Smeargle
Painter Pokémon
It marks its territory by using its tail like a paintbrush. There are more than 5,000 different marks.
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Strategy Overview
Smeargle is capable of learning nearly every move in the game thanks to Sketch, which gives it a slew of options on paper. Sadly, its extremely low offensive and defensive stats mostly limit its options to status moves. Even with said drawbacks, though, it finds a niche as an entry hazard setter due to the fact that it is the only Pokemon with access to both Stealth Rock and Spore and is also the most viable Sticky Web setter in the tier. Although not bad, Smeargle's base 75 Speed leaves it slower than several offensive Pokemon in the tier, usually limiting it to a single entry hazard once it puts a foe to sleep. Smeargle's low offensive stats also make it setup fodder for many Pokemon in the tier, although this can be taken care of depending on its moves. Smeargle also happens to struggle against Taunt users due to the fact that it uses status moves most of the time, although Magic Coat can be used to help mitigate this.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc