Who is a good Hazard Pokemon

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I am building a tournament grade triple and double battle team, and I need a good Hazard Pokemon. By that, I mean a Pokemon who can use Toxic Spikes, Stealth Rock, Sticky Web, or/and Spikes, with Stealth Rock and Sticky Web being necessary. Does even a Pokemon exist who can learn most of those?

Best Answer

Using the Generation 5 moveset searcher, I was able to search for a Pokemon that can learn Toxic Spikes, Spikes and Stealth Rock.

These are the Pokemon that came up:

  • Omanyte
  • Omastar
  • Pineco
  • Forretress
  • Smeargle

Taking out regular Spikes, the list includes Nidoqueen & Nidoking,

Unfortunately a Generation 6 Moveset Searcher doesn't exist yet (that I have found), But so far, Sticky Web is only known to be learned by:

  • Spinarak (Level 50)
  • Ariados (Level 58)
  • Shuckle (Level 53)
  • Surskit (Level 46)
  • Sewaddle (Level 31)
  • Galvantula (Level 65)

I know that Shuckle can learn Stealth Rock as well, (although it's harder to get, requiring at least the Move Tutor in B2/W2). But that's the Pokemon you want that can learn the Stealth Rock/Sticky Web combo.

As for learning all the moves, only Smeargle is capable of getting all 4 of them through the move Sketch (which permanently copies moves).

So, to summarise:

  • Shuckle can learn Sticky Web and Stealth Rock
  • Smeargle can sketch Sticky web and all the other moves, so it's the only Pokemon that can learn all 4 moves

Side note: Both these Pokemon have below-average stats, so it may be worth running with a different type of combo. Forretress, which can learn the 3 Entry hazard moves listed above, would be a pretty good choice due to its High defensive stats and the fact that it is neutral or resistant to all but Fire types. Check out the current Smogon Forretress analysis for X/Y for ideas of movesets you could run.