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Assault Vest (Tornadus-Therian) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Steel / Fairy
Timid Nature
- Bleakwind Storm
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Heat Wave

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Tornadus-T carves out a strong niche for itself as a Regenerator Pokemon with access to a pivoting move and Knock Off as well a high Speed tier and Flying typing, which allow it to act as an offensive check to several threatening Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. With an Assault Vest, Tornadus-T functions as a key defensive and progress-making piece for various teams, acting as a blanket check to special attackers while bolstering its special bulk enough to reliably switch into several special attackers like mixed Iron Valiant and Choice Specs Dragapult. With its great Speed tier, it can use U-turn to pivot out of would-be threats safely such as Kyurem, Garganacl, and Raging Bolt, with Assault Vest allowing Tornadus-T to survive a Thunderclap from the latter. Knock Off allows Tornadus-T to make progress against most teams by providing item removal, crippling targets that are reliant on their items such as Moltres, Dragapult, and Pecharunt. Heat Wave lets it threaten Steel-types that would otherwise wall it like Corviknight, Iron Treads, Gholdengo, and Kingambit. Icy Wind provides speed control to cripple faster Pokemon such as Speed Booster Energy Iron Valiant, Darkrai, and Zamazenta so Tornadus-T can outspeed and threaten them with Bleakwind Storm or let a teammate to outrun and revenge kill them. It also hits specially defensive Gliscor for super effective damage, which would otherwise comfortably sit in front of Tornadus-T. Tera Steel flips the script against Ice-types such as Weavile and Kyurem while also granting Tornadus-T a resistance to Dragon, which allows it to more comfortably take attacks like Choice Band Dragapult's Dragon Darts and Dragon Dance Kyurem's Scale Shot. Tera Steel also lets it check the tier's Psychic-types such as Galarian Slowking and Hatterene more easily. Tera Fairy allows Tornadus-T to better check threatening Dark-type attackers such as Darkrai while maintaining a Fighting resistance, still letting it match up well against Zamazenta. It also grants Tornadus-T a Dragon immunity to more comfortably switch into Draco Meteor from Kyurem and Dragapult.


Assault Vest Tornadus-T fits best on balance teams where its several talents in one teamslot are greatly appreciated. It serves as a great partner for Pokemon such as Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, and Garganacl; all three of them appreciate its ability to answer the tier's Fighting-Types like Zamazenta and Iron Valiant, as well as Ogerpon-W. Tornadus-T also pairs well with entry hazard setters such as the aforementioned Garganacl and Hisuian Samurott as well as Gliscor, as they all appreciate its ability to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from hazard-weak targets. Other Regenerator Pokemon like Alomomola and Galarian Slowking work well with Tornadus-T; the former helps create a strong physically and specially defensive backbone for a team, and the latter provides an extra special wall that can better take on threats such as Zapdos. Its pivoting also facilitates offensive partners such as Zamazenta to hit the field consistently, which appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to check its most common answers such as Gholdengo, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult. Due to the choice of Assault Vest over Heavy-Duty Boots, Tornadus-T needs to be very careful to avoid Stealth Rock, as it can undercut Tornadus-T's Regenerator healing. As a result, Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing prove excellent partners for the temporal genie, and in turn, Galarian Weezing appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to switch in against special attackers that would threaten it such as Gholdengo. Tornadus-T's other glaring weakness is the tier's common Electric-types like Raging Bolt and Zapdos. Partners that can assist in dealing with these two such as Great Tusk and Ting-Lu make for excellent teammates, with the former providing hazard removal as well as checking Garganacl and Raging Bolt, while Tornadus-T can cover for some of its worst matchups such as Iron Valiant, Ogerpon-W, and Sinistcha. Ting-Lu, on the other hand, appreciates Tornadus-T removing Heavy-Duty Boots from opposing Pokemon that would be immune to its hazards, and in turn, it stonewalls Zapdos and helps in taking on a myriad of special attacks. Iron Treads is another option as a Ground-type partner that can also provide hazard control and provide support as a second Knock Off user. Tornadus-T can also struggle with several special walls and Pokemon that it can't pressure significantly with Knock Off, such as specially defensive Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and Garganacl, so partners like Ogerpon-W, Rillaboom, and Weavile can pressure these Pokemon. Tornadus-T helps the former two against Hydrapple and Sinistcha, the latter two against Iron Valiant and Iron Moth, and all three against Zamazenta. Tornadus-T may also face trouble against the few Pokemon that can outrun it, such as Weavile and Dragonite after a Dragon Dance. Pokemon that can provide speed control such as Dragapult, Zamazenta, and Choice Scarf Darkrai can ensure that anything it doesn't outrun is dealt with, allowing it to pivot around slower targets more effectively to stack Regenerator healing over the course of a game.


