Analysis
Despite being in F tier, Mawile still posses good enough niches, and I
am of personal belief it could be bumped up a tier higher. There are pretty much only 2 ways to use
Mawile, the first being as a Webs abuser. Because of Sheer Force, You can combine this with
Life Orb for a 1.69x boost on all of your moves with a secondary effect, AKA your stabs in Play Rough
& Iron Head and coverage. After an SD, you threaten an ohko on a ton of mons in the tier. You also have
a good match up into defog Mandibuzz, which webs notoriously struggle against. Against max defense Mandibuzz
you always 2 hit ko it with play rough at +2. Dragalge, another top tier mon, also is another matchup
Mawile is good into. While Mawile cannot hit it for super effective Fairy damage because of it's part Poison
typing, it still threatens a 2 hit Ko, while Dragalge cannot do much back except hydro pump or flip turn, which Mawile
can tank pretty well.
Using this as an entry point to it's next set, with Assault Vest it can act as an offensive pivot into
some of the Special Attackers in the tier, mainly Dragagle. You are immune to both
it's Poison and Dragon stab, while being able to take Hydro Pump like it's
nothing with Assault Vest. Though because of Mawile's trash bulk, you only
ever switch in once or twice, which is good enough for some offensive teams.
Because of it's speed tier, it cannot threaten a lot of pokemon despite
it's good Stab combo and ability, which is why it often relies on webs. However
even with webs it cannot outspeed a lot, which leaves it's main niche
on webs being to just take advantage of Mandibuzz.
Written by Essence