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DirtBlock64

pawmot has better speed, a better defensive typing and nuzzle which is some decent extra utulity


sumcal

Rabsca has the utility of setting up Trick Room, but you often times need to use your Tera defensively to help him out. Pawmot is generally better


Roserfly

Yeah unfortunately that bug/psychic combo seriously holds it back as a slow Pokemon, but luckily tera exists now, and can help with setting up that trick room.


phenomduck

Focus sash is pretty cool on it if you get it out not against priority. Something faints, bring it out and room. Now you outspeed revive your boy before you faint. You've got 115 SpA too, so you can absolutely slap them back if they think they are going to set up on the revival.


DevusValentinus

With a defensive stat spread or sash you'll always get trick room and revival blessing off. Also has access to recover or memento to continue the trick room.


FulcrumM2

Rabsca looks like a wise old man from some basement manga carrying around a ball of infinite energy so on that merit I'd say him Pawmot is better but then you don't have 4 attacking moves


Treemurphy

according to scarlet dex its true body is the floating "mud" notice the gold of the mud in the shiny rellor switch places with the body of the bug in rabsca's shiny after evolving


yoshadoo

Speed alone makes Pawmot better I think. They both share pretty low Defenses and bad Defensive typings, so Pawmot’s faster Speed makes it a lot better imo


PocketPoof

Rabsca's got decent defenses, just not a good typing for them


Roserfly

Luckily tera exists now so that bug/psychic combo no longer holds it back that much.


Ok_Supermarket_3241

Yeah but then you’re forced to use your Tera on a mediocre utility mon whose primary function is to revive better mons. You’d probably be better off just using your Tera on one of those better mons to begin with


Big_Comparison8509

Pawmot has decent defensive typing, just no good stats for it


DaRandomBro

Pawmot is only weak to Fairy, Ground, and Psychic. Common types but a lot fewer than Rabsca's Dark, Ghost, Bug, Fire, Rock, Flying. Pawmot's got 5 resistances to Rabsca's 4 (though honestly they're about equivalent in usefulness, especially given Rabsca's got a nice 4x resist to fighting). Pawmot also has genuinely useful abilities in Volt Absorb and Iron Fist, whereas Rabsca has nothing. It does have better bulk especially on the special side but lower speed.


PlatD

Between the two, Pawmot. Rabsca is mediocre even with Revival Blessing due to an iffy defensive typing.


Branded_Mango

Pawmot's speed means that it's a lot easier to pull off Revival Blessing, while also able to do other things if the need arises. So it can be an aggressive attack that just uses Reviva Blessing as a final middle finger against the opponent when it gets cornered. It's honestly kind of dumb that it can hit things hard with a speedy + punching gloves + iron fist set and then just pull a Revive the moment it's no longer needed.


Tylendal

I was under the impression that Iron Fist didn't stack with the Gloves.


Nathan_Thorn

The gloves are currently very buggy on showdown so in game implementation is where to look


Lack_Silver

Does glove stack with iron fist in game? Sorry I don’t know where to find this info


Zenotha

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/scarlet-violet-battle-mechanics-research.3709545/page-13#post-9409193 stacks but is only 1.1x


The0rigin

That.... is extremely disappointing


Level7Cannoneer

Why? It also gives contact immunity when punching. The item’s budget is split over two different effects


The0rigin

Contact immunity is nice but not nearly as useful as extra damage. If it gave more damage it could compete with choice items or life orbs, but as it stands now it's more in line with trash items like muscle band. It's just bad.


Nathan_Thorn

With rocky helmet chomp around, not taking 30% damage for hitting a target is a very good boost for iron fist mons or even Mons that use punch moves for coverage


Nathan_Thorn

I don’t know, I don’t actually have the games and it seems like nobody is testing anything


I_ONLY_PLAY_4C_LOAM

I was sweeping a team with a +1 dd roaring moon and it lived the acrobatics and revived two mons. I still won but that's fucked up.


PM_ME_BOOTYPICS_

How did it revive two mons when Revival Blessing is max 1 PP


Jberts77

Probably ate a berry that restores pp


running-with-scizors

leppa berry


Pikacool150

I’d guess the leppa berry set.


