[SET]
Bulk Up (Hemogoblin) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pixilate
Tera Type: Fairy / Poison / Ground
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Extreme Speed
- Bitter Blade
- Taunt / Spikes / Tera Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Hemogoblin is an amazing late-game sweeper thanks to its combination of strong priority and a great offensive typing. Pixilate-boosted Extreme Speed allows Hemogoblin to easily KO weakened targets and pressure offensive threats. Its strength also lets Hemogoblin sweep through teams with frail offensive cores such as Dragapult and Iron Valiant with particular ease if it finds a setup opportunity. Bitter Blade gives Hemogoblin strong recovery and dents threats that resist Extreme Speed, such as Equilibra and Gholdengo. Bulk Up raises Hemogoblin’s middling Attack, allowing it to OHKO defensive Equilibra with Bitter Blade at +1 and offensive Great Tusk with Extreme Speed at +2. Bulk Up also makes it harder to revenge kill Hemogoblin, turning offensive Great Tusk’s Headlong Rush and Booster Energy Roaring Moon’s Earthquake into a 2HKO at +1. Taunt stops slower foes such as Venomicon, Arghonaut, and Clefable from recovering their HP, allowing Hemogoblin to slowly wear down its checks throughout the game. Spikes is an option to capitalize on forced switches. Tera Fairy maximizes Extreme Speed’s wallbreaking power, while Tera Poison allows Hemogoblin to beat Cresceidon and turn defensive Venomicon into setup fodder. Tera Ground with Tera Blast allows Hemogoblin to break past threats such as Heatran, Mollux, and Plasmanta, as well as allowing it to win the mirror matchup against opposing Hemogoblin. The EV spread allows Hemogoblin to maximize Attack while outspeeding Adamant Kingambit. Alternatively, Hemogoblin can run 76 Speed EVs to outspeed Venomicon while gaining bulk
Both Hex and Choice Specs Dragapult provide great synergy with Hemogoblin. Dragapult provides great speed control and can beat Great Tusk and Iron Moth, which Hemogoblin can struggle against. Dragapult’s Will-O-Wisp can wear down Hemogoblin’s checks such as Cresceidon, Venomicon, and Great Tusk over time, allowing it to KO them with Extreme Speed. Ground-immune teammates such as Equilibra and Gliscor greatly assist Hemogoblin by checking threats such as Great Tusk and opposing Gliscor. Ogerpon-W threatens Gliscor and Skeledirge for Hemogoblin while easily switching into Water-types such as Krilowatt. Together they can navigate around Venomicon and overwhelm it. With Taunt from Hemogoblin and Encore from Ogerpon-W, Venomicon quickly gets chipped and cannot easily recover HP without giving Hemogoblin setup opportunities. Plasmanta is also a great teammate, although more niche; it easily breaks through walls such as Venomicon, Cresceidon, Dondozo, and Skeledirge that Hemogoblin would otherwise struggle against. Plasmanta is also a great check to Ogerpon-W, which greatly threatens Hemogoblin. Entry hazards and duel screens leads such as Glimmora and Deoxys-S found on hyper offense greatly benefit Hemogoblin, giving it easier sweeping and setup opportunities.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Explosion allows Hemogoblin to deal one last attack that will significantly dent even Fairy-resistant foes such as Venomicon and Skeledirge. At +2, it will even OHKO Multiscale Cresceidon. Explosion also gives a free switch-in to a teammate, grabbing huge amounts of momentum quickly. However, Explosion is unreliable, as it takes away valuable utility and can be hard to use with Hemogoblin’s low Speed. Will-O-Wisp can also be used to cripple threats like Great Tusk, Venomicon, and Kingambit but is mostly useless against checks such as Gliscor and Krilowatt. Choice Band gives Hemogoblin immediate power, allowing it to sweep with Extreme Speed more easily and break through Unaware Dondozo with Tera Fairy. However, this prevents Hemogoblin from using Bulk Up, leaves Hemogoblin vulnerable to all hazards, and is easily taken advantage of by Venomicon. Trick can be used in conjunction with Choice Band to cripple threats such as Venomicon and Equilibra with a hampering item. However, the lack of Choice Band or a setup move is noticeable, making Hemogoblin’s attacks rather weak. Tera Water allows Hemogoblin to more easily win mirror matchups against opposing Hemogoblin by resisting Bitter Blade, but otherwise is inferior to Tera Ground. Hemogoblin can also choose to run a specially defensive EV spread with a recovery move such as Moonlight or Wish and Tera Poison. This allows it to more easily set up on Venomicon while also making it more resilient into special wallbreakers such as Dragapult and Gholdengo. Wish also provides healing for teammates. However, doing so heavily reduces Hemogoblin's revenge killing potential due to a lack of Attack investment.
