name: Haban Berry
move 1: Iron Defense
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Clanging Scales
move 4: Taunt / Substitute
item: Haban Berry
ability: Soundproof
nature: Bold
evs: 40 HP / 140 Def / 128 SpA / 200 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Kommo-o is a notable threat in 1v1 because of its versatility, as it is able to provide both offensive and defensive utility with the combination of Iron Defense and Body Press. These two moves allow Kommo-o to wall and takedown threats like Crustle, Rotom-W, and Snorlax. Clanging Scales is a STAB move for hitting Dragon-types such as Dracovish, Timid Choice item Dragapult, and Dracozolt. The fourth slot can either be Taunt, which is used for shutting down stall Pokemon like Corviknight and Gastrodon, or Substitute, which is for walling most Sylveon variants, In this case, Soundproof grants Kommo-o immunity to Hyper Voice, although there are risks involved for variants that carry both Quick Attack and Hyper Beam. Haban Berry is used to tank other Dragon-type attacks, namely Draco Meteor from Dragapult and Outrage from Choice Band Dracovish and Choice Band Dracozolt. The HP investment is for tanking a Draco Meteor from Timid Choice Specs Dragapult, while the Special Attack investment is to ensure that Clanging Scales OHKOes non-Haban Berry Dracovish. The Speed investment is to outspeed Adamant Choice Band Diggersby and the rest is dumped into Defense with a Bold nature to maximize defensive and offensive capabilities.
Kommo-o's typing makes it extremely weak to Fairy-type attacks from Pokemon such as Gardevoir, Primarina, and Aromatisse. Steel- and Poison-types such as Durant, Togedemaru, and Silvally-Poison are good teammates since they can deal with these threats. Kommo-o is a good partner for Steel-types such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight, as it covers their weakness to Fire- and Fighting-type Pokemon such as Cinderace, Incineroar, and Conkeldurr. Kommo-o struggles to deal with Ghost-types that can't be OHKOed by Clanging Scales, Pokemon that can 2HKO it such as Aegislash, Gengar and Chandelure, as well as Psychic-types that OHKO it such as Celebi and Gardevoir. As such, Pokemon with naturally high Special Defense like Choice Band Snorlax and Choice Specs Rotom-H make for generally good partners, since they can often take a hit and then OHKO back. Kommo-o is also weak to Ice-type moves from Pokemon such as Avalugg, Galarian Darmanitan, and offensive Kyurem, so Fire- and Rock-types such as Arcanine and Crustle are good partners for Kommo-o.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pazza, 418753]]
- Quality checked by: [[pqs, 480297], [dogknees, 317056], [zioziotrip, 480297]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Winry, 216033]]
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