What are some good FEARS for National Dex AG?

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I have a couple of experience with National Dex AG, but not with using FEAR strategy. However from that experience, I can tell a few things about FEAR users:

Marshadow @ Focus SashAbility: TechnicianEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Poltergeist- Shadow Sneak- Endeavor- Close Combat

Marshadow can effectively seen as one of the best FEAR users—it has Ghost-type STAB for those pesky Endeavor immune ghost, and it gets an advantage against some of chip damage users—Poltergeist is unaffected by Rocky Helmet and 2OHKOes Necrozma-Dusk Mane. Shadow Sneak is the quick attack Ghost version. Close Combat hits Ferrothorn, a Iron Barbs and Leech Seed abuser (the most common) in AG.There are still a lot many—Scrappy Taillow, Rattata, Magnemite, etc. but I don’t suggest using those—Marshadow still has some niche as a unresisted STAB hitter, doing both FEAR and acting as a anti-sweep forcer in the tier, which other FEAR Pokemon can’t do, as they have slightly to no use outside of this.I have an recommendation to run with FEAR—Mega-Sableye. Honestly, it is a bit of weird choice. However, it’s fully functional and useful. It shuts down status moves, reflects Stealth Rock, Leech Seed, etc. etc because of Magic Bounce. There’s a set for it:

Sableye @ SableniteAbility: PranksterEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDBold Nature- Fake Out- Foul Play- Toxic- Recover

That’s all I wanted to say. Hope this helps!

Don’t use fear. It’s bad.It’s really bad. Trust me.But if you really want to, the best isScrappy Tailowas it can hit ghosts, just like the other more pathetic ones. You could try a similar strategy that goes like this:Pineco (level 1) @ Berry JuiceAbility:SturdyNature: anythingEVs:None•Toxic•Stealth Rock•Toxic Spikes•Pain SplitStill unreliable and bad, just like FEAR, but still funny and can beat the opponent, just like FEAR. Poison them and spam Pain Split.