>>42871843Actually
>Liquidation>Earthquake>Either Brick Break, Ice Punch, or even Focus BlastBlastoise’s main problem with Smashing is Toxapex and Keldeo
Earthquake is super important since it at least pressures Toxapex that switch in.
A +2 and Life Orb will do a minimum of 81% to Toxapex and even has a 56% chance to OHKO it after Stealth Rock.
+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Blastoise Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Toxapex: 247-291 (81.2 - 95.7%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery
In contrasts, Cloyster even at +2 can only 2HKO after Stealth Rocks and it’s only a 0.4% chance.
+2 252 Atk Cloyster Rock Blast (5 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Toxapex: 120-145 (39.4 - 47.6%) -- approx. 0.4% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Black Sludge recovery
It definitely has a niche, but at least it has a few things Cloyster doesn’t.
