VGC Almost Hyperoffense

[Asterric]

Ting-Lu @ Lum Berry
Ability: Vessel of Ruin
Level: 50
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 76 HP / 124 Atk / 28 Def / 252 SpD / 28 Spe
Careful Nature
- Heavy Slam
- Stomping Tantrum
- Protect
- Ruination

Dondozo (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Level: 50
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 116 HP / 156 Atk / 12 Def / 224 SpD
Adamant Nature
IVs: 16 Spe
- Wave Crash
- Heavy Slam
- Protect
- Yawn

Chien-Pao @ Life Orb
Ability: Sword of Ruin
Level: 50
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Crash
- Sacred Sword
- Protect
- Sucker Punch

Dragonite @ Choice Band
Ability: Multiscale
Level: 50
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 164 HP / 252 Atk / 12 Def / 4 SpD / 76 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Stomping Tantrum
- Iron Head
- Ice Spinner

Chi-Yu @ Focus Sash
Ability: Beads of Ruin
Level: 50
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Heat Wave
- Overheat
- Dark Pulse

Flutter Mane @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Level: 50
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 68 HP / 60 Def / 124 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Shadow Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Protect


--Ting-Lu's set is bulky as well as offensive at the same time as it helps in KO'ing the normal flutter manes and stomping tantrum with Chien-Pao on the field Ko's Iron Hands. It also holds the Lum berry which helps get out of status moves like paralysis, poison, burn and sleep.
--Dondozo's set is just like Ting-Lu's set but the thing with Dondozo is he is able to take down CS Lando very low with Wave Crash and can also Ko it. Yawn can be used for Pokemon that target the other mon on the field and can deal with threats like Tatsugiri-Dondozo. Heavy Slam is used for Flutter Mane just like Ting-Lu.
--Chien-Pao's set is Hyper Offense Life Orb dealing with Flutter Mane, Tornadus, Amoongus, Ogerpon- Grass and with other Chien-Pao. Chien-Pao paired with Dragonite helps KO threats like Iron Hands.
--Chi-Yu's set is also Hyper Offense focus sash dealing with threats like Amoongus, Chien-Pao, and has Ghost Tera Type which helps negate damage from Drain Punch. Chi-Yu also has Overheat which is a very good move considering threats like Regieleki and Swords Dance Iron Hands sets rising. It also does good damage against Ogerpon-Wellspring Mask.
--Flutter Mane's Set has some bulk to it as it does not go completely offensive. Booster Energy increases its Special Attack which helps dealing with Urshifu and Chien-Pao matchups extremely well and easily. It also deals with other Flutter Mane and Ghost Tera Type Chi-Yu easily.
--Dragonite has been mentioned in the above lines and I don't think it requires any explanation.

 

[awyp]

Posted in the wrong subforum of RMT, moved it.

 

[Omastar68]

Hm. Lum Ting is interesting. W/ Ruination you aren't totally crippled by a burn, you have tera for poison(not perfect cause they can get you before, but still,) and para is dangerous, but the spe drop is mostly negligible. So I'd consider Safety Goggles, as sleep is the most disruptive for it by far...generally.

It looks fine besides, maybe include reasons for fancy ev spreads. I try to.

 

[LovelyLuna]

Hey, thanks for posting! The team seems to be heavily leaning towards Hyper Offence and the composition is actually great right now, utilities destructive duos with Dondozo as an option to fall back on. However, the team is missing a few things that prevent it from being as strong as it can be, specifically that it tries to add defensive presence into a Hyper Offensive team which won't always work.

Major Changes (Pokemon replacements, Set changes)

Ting-Lu -> Tatsugiri

Ting-Lu is unfortunately too passive for this team, has a lot of anti-synergy as a huge momentum sink and doesn't appreciate the much frailer pokemon dropping. Not to mention it is hard for the team to fall back on Ting-Lu when it adds another fighting and fairy weakness, a much more reliable defensive backbone ks the option to hard switch into a +2 Dondozo , which also provides a lot of offensive pressure making it less of a momentum sink. Tatsugiri also lets the team follow a basic plan; send out one of your hyper offensive duos to wreck havoc, and then a boosted Dondozo can clean up much easier.