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Please let me know when it is implemented and I can look at it again. Please consider removing the hyperlinks as the text stays blue and conficts with the color of the comments. Ty!

Tornadus-Therian @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Steel/Fairy
Timid Nature
- Bleakwind Storm
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Heat Wave

Tornadus-T Remember to adjust this through the text carves out a strong niche for itself by being the only regenerator pokemon with access to a pivoting move and Knock Off. This is fine though the "only" might be too specific, adding something about its Speed instead would be nice It can leverage this by forcing progress into nearly every structure. In addition to this Tornadus can provide an offensive check to threatening mons such as Zamazenta, Ogerpon-W and even Great Tusk, one hit KO-ing the latter. This is true but its not unique to this set; perhaps this information would be good incorporated in the introduction rather than as a stand alone With its great speed tier it can use U-turn to pivot out of would be threats safely such as Kyurem, Garganacl, and Raging Bolt with Assault vest allowing Tornadus to survive a Thunderclap from the latter. Heat Wave allows Tornadus to threaten defensive checks that would otherwise wall it such as Adjusting this to make space for Kingambit and Gholdengo would be good so it does not sound like they are defensive Pokemon Corviknight, Iron Treads, and Kingambit. With an Assault Vest, Tornadus functions as a key defensive and progress-making piece for various teams, acting as a blanket check and bolstrers its special bulk enough to where it is able to reliably switch into several special attackers such as Mixed Iron Valiant, and Choice Specs Dragapult and threaten then back with bleakwind storm or item removal with knock off. Think this makes more sense as the second sentence since Assault Vest is the name of the set Tera can be used to give Tornadus a more useful defensive typing, Flying is a fine type, no need to downplay it to highlight the Tera-types strengths such as Tera Fairy to handle common dark types and especially those who wield ice coverage such as Darkrai and Weavile while preventing it from being weak to ground, This does not make much sense, as Weavile can Triple Axel or Tera Steel which can more easily handle targets like Kyurem and Raging Bolt You still lose to Raging Bolt and it can just click Thunderbolt, this is worse against it than Tera Fairy at the cost of gaining a ground weakness. Focus on Tera Steel granting you a resist to ice-type attacks like Weavile's Triple Axel and Kyurem Ice Shard; Mention how both of these help you out against Dragon-type moves, notably Dragon Darts from Dragapult as with AV you are naturally good against Hex

