Arctovish Movesets & Competitive Sets

Slush Rush Arctovish uses its Fishious Rend and boosted Speed to plow through defensive and offensive threats alike. Fishious Rend's incredible power puts immense pressure on any Pokemon that does not resist it, OHKOing frailer Pokemon such as Raikou and 2HKOing bulkier Pokemon such as Registeel and Galarian Weezing. Freeze-Dry hits Water-types, OHKOing Gastrodon after Stealth Rock and Seismitoad from full health, 2HKOing Jellicent after some chip damage, and activating Golisopod's Emergency Exit. Icicle Crash 2HKOes Grass-types such as Celebi and Vileplume, as well as OHKOing Roserade. Substitute allows Arctovish to take advantage of forced switches and allows for easier prediction. Protect is an option to beat First Impression Golisopod and scout faster Choice-locked Pokemon such as Gardevoir and Flygon. The given EV spread allows Arctovish to OHKO Gastrodon and Seismitoad with Freeze-Dry after Stealth Rock and outspeed up to Choice Scarf Rotom-C under hail. A Choice Band set is a fine alternative, dishing out immense power with Fishious Rend. However, its inability to OHKO Seismitoad and Gastrodon and the availability of Water-immune Pokemon make it significantly more prediction reliant. Slush Rush Arctovish requires a hail-setting teammate. Vanilluxe can wallbreak independently and thus is best suited to semi-hail, while dedicated hail teams use a combination of Abomasnow and Aurorus to support its sweepers. Alolan Sandslash synergizes with Arctovish, as one can weaken or beat their checks to open the other up for a sweep. Because Arctovish is weak to Stealth Rock, it appreciates entry hazard control from Pokemon such as Xatu, Dhelmise, Starmie, Crobat, and Flygon. Flygon can check the Fire-type Pokemon such as Chandelure that threaten hail teams and bring Arctovish in safely with U-turn. Similarly, Starmie can pivot into Water-types and Teleport out while keeping hazard setters like Registeel, Bronzong, and Steelix at bay. Because Gardevoir can copy Slush Rush with Trace and counter-sweep hail teams, sturdy answers such as Metagross and Registeel are required on semi-hail. Because Arctovish is unable to break through some bulky Water-types such as Milotic and Suicune, Grass- and Electric-type teammates are important. On semi-hail, Pokemon like Roserade, Nasty Plot Celebi, and Calm Mind Raikou are highly valuable. Roserade can support Arctovish with Spikes, while Raikou and Celebi pair very well with Arctovish offensively. On full hail, Pokemon like Toxicroak or Heliolisk can deal with Water-types. Lastly, checks to Steel-types like Registeel and Cosmic Power Metagross are important, so Pokemon like Xatu and Doublade are good choices.