[SET]
Iron Defense (Garganacl) @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Tera Type: Water
Careful Nature
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Salt Cure
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
With fantastic bulk, Salt Cure, Purifying Salt's status immunity, the combination of Iron Defense and Body Press, and reliable recovery, Garganacl establishes itself as a potent win condition. Iron Defense lets Garganacl boost its Defense to nearly unbreakable levels. Body Press allows Garganacl to threaten the likes of Kingambit, Ting-Lu, and Weavile, and with Iron Defense boosts, Garganacl's Body Press becomes more threatening, 2HKOing the likes of Iron Treads and Kyurem after just one boost. In tandem with Salt Cure, Gliscor can eventually be beaten with enough Iron Defense boosts. Salt Cure pressures would-be switch-ins like Ogerpon-W, Gholdengo, and Dondozo. Leftovers adds even more to Garganacl's excellent survivability, allowing it to conserve valuable Recover PP, further complemented by Iron Defense boosts that enhance its ability to take physical attacks. Tera Water allows Garganacl to resist Steel- and Water-type moves that threaten it, such as Make It Rain, Tachyon Cutter, Razor Shell, and Ivy Cudgel from Gholdengo, Iron Crown, Hisuian Samurott, and Ogerpon-W, respectively. It also removes Garganacl's weakness to Ground-type moves, making it even harder for Great Tusk and Dragonite to break through it. Tera Electric grants a Steel resistance while lacking weaknesses, and the singular Ground weakness it has is offset by most Ground-type attacks being physical, which, with Iron Defense boosts, can be offset. However, Ground-type coverage from Enamorus and Kyurem still threatens Garganacl. Tera Fairy removes Garganacl's weakness to Fighting, though Pokemon that use Fighting-type attacks can hit it with other attacks, like Psycho Boost from Deoxys-S. Its main benefit comes from the fact that Fairy is a generally good defensive typing that doesn't give Garganacl many other weaknesses. It grants a Dark resistance, which is useful for Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott, and Dragon immunity, useful against Raging Bolt and Walking Wake.
Garganacl fits on balance and bulky offense teams that can support its Iron Defense sweeps and cover its vulnerability to entry hazards. Hazards set by Ting-Lu, Ogerpon-W, and Clefable complement Garganacl's Salt Cure pressure and the switches it forces with Iron Defense boosting. Ogerpon-W in particular can pressure Great Tusk, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, allowing Garganacl to preserve HP for other physical threats, and can function as a pivot by virtue of forcing out these Ground-types and using U-turn to bring Garganacl in safely or as a wallbreaker that threatens Hatterene and Calm Mind Clefable, both of which Garganacl struggles against. In return, Garganacl can take on Dragapult and, if Garganacl Terastallizes, Dragonite, both of which can check Ogerpon-W. Great Tusk and Iron Treads synergize nicely with Garganacl, as their Rapid Spin does not clear away hazards set by other teammates such as Ogerpon-W and Clefable. In return, Garganacl checks Dragapult and Zapdos for Great Tusk and Fire-types such as Cinderace and Ceruledge for Iron Treads. Gholdengo checks many of Garganacl's difficult matchups, such as Clefable, Hatterene, Galarian Slowking, and Galarian Weezing, which all threaten or cripple Garganacl. Defoggers such as Corviknight and Galarian Weezing are great partners as well, as both can compress the roles of hazard remover and check to Rillaboom, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta, which greatly threaten this Garganacl set without any Defense boosts. While they don't remove hazards, Moltres, Tornadus-T, and Dragapult can all similarly function as checks to some of the aforementioned Pokemon as well as to other Grass-types such as Hydrapple and Sinistcha, while Garganacl checks Zapdos for the first two and Choice Scarf Enamorus for the latter. While this Garganacl set fully invests in Special Defense, special walls such as Galarian Slowking and Ting-Lu can cover for special attackers such as Raging Bolt, Iron Crown, and Gholdengo that would greatly weaken Garganacl otherwise.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/grimtheimpy.688041/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dreadfury.408271/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsu.548068/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
