Skeledirge @ Black Sludge  
Ability: Blaze / Unaware
Tera Type: Dark / Ice / Rock
EVs: 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 2 HP / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD  
- Substitute  
- Curse  
- Roar  
- Encore / Imprison

Skeledirge

Skeledirge is the fastest user of Curse and a phazing status move. This lets it absorb Trick, Switcheroo, and Knock Off unusually well, as it can use Ghost Curse, phase out the opposing Cursed Pokemon, then use Ghost Curse again to KO itself. Encore and Imprison round out Skeledirge's support movepool. Skeledirge is Timid so its Struggles are weaker. 2 HP IVs make Skeledirge's max. HP divisible by 8, thus letting it self-2HKO with Substitute into Ghost Curse. Terastallizing Skeledirge is not recommended because it loses access to Ghost Curse when it is not a Ghost-type. Tera Dark still lets Skeledirge dodge Pranksters, though, while Tera Ice makes it weak to Steel Beam, and Tera Rock makes it weak to both Steel Beam and Chloroblast at the cost of now being neutral to Stealth Rock.

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