Icy Wind mention could be nice


Assault Vest Tornadus fits best on Balance teams where its several talents in one teamslot are greatly appreciated. It serves as a great partner for pokemon such as Kingambit, Sammurot-Hisui, and Garganacl, all of them appreciating Tornadus's ability to answer the tier's fighting types such as... as well as Ogerpon Wellspring, with the latter two in particular appreciating the utility of Knock off. Elaborate why they appreciate it It can also pair well with other regenerator pokemon such as Alomomola and Slowking-Galar, the former of whom creates a strong physically and specially defensive backbone to a team, as well as a double pivot core, helping to enable Tornadus's more offensive partners to hit the field more often. Due to the choice of Assault Vest over Heavy Duty Boots. Tornadus needs to be very careful to avoid Stealth Rocks less they undercut Tornadus's regenerator. As a result, pokemon such as Great Tusk or Weezing-Galar prove excellent partners for the temporal genie with the former having particularly strong synergy in being able to hit Rock and Electric types Examples or mentions are better here, in particular cause there are not many Rock-types relevant in OU, and Great Tusk struggles against one of the best Electric-types in Zapdos that Tornadus is weak to, and they in turn appreciate Tornadus' ability to switch in and out against special attackers that would threaten their lower defensive stat such as Nasty Plot or Choice Scarf Gholdengo, which Tornadus can pressure to switch with Heat Wave. No need to further specify Tornadus can also struggle with several special walls and pokemon which it can't pressure significantly with Knock off, such as specially defensive Gliscor or Garganacl, the latter of whom threatens super effective rock type damage. It may also face trouble against the few pokemon that can outrun it, such as Weavile or Dragonite after a Dragon Dance. Move below Partners which can deal with special walls such as Ogerpon-Wellspring and Choice band attackers such as Rillaboom or Zamazenta allow Tornadus to make the most of its defensive profile. Mention the walls and then the Pokemon that deal with them with care; the Gliscor and Garganacl mentions are great, and these Pokemon deal with them just fine, so incorporating this in the previous sentence rather than making a new one to mention "special walls" would work better It may also face trouble against the few pokemon that can outrun it, such as Weavile or Dragonite after a Dragon Dance. Pokemon that can provide speed control such as Dragapult, Booster energy Iron Valiant or Scarf Darkrai can ensure that anything Tornadus doesn't outrun is dealt with, allowing Tornadus to Pivot around slower targets more effectively to stack regenerator healing over the course of a game, Rework this now that the previous sentence is placed right before it and to pressure vulnerable targets with its coveted flying stab. Flavor text Lastly, Tornadus' biggest issue is Electric types such as Raging Bolt and Zapdos, so any partners which can pressure them to switch such as Ting-Lu is crucial for Tornadus to operate to its fullest potential. This is great though you already alluded to it earlier in the Great Tusk part; try to work it in there so you are not repeating yourself

Think it would be good to put more emphasis on how Tornadus-T can help Great Tusk and particularly Zamazenta. You briefly mentioned Gholdengo in the Great Tusk part, but adding in Dragapult, Iron Valiant, and even Sinistcha would be good.
 
Implemented! sorry it took a little while. I decided to take Great Tusk and Ting-Lu as strong ground type partners to help deal with pokemon like raging bolt in the last paragraph together, rather than list them seperately in their hazard stacker or hazard removal paragraphs. (Ting lu wasn't there before but I felt it should be added)
 
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Most of the comments this time are not about the content itself but rather on rewrites to make the text flow better / easier to read, the big thing missing is a Knock Off explanation. Be careful when implementing as you have periods in a few places where they dont make much sense. That said, QC 1/2 after implemented, thanks

Tornadus-Therian @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Steel/Fairy
Timid Nature
- Bleakwind Storm
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Heat Wave

Tornadus-T carves out a strong niche for itself by being a regenerator pokemon with access to a pivoting move and Knock Off as well as its speed tier of 121 No need to specify this much and flying typing allowing it to act as an Offensive check to several threatening mons such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-Wellspring. Ogerpon-W. Careful with these abbreviations as well It can leverage this by forcing progress into nearly every structure. Flavor text With an Assault Vest, Tornadus-T functions as a key defensive and progress-making piece for various teams, acting as a blanket check and bolsters its special bulk enough to where it is able to reliably switch into several special attackers such as Mixed Iron Valiant, and Choice Specs Dragapult and threaten then back with bleakwind storm or item removal with knock off. Flavor text With its great speed tier it can use U-turn to pivot out of would be threats safely such as Kyurem, Garganacl and Raging Bolt with Assault vest allowing Tornadus-T to survive a Thunderclap from the latter. Explanation for Knock Off here. Heat Wave allows Tornadus-T to threaten steel types that would otherwise wall it such as Corviknight, Iron Treads, Gholdengo, and Kingambit. Tera can be used to give Tornadus-T a stronger defensive typing into its worst matchups, Still not a fan of the wording cause its not clear how for example Darkrai which you mention below is a bad matchup for Tornadus-T; arguably Tera does not change much cause you become weak to Sludge Bomb. I would just avoid highlighting Tera more than needed Tera Fairy allows it to better check threatening dark type attackers such as Darkrai whilst maintaining a fighting resistance which allows it to still match up well into Zamazenta. Tera Steel flips the script against ice types such as Weavile and Kyurem as well as gaining a resistance to dragon which allows it to more comfortably take attacks such as Choice Band Dragapult's Dragon Darts and Dragon dance kyurem's scale shots. Both Tera-types help you out against Dragon, not only Steel. Reword the Tera part to make this clearer Icy Wind can be another option on Assault Vest Tornadus-T acting as a speed control option for a team as well as allowing Tornadus-T to get the jump on nearly the entire tier barring a handful of scarfers, enabling a follow up bleakwind storm to finish off the now slower target. This would go after the other moves and before Tera. I feel like the way Icy Wind helps out is not very clear; an approach would be to mention how you cripple slower faster Pokemon such as... to allow Tornadus-T and its teammates to more easily deal with them..


