It lacks a lot of attack power; in fact, aside from Toxic, its main form of offense is Explosion. Stealth Rock is mandatory to pressure Pokemon switching in while breaking Focus Sash and Sturdy, making teammates have an easier time cleaning up late-game. Registeel should be switched into Pokemon that it can wall, such as Venusaur, Exploud, Fletchling, and Choice Specs Meloetta. Registeel faces competition from other Steel-types, however, including Bronzong, Cobalion, and Empoleon. View strategies and more for Regice on the Smogon Strategy Pokedex. Toxic is used in tandem with Seismic Toss to whittle down the array of bulky Pokemon in the tier such as Porygon2, Slowbro, and Umbreon. It can run many supportive and defensive sets effectively and is commonly used as a check to -ate users, as it resists Ice, Flying, and Steel. However, even this isn't too effective against Skarmory, one of the main counters to Registeel. Offensive and defensive teams alike rely on it to check a whole host of threats—many super effective attacks will barely do over 70% to it.

Registeel has amazing bulk and a great pure Steel typing, which together allow it to check Dragon-types such as Latias and Hydreigon and Flying-types such as Togekiss and Crobat. Registeel is one of the best support Pokemon in the UU metagame. Registeel's viability stems from its immense bulk coupled with its excellent defensive typing, providing it with the defensive capacity to withstand attacks from many of the top-tier threats of the 1v1 metagame between Pokemon like non-Choice Band Dragonite, Choice Specs Greninja, Mega Metagross, non-Nasty Plot Porygon-Z, and Primarina. It can also support its team in various ways by setting Stealth Rock to damage foes as they switch in and by crippling opposing Pokemon with Toxic. Registeel is too easily beaten by many other standard Pokemon, and on the whole, it shouldn't be used in OU. Protect has a m…

To hinder Registeel even more, it lacks reliable recovery, making it able to be worn down easily. Registeel is a very versatile Pokemon in Balanced Hackmons due to its strong defenses and mono-Steel typing. Seismic Toss does a solid 100 HP of damage to anything that isn't a Ghost-type, allowing Registeel to dish out decent damage or break Substitutes of Pokemon that may try to set up on it. Toxic is used in tandem with Seismic Toss to whittle down the array of bulky Pokemon in the tier such as Porygon2, Slowbro, and Umbreon. Besides setting up Stealth Rock, it is the quintessential defensive pivot that we see so much of in the current metagame. Registeel can be used to set up Stealth Rock early in the game. Be careful when switching in on Exploud and Meloetta, however, as Registeel … Seismic Toss does a solid 100 HP of damage to anything that isn't a Ghost-type, allowing Registeel to dish out decent damage or break Substitutes of Pokemon that may try to set up on it.