Politoed

Politoed is an excellent wielder of the Drizzle ability, with good natural bulk to go with its offensive coverage options and utility that serve it well. Drizzle enables the plethora of strong Swift Swim users, such as Barraskewda, Basculegion-F, and Overqwil, while also giving Hurricane users like Kilowattrel and Noivern perfect accuracy. Perish Trapper Politoed is a valuable asset for rain teams, as it can trap and eliminate walls like Chansey and Umbreon. Politoed can use its own rain to throw off powerful STAB attacks like Surf and Weather Ball, which can be powerful when used in conjunction with Choice Specs. The main limiting factor of Politoed, however, is its inability to pivot, which means it has to rely on defensive pivots like Eject Button Amoonguss, Forretress, and Jirachi to give safe entry points to the powerful wallbreakers on rain teams. Similarly, Politoed lacks reliable recovery outside of Rest and can struggle to establish rain multiple times a game against the other weather setters in the tier like Hippowdon and Torkoal.