Tatsugiri set

Tatsugiri @ Choice Scarf
Level: 50
Ability: Commander
EVs: 60 HP / 76 Def / 180 SpA / 4 SpD / 188 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Water / Steel
Timid Nature
- Muddy Water
- Draco Meteor
- Icy Wind
- Sleep Talk / Dragon Pulse / Hydro Pump

Flutter Mane from a SpA Booster Energy set to a Speed Booster Energy set and Chi-Yu from a Focus Sash set to a Choice Specs set.

Flutter Mane + Chi-Yu shines as a superb duo specifically through this set, Chi-Yu 's speed is lacking but it's a fantastic nuke, Flutter Mane can equip the speed boost to outspeed almost the entire format while simultaneously helping Chi-Yu with Icy wind support. Having both be this slow makes you much weaker into Chien-Pao , faster compositions, and generally less threatening as again, Chi-Yu 's speed tier isn't ideal. Specs makes up for the damage lost on Flutter Mane and also frees up the Focus Sash for a pokemon in particular.

Flutter Mane and Chi-Yu sets

Flutter Mane @ Booster Energy
Level: 50
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 28 HP / 212 Def / 132 SpA / 4 SpD / 132 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy
Timid Nature
- Dazzling Gleam
- Shadow Ball
- Icy Wind
- Protect

Chi-Yu @ Choice Specs
Level: 50
Ability: Beads of Ruin
EVs: 212 HP / 4 Def / 124 SpA / 4 SpD / 164 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Ghost
Modest Nature
- Heat Wave
- Dark Pulse
- Overheat
- Snarl

Minor Changes (Items, Tera Types, Movesets)

Make Chien-Pao Focus Sash now that its available, the pokemon is vulnerable to everything due to the poor typing and Focus Sash let's you get around that, without the need to run a defensive Tera. Dondozo is in particular one of the best Tera abusers due to being so bulky, it let's you break past their Iron Hands or Rillaboom and it becomes a rough matchup. This means the less Chien-Pao needs to Tera, the better.

Dondozo wants an offensive move over yawn now that you are going for Hyper Offence. Order Up is an option to raise your attack or speed depending on the Tatsugiri form. Heavy Slam is also not great, your team is fine into opposing Flutter Mane and with Tatsugiri 's new support, Wave Crash straight up ohkos. Tera Blast to reliably hit Urshifu or Earthquake to get around Ogerpon Wellspring 's follow me are both great options here.

Dragonite wants Inner Focus due to how prevalent Intimidate and Fake out respectively are. You don't want pokemon like Iron Hands and Harcanine to have much better of a matchup into the duo. I would also suggest Outrage or Ariel Ace over Ice Spinner as you already have Chien-Pao who intends to be next to Dragonite anyway.

Very Minor Changes (EVs, Natures)

Would in general recommend taking a look at Smogon Strategy Dex for EVs you're unsure of.

Dondozo would now want more speed for the opportunity to outspeed pokemon like Urshifu with the commander boosts.

I also noticed that your Flutter Mane is relatively frail, but I'd just highly suggest taking the set I offered.

And that is what I have to say! Goal was to make a Dondozo Hyper Offence team, keeping the pokemon and the idea but taking the last step with Tatsugiri. Hope it helped and you'll have fun! Feel free to ask me any questions.

 

[Asterric]

Thank you so much for the inputs. I shall do the changes as mentioned since even I felt that Ting-Lu lies more frail nowadays.

 

[Asterric]

Hm. Lum Ting is interesting. W/ Ruination you aren't totally crippled by a burn, you have tera for poison(not perfect cause they can get you before, but still,) and para is dangerous, but the spe drop is mostly negligible. So I'd consider Safety Goggles, as sleep is the most disruptive for it by far...generally.

It looks fine besides, maybe include reasons for fancy ev spreads. I try to.

Thanks alot for the inputs. I shall change the Ting-Lu since even I felt that it was frail nowadays.