Weezing

Copied from the ONM thread

Benim wrote:

Alternative Double Status Weezing - Benim

Weezing @ Leftovers/Black Sludge
252 HP, 252 Def, 6 Atk
Impish

Will-O-Wisp
Swagger
Haze
Explosion

For those who find Toxic and Will-O-Wisp awkward. What you do is you can switch this into your classic sweeper and start crippling them. You can Burn them, halving their Attack the confuse, or the other way around, depending on preference and the opponent. Swagger could be seen as giving your opponent a free Swords Dance, but Burn will negate this until you can Haze, which will leave them Burned and Confused afterwards. Explode in any conditions of danger - low health, inevitable death and such like.

Counters:
Unfortunately, Weezing's pathetic Special Defence cripples it somewhat. Most strong Special attacks will bring him down, so be cautious around them. This is a Physical Wall/Annoyer, and should be treated as such.

I'm not really convinced about this set. For a start, no-one's going to leave their burned physical attacker in against Weezing. Swagger could be somewhat useful I guess, but it really takes up space that could be used for an attacking move. Since Explosion's all it's got after statusing, which won't do that much to a special attacker, its really rather limited.

TBH, I'd just stick with the regular Weezing set, it's far superior to this one.

Also, Gengar will rip this set completely apart.

noodles wrote:

Also, Gengar will rip this set completely apart.

Not to mention Heatran. Bold Cressy'll probably have fun, too - RestTalk takes care of WoW, and, if it's carrying Psychic, it hits Weezing's low Spedef.

Wouldn't it be counterproductive to both burn and confuse, considering with Confusion you want the attack as high a possible; and with Burn you want it as low as possible?

I suppose you could use it as switch in fodder to your 'mon who can't take a hit, or your physical wall; depending on the situation...