Copyediting flavor of the month B- fraud (Nasty Plot Torn-T) [QC 2/2] [GP 0/1]

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk


Nasty Plot Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to hit heavier pokemon like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl for super effective damage. Focus Blast, on the other hand, provides coverage against pokemon like Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores via the removal of items, particularly Heavy-Duty Boots which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can threaten KOs against Dragapult, Pecharunt, and OHKO Galarian Slowking after a Nasty Plot. But also has the extra benefit of resisting Sucker Punch from Kingambit. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to turn the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap This also lets it have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. All at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost, allowing Tornadus-T to achieve thresholds like OHKOing Gliscor with a +2 Bleakwind Storm, and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Stone Edge from Zamazenta, Triple Axel from Weavile, Psycho Boost from Deoxys-Speed and Draco Meteor from Dragapult moves, this is important because these pokemon are faster than Tornadus-T and can force it out or kill it outright. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. An example of this is being able to 2HKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Life Orb support

This set is generally featured in Bulky Offense and Balance teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. The biggest problem for Tornadus-T is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it has troubles into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Tornadus-T is also checked by strong priority users such as Choice Band Scizor, Raging Bolt and Kingambit. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-T away. For these reasons, pair Tornadus-T with pokemon that can handle offense but can struggle on defense. Physical set-up sweepers like Kingambit and Dragonite appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to break through walls like Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk, Dondozo, Corviknight and Skarmory, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. Kingambit in particular can go toe to toe against Tornadus-T checks, like Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-T like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. In return, Tornadus-T can overwhelm Galarian Slowking as a duo, and can help destroy the aforementioned Skarmory and Corviknight, opposing Gholdengo, and Pecharunt. Ogerpon-W can help Tornadus-T in a plethora of ways, since Ogerpon-W can also help overwhelm defensive cores via either its massive damage output or its tools like Knock Off and Spikes, which it can use to chip the opposing walls; Ogerpon-W can also overwhelm shared checks like Zapdos or Raging Bolt the same way. If running Life Orb as the item, consider adding hazard removal support, Great Tusk is a superb option for this, as he can also help handle pokemon like Kingambit and Dragonite. Iron Treads is another viable option thanks to its ability to check Raging Bolt. Hatterene can also help with Magic Bounce aswell as utility moves like Healing Wish and Nuzzle. Corviknight and Galarian Weezing can help with defog while also appreciating not having to worry about Gholdengo at all. It's also recommended to pair it with Stealth Rock and Spikes users and Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and Corviknight. Clefable has general utility moves Knock Off and Thunder Wave, and can do them reliably thanks to Magic Guard. It also has Stealth Rock too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels out of the way. While not having Knock Off, Ting Lu and Garganacl can be quite effective, since both have hazards, the former stone walls Zapdos and handles Raging Bolt. Garganacl meanwhile, can still check Zapdos but can also take on Dragapult.

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Let me know when it is implemented and I can give it another look. Ty!

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

Nasty Plot Tornadus-Therian's Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Bleakwind Storm is used over Hurricane for both its accuracy and chance to slow down faster opponents. (No need to mention this. If you do, is because you are also going to explain why Hurricane might be used. I would just remove this part.) Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, (They are all important targets so worth mentioning them) and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl. Focus Blast is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores, which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. (Please be a bit more specific with what you mean here, remember the reader may not understand that you are talking about Boot) Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can exorcize Dragapult, Pecharunt and Gholdengo, while also nuking Galarian Slowking out of the planet. (Please reword this in a more formal way. Its worth nothing that Heat Wave is stronger vs Gholdengo, so I would remove that part or at least make it clear that as you retain the ability to hit it and Iron Crown; Tera Dark is important cause it lets you OHKO Pivot Galarian Slowking) Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. This also has the perk of turning the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap, all at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. (I would change the order of these two sentences, as Bolt is the big one) Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. (To illustrate the power you could mention a calc like threatening to OHKO Gliscor after a Nasty Plot) But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Rock, Ice, Psychic and Dragon-type moves, this is important because a lot of the pokemon that are faster than Tornadus-Therian like Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed and Zamazenta carry these. (This is borderline type chart information. Be a bit more specific with the moves that you resist) While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. (Any important calcs here?)