Checks and Counters
==
**Bulky Poison-types**: Venomicon, Galarian Slowking, and Mollux can all tank Hemogoblin’s attacks and threaten it with Sludge Bomb. Pecharunt is more rare but does the same and threatens Toxic or Malignant Chain. All of them have to be wary of Hemogoblin Terastallizing, however.
**Fast Fairy-resistant Pokemon**: Iron Moth, Plasmanta, Venomicon-E, and Heatran can tank a Pixilate-boosted Extreme Speed and threaten back with Poison-type STAB moves and Earth Power for the latter. Heatran has the added danger of trapping Hemogoblin with Magma Storm.
**Krilowatt**: Krilowatt's great natural bulk lets it take a single Extreme Speed and force Hemogoblin out with the threat of a super effective Surf.
**Bulky Ground-types**: Gliscor and Landorus-T can absorb an attack from Hemogoblin and immediately threaten it back with Earthquake, while Great Tusk can threaten it with Headlong Rush and tank a hit at the cost of a defensive Tera.
**Fairy-resistant Tera Users**: Tera Poison and Tera Fire from threats such as Dragapult, Roaring Moon, and Great Tusk can completely shut down a revenge kill attempt from Hemogoblin, with Tera Fire also heavily reducing Bitter Blade's damage, forcing Hemogoblin to either get KOed itself, or switch out.
**Unaware Users:** Skeledirge and Dondozo are walls that are nearly impossible for Hemogoblin to break through. Skeledirge can slowly use Torch Song to chip its way through Hemogoblin’s HP, while Dondozo takes chunks of Hemogoblin’s health through Waterfall or Liquidation. Arghonaut can wall Hemogoblin too after burning Tera, freely setting Spikes if Hemogoblin lacks Taunt. Arghonaut can also force Hemogoblin out afterwards with Circle Throw.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Bulk Up (Hemogoblin) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pixilate
Tera Type: Fairy / Poison / Ground
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Extreme Speed
- Bitter Blade
- Taunt / Spikes / Tera Blast
[SET COMMENTS]
Hemogoblin is an amazing late-game sweeper thanks to its combination of strong priority and a great offensive typing. Pixilate-boosted Extreme Speed allows Hemogoblin to easily KO weakened targets and pressure offensive threats. Its strength also lets Hemogoblin sweep through teams with frail offensive cores such as Dragapult and Iron Valiant with particular ease if it finds a setup opportunity. Bitter Blade gives Hemogoblin strong recovery and dents threats that resist Extreme Speed, such as Equilibra and Gholdengo. Bulk Up raises Hemogoblin’s middling Attack, allowing it to OHKO defensive Equilibra with Bitter Blade at +1 and offensive Great Tusk with Extreme Speed at +2. Bulk Up also makes it harder to revenge kill Hemogoblin, turning offensive Great Tusk’s Headlong Rush and Booster Energy Roaring Moon’s Earthquake into a 2HKO at +1. Taunt stops slower foes such as Venomicon, Arghonaut, and Clefable from recovering their HP, allowing Hemogoblin to slowly wear down its checks throughout the game. Spikes is an option to capitalize on forced switches. Tera Fairy maximizes Extreme Speed’s wallbreaking power, while Tera Poison allows Hemogoblin to beat Cresceidon and turn defensive Venomicon into setup fodder. Tera Ground with Tera Blast allows Hemogoblin to break past threats such as Heatran, Mollux, and Plasmanta, as well as allowing it to win the mirror matchup against opposing Hemogoblin. The EV spread allows Hemogoblin to maximize Attack while outspeeding Adamant Kingambit. Alternatively, Hemogoblin can run 76 Speed EVs to outspeed Venomicon while gaining bulk
Both Hex and Choice Specs Dragapult provide great synergy with Hemogoblin. Dragapult provides great speed control and can beat Great Tusk and Iron Moth, which Hemogoblin can struggle against. Dragapult’s Will-O-Wisp can wear down Hemogoblin’s checks such as Cresceidon, Venomicon, and Great Tusk over time, allowing it to KO them with Extreme Speed. Ground-immune teammates such as Equilibra and Gliscor greatly assist Hemogoblin by checking threats such as Great Tusk and opposing Gliscor. Ogerpon-W threatens Gliscor and Skeledirge for Hemogoblin while easily switching into Water-types such as Krilowatt. Together they can navigate around Venomicon and overwhelm it. With Taunt from Hemogoblin and Encore from Ogerpon-W, Venomicon quickly gets chipped and cannot easily recover HP without giving Hemogoblin setup opportunities. Plasmanta is also a great teammate, although more niche; it easily breaks through walls such as Venomicon, Cresceidon, Dondozo, and Skeledirge that Hemogoblin would otherwise struggle against. Plasmanta is also a great check to Ogerpon-W, which greatly threatens Hemogoblin. Entry hazards and duel screens leads such as Glimmora and Deoxys-S found on hyper offense greatly benefit Hemogoblin, giving it easier sweeping and setup opportunities.