Crustle

Crustle has access to Shell Smash, making it a solid Pokemon in the PU metagame by transforming it into a threatening sweeper. Crustle also has access to Sturdy, Stealth Rock, and Spikes, making it a solid hazard-stacking leads in the tier. In addition, it has a strong offensive presence with its access to the EdgeQuake combination, which makes Crustle hard to check because the two moves hit almost all of the tier neutrally, especially when combined with X-Scissor. However, Crustle's typing gives it weaknesses to common types such as Water and Rock while only granting it resistances to Normal- and Poison-type moves. As a result, Crustle has trouble with many threats in the PU metagame, and its weakness to Stealth Rock limits the number of times that Crustle can switch in. Despite Crustle having decent defenses, its poor defensive typing along with its lack of a form of recovery hinder its defensive capabilities. Crustle is also very slow for a sweeper, being outsped by Choice Scarf users such as Simipour and Rotom-F and fast Pokemon like Electrode and Ninjask, even at +2. As a suicide lead, Crustle faces competition from other leads in the tier such as Smeargle, Golem, and Rampardos. However, Golem and Rampardos do not have access to Spikes, and Smeargle has little to no offensive presence nor can utilise Custap Berry, giving Crustle a notable niche over all of them in the PU metagame.