A defensive merit of Tera Dark is also warranted. You for example resist Sucker Punch.

This set lives in offense (It also exists, and is most common, on Bulky Offense and Balance) teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. This means that Pokémon that benefit from seeing these walls gone appreciate the help from the wind genie. Examples of this are Iron Moth who loves watching enemies number 1 and 2 Ting Lu and Galarian Slowking perish. The former can free both Raging Bolt and Gholdengo from a major roadblock, while the latter benefits Iron Valiant. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. The biggest problem for Tornadus-Therian is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it is terrible into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-Therian away. This is where the offensive pokemon that Tornadus-T have helped come back to return the favor. Iron Moth has STAB Fiery Dance to melt Weavile and Meowscarada, Sludge Wave for Ogerpon-W, and Dazzling Gleam for Dragapult and Zamazenta. Iron Valiant can also make all of them disappear thanks to its devastating Moonblast. Kingambit can go against the aforementioned Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Dragonite helps the cause with its powerful Extreme Speed, scaring away Ogerpon-W and Iron Valiant. Raging Bolt resists both Zapdos's STABS so it can be used as a point of entry to cause havoc. (This really hard to read. You for example mention Iron Moth all the way at the start in one sentence, then in the next sentence, then towards the end. I recommend rewording this if possible. Iron Moth, iron Valiant, and Dragonite are not particularly common partners. For the offensive Pokemon I would instead focus on Kingambit, Zamazenta like you did below, and also Ogerpon-W; note that the latter can overwhelm shared checks to both it and Tornadus-T such as Raging Bolt and Zapdos.) If using Knock Off, (Not needed to pair it with these Pokemon) pair it with both hazard users Stealth Rock and Spikes users and extra Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner since it has both moves due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and the metal birds. and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off (and Stealth Rock?) too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels and Galarian Slowking out of the way. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-Therian like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, Weavile's Ice Shard (Weavile can Axel) and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. Gholdengo can also do this outside of Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Landorus-T exchanges its inability to take on Weavile for the ability to take on Raging Bolt, bonus points for having U-turn, baiting in Ogerpon-W, Dondozo and the metal birds. (Really hard to read. Try to separate this in multiple sentence as to convey one idea at the time, rather than multiple at once. Info is a bit weird here since Gholdengo also doesnt want to take on Weavile, and Landorus-T is not a very common partner) In return, Tornadus-Therian can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds, opposing Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta.

- Mention bulkier partners, particularly those that can deal with Zapdos and Raging Bolt such as Ting-Lu in the case of both, or Garganacl in the case of the former.
- Since you might be running Life Orb, partners that can keep Stealth Rock off the field are also good, such as Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Corviknight, and Galarian Weezing, the former 2 being able to check Raging Bolt.
- A lot of the text in the second paragraph makes it sound like Tornadus-T beats Galarian Slowking, but it does not usually in one-on-ones, requiring an extra turn of set up as Galarian Slowking switches in or burning Tera Steel / Ground / Dark and getting a free turn.

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Let me know when it is implemented and I can give it another look. Ty!

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

Nasty Plot Tornadus-Therian's Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Bleakwind Storm is used over Hurricane for both its accuracy and chance to slow down faster opponents. (No need to mention this. If you do, is because you are also going to explain why Hurricane might be used. I would just remove this part.) Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, (They are all important targets so worth mentioning them) and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl. Focus Blast is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores, which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. (Please be a bit more specific with what you mean here, remember the reader may not understand that you are talking about Boot) Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can exorcize Dragapult, Pecharunt and Gholdengo, while also nuking Galarian Slowking out of the planet. (Please reword this in a more formal way. Its worth nothing that Heat Wave is stronger vs Gholdengo, so I would remove that part or at least make it clear that as you retain the ability to hit it and Iron Crown; Tera Dark is important cause it lets you OHKO Pivot Galarian Slowking) Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. This also has the perk of turning the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap, all at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. (I would change the order of these two sentences, as Bolt is the big one) Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. (To illustrate the power you could mention a calc like threatening to OHKO Gliscor after a Nasty Plot) But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Rock, Ice, Psychic and Dragon-type moves, this is important because a lot of the pokemon that are faster than Tornadus-Therian like Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed and Zamazenta carry these. (This is borderline type chart information. Be a bit more specific with the moves that you resist) While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. (Any important calcs here?)

