>>19870596Another option is to combine it with anything that has strong rock-type moves as Mawile can scare away a rock lot of rock Pokemon's weaknesses pretty easily. On the flipside, rock can cover Pokemon that can deal serious damage to Mawile like Pinsir (The Physical Pokemon Mawile would have the largest issue with) or special fire attackers.
The issue is that Mawile is pretty good at 1 on 1, but in doubles, it has issues when put on a hyper-offensive team. It shines very well if you can give it support that will let it survive, because very turn Mawile survives is almost a guaranteed KO.
Particularly, if you give it speed, which is why Trick room and a slow-boosting offensive-mon was suggested here
>>19870697, you get a team that does not use area-based moves, but something that can KO one Pokemon per turn each if played right. The problem is that nothing really compares with Mawile's attack unless they are boosted. Which is why Malamar can work so well with it.
