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Covert cloak on bulky ghold is probably an example of this. Legitimately good because it lets it set up/heal against a lot of things it already beats (garg, non-mystical fire hatt, ribombee, fezandipiti) but it probably would not exist as a set if not for zama requiring it to recover off a lot...

What natures work for AV Hoopa-U other than Quiet? For context I'm trying to get it to speedcreep defensive moltres so that it can knock/tbolt it before getting U-turned on, so a -speed nature doesn't really work

Was the Kyurem set using tera blast? Seems a bit weird considering Kyurem learns Shadow Claw and I've seen talk on this thread before of tera ghost on Kyurem to boost that or Shadow Ball

I think wellspring isn't broken but the metagame would be better with it gone imo. There's a lot more healthy water resists in the metagame right now and with it gone water types would be decent but never overpowering

Counter: Okidogi @ Assault Vest Ability: Toxic Chain EVs: 240 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Spe Tera Type: Fire Adamant Nature - Drain Punch - Gunk Shot - Knock Off - Ice Punch A UUBL mon to handle a UU mon. Standard AV Dogi works just fine for non TB ground Serp. Resists grass, neutral to electric and...

How do you block volt switch in this meta? It feels like all of the meta offensive ground types lose to zapdos (even treads loses to it if it's running heat wave)

The assault vest set maybe?

for me I feel like encore calm mind iron valiant is the easiest to fit onto a team since boosted moonblast is so strong and having a tera ghost user who gets actual ghost STAB is nice. expert belt 4 attacks tera stellar is the most fun though, really leans into the whole "guess the set" shtick...

Tbh in the current metagame spinblocking is so good that you don't really need a contact mon to punish spinners (although contact damage can still be useful to punish U-turn), you can just run a natural ghost type or run tera ghost on your hazard setter. Gholdengo blocks defog. Of course...

tbh i think the ability to be physical is the biggest part of what makes tera blast different from hidden power. quiver dance (and shell smash) have pretty limited distribution, so there's only a few options for really volatile (and therefore likely to be uncompetitive) abusers and those options...

AV Luna is great, it 1v1s basically every hex user and most wisp/twave users. Being able to switch into dragapult and ghold without having to scout them first is really nice. Main problem I run into using it is that it ends up forcing a lot of switches, but requires good prediction to actually...

The first place to start is pokemon that can shore up Rillaboom's various weaknesses (the type matchups + the vulnerability to status + the struggles against certain physical walls), since they're the only viable setter in OU and the metagame isn't super favorable towards them right now. In...

the combo of rocks + healing wish on an actual speed tier is really nice imo, plus it threatens to outspeed and ohko great tusk which is nice on a rocker. the main issue imo is that its typing is competing with ghold and crown and its not a great type combo to stack

Aside from being able to 1v1 raging bolt/kyurem and the quick attack shennanigans, is there anything Sylveon does that Primarina doesn't? The special bulk is better but I can't think of any matchups where that actually puts you over meaningful thresholds.

sinistcha and hydrapple are both pretty good