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Gastrodon´s Relaxed nature, together with its high HP, allows it to survive well against Physcial hits, giving you time to attack the opponent with both Physcial and Special moves. Together with 92Base Special Attack and 83Base Attack, Gastrodon provides a well balanced, and average damage offence. Thanks to its good movepool, this set allows you to mimic Swampert, and cover Grass, Flying, Steel, Fire, Rock, Ground, and Dragon types, which are all extremely common to the UU metagame.

Toxic is a good option for tackling physical and special walls your opponent may use; however, Surf is also a great move, as it provides a Special alternative to Earthquake, countering phyiscal walls with ease. Lastly, thanks to the 252 EVs in Defense, Gastrodon is able to survive physcial moves from most UU pokemon, and therefore, allows you to take advantage of the Recovery move. The 48 EVs in Special Attack allows you to make the most of its high Special Attack stat, and allows you to 1HKO other NU pokemon, such as Sudowoodo, with ease. Again, the held item, leftovers, is a great help to recovering some HP, particularly in Hail conditions or when the pokemon is attempting to use Leech Seed.

This standard set provides coverage against both physical and special walls. The 252EVs in HP and 128 EVs in Defense and Special Defense, allow it to endure reasonably threatening hits, and its Bold nature allows it to stay at a good speed. The Stockpile move allows Gastrodon to improve its Defense and Special Defense further, with a +1 factor to both on each use.

The idea of this set is to use Stockpile to get a boost to your Defense and Special Defense, then to use Recover, which would, as a result stall most UU and NU sweepers. Once setup, you´re in a reasonable position to attempt to tackle the foe. Using Lum Berry can provide a switch in Toxic Spikes, or an mispredicted sleep. Ice Beam can take on Salamence if you have a boost from Stockpile, but Toxic allows you the guarantee that you are not walled by Vaporeon. Again, the use of Surf and Icebeam are vital for attacking the foe. Thanks to 92 Base Special Attack, this pokemon still has 220 Special Attack, even without EVs, allowing it to do reasonable damage to Rock, Ground, Fire, and Flying type foes.

Curse is an extremely useful move, particularly in the UU metagame. On each use, Gastrodon´s attack and Defense are boosted by 1 stage, allowing you to continuously wall physical threats, and then later sweep your opponents team. With 252EVs in Special Defence, you are able to take hits from possible Special Attacks, which your opponent may deliver to try and counter your Curse setup. Recover, again, is an extremely useful move, as it allows you to recover 50% of your HP, providing a very stable wall, and therefore, a greater chance of a setup.

248 EVs in HP, give you an even Defense, while max Special Defense means that Gastrodon´s impressive Special defense stat is boosted for maximum survivability. Waterfall is a great STAB to have, and takes advantage of the Attack boost has to offer, but Earthquake is Gastrodon´s strongest move. Stone Edge allows you to counter flying type pokemon and Shedinja´s, but Waterfall prevents Claydol´s from attempting to set up. All these moves provide decent coverage for attempting a sweep after setting up Curse.

This set is extremely risky, but if used correctly, can offer a counter to both Celebi, Roserade, and other Grass type pokemon, With access to Mirror Coat, and high HP, Gastrodon can become the UU version of Wobbuffet, and redirect lethal attacks back into the opponent, 1HKOing them all.

The sercet to this set is in prediction and timing. Gastrodon must be placed on the field when your previous pokemon has been knocked out, or placed as a lead to your team, therefore, you will have a full turn to perform the attack. Based on your opponents attack typing, use Counter to counter Physical Attacks such as Razor Leaf, or Mirror Coat to counter Special Attacks such as Leaf Storm. The focus sash will guarantee you don´t get knocked out, allowing you to take a hit from anything.

Recover allows you the possibility of recovering from 1HP up to 50% HP after knocking out the foe, whilst moves such as Surf can be used to tackle a non lethal opponent. Toxic is a great move for countering possible walls your opponent may stick in front of you, so is advised over Surf.

If someone uses Taunt, this set is flawed, so its best to switch.

Yes, this is an Anti-Lead Gastrodon. Gastrodon are very bulky, and it has the ability to outstall most leads, such as Swampert and Azelf. Azelf´s Psychic, Swampert´s Earthquake and Metagross´ Earthquake all 3hko, while Azelf is 2hko´d by Surf, and Metagross is 2hko´d by Earth Power. Using Protect will make sure that you don´t need to worry about an Explosion from a suicide lead. Using a Rindo Berry may let you survive a random Grass Attack, but a Lum Berry protects you from a threatening status. Sticky Hold means that Trick Leads can´t take your item.