SV OU FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME - Triple Choice + Helmet Heatran Bulky Offense - Top 50 / 1890+ ELO

mcribs · Oct 7, 2025

Hey. I honestly don't have too much to discuss compared to last time. I would say I've been getting my ass beat for the past month(which isn't entirely wrong). But compared to the struggle I had to endure before, this time wasn't as bad. I got to low to mid 1800s a few times just testing teams out. I was mainly doing things for fun and to keep practice. It just so happened I got this really high. Sure there were teams that were mildly wack like Sand Attack SD :gliscor:

on veil(don't ask how this got to 1800s), or trying to make HDB :raging-bolt:

work, but they were still fun at least. That's besides the point though, I'm here to show you the best one here.

For The Love Of The Game

The Last Ronin (

) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 232 HP / 84 Atk / 136 SpD / 56 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Ceaseless Edge
- Razor Shell
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off

:samurott-hisui:

is here as usual for its usual shenanigans with Ceaseless Edge and Knock Off. If the spread looks familiar to the one on smogdex its cuz I may or may not have helped with creating the new spread for it, so yippee for me. I did opt to lower my HP a little since there wasn't any notable dmg changes that would be too significant. 84 Atk is here to kill offensive :gholdengo:

after a spike. The combined HP and Spdef help with surviving Specs :kyurem:

after rocks, Modest :enamorus:

after rocks, and 2 +2 :Darkrai:

Sludge Bomb. 56 speed is still outspeed :kingambit:

,

, and Bold :pecharunt:

. Tera Poison is still here as usual. Have fun with this goober as usual.

Vesuvius (

) @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Flame Body
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 248 HP / 220 Def / 40 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Lava Plume
- Earth Power
- Will-O-Wisp
- Stealth Rock

:Heatran:

is the rocks setter alongside being the :Kingambit:

,

and

check, though it can also be super applicable to a lot of the physical attackers rn. Helmet especially punishes midground moves and pivoting like U-turn from :cinderace:

and

, but also punishes Knock Off from :Rillaboom:

and

. Helmet also makes :heatran:

especially hard to remove hazards in front of since it really messes with Rapid Spin from :great-tusk:

and

, which forces super wack 50/50s. Lava Plume + Wisp is here to basically always force a burn onto the opponent, and also because Magma Storm + Taunt wasn't needed here. I went with a physically defensive spread with enough speed to outspeed Adamant :kingambit:

. Tera Grass is here to check :ogerpon-wellspring:

and

. I stuck with Flame Body since you can reasonably bluff Flash Fire against :iron-moth:

,

, or

. Fun mon all around. Helmet is underrated

Wish Upon A Star (

) (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Luster Purge
- Aura Sphere
- Flip Turn

:latios:

is here for speed control and defensive utility with Levitate while also being able to exert immense firepower. I went with Modest here since Timid isn't too needed with :iron-moth:

being rarer and rarer, while :enamorus:

are going Modest as well, so it doesn't matter too much. It still outspeeds :kyurem:

anyways. For a while I tried making Psychic Noise work but Luster Purge's extra power let me muscle through more stuff like :slowking-galar:

. Aura Sphere lets me hit :samurott-hisui:

,

, and

, while Flip Turn lets me keep momentum up against a hard wall like :hatterene:

. Tera Steel is still important as a way to check :dragonite:

and

, which lets me function better as a offensive defensive tool. Great as a late game cleaner and strong pivot.

The Little Prince (

) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Vacuum Wave

So for a while I was running Scarf :iron-valiant:

, which I do think isn't too bad. But ValiantValerie gave me the idea of Specs tbh, so I have this goober now. It was also the main thing I wanted to build around. Vacuum Wave is used here to get :darkrai:

and

while smacking weakened mons like :zamazenta:

. tbh 99% of the time you spam Moonblast and occasionally Vacuum Wave, so the other moves are sorta filler. Thunderbolt does help vs :moltres:

and

, and Shadow Ball really chunks :slowking-galar:

. Tera Fairy lets me spam Moonblast even more, which honestly is disgusting with how fast it is. Incredibly nice to have overall as a wallbreaker.

Lightning Rod (

) @ Leftovers
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpD / 8 Spe
Careful Nature
- Ice Spinner
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rapid Spin

:iron-treads:

is here as hazard control while checking :raging-bolt:

and

. I decided going fully spdef would be a overall boon since it let :iron-treads:

be incredibly bulky against smth like :gholdengo:

and even

. Iron Head is a neat tool for me to use as it lets :iron-treads:

be an actual check to :hatterene:

and

, while also hitting :enamorus:

and

harder. Ice Spinner helps vs :gliscor:

,

, and

. Tera Ice is used to strengthen Ice Spinner and be a better :kyurem:

check. Fun guy to keep around and solid defensive pivot.

Transylvania (

) @ Choice Band
Ability: Clear Body
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Darts
- Tera Blast
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp

:dragapult:

is used for breaking over bulky teams, and being the tera captain basically. Marnie gave me the idea of using CB :dragapult:

, which was great since it made :dragapult:

a lot more scary to switch into without a :corviknight:

. There's the usual of Darts, TB Ghost, and U-turn, so I can basically blow over teams with frailer ghost resists like :Darkrai:

. Wisp was nice last slot as a way to cripple :Kingambit:

and

without having to risk :heatran:

. Clear Body is still nice as a way to beat down webs and :landorus-therian:

Intimidate. Great at throwing out attacks and chunking :ting-lu:

with strong U-turns

Thanks 0ddish0ne and GrimtheImpy for giving names even though I decided to use different ones(idk pvz)
Thanks Marnie and ValiantValerie for helping me with the teambuilding and giving me ideas to build with
Thanks Heatranator for helping me with previous versions of this team

Alright I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my break. see ya

SV OU FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME - Triple Choice + Helmet Heatran Bulky Offense - Top 50 / 1890+ ELO

mcribs

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