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Explosion allows Hemogoblin to deal one last attack that will significantly dent even Fairy-resistant foes such as Venomicon and Skeledirge. At +2, it will even OHKO Multiscale Cresceidon. Explosion also gives a free switch-in to a teammate, grabbing huge amounts of momentum quickly. However, Explosion is unreliable, as it takes away valuable utility and can be hard to use with Hemogoblin’s low Speed. Will-O-Wisp can also be used to cripple threats like Great Tusk, Venomicon, and Kingambit but is mostly useless against checks such as Gliscor and Krilowatt. Choice Band gives Hemogoblin immediate power, allowing it to sweep with Extreme Speed more easily and break through Unaware Dondozo with Tera Fairy. However, this prevents Hemogoblin from using Bulk Up, leaves Hemogoblin vulnerable to all hazards, and is easily taken advantage of by Venomicon. Trick can be used in conjunction with Choice Band to cripple threats such as Venomicon and Equilibra with a hampering item. However, the lack of Choice Band or a setup move is noticeable, making Hemogoblin’s attacks rather weak. Tera Water allows Hemogoblin to more easily win mirror matchups against opposing Hemogoblin by resisting Bitter Blade, but otherwise is inferior to Tera Ground. Hemogoblin can also choose to run a specially defensive EV spread with a recovery move such as Moonlight or Wish and Tera Poison. This allows it to more easily set up on Venomicon while also making it more resilient into special wallbreakers such as Dragapult and Gholdengo. Wish also provides healing for teammates. However, doing so heavily reduces Hemogoblin's revenge killing potential due to a lack of Attack investment.
Checks and Counters
==
**Bulky Poison-types**: Venomicon, Galarian Slowking, and Mollux can all tank Hemogoblin’s attacks and threaten it with Sludge Bomb. Pecharunt is more rare but does the same and threatens Toxic or Malignant Chain. All of them have to be wary of Hemogoblin Terastallizing, however.
**Fast Fairy-resistant Pokemon**: Iron Moth, Plasmanta, Venomicon-E, and Heatran can tank a Pixilate-boosted Extreme Speed and threaten back with Poison-type STAB moves and Earth Power for the latter. Heatran has the added danger of trapping Hemogoblin with Magma Storm.
**Krilowatt**: Krilowatt's great natural bulk lets it take a single Extreme Speed and force Hemogoblin out with the threat of a super effective Surf.
**Bulky Ground-types**: Gliscor and Landorus-T can absorb an attack from Hemogoblin and immediately threaten it back with Earthquake, while Great Tusk can threaten it with Headlong Rush and tank a hit at the cost of a defensive Tera.
**Fairy-resistant Tera Users**: Tera Poison and Tera Fire from threats such as Dragapult, Roaring Moon, and Great Tusk can completely shut down a revenge kill attempt from Hemogoblin, with Tera Fire also heavily reducing Bitter Blade's damage, forcing Hemogoblin to either get KOed itself, or switch out.
**Unaware Users:** Skeledirge and Dondozo are walls that are nearly impossible for Hemogoblin to break through. Skeledirge can slowly use Torch Song to chip its way through Hemogoblin’s HP, while Dondozo takes chunks of Hemogoblin’s health through Waterfall or Liquidation. Arghonaut can wall Hemogoblin too after burning Tera, freely setting Spikes if Hemogoblin lacks Taunt. Arghonaut can also force Hemogoblin out afterwards with Circle Throw.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/anchor9.652323/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lasen.273339/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/quziel.297859/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/gambit_gamin.652656/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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