A defensive merit of Tera Dark is also warranted. You for example resist Sucker Punch.

This set lives in offense (It also exists, and is most common, on Bulky Offense and Balance) teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. This means that Pokémon that benefit from seeing these walls gone appreciate the help from the wind genie. Examples of this are Iron Moth who loves watching enemies number 1 and 2 Ting Lu and Galarian Slowking perish. The former can free both Raging Bolt and Gholdengo from a major roadblock, while the latter benefits Iron Valiant. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. The biggest problem for Tornadus-Therian is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it is terrible into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-Therian away. This is where the offensive pokemon that Tornadus-T have helped come back to return the favor. Iron Moth has STAB Fiery Dance to melt Weavile and Meowscarada, Sludge Wave for Ogerpon-W, and Dazzling Gleam for Dragapult and Zamazenta. Iron Valiant can also make all of them disappear thanks to its devastating Moonblast. Kingambit can go against the aforementioned Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Dragonite helps the cause with its powerful Extreme Speed, scaring away Ogerpon-W and Iron Valiant. Raging Bolt resists both Zapdos's STABS so it can be used as a point of entry to cause havoc. (This really hard to read. You for example mention Iron Moth all the way at the start in one sentence, then in the next sentence, then towards the end. I recommend rewording this if possible. Iron Moth, iron Valiant, and Dragonite are not particularly common partners. For the offensive Pokemon I would instead focus on Kingambit, Zamazenta like you did below, and also Ogerpon-W; note that the latter can overwhelm shared checks to both it and Tornadus-T such as Raging Bolt and Zapdos.) If using Knock Off, (Not needed to pair it with these Pokemon) pair it with both hazard users Stealth Rock and Spikes users and extra Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner since it has both moves due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and the metal birds. and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off (and Stealth Rock?) too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels and Galarian Slowking out of the way. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-Therian like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, Weavile's Ice Shard (Weavile can Axel) and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. Gholdengo can also do this outside of Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Landorus-T exchanges its inability to take on Weavile for the ability to take on Raging Bolt, bonus points for having U-turn, baiting in Ogerpon-W, Dondozo and the metal birds. (Really hard to read. Try to separate this in multiple sentence as to convey one idea at the time, rather than multiple at once. Info is a bit weird here since Gholdengo also doesnt want to take on Weavile, and Landorus-T is not a very common partner) In return, Tornadus-Therian can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds, opposing Gholdengo, Galarian Slowking and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta.

- Mention bulkier partners, particularly those that can deal with Zapdos and Raging Bolt such as Ting-Lu in the case of both, or Garganacl in the case of the former.
- Since you might be running Life Orb, partners that can keep Stealth Rock off the field are also good, such as Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Corviknight, and Galarian Weezing, the former 2 being able to check Raging Bolt.
- A lot of the text in the second paragraph makes it sound like Tornadus-T beats Galarian Slowking, but it does not usually in one-on-ones, requiring an extra turn of set up as Galarian Slowking switches in or burning Tera Steel / Ground / Dark and getting a free turn.

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Great edit, thank you for taking the time. If you want to look at something else before the next check you could start to change Tornadus-Therian -> Tornadus-T but feel free to do that at your own pace. QC 1/2 after implemented, ty tons!