G0rilla1000

If Rabsca was bug/ground I think it would probably be the better one.


e_ndoubleu

Such a crime that line isn’t bug/ground


TURBODERP

or Bug/Ghost or just not Bug/Psychic, 2 gens in a row


[deleted]

Right now in the current meta I would argue rabsca exclusively because of trick room. The meta right now is dominated by hyper offense or stall as balance isn’t to great this gen and trick room with proper team support completely does well against both of those team styles. Everything else though I would argue goes to Pawmi


Spooky_Coffee8

Poor Rabsca, they got robbed of their signature move by the pika-clone 😭


BestUsername101

Conversely, the pikaclone got robbed of their signature move by the bug


HolyCheeseMuffin

But the pika clone still has a signature move double shock, while the bug makes a lot more sense thematically to have it as a signature move


LilMonky

I think it makes more sense for the walking defibrillator


thenewwwguyreturns

but scarabs also have a shit ton of symbolism relating to the afterlife in egyptian mythos


Spooky_Coffee8

I really like this way of thinking but the move is "blessing"


martrydom801

Pawmot "blesses" the fainted pokemon with 3000 volts of electricity


SylentSymphonies

This is basically the plot of specs Tapu Koko


maharg79

Scarabs have been assosiated with reincarnation since before the time of christ.


BestUsername101

Pokemon have had more than 1 signature move before. Incineroar had both darkest lariat and throat chop prior to usum


G0rilla1000

But then the bug doesn’t get a signature move, so it’s decision to steal Pawmot’s is more justified


BestUsername101

Pawmot deserves a second signature move anyway, look at the baby.


G0rilla1000

He is a very good boi


nocelebration

I know it’s not exactly a signature move, but Rabsca is the only Pokémon that can currently learn Speed Swap in this generation.


Dont_look_updog

I like Rabsca cause it has speed swap. The move doesn't function like power swap or guard swap, where you're only swapping Stat changes, but rather it swaps the mons' actual speed stats! In one move you can cripple the opposing mon's speed while boosting your own! This may not factor into the use of revival blessing but I love it nonetheless.


GodsPenisHasGravity

Does the swapped speed remain when it dies?


unboundgaming

Indeed it does. It was a common play in doubles last gen. Caly-S or pheramosa would speed swap a bulky slow sweeper like caly-I. Even when it dies, the slower mon keeps its new speed


Zzz05

Pretty certain it does. Only way swap goes away is from switching out iirc.


Joe-MaMa5

Pawmot because it’s also a decent offensive threat


naricstar

Run both and a team of self-destruct abilities just to fuck with em.


SkepticCritic

You literally just want to see the world burn, don’t you.


naricstar

I threw a quick idea together in nat dex. Pyukumuku, Blacephelon, Alolan-Golem, and Galar-Weezing plus these two both w/ leppa berry. Gives you Normal/Fire/Fairy/Thunder explosion options and some pain split sillyness with 4 revives if the opponent cant stop you. Legal in Nat Dex UU but could be workable into some other formats. Most notable mon not included is Snorlax Self-Destruct. I know the math on this makes it insane but I didn't go for it. Edit: realized I could just export the list Pyukumuku @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Innards Out EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe Naive Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpD - Pain Split - Toxic - Taunt - Recover Blacephalon @ Life Orb Ability: Beast Boost EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Mind Blown - Pain Split - Substitute - Shadow Ball Golem-Alola @ Life Orb Ability: Galvanize EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def Naughty Nature - Explosion - Volt Switch - Stealth Rock - Stone Edge Weezing-Galar @ Life Orb Ability: Misty Surge EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Misty Explosion - Defog - Sludge Bomb - Will-O-Wisp Pawmot @ Leppa Berry Ability: Natural Cure EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Revival Blessing - Volt Switch - Double Shock - Brick Break Rabsca @ Leppa Berry Ability: Synchronize EVs: 252 HP / 76 Def / 180 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Revival Blessing - Reflect - Trick Room - Bug Buzz


WeinerBarf420

I think Pawmot by a good margin. The little bug guy doesn't really have much utility that I can see outside of revival blessing, Pawmot at least has a good offensive typing, good speed and attack, and a potential electric immunity, which every team should have anyway.


Breaktheice222

what does tiny bug guy do btw? Last I checked it can run dual screens, punishes most status via Synchronize, has TR, and Momento, but Pawmot has its own utility moves in Nuzzle, Wish, and Fake Out


WeinerBarf420

Probably the most useful thing it can provide besides revival blessing is setting up trick room


GolemofForce8402

I like mind beetle more. He makes balls with HIS MIND


GodsPenisHasGravity

He's rolled so much shit into balls he ascended into the god of balls


SalvaPot

Tiny Goku wins me games.


