Smeargle
Painter Pokémon
SMEARGLE marks the boundaries of its territory using a body fluid that leaks out from the tip of its tail. Over 5,000 different marks left by this POKéMON have been found.
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Strategy Overview
Smeargle unsurprisingly has tremendous flexibility, but it is overwhelmingly seen as a Spiker or sleep lead run on hyper offense teams. Unlike other aggressive Spikes leads, Smeargle has the advantage of sometimes being able to set up all three layers or trade favorably with foes by putting one to sleep then using Explosion, Destiny Bond, or Endeavor on another. However, Smeargle's terrible base stats and dependence on getting a good lead matchup tend to make it less common than more reliable Spikers like Skarmory, Forretress, and Cloyster. It also requires a fast-paced team and usually needs to be paired with Gengar to defend the Spikes from Rapid Spin users.
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