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

Nasty Plot Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl. Focus Blast is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores via the removal of items, which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can kill Dragapult, Pecharunt and Iron Crown, and OHKO Galarian Slowking. Just be careful with your calcs. You can say you threaten OHKOs against Pecharunt and Dragapult with Tera Dark, while also against Galarian Slowking after a Nasty Plot. I would remove the Iron Crown bit to not overdo examples and since Heat Wave is stronger against it But also has the extra benefit of resisting Sucker Punch from Kingambit. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to turn the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap This also lets it have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. All at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost, allowing Tornadus-Therian to achieve thresholds like OHKOing Gliscor with a +2 Bleakwind Storm, and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Stone Edge from Zamazenta, Tripple Axel from Weavile, Psycho Boost from Deoxys-Speed and Draco Meteor from Dragapult moves, this is important because these pokemon are faster than Tornadus-T and can force it out or kill it outright. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. An example of this is being able to 2HKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Life Orb support

This set lives in Offense, Bulky Offense and Balance teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. The biggest problem for Tornadus-Therian is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it is terrible consider another less extreme wording like "has trouble with" into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-Therian away. For these reasons, pair Tornadus-Therian with pokemon that can handle offense but can struggle on defense. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. Kingambit in particular can go toe to toe against Tornadus-Therian checks, like Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-Therian like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. In return, Tornadus-Therian can overwhelm Galarian Slowking as a duo, and can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds, opposing Gholdengo, and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta. Ogerpon-W can help Tornadus-T in a plethora of ways, since Ogerpon-W can also help overwhelm defensive cores via either its massive damage output or its tools like Knock Off and Spikes, which it can use to chip the opposing walls; Ogerpon-W can also overwhelm some shared checks like Zapdos or Raging Bolt the same way. If running Life Orb as the item, consider adding hazard removal support, Great Tusk is a superb option for this, as he can also help handle pokemon like Kingambit and Dragonite. Iron Treads is another viable option thanks to its ability to check Raging Bolt. Corviknight and Galarian Weezing can help with defog while also appreciating not having to worry about Gholdengo at all. Its also recomended to pair it with Stealth Rock and Spikes users and Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off and can reliably bait Galarian Slowking into taking one and losing its item, making it easier for Tornadus-T to break. It also has Stealth Rock too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels out of the way. While not having Knock Off, Ting Lu and Garganacl can be quite effective, since both have hazards, the former stone walls Zapdos and handles Raging Bolt. Garganacl meanwhile, can still check Zapdos but can also take on Dragapult.

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Great edit, thank you for taking the time. If you want to look at something else before the next check you could start to change Tornadus-Therian -> Tornadus-T but feel free to do that at your own pace. QC 1/2 after implemented, ty tons!

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

Nasty Plot Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl. Focus Blast is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores via the removal of items, which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can kill Dragapult, Pecharunt and Iron Crown, and OHKO Galarian Slowking. Just be careful with your calcs. You can say you threaten OHKOs against Pecharunt and Dragapult with Tera Dark, while also against Galarian Slowking after a Nasty Plot. I would remove the Iron Crown bit to not overdo examples and since Heat Wave is stronger against it But also has the extra benefit of resisting Sucker Punch from Kingambit. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to turn the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap This also lets it have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. All at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost, allowing Tornadus-Therian to achieve thresholds like OHKOing Gliscor with a +2 Bleakwind Storm, and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Stone Edge from Zamazenta, Tripple Axel from Weavile, Psycho Boost from Deoxys-Speed and Draco Meteor from Dragapult moves, this is important because these pokemon are faster than Tornadus-T and can force it out or kill it outright. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. An example of this is being able to 2HKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Life Orb support

This set lives in Offense, Bulky Offense and Balance teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. The biggest problem for Tornadus-Therian is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it is terrible consider another less extreme wording like "has trouble with" into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-Therian away. For these reasons, pair Tornadus-Therian with pokemon that can handle offense but can struggle on defense. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. Kingambit in particular can go toe to toe against Tornadus-Therian checks, like Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-Therian like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. In return, Tornadus-Therian can overwhelm Galarian Slowking as a duo, and can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds, opposing Gholdengo, and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta. Ogerpon-W can help Tornadus-T in a plethora of ways, since Ogerpon-W can also help overwhelm defensive cores via either its massive damage output or its tools like Knock Off and Spikes, which it can use to chip the opposing walls; Ogerpon-W can also overwhelm some shared checks like Zapdos or Raging Bolt the same way. If running Life Orb as the item, consider adding hazard removal support, Great Tusk is a superb option for this, as he can also help handle pokemon like Kingambit and Dragonite. Iron Treads is another viable option thanks to its ability to check Raging Bolt. Corviknight and Galarian Weezing can help with defog while also appreciating not having to worry about Gholdengo at all. Its also recomended to pair it with Stealth Rock and Spikes users and Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off and can reliably bait Galarian Slowking into taking one and losing its item, making it easier for Tornadus-T to break. It also has Stealth Rock too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels out of the way. While not having Knock Off, Ting Lu and Garganacl can be quite effective, since both have hazards, the former stone walls Zapdos and handles Raging Bolt. Garganacl meanwhile, can still check Zapdos but can also take on Dragapult.