Iron Defense (Garganacl) @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Tera Type: Water
Careful Nature
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Salt Cure
- Recover
[SET COMMENTS]
With fantastic bulk, Salt Cure, Purifying Salt's status immunity, the combination of Iron Defense and Body Press, and reliable recovery, Garganacl establishes itself as a potent win condition. Iron Defense lets Garganacl boost its Defense to nearly unbreakable levels. Body Press allows Garganacl to threaten the likes of Kingambit, Ting-Lu, and Weavile, and with Iron Defense boosts, Garganacl's Body Press becomes more threatening, 2HKOing the likes of Iron Treads and Kyurem after just one boost. In tandem with Salt Cure, Gliscor can eventually be beaten with enough Iron Defense boosts. Salt Cure pressures would-be switch-ins like Ogerpon-W, Gholdengo, and Dondozo. Leftovers adds even more to Garganacl's excellent survivability, allowing it to conserve valuable Recover PP, further complemented by Iron Defense boosts that enhance its ability to take physical attacks. Tera Water allows Garganacl to resist Steel- and Water-type moves that threaten it, such as Make It Rain, Tachyon Cutter, Razor Shell, and Ivy Cudgel from Gholdengo, Iron Crown, Hisuian Samurott, and Ogerpon-W, respectively. It also removes Garganacl's weakness to Ground-type moves, making it even harder for Great Tusk and Dragonite to break through it. Tera Electric grants a Steel resistance while lacking weaknesses, and the singular Ground weakness it has is offset by most Ground-type attacks being physical, which, with Iron Defense boosts, can be offset. However, Ground-type coverage from Enamorus and Kyurem still threatens Garganacl. Tera Fairy removes Garganacl's weakness to Fighting, though Pokemon that use Fighting-type attacks can hit it with other attacks, like Psycho Boost from Deoxys-S. Its main benefit comes from the fact that Fairy is a generally good defensive typing that doesn't give Garganacl many other weaknesses. It grants a Dark resistance, which is useful for Kingambit and Hisuian Samurott, and Dragon immunity, useful against Raging Bolt and Walking Wake.
Garganacl fits on balance and bulky offense teams that can support its Iron Defense sweeps and cover its vulnerability to entry hazards. Hazards set by Ting-Lu, Ogerpon-W, and Clefable complement Garganacl's Salt Cure pressure and the switches it forces with Iron Defense boosting. Ogerpon-W in particular can pressure Great Tusk, Gliscor, and Ting-Lu, allowing Garganacl to preserve HP for other physical threats, and can function as a pivot by virtue of forcing out these Ground-types and using U-turn to bring Garganacl in safely or as a wallbreaker that threatens Hatterene and Calm Mind Clefable, both of which Garganacl struggles against. In return, Garganacl can take on Dragapult and, if Garganacl Terastallizes, Dragonite, both of which can check Ogerpon-W. Great Tusk and Iron Treads synergize nicely with Garganacl, as their Rapid Spin does not clear away hazards set by other teammates such as Ogerpon-W and Clefable. In return, Garganacl checks Dragapult and Zapdos for Great Tusk and Fire-types such as Cinderace and Ceruledge for Iron Treads. Gholdengo checks many of Garganacl's difficult matchups, such as Clefable, Hatterene, Galarian Slowking, and Galarian Weezing, which all threaten or cripple Garganacl. Defoggers such as Corviknight and Galarian Weezing are great partners as well, as both can compress the roles of hazard remover and check to Rillaboom, Ogerpon-W, and Zamazenta, which greatly threaten this Garganacl set without any Defense boosts. While they don't remove hazards, Moltres, Tornadus-T, and Dragapult can all similarly function as checks to some of the aforementioned Pokemon as well as to other Grass-types such as Hydrapple and Sinistcha, while Garganacl checks Zapdos for the first two and Choice Scarf Enamorus for the latter. While this Garganacl set fully invests in Special Defense, special walls such as Galarian Slowking and Ting-Lu can cover for special attackers such as Raging Bolt, Iron Crown, and Gholdengo that would greatly weaken Garganacl otherwise.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/grimtheimpy.688041/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/dreadfury.408271/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/setsu.548068/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tbolt.555379/
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