What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Flash and Sand Tomb combo in a competitive battle?

Feb. 5, 2019

Recently, I bred myself a perfect IV Shuckle in Pokemon X with:Egg move Sand TombAbility SturdyNature: Impish (+Def -Sp. Atk)I forgot why I intended to haveSand Tombbut decided that I would teach it the TMFlashso that I could prevent the foe from switching out while lowering their accuracy. I would also have the Shuckle hold a grip claw so that the sand tomb lasts for seven turns. Is this a waste of a Shuckle?

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This strategy isn’t very good. Switching has priority over moves, so your opponent will very likely switch to a reliable Shuckle counter before Shuckle can use sand tomb. You’ll end up trapping the Shuckle counter, which doesn’t do you any good.