Mandibuzz
Bone Vulture Pokémon
They fly in circles around the sky. When they spot prey, they attack and carry it back to their nest with ease.
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Strategy Overview
With great mixed defensive stats as well as a fantastic defensive typing, Mandibuzz finds it place as one of the best Defoggers in the metagame. Furthermore, with a great movepool, decent Speed for a defensive Pokemon, and access to greater abilities than its original ones such as Poison Heal, Delta Stream, and Prankster, it's one tough Pokemon to bring down overall. As for its movepool, it has a wide variety of support moves such as Taunt, Defog, Knock Off, and Whirlwind. However, Mandibuzz has a Stealth Rock weakness, cutting a fourth of its health lost each time it switches in, which is is pretty crippling for a Defogger. It's also worth mentioning that while Mandibuzz is a Taunt user, its also susceptible to Taunt itself, considering that the majority of its movesets won't have attacking moves. Lastly, its offensive stats are pretty lackluster, which is detrimental considering that the metagame mostly revolves around offensive playstyles.
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