Assault Vest Tornadus-T fits best on Balance teams where its several talents in one teamslot are greatly appreciated. It serves as a great partner for pokemon such as Kingambit, Samurott-Hisui, Hisuian Samurott, and Garganacl, all of them appreciating Tornadus-T's ability to answer the tier's fighting types such as Zamazenta and Iron Valiant, as well as Ogerpon Wellspring. with the Samurott-Hisui and Garganacl in particular appreciating the utility of Knock off removing heavy duty boots from hazard weak targets. Reword this to make it a different sentence, as you are already 3 lines into this idea. It can also pair well with other regenerator pokemon such as Alomomola and Slowking-Galar, the former of whom creates a strong physically and specially defensive backbone to a team, as well as a double pivot core, helping to enable Tornadus-T's more offensive partners such as Zamazenta to hit the field more often, which it can also help by dealing with would be checks such as Iron Valiant and Sinistcha. Try to put this in a separate sentence; I get it all follows a similar train of thought but you start talking about Regenerator Pokemon and end up at Zamazenta checks. These ideas should be separated to make them easier to follow Due to the choice of Assault Vest over Heavy Duty Boots. Tornadus-T needs to be very careful to avoid Stealth Rocks less they undercut Tornadus-T's regenerator. As a result, pokemon such as Weezing-Galar prove excellent partners for the temporal genie, and in turn Weezing-Galar appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to switch in and out against special attackers that would threaten it's lower defensive stat such as Nasty Plot or Choice Scarf Gholdengo. Tornadus-T can also struggle with several special walls and pokemon which it can't pressure significantly with Knock off, such as specially defensive Gliscor or Garganacl, the latter of whom threatens super effective rock type damage. Flavor text Partners which can deal with special walls such as Ogerpon-Wellspring and Choice band attackers such as Rillaboom or Zamazenta allow Tornadus-T to make the most of its defensive profile. Partners such as Ogerpon-W and Rillaboom can pressure these Pokemon and appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to take on take on Zamazenta, Hydrapple, and Sinistcha. It doesnt have to be exactly this but the sentence has similar issues it did in the first check. You already specified the Pokemon so no need to say "special walls" yet again. It is not clear what you mean with "allow Tornadus-T to make the most of its defensive profile". It may also face trouble against the few pokemon that can outrun it, such as Weavile or Dragonite after a Dragon Dance. Pokemon that can provide speed control such as Dragapult, Booster energy Iron Valiant or Scarf Darkrai can ensure that anything Tornadus-T doesn't outrun is dealt with, allowing Tornadus-T to Pivot around slower targets more effectively to stack regenerator healing over the course of a game. And Lastly, the tier's common electric types such as Zapdos and Raging Bolt are consistently some of Tornadus-T's worst matchups, Partners that can assist in dealing with these two such as Great Tusk for the latter and Ting-Lu prove excellent partners for Tornadus-T, with the former providing hazard removal as well as checking Garganacl alongside Raging Bolt while Tornadus can cover for some of its worst matchups such as Iron Valiant, Ogerpon Wellspring, and Sinistcha. Ting Lu on the other hand appreciates the ability for Tornadus to remove heavy duty boots from opposing pokemon that would be immune to its hazards, and in turn Ting Lu stonewalls Zapdos who in turn would stonewall Tornadus-T This is fine but is such a big point that should likely be included earlier in the text. You mentioned Galarian Weezing as a removal partner, so perhaps somewhere around there would be a good place, so the Great Tusk mention flows well
 
Should be QC 2 when implemented. lmk any questions:woop:
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Tornadus-Therian @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Steel/Fairy
Timid Nature
- Bleakwind Storm
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Heat Wave

