Weavile @ Black Sludge  
Ability: Pickpocket  
Tera Type: Ghost / Rock
EVs: 252 Spe  
Naive Nature  
IVs: 6 HP / 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD  
- Substitute  
- Taunt  
- Baton Pass  
- Protect / Agility

Weavile

Weavile is the current fastest user of Pickpocket and Taunt, giving it a niche as a particularly fearless Taunt user who is not afraid of opposing Knock Off. Thanks to Pickpocket, when an itemless Weavile is hit by a contact move such as Struggle or Knock Off, it steals the opponent's item - this even happens the turn Knock Off hits it! Weavile is also blessed with a Dark/Ice typing, making it immune to Prankster and weak to Stealth Rock and Steel Beam. Weavile can also Baton Pass Substitutes to teammates, and it can even try passing speed boosts with Agility! 6 HP IVs and Black Sludge let Weavile fit in Court Change teams better - the HP IVs make Weavile's max. HP divisible by 8. A Naive nature lets Weavile be guaranteed OHKOed by Iron Treads Steel Beam, even if Weavile gets Tricked/Switcherooed a bad item. Already having a fantastic base typing for The Loser's Game, Weavile's Tera type is Ghost to escape trappers more easily or Rock to be OHKOed by Electrode-H Chloroblast while still retaining a Steel Beam weakness.

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