>>30236184If I were to make a team that could use Gumshoos, I'd have a few pokemon that could do some stuff to set up for it.
For Gumshoos, I'd have it hold Normalium Z, then have thrash, because with the ability, the Zmove and Thrash would do tons of damage, the rest is whatever coverage moves you want (earthquake, payback, revenge). I'd put EVs in HP & attack, probably with an adamant nature.
Considering Gumshoos' speed being nearly unusable to outspeed anything, I feel setup with defences from aurora veil would be better. Aurora veil doubles defence and special defence, but can only be used in the hail, which Ninetales does really well, setting hail with its hidden ability, and then having really fast speed to set up aurora veil well.
Another option to pokemon with low speed like gumshoos is to set up trick room, which reverses speed, allowing gumshoos to attack first, which is actually kinda scary, when you consider an adaptability boosted Zmove. There are a lot of pokemon that use trick room well, that is definitely worth looking into if you are serious about gumshoos.
On second thought, I probably wouldn't use baton pass to give a speed boost to gumshoos, as gumshoos is too slow, I'd focus more on either setting up aurora veil or trick room, both of which are definitely viable.
Gumshoos @ Normalium Z
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Thrash
- Payback
- Revenge
- Earthquake
Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Aurora Veil
- Freeze-Dry
- Moonblast
- Blizzard
Those are the two sets I'd run, as Ninetales is good on its own, without having to be used only for gumshoos. The rest is just whatever you want to run.
