (28 - 33.1%) -- 95.3% chance to 4HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery With screens Sneasler has to rely on poison to even gain progress 252+ Atk Sneasler Dire Claw vs. 252 HP / 60 Def Sableye through Reflect: 22-26 (14 - 16.5%) -- possible 9HKO And because Sableye has stab Foul Play it is chunking for massive damage against it. 252+ Atk Sableye Foul Play vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Sneasler: 67-79 (42.9 - 50.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Grassy Terrain recovery This strat I’m using wasn’t even intended to beat Sneasler, it was actually intended for Garchomp but because so many of the current threats in the format are physical attackers it ends up being a really good answer to a lot of sets like Dragonite, Garchomp, Dragapult, Dondozo, etc.

[@viralzone2177]

my favourite sneasler check so far has been ghost tera garganacl, salt cure + ghost curse forces the sneasler to either pivot and lose the seed unburden boost or they don't get it altogether if they're sashed

[@viralzone2177]

ribombee is my tailwind setter on that team which is also super nice cause it's naturally immune to dire claw's effects

[@JRR31]

One word answer to beat sneasler: gholdengo (unless sneasler is running throat chop, which I'd definitely take over fake out/coaching

[@sperryyoungerjr.3985]

I always run Shadow Claw on mine for when I pair it with either Indeedee forms with Psychic Seeds for those pesky Ghost types, such as Gholdengo and Dragapult.

[@Gemini240]

⁠@@sperryyoungerjr.3985wouldn’t throat chop make more sense since indeedee and maushold are prevalent redirectors?

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

​@@sperryyoungerjr.3985 throat chop is better since it stops Bloodmoons Hyper Voice also. And an occasional Tera Ghost Incin that wants to parting shot.

[@agediho6009]

Sneasler killed my family

[@BlackReshiram]

this is so unbelievably helpful, thank you!!! can you make more vids like this for other mons that dominate the format rn like incin or rilla?

[@Sn4il3D]

This dude had a iron ball fling one in trick room. Once it was up he would fling the iron ball to make you slower and grab his unburden boost, I thought it was clever but I still won lol

[@yourconscious]

My favorite answer is follow me indeedee-F, I'd trade a couple turns of sleep on my indeedee-F for their sneasler

[@harrisonractivand4451]

My team has choice scarf dragapult to oustspeed dragonite and sneasler and it has dragon darts to instantly break the sash

[@harrisonractivand4451]

I might run Tera steel sinischa too to redirect dire claws

[@ccjiu8496]

I use Twin Beam Farigiraf with Lum berry and potential Tera Ghost.

[@Hunter_6430]

honorable mention to H-Zoroark for making your opponent is safe to use CC and then still only doing like 80% with Shadow Ball

[@samlemay5333]

I am kinda interested, I realized while at work that espathra, having been banned so early in ou, was never brought up anywhere else, vgc or otherwise. Speed boost stored power is a hell of a set. Speed boost expanding force may be crazier.

[@Shimahou]

It had its heyday in pre-paradox, pre-DLC times, but power creep was unkind to it. Its frailty makes it difficult to stack boosts for Stored Power, and Lumina Crash is outclassed by Fake Tears Whimsicott in most situations. Although, there was a brief time where Espathra with Hypnosis worked well next to Sandy Shocks with Gravity. Maybe you can get some ideas from there.

[@PedroPedrp-qt4ml]

I run scarf final gambit annihiape and under tailwind it outspeeds it so I just final gambit it

[@_zingpoo_4344]

I once faced a team with indeede sneasler and i though it was psychic seed But no It was unburden trick room room service

[@Eroil]

Moxie boosted would never beat Sneasler in regulation H

[@abel_medaris]

Give Toxicroak Dire Claw

[@karmah_star8986]

Another good pokemon to manage sneasler is farigiraf. Twin beam with no investment one shots it and twin beam just ignores sash bc it’s multihit. It’s pretty decent