Tornadus-T carves out a strong niche for itself by being a regenerator pokemon with access to a pivoting move and Knock Off as well as its speed tier and flying typing allowing it to act as an Offensive check to several threatening mons such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. With an Assault Vest, Tornadus-T functions as a key defensive and progress-making piece for various teams, acting as a blanket check and bolsters its special bulk enough to where it is able to reliably switch into several special attackers such as Mixed Iron Valiant, and Choice Specs Dragapult. With its great speed tier it can use U-turn to pivot out of would be threats safely such as Kyurem, Garganacl and Raging Bolt with Assault vest allowing Tornadus-T to survive a Thunderclap from the latter. Knock off allows Tornadus-T to make progress into any team by providing item removal, crippling targets that are reliant on their items such as Moltres, Dragapult, and Pecharunt. Heat Wave allows Tornadus-T to threaten steel types that would otherwise wall it such as Corviknight, Iron Treads, Gholdengo, and Kingambit. Icy Wind can be another option on Assault Vest Tornadus-T acting as a speed control option for a team as well as crippling faster pokemon such as booster speed Iron Valiant, Darkrai, and Zamazenta enabling Tornadus to outspeed them and threaten them with bleakwind storm, or slowing down these threats to allow a teammate to outrun them for a revenge kill when they otherwise wouldn't be able to. (a mention of how icy wind also hits gliscor lando and dnite for decent dmg) Tera Fairy allows it to better check threatening dark type attackers such as Darkrai whilst maintaining a fighting resistance which allows it to still match up well into Zamazenta as well as gaining a dragon immunity to more comfortably switch into Draco Meteors from Kyurem and Dragapult. Tera Steel flips the script against ice types such as Weavile and Kyurem as well as gaining a resistance to dragon which allows it to more comfortably take attacks such as Choice Band Dragapult's Dragon Darts and Dragon dance kyurem's scale shots.(also lets you switch into deo hatt and glowking with less issues)


Assault Vest Tornadus-T fits best on Balance teams where its several talents in one teamslot are greatly appreciated. It serves as a great partner for pokemon such as Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott and Garganacl, all of them appreciating Tornadus-T's ability to answer the tier's fighting types such as Zamazenta and Iron Valiant, as well as Ogerpon-W. It also pairs well with hazard setters such as the aforementioned Garganacl and Hisuian Samurott as well as Gliscor as they all appreciate its ability to remove Heavy Duty Boots from hazard weak targets. It can also pair well with other regenerator pokemon such as Alomomola and Slowking-Galar, the former of whom creates a strong physically and specially defensive backbone to a team, as well as a double pivot core which can provide longevity to the teams that Tornadus-T fits on. (mention their individual traits like wish passing for alo and fsight + kyurem checking for glowking)Its pivoting also facilitates offensive partners such as Zamazenta to hit the field consistently, who also appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to check its most common answers such as Sinistcha, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult.(i'd cut sini for another strong special attacker like ghold as sini is pretty uncommon these days) Due to the choice of Assault Vest over Heavy Duty Boots. Tornadus-T needs to be very careful to avoid Stealth Rocks less they undercut Tornadus-T's regenerator. As a result, Pokémon such as Galarian Weezing prove excellent partners for the temporal genie, and in turn Galarian Weezing appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to switch in and out against special attackers that would threaten it's lower defensive stat such as Nasty Plot or Choice Scarf Gholdengo. Tornadus-T's other glaring weakness are the tier's common electric types such as Raging Bolt and Zapdos Partners that can assist in dealing with these two such as Great Tusk and Ting-Lu prove excellent partners for Tornadus-T, with the former providing hazard removal as well as checking Garganacl alongside Raging Bolt while Tornadus can cover for some of its worst matchups such as Iron Valiant, Ogerpon-W, and Sinistcha. Ting Lu on the other hand appreciates the ability for Tornadus to remove heavy duty boots from opposing pokemon that would be immune to its hazards, and in turn Ting Lu stonewalls Zapdos who in turn would stonewall Tornadus-T and further bolsters its defensive capabilities in taking on a myriad of special attacks. (iron treads is also a nice teammate as it similarly checks bolt and zapdos while still spinning and is able to use knock off more often) Tornadus-T can also struggle with several special walls and pokemon which it can't pressure significantly with Knock off, such as specially defensive Gliscor or Garganacl. Partners such as Ogerpon-W and Rillaboom can pressure these Pokemon and appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to take on take on Zamazenta, Hydrapple, and Sinistcha. It may also face trouble against the few pokemon that can outrun it, such as Weavile or Dragonite after a Dragon Dance. Pokemon that can provide speed control such as Dragapult, Booster energy Iron Valiant or Scarf Darkrai can ensure that anything Tornadus-T doesn't outrun is dealt with, allowing Tornadus-T to Pivot around slower targets more effectively to stack regenerator healing over the course of a game.(I don't particularly like booster val as speed control for balance here but it should be fine. Zama and priority users like dnite or sucker punch users could be mentioned here as well)

