Turns out it got Defog in Gen 8! Its dex entries say it relies on centrifugal force to lift its concrete slabs, so it probably uses that same force to knock away hazards.
3:08 aw man i always loved when most of the time your water absorb clodsire became setup fodder for special attackers, now it's just too unidimensional.
I mean, if you're predicting a switch in to counter you, you can use defog instead of u turn depending on the situation, THEN hard switch to counter. Outside of bullet punch, swords dance and u turn, other moves feel kinda lackluster, so why not freeing up the team slot for defog Scizor? That is, unless Scizor has a move to counter gholdengo, he u turns. If he does, defog then counter
@@airam1721 I mean, Swords Dance, Bullet Punch and Bug Bite are walled by bulky steel types, so a coverage move like Knock Off (for Gholdengo) or Close Combat (for other steels) helps Scizor a lot
@@MegaSpamziken1996 I thought Scizor lost knock off when typing this, but if Scizor got 5 move slots it'd be awesome to run both of these, or one with defog too
Been running this on my flame orb guts conk for ages, 650 or something base ATK does crazy dmg. You should also try out defog on mold breaker hawlucha to counter Gholdengo 😂