Dugtrio-Alola @ Black Sludge  
Ability: Sand Veil  
Tera Type: Dark  
EVs: 252 Spe  
Jolly Nature  
IVs: 4 HP / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD  
- Steel Beam  
- Substitute  
- Protect / Stealth Rock
- Sandstorm / Stealth Rock

Dugtrio-A

At 110 base Speed, Dugtrio-A is the Steel Beam user with the 5th fastest Substitute, giving it a slight niche in Self-2HKO Spam teams. It is also a relatively fast Stealth Rock setter that self-2HKOes and that is OHKOed by Electrode-H Chloroblast, and its weak Steel Beam only OHKOes Pokemon like Iron Valiant, Shroodle, Gastly, and frailer to boot! A Jolly nature makes its Steel Beam this weak. Dugtrio-A's best ability in The Loser's Game is Sand Veil, and it can try to abuse it and provide chip team support with Sandstorm. 4 HP IVs making its max. HP divisible by 8 allow Dugtrio-A to self-2HKO with Black Sludge, Substitute, and Steel Beam. Dugtrio-A prefers Tera Dark to dodge Pranksters, although Klefki can still shut it out of Steel Beam with Imprison.

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