-A mention of weavile would imo be a fair addition, as fast ice shard knock and triple axel really puts pressure on gliscor garg and lu, while tornt helps by chipping corv with heatwave and uturn support as well as be a solid switch in for smth like moth or val
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Tornadus-Therian @ Assault Vest
Name: set name here
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Steel / Fairy
Timid Nature
- Bleakwind Storm
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Heat Wave

Tornadus-T carves out a strong niche for itself by being as a Regenerator Pokemon with access to a pivoting move and Knock Off, (AC) as well as its speed a high Speed tier and Flying typing, (AC) which allow allowing it to act as an offensive check to several threatening mons Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. With an Assault Vest, Tornadus-T functions as a key defensive and progress-making piece for various teams, acting as a blanket check and bolsters while bolstering its special bulk enough to where it is able to reliably switch into several special attackers such as Mixed like mixed Iron Valiant (RC) and Choice Specs Dragapult. With its great Speed tier, (AC) it can use U-turn to pivot out of would be would-be threats safely such as Kyurem, Garganacl, (AC) and Raging Bolt, (AC) with Assault Vest allowing Tornadus-T it to survive a Thunderclap from the latter. Knock Off allows Tornadus-T to make progress into any team against most teams by providing item removal, crippling targets that are reliant on their items such as Moltres, Dragapult, and Pecharunt. Heat Wave allows Tornadus-T to lets it threaten steel types Steel-types that would otherwise wall it such as like Corviknight, Iron Treads, Gholdengo, and Kingambit. Icy Wind can be another option, (AC) on Assault Vest Tornadus-T acting as a speed control option for a team as well as by crippling faster Pokemon such as booster speed Speed Booster Energy Iron Valiant, Darkrai, and Zamazenta. (AP) This enables Tornadus-T enabling Tornadus to outspeed them and threaten them with Bleakwind Storm (RC) or slowing down these threats to allow let a teammate to outrun them for a and revenge kill when they otherwise wouldn't be able to, it can them. It also be used to hit hits specially defensive Gliscor for super effective damage, (AC) which would who can otherwise comfortably sit in front of Tornadus-T. Tera Fairy allows it Tornadus-T to better check threatening dark type Dark-type attackers such as Darkrai whilst while maintaining a Fighting resistance, (AC) still letting which allows it to still match up well into against Zamazenta. (AP) It also grants Tornadus-T as well as gaining a Dragon immunity to more comfortably switch into Draco Meteors Meteor from Kyurem and Dragapult. Tera Steel flips the script against ice types Ice-types such as Weavile and Kyurem as well as gaining while also granting a resistance to Dragon, (AC) which allows it to more comfortably take attacks such as like Choice Band Dragapult's Dragon Darts and Dragon Dance Kyurem's Scale shots as well as being able to Shot. This also lets it check the tier's psychic types Psychic-types such as Galarian Slowking and Hatterene more comfortably easily.


