Because they do nothing but copy/paste teams and strategies from Smogon. I can’t even tell you how many matches I’ve had on Showdown where people tried to set up hazards and status on my Mega Absol or Espeon. Shit is embarrassing.
That’s perhaps one of the sweeter more evil things you can do in pkmn. Next best is knocking off their toxic orb. Realistically though they wouldn’t have to rage if they had a good cleric as that remedies a burned Gliscor. I also love tricking black sludge on steels mostly Heatrans
(Charlie88 is still acting like ORAS is giving him Tourette’s, I see.)
I never got the point of using a “Cleric” with Poison Heal Gliscor actually since doing that just undoes his healing via Toxic Orb, which gives them more chance to status it with something other than Toxic, not less.
Besides, it’s their fault for sending Gliscor in before Toxic Orb activates in the first place and if they’re such fragile, defeatist bitches they can’t stand one thing not going their way, fuck them.
Not that I want to be “that guy”, but I have to wonder why you’re using Protect over Recover. There’s literally no reason to do that with Mega-Sableye, who has no healing otherwise. In fact, using Protect on it is straight-out detrimental to the “surprise” Magic Bounce you get when you transform. Please change at least that unless you’re deathly afraid of Mega-Lopunny High Jump Kicking you, which is probably the only reason to use Protect.
As for Toxic over Will-o-wisp, I don’t really agree with that either, but at least that makes sense. Using Recover would also help you stall out people with Toxic way more than Protect ever will in most instances. [/that guy]
Being able to give the middle finger to people trying to status you or throw up the Shitty Rocks after you get done Burning their Physical Sweeper or Taunting their wall all in the same mon is godlike.