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

I would like to mention one general feedback w.r.t the entire write-up - as the intended use for these analysis is to help newer players understand the metagame, it would be best to keep the language and terms used simple and easy to grasp. Admittedly, this does mean your writing would be restricted in certain aspects like not being able to use the super bowling pins analogy or the metal birds reference. Keeping this in mind, could you please go over the entire write-up once again and rephrase those sentences you feel could be simplified? (Over and above the ones highlighted by me)

Nasty Plot Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers hit heavier pokemon like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl for super effective damage. Focus Blast, on the other hand, provides coverage against pokemon like is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores via the removal of items, particularly Heavy-Duty Boots which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can threaten KOs against Dragapult, Pecharunt, and OHKO Galarian Slowking after a Nasty Plot. But also has the extra benefit of resisting Sucker Punch from Kingambit. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to turn the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap This also lets it have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. All at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost, allowing Tornadus-T to achieve thresholds like OHKOing Gliscor with a +2 Bleakwind Storm, and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Stone Edge from Zamazenta, Tripple Axel from Weavile, Psycho Boost from Deoxys-Speed and Draco Meteor from Dragapult moves, this is important because these pokemon are faster than Tornadus-T and can force it out or kill it outright. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. An example of this is being able to 2HKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Life Orb support

This set lives is generally featured in Offense, Bulky Offense and Balance teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. The biggest problem for Tornadus-T is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it has troubles into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada (Less impactful and common than the others on this list, so can do away with mentioning it since there are already quite a few examples) and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. (Scizor does not have a super effective move, could this be rephrased to something along the lines of "Tornadus-T is also checked by strong priority users such as Choice Band Scizor, Raging Bolt, Kingambit") Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-T away. For these reasons, pair Tornadus-T with pokemon that can handle offense but can struggle on defense. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. (Could you rephrase into something simpler in terms of structure? Something along the lines of "Physical set-up sweepers like Kingambit and Dragonite appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to break through walls like....) Kingambit in particular can go toe to toe against Tornadus-T checks, like Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-T like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. In return, Tornadus-T can overwhelm Galarian Slowking as a duo, and can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds Skarmory and Corviknight, opposing Gholdengo, and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta (Though Okidogi sees usage in OU as a zama check on occassion, uou can use more OU relevant examples here like Pecharunt, GWeez). Ogerpon-W can help Tornadus-T in a plethora of ways, since Ogerpon-W can also help overwhelm defensive cores via either its massive damage output or its tools like Knock Off and Spikes, which it can use to chip the opposing walls; Ogerpon-W can also overwhelm shared checks like Zapdos or Raging Bolt the same way. If running Life Orb as the item, consider adding hazard removal support, Great Tusk is a superb option for this, as he can also help handle pokemon like Kingambit and Dragonite. Iron Treads is another viable option thanks to its ability to check Raging Bolt. Corviknight and Galarian Weezing can help with defog while also appreciating not having to worry about Gholdengo at all. It's also recommended to pair it with Stealth Rock and Spikes users and Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off and can reliably bait Galarian Slowking into taking one and losing its item, making it easier for Tornadus-T to break. It also has Stealth Rock too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels out of the way. While not having Knock Off, Ting Lu and Garganacl can be quite effective, since both have hazards, the former stone walls Zapdos and handles Raging Bolt. Garganacl meanwhile, can still check Zapdos but can also take on Dragapult.