Assault Vest Tornadus-T fits best on Balance teams where its several talents in one teamslot are greatly appreciated. It serves as a great partner for Pokemon such as Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, (AC) and Garganacl (RC); (ASC) all of them appreciating Tornadus-T's appreciate its ability to answer the tier's fighting types such as Fighting-types like Zamazenta and Iron Valiant, as well as Ogerpon-W. It also pairs well with entry hazard setters such as the aforementioned Garganacl and Hisuian Samurott as well as Gliscor, (AC) as they all appreciate its ability to remove Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots from hazard weak hazard-weak targets. It Tornadus-T can also pair well with other Regenerator Pokemon such as like Alomomola and Slowking-Galar (RC) Galarian Slowking; (ASC) the former of whom creates helps create a strong physically and specially defensive backbone to for a team, and the latter gives provides an extra special wall which that can better take on threats such as Zapdos. Its pivoting also facilitates offensive partners such as like Zamazenta to hit the field consistently, who which also appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to check its most common answers such as Gholdengo, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult. Due to the choice of Assault Vest over Heavy Duty Heavy-Duty Boots (RP), (AC) Tornadus-T needs to be very careful to avoid Stealth Rocks less they Rock, as it can undercut Tornadus-T's Regenerator healing. As a result, Pokémon Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing prove excellent partners for the temporal genie, and in turn, (AC) Galarian Weezing appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to switch in and out against special attackers that would threaten it's lower defensive stat it such as Nasty Plot or Choice Scarf Gholdengo seems like this could just be Gholdengo unless some Gholdengo don't threaten it. Tornadus-T's other glaring weakness are is the tier's common electric types such as Electric-types like Raging Bolt and Zapdos. (AP) Partners that can assist in dealing with these two such as Great Tusk and Ting-Lu prove make for excellent partners for Tornadus-T teammates, with the former providing hazard removal as well as checking Garganacl alongside and Raging Bolt while Tornadus Tornadus-T can cover for some of its worst matchups such as Iron Valiant, Ogerpon-W, and Sinistcha. Ting Lu Ting-Lu, (AC) on the other hand, (AC) appreciates the ability for Tornadus to remove heavy duty boots Tornadus-T removing Heavy-Duty Boots from opposing Pokemon that would be immune to its hazards, and in turn, (AC) Ting-Lu Ting Lu stonewalls Zapdos who in turn would stonewall Tornadus-T and further bolsters its defensive capabilities helps in taking on a myriad of special attacks. Iron Treads is another option as a ground type Ground-type partner which that can also provide hazard control and pairs with Tornadus-T as a second Knock Off user. Tornadus-T can also struggle with several special walls and Pokemon which that it can't pressure significantly with Knock Off, such as specially defensive Gliscor, Ting-Lu, (AC) and or Garganacl. Partners such as like Ogerpon-W, Rillaboom, (AC) and Weavile can pressure these Pokemon. (AP) Tornadus-T helps the former two against and appreciate Tornadus-T's ability to take on Hydrapple and Sinistcha, (AC) for the former latter two (RC) against Iron Valiant and Iron Moth for the latter, and Zamazenta for all three all three against Zamazenta. It Tornadus-T may also face trouble against the few Pokemon that can outrun it, such as Weavile or and Dragonite after a Dragon Dance. Pokemon that can provide speed control such as Dragapult, Zamazenta, (AC) and Choice or Scarf Darkrai can ensure that anything Tornadus-T it doesn't outrun is dealt with, allowing Tornadus-T it to pivot around slower targets more effectively to stack Regenerator healing over the course of a game.


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1/1 GP Team done add credits for both me and brisingrdraconis

Use this method (video and explanation in point 3) to implement GP checks - there was quite a bit missed from implementing the above, and this method means you don't have to eyeball changes and can directly remove things from the check text itself
[SET]
Assault Vest (Tornadus-Therian) @ Assault Vest
Name: Assault Vest Tornadus-T Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Tera Type: Steel (space) / (space) Fairy
Timid Nature
- Bleakwind Storm
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Heat Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Tornadus-T carves out a strong niche for itself as a Regenerator Pokemon with access to a pivoting move and Knock Off (RC) as well a high Speed tier and Flying typing, which allows allow it to act as an offensive check to several threatening mons Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Zamazenta, and Ogerpon-W. With an Assault Vest, Tornadus-T functions as a key defensive and progress-making piece for various teams, acting as a blanket check and to what? while bolstering its special bulk enough to reliably switch into several special attackers like mixed Iron Valiant (RC) and Choice Specs Dragapult. With its great Speed tier, it can use U-turn to pivot out of would-be threats safely such as Kyurem, Garganacl, and Raging Bolt, with Assault Vest allowing Tornadus-T to survive a Thunderclap from the latter. Knock Off allows Tornadus-T to make progress against most teams by providing item removal, crippling targets that are reliant on their items such as Moltres, Dragapult, and Pecharunt. Heat Wave lets it threaten Steel-types that would otherwise wall it like Corviknight, Iron Treads, Gholdengo, and Kingambit. Icy Wind can be another option, acting as provides speed control by crippling to cripple faster Pokemon such as Speed Booster Energy Iron Valiant, Darkrai, and Zamazenta (RP) This enables so Tornadus-T to can outspeed and threaten them with Bleakwind Storm or let a teammate to outrun and revenge kill them. It also hits specially defensive Gliscor for super effective damage, which would otherwise comfortably sit in front of Tornadus-T. Tera Fairy allows Tornadus-T to better check threatening Dark-type attackers such as Darkrai while maintaining a Fighting resistance, still letting it match up well against Zamazenta. It also grants Tornadus-T a Dragon immunity to more comfortably switch into Draco Meteor from Kyurem and Dragapult. Tera Steel flips the script against Ice-types such as Weavile and Kyurem while also granting Tornadus-T a resistance to Dragon, which allows it to more comfortably take attacks like Choice Band Dragapult's Dragon Darts and Dragon Dance Kyurem's Scale Shot. This Tera Steel also lets it check the tier's Psychic-types such as Galarian Slowking and Hatterene more easily. this tera types section needs the order switches because steel is first on the set

