Dugtrio @ Black Sludge  
Ability: Arena Trap  
Tera Type: Ice / Ghost 
EVs: 252 Spe  
Naive Nature  
IVs: 4 HP / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD  
- Stealth Rock  
- Substitute  
- Protect / Curse
- Sandstorm / Curse

Dugtrio

Thanks to its ability Arena Trap, Dugtrio can trap a lot of Pokemon that cannot disrupt it and set Stealth Rock in their faces, thus making it one of the best Stealth Rock setters for Court Change teams. Even the mere sight of Dugtrio in team preview prevents opponents from leading with Magic Bounce users, as every single Magic Bounce user is grounded and slower than Dugtrio, and Dugtrio can set up bounced Stealth Rock in their faces, thus saving Cinderace work. Dugtrio needs to Tera Ice the turn it sets Stealth Rock in order to get itself chipped efficiently later by repeatedly switching into Stealth Rock, though. Fairly starved for options, Dugtrio opts for Protect and Sandstorm for its 3rd-4th moveslots. 4 HP IVs make Dugtrio's max. HP divisible by 8 so it KOes itself faster. A Naive nature along with Black Sludge makes Dugtrio OHKOed by Klefki Steel Beam. Tera Ghost can be used instead as long as Dugtrio has Curse in its moveset so it can self-2HKO with Black Sludge and Substitute into Tera Ghost Curse.

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