Pokémon Galvantula

[Bella]

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#596 - Galvantula
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Stats:
HP: 70
Atk: 77
Def: 60
SpA: 97
SpD: 60
Spe: 108

Abilities: Compound Eyes, Unnerve, Swarm

New Moves:
Helping Hand
Tera Blast

Lost Moves:
Bounce
Cross Poison
Disable
Magnet Rise
Pin Missile
Rising Voltage
Swagger
Toxic

Notable Moves:

• Sticky Web
• Bug Buzz
• Thunder Wave
• Discharge
• Volt Switch
• Energy Ball
• Thunder
• Electro Ball
• Sucker Punch
• Giga Drain
• Tera Blast
• Thunderbolt
• Light Screen

Full Movepool:

Full Movepool

Fury Cutter
Electroweb
Bug Bite
Absorb
String Shot
Thunder Wave
Electro Ball
Agility
Sucker Punch
Slash
Discharge
Screech
Gastro Acid
Bug Buzz
Sticky Web
Protect
Struggle Bug
Thief
Pounce
Charge Beam
Facade
Swift
Endure
Volt Switch
Rain Dance
Sleep Talk
Light Screen
Thunder Wave
Poison Jab
Rest
Leech Life
Substitute
X-Scissor
Giga Drain
Energy Ball
Thunderbolt
Helping Hand
Wild Charge
Giga Impact
Hyper Beam
Thunder
Tera Blast
Charge
Bug Bite
Lunge
Skitter Smack
Throat Chop

Pros:

• Compound Eyes allows for the ability to use inaccurate strong base power moves such as Thunder without fear of missing.
• A solid Speed stat and a good Special Attack stat allows to get the jump on all base 100's such as Manaphy and Volcarona aswell as Pokemon such as Garchomp and Enamorus.
• Sticky Web is a great utility move and can allow Galvantula to act as a Sticky Web suicide lead.
• Bug and Electric STAB hits alot of common Pokemon such as Roaring Moon and Ogerpon for Super-effective Damage.

Cons:

• Galvantula as a Sticky Web lead suffers stiff competition from other setters such as Ribombee and Smeargle.
• Electric and Bug typing is poor on the defensive side, giving Galvantula not many safe opportunities to switch in.
• Other Electric- and Bug- types such as Raging Bolt, Zapdos, and Volcarona are stronger than Galvantula, have better typings, and more offensive power.
• Poor Bulk means Galvantula will not likely take more than 2 hits from most attacks.

Sets:
HO lead (Galvantula) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyes
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sticky Web
- Volt Switch
- Thunder
- Bug Buzz

Choice Specs (Galvantula) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Compound Eyes
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Bug Buzz
- Thunder
- Volt Switch
- Energy Ball

 

[Eeveeto]

I suggest using Energy Ball on the Webs set instead of Volt Switch. OU Main spinner is Tusk (not counting the broken and about to be banned turtle), with Treads and Drill having some usage too. They are immune to Volt Switch, so even if you Tera, you won,t be damaging them. Energy Ball does SOMETHING to Treads and Drill while Tusk gets almost deleted from the game. Volt Switch does not add much value to a Mon that is meant to put Webs and just die.

 

[arbiter1337]

Finally, Webs for lower tiers. Spidops drops to Super ZU
drop volt switch for energy ball on the webs set, galvantula is a suicide lead anyway

 

[Eelstartega]

Finally, Webs for lower tiers. Spidops drops to Super ZU
drop volt switch for energy ball on the webs set, galvantula is a suicide lead anyway

And for Ubers UU, because Masquerain is a bit too slow at times.