Assault Vest Tornadus-T fits best on balance teams where its several talents in one teamslot are greatly appreciated. It serves as a great partner for Pokemon such as Kingambit, Hisuian Samurott, and Garganacl; both of them this doesn't make sense because there's 3 examples here, so 'all of them' if you want all 3 or cut one to make 'both' work appreciate its ability to answer the tier's Fighting-types like Zamazenta and Iron Valiant, as well as Ogerpon-W. It Tornadus-T also pairs well with entry hazard setters such as the aforementioned Garganacl and Hisuian Samurott as well as Gliscor, as they all appreciate its ability to remove Heavy-Duty Boots from hazard-weak targets. Tornadus-T can also pair well with other Other Regenerator Pokemon like Alomomola and Galarian Slowking work well with Tornadus-T; the former helps create a strong physically and specially defensive backbone for a team, and the latter provides an extra special wall that can better take on threats such as Zapdos. Its pivoting also facilitates offensive partners such as Zamazenta to hit the field consistently, who also which appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to check its most common answers such as Gholdengo, Iron Valiant, and Dragapult. Due to the choice of Assault Vest over Heavy-Duty Boots, Tornadus-T needs to be very careful to avoid Stealth Rocks Rock, (AC) as it can undercut Tornadus-T's Regenerator healing. As a result, Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing prove excellent partners for the temporal genie, and in turn, Galarian Weezing appreciates Tornadus-T's ability to switch in against special attackers that would threaten it such as Gholdengo. Tornadus-T's other glaring weakness is the tier's common Electric-types like Raging Bolt and Zapdos. Partners that can assist in dealing with these two such as Great Tusk and Ting-Lu make for excellent teammates, with the former providing hazard removal as well as checking Garganacl and Raging Bolt, (AC) while Tornadus-T can cover for some of its worst matchups such as Iron Valiant, Ogerpon-W, and Sinistcha. Ting-Lu, on the other hand, appreciates Tornadus-T removing Heavy-Duty Boots from opposing Pokemon that would be immune to its hazards, and in turn, Ting-Lu it stonewalls Zapdos and helps in taking on a myriad of special attacks. Iron Treads is another option as a Ground-type partner that can also provide hazard control and pairs with Tornadus-T provide support as a second Knock Off user. Tornadus-T can also struggle with several special walls and Pokemon which that it can't pressure significantly with Knock Off, such as specially defensive Gliscor, Ting-Lu, and Garganacl (RP) Partners, (AC) so partners like Ogerpon-W, Rillaboom, and Weavile can pressure these Pokemon. Tornadus-T helps the former two against Hydrapple and Sinistcha, the latter two against Iron Valiant and Iron Moth, and all three against Zamazenta. Tornadus-T may also face trouble against the few Pokemon that can outrun it, such as Weavile and Dragonite after a Dragon Dance. Pokemon that can provide speed control such as Dragapult, Zamazenta, and Choice Scarf Darkrai can ensure that anything it doesn't outrun is dealt with, allowing it to pivot around slower targets more effectively to stack Regenerator healing over the course of a game.

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