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I would like to check this once again once changes have been implemented, thanks in advance!

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk

I would like to mention one general feedback w.r.t the entire write-up - as the intended use for these analysis is to help newer players understand the metagame, it would be best to keep the language and terms used simple and easy to grasp. Admittedly, this does mean your writing would be restricted in certain aspects like not being able to use the super bowling pins analogy or the metal birds reference. Keeping this in mind, could you please go over the entire write-up once again and rephrase those sentences you feel could be simplified? (Over and above the ones highlighted by me)

Nasty Plot Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to both withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to tie to the ground heavy soldiers hit heavier pokemon like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl for super effective damage. Focus Blast, on the other hand, provides coverage against pokemon like is aimed to use Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit as bowling pins, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores via the removal of items, particularly Heavy-Duty Boots which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can threaten KOs against Dragapult, Pecharunt, and OHKO Galarian Slowking after a Nasty Plot. But also has the extra benefit of resisting Sucker Punch from Kingambit. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to turn the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap This also lets it have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. All at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost, allowing Tornadus-T to achieve thresholds like OHKOing Gliscor with a +2 Bleakwind Storm, and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Stone Edge from Zamazenta, Tripple Axel from Weavile, Psycho Boost from Deoxys-Speed and Draco Meteor from Dragapult moves, this is important because these pokemon are faster than Tornadus-T and can force it out or kill it outright. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. An example of this is being able to 2HKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Life Orb support

This set lives is generally featured in Offense, Bulky Offense and Balance teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. The biggest problem for Tornadus-T is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it has troubles into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed, Meowscarada (Less impactful and common than the others on this list, so can do away with mentioning it since there are already quite a few examples) and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Scizor and Raging Bolt have super effective STAB priority moves to strike the skies down. (Scizor does not have a super effective move, could this be rephrased to something along the lines of "Tornadus-T is also checked by strong priority users such as Choice Band Scizor, Raging Bolt, Kingambit") Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-T away. For these reasons, pair Tornadus-T with pokemon that can handle offense but can struggle on defense. Both Kingambit and Dragonite love watching all of Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk and Dondozo being afraid of Bleakwind Storm, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. (Could you rephrase into something simpler in terms of structure? Something along the lines of "Physical set-up sweepers like Kingambit and Dragonite appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to break through walls like....) Kingambit in particular can go toe to toe against Tornadus-T checks, like Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-T like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. In return, Tornadus-T can overwhelm Galarian Slowking as a duo, and can help destroy the aforementioned metal birds Skarmory and Corviknight, opposing Gholdengo, and the occasional Okidogi used to check Zamazenta (Though Okidogi sees usage in OU as a zama check on occassion, uou can use more OU relevant examples here like Pecharunt, GWeez). Ogerpon-W can help Tornadus-T in a plethora of ways, since Ogerpon-W can also help overwhelm defensive cores via either its massive damage output or its tools like Knock Off and Spikes, which it can use to chip the opposing walls; Ogerpon-W can also overwhelm shared checks like Zapdos or Raging Bolt the same way. If running Life Orb as the item, consider adding hazard removal support, Great Tusk is a superb option for this, as he can also help handle pokemon like Kingambit and Dragonite. Iron Treads is another viable option thanks to its ability to check Raging Bolt. Corviknight and Galarian Weezing can help with defog while also appreciating not having to worry about Gholdengo at all. It's also recommended to pair it with Stealth Rock and Spikes users and Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off and can reliably bait Galarian Slowking into taking one and losing its item, making it easier for Tornadus-T to break. It also has Stealth Rock too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels out of the way. While not having Knock Off, Ting Lu and Garganacl can be quite effective, since both have hazards, the former stone walls Zapdos and handles Raging Bolt. Garganacl meanwhile, can still check Zapdos but can also take on Dragapult.

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Just a few minor changes, QC 2/2 when implemented thanks!