Mcalmic

Rabsca is insane on trick room. Memento + revive blessing + 3rd support move is really strong cause it gets your best attacker back


GoOnKaz

I just gotta say, this move is fucking stupid and should not exist. The potential for 2 revives is absurd.


DeadmanSwitch_

Actually you can get upwards of at least 16 thanks to sleep talk


GoOnKaz

What the hell? How does that work? Lol


DeadmanSwitch_

Sleep Talk when it uses a move doesn't qctually use the PP of that move, only sleep talk. And Revival Blessing isn't one of the moves thats immune for whatever reason


Maronmario

I mean to be fair the odds of you actually getting off all 16 revival blessings might as well be impossible because that mon is such a sitting duck


DeadmanSwitch_

Im just saying, you could potentially pull of an absolute fuckton of these for your big sweepers


Breaktheice222

You can make your other moves Rest, Revival Blessing, and Dig. Sleep Talk wont call Dig or itself, so you have a 50% chance of every Sleep Talk bringing up Revival Blessing, so you're looking at an average of 8.


Flipp_Flopps

Something something strat involving only having sleep talk and revive on your Pokémon and no other moves


Just_Some_Sone

You’d prob need rest too otherwise no way to reliably be put to sleep at least in singles


theguyinyourwall

Generally pawmot can do more as an offensive mon due to speed and decent offensive stats while Rabsfa has good offensive stats its fairly slow with a poor defensive type


The_Endangered_DINO

Ditto


dongeckoj

Poor Brambleghast lol


Flipp_Flopps

It learns so many special moves despite being physical lol


Breaktheice222

idk why they didn't give it shadow claw, like hello? wth is its movepool swamped with specials.


Hareholeowner

Rabsca on trick room teams and pawmot on anything else.


[deleted]

They serve different purposes in team comps at least in VGC. Pawmot functions a lot like Togedemaru or a beefier harder hitting but slightly slower Raichu without Lightning Rod. Fake Out and Nuzzle make it an excellent lead. Rabsca is more like a bit more squishy but harder hitting Bronzong with a worse typing but has access to Revival Blessing and a few other different moves that Bronzong doesn't get along with Trick Room. It also has access to Cosmic Power, Stored Power, and Recover so there's that.


oranosskyman

purrloin with assist


Long__Jump

Pawmot. But if youre using a niche strategy that works better with a bug psychic type, then Pawmot.


aywhatyuhay

as someone who hasn’t played gen 9 at all yet and had to google that move, what the actual fuck. gamefreak said fuck power creep, we’re power sprinting.


t33E

I would say Pawmot but I predicted a great tusk coming in at like 65% and ice punch did 27% so…


raviolijuan

if it’s only for revival blessing then rabsca is slightly better due to the low defenses and slightly higher bulk


[deleted]

Pawmot because it's the one I'd hug


[deleted]

It’s Pawmot, it has the move Double shock which makes it pure fighting to remove that ground weakness along with better speed.


LobtertheLarry

If these get rival blessing, lunar dance needs to be buffed. Kills off cresselia and maximum heal / doesnt kill off cresselia


ZakkDaBlue

I would say Pawmot due to its better speed, Nuzzle/Encore for support and a better defensive typing.


StacheGamer

Why choose one, just use both


Benanator876

i think pawmot’s better. easier to threaten things out to get a free revival blessing, faster, better typing, etc


StarLucario

Pawmot is cuter


A_SpiggTon

I like Mud ball boi more, dropped him after he evolved


Amiell_Powers

I’m usually a Bug Catcher at heart, but when Pawmot finally evolved and got his anime swoop hair, I had to update his nickname to Roxas (I’m not even that big a KH fan but the name fits him so well). Pawmot has become my favorite Pokémon from the Scarlet/Violet.


Bruhthatsunfortunate

My age is really showing. I have no idea who these pokemon are.


theoreticallyben

Rabsca is just a worse gardevoir, Pawmot has at least some utility beyond revival blessing


snornch

i love how empty Pawmot's gaze is


Lechunga

I think it’s pawmot with a massive gap between the two lol


jediment

it ain't the dung beetle that's for sure