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk


Nasty Plot Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to hit heavier pokemon like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl for super effective damage. Focus Blast, on the other hand, provides coverage against pokemon like Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores via the removal of items, particularly Heavy-Duty Boots which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can threaten KOs against Dragapult, Pecharunt, and OHKO Galarian Slowking after a Nasty Plot. But also has the extra benefit of resisting Sucker Punch from Kingambit. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to turn the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap This also lets it have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. All at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost, allowing Tornadus-T to achieve thresholds like OHKOing Gliscor with a +2 Bleakwind Storm, and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Stone Edge from Zamazenta, Triple Axel from Weavile, Psycho Boost from Deoxys-Speed and Draco Meteor from Dragapult moves, this is important because these pokemon are faster than Tornadus-T and can force it out or kill it outright. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. An example of this is being able to 2HKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Life Orb support

This set is generally featured in Bulky Offense and Balance teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. The biggest problem for Tornadus-T is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it has troubles into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Tornadus-T is also checked by strong priority users such as Choice Band Scizor, Raging Bolt and Kingambit. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-T away. For these reasons, pair Tornadus-T with pokemon that can handle offense but can struggle on defense. Physical set-up sweepers like Kingambit and Dragonite appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to break through walls like Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk, Dondozo, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. Kingambit in particular can go toe to toe against Tornadus-T checks, like Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-T like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. In return, Tornadus-T can overwhelm Galarian Slowking as a duo, and can help destroy the aforementioned Skarmory and Corviknight, opposing Gholdengo, and Pecharunt. Ogerpon-W can help Tornadus-T in a plethora of ways, since Ogerpon-W can also help overwhelm defensive cores via either its massive damage output or its tools like Knock Off and Spikes, which it can use to chip the opposing walls; Ogerpon-W can also overwhelm shared checks like Zapdos or Raging Bolt the same way. If running Life Orb as the item, consider adding hazard removal support, Great Tusk is a superb option for this, as he can also help handle pokemon like Kingambit and Dragonite. Iron Treads is another viable option thanks to its ability to check Raging Bolt. (A mention of Hatterene here with Magic Bounce could be included as Hatt+Torn structures are a fairly common build). Corviknight and Galarian Weezing can help with defog while also appreciating not having to worry about Gholdengo at all. It's also recommended to pair it with Stealth Rock and Spikes users and Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off and can reliably bait Galarian Slowking into taking one and losing its item, making it easier for Tornadus-T to break. (Less relevant interaction, you can include clefable's generally utility prowess through knock off, twave and magic guard together in the next sentencce) It also has Stealth Rock too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels out of the way. While not having Knock Off, Ting Lu and Garganacl can be quite effective, since both have hazards, the former stone walls Zapdos and handles Raging Bolt. Garganacl meanwhile, can still check Zapdos but can also take on Dragapult.

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name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Bleakwind Storm
move 3: Heat Wave
move 4: Grass Knot / Focus Blast / Knock Off
item: Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Steel / Flying
ability: Regenerator
nature: Timid Nature
evs: EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk


Nasty Plot Tornadus-T's role in OU is being a specialized balance breaker, with even the bulkiest teams falling to withstand its attacks, its coverage and failing to make permanent damage thanks to its ability Regenerator. Heat Wave is used to hit Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, Iron Crown, and Corviknight. Grass Knot can be used to hit heavier pokemon like Ting Lu, Dondozo and Garganacl for super effective damage. Focus Blast, on the other hand, provides coverage against pokemon like Blissey, Hisuian Samurott and Kingambit, while also retaining strong hits against Ting Lu and Garganacl. Knock Off can be used as a more passive yet safer way to deal permanent damage to defensive cores via the removal of items, particularly Heavy-Duty Boots which, combined with hazard stacking tactics, can be very hard for defensive teams to answer. Additional options include Dark Pulse, with Tera Dark you can threaten KOs against Dragapult, Pecharunt, and OHKO Galarian Slowking after a Nasty Plot. But also has the extra benefit of resisting Sucker Punch from Kingambit. Tera Ground Tera Blast can be used to turn the tables against Raging Bolt and its terrifying Thunderclap This also lets it have an accurate and safe way to blow up all Steel, and Fire-types like Ceruledge and Heatran, alongside the aforementioned Galarian Slowking and Garganacl. All at the cost of your Tera and a moveslot. Life Orb is the recommended item thanks to its power boost, allowing Tornadus-T to achieve thresholds like OHKOing Gliscor with a +2 Bleakwind Storm, and its loss of health drawback being partially nullified with Regenerator. But Heavy-Duty Boots are a great option to avoid all hazard damage. For Terastalization recommendations we have Tera Steel, because it resists Stone Edge from Zamazenta, Triple Axel from Weavile, Psycho Boost from Deoxys-Speed and Draco Meteor from Dragapult moves, this is important because these pokemon are faster than Tornadus-T and can force it out or kill it outright. While Tera Flying is used to boost its main STAB. An example of this is being able to 2HKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Life Orb support

This set is generally featured in Bulky Offense and Balance teams that want a force of nature that can almost single-handedly destroy bulky balances. The biggest problem for Tornadus-T is that in exchange for being so good against the defense metagame, it has troubles into the offensive one. With Dragapult, Weavile, Deoxys-Speed and Zamazenta being naturally faster and all pack powerful moves against it. While Iron Valiant, a common speed control, can also pack Thunderbolt. While normally beating Ogerpon-Wellspring, if It's willing to use terastalization, it can very easily trade with Ivy Cudgel. And finally, Tornadus-T is also checked by strong priority users such as Choice Band Scizor, Raging Bolt and Kingambit. Special mention goes to Zapdos, who's one of the few defensive pokemon that can scare Tornadus-T away. For these reasons, pair Tornadus-T with pokemon that can handle offense but can struggle on defense. Physical set-up sweepers like Kingambit and Dragonite appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to break through walls like Moltres, Galarian Weezing, Great Tusk, Dondozo, Corviknight and Skarmory of Heat Wave, all of them gone means they can freely spam moves to their heart's content. Kingambit in particular can go toe to toe against Tornadus-T checks, like Dragapult as well as Weavile and Deoxys-Speed. Zamazenta can come in on Scizor while also drawing priority moves aimed at Tornadus-T like Kingambit's Sucker Punch, and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. In return, Tornadus-T can overwhelm Galarian Slowking as a duo, and can help destroy the aforementioned Skarmory and Corviknight, opposing Gholdengo, and Pecharunt. Ogerpon-W can help Tornadus-T in a plethora of ways, since Ogerpon-W can also help overwhelm defensive cores via either its massive damage output or its tools like Knock Off and Spikes, which it can use to chip the opposing walls; Ogerpon-W can also overwhelm shared checks like Zapdos or Raging Bolt the same way. If running Life Orb as the item, consider adding hazard removal support, Great Tusk is a superb option for this, as he can also help handle pokemon like Kingambit and Dragonite. Iron Treads is another viable option thanks to its ability to check Raging Bolt. (A mention of Hatterene here with Magic Bounce could be included as Hatt+Torn structures are a fairly common build). Corviknight and Galarian Weezing can help with defog while also appreciating not having to worry about Gholdengo at all. It's also recommended to pair it with Stealth Rock and Spikes users and Knock Off users to help wear down the enemy team. Hisuian-Samurott is an excellent partner due to its access to both Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off, and can also answer pokemon like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, and in return, Tornadus-T gets rid of Galarian Weezing, Ogerpon-W and Corviknight. Clefable has Knock Off and can reliably bait Galarian Slowking into taking one and losing its item, making it easier for Tornadus-T to break. (Less relevant interaction, you can include clefable's generally utility prowess through knock off, twave and magic guard together in the next sentencce) It also has Stealth Rock too and can use extra tools like STAB Moonblast and Thunder Wave, allowing Tornadus-T to outspeed faster pokemon, allowing it to unleash its wrath, Clefable also appreciates having steels out of the way. While not having Knock Off, Ting Lu and Garganacl can be quite effective, since both have hazards, the former stone walls Zapdos and handles Raging Bolt. Garganacl meanwhile, can still check Zapdos but can also take on Dragapult.

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