OU CB Rillaboom [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1] [DONE]

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[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Grassy Glide
move 2: Wood Hammer / Superpower
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Band
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========

When equipped with a Choice Band, Rillaboom becomes an incredibly fearsome revenge killer, making use of a boosted Grassy Glide to dispatch the likes of Weavile, Barraskewda, and Zeraora while Grassy Terrain is up, as well as having fierce wallbreaking potential and providing crucial pivoting support. Wood Hammer takes Rillaboom's wallbreaking power to unsettling highs, thrashing neutral targets like Toxapex and Clefable and even 2HKOing frailer Grass-resistant Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and opposing Rillaboom. Wood Hammer can also be substituted out for Superpower, which allows Rillaboom to whack the likes of Ferrothorn, Melmetal, and Heatran, most notably OHKOing specially defensive variants of the last. Knock Off is a strong coverage move that lets Rillaboom remove Heavy-Duty Boots from checks like Zapdos, Tornadus-T, and Buzzwole, making them vulnerable to entry hazards; remove Rocky Helmet from the likes of Corviknight and Skarmory, allowing Rillaboom to pivot on them unpunished later on; and hit Pokemon that resist both Grass and Fighting like Galarian Slowking, Dragapult, and Aegislash super effectively, often for an OHKO. U-turn allows Rillaboom to generate momentum and pivot in frailer teammates.

Team Options
========

This set fits the best on offense and bulky offense teams, being able to work in tandem with other wallbreakers and cleaners as well as provide revenge killing support for defensive cores. Heatran has great synergy with Rillaboom, as it is one of the best Stealth Rock setters in the metagame that can pressure Defoggers like Tornadus-T, Zapdos, and Corviknight, which are also some of the best checks to Rillaboom. This is aided by Rillaboom's ability to remove Leftovers from Corviknight and Heavy-Duty Boots from Tornadus-T and Zapdos with Knock Off so that Heatran's Stealth Rock can wear them down. Additionally, Heatran appreciates Grassy Terrain weakening opposing Earthquake and giving it additional passive recovery, especially when running Protect. Frail wallbreakers such as Swords Dance Weavile and Choice Specs Dragapult appreciate Rillaboom's ability to force switches and use U-turn to pivot them in safely; in return, Weavile can work together with Rillaboom to wear down shared checks like Buzzwole, Ferrothorn, and Skarmory, while Dragapult can threaten the aforementioned Pokemon with its powerful special attacks. Fire-types like Victini and Blaziken can threaten all of Buzzwole, Skarmory, and Corviknight for Kartana, while Tapu Lele can threaten the first and draw in and chip down the last two. Magnezone makes for a good offensive partner because it can forcefully remove the likes of Corviknight, Ferrothorn, and Skarmory. Kartana appreciates Grassy Terrain boosting its Leaf Blade and can work in tandem with Rillaboom to chip away at shared checks like Corviknight and Tornadus-T.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Good work, please tag me so I can take another look at it before giving the 1/2
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[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Grassy Glide
move 2: Wood Hammer / Superpower
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Band
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========

When equipped with a Choice Band, Rillaboom becomes an incredibly fearsome revenge killer, making use of a boosted Grassy Glide to dispatch the likes of Weavile, Tapu Koko, Barraskewda, and Zeraora while Grassy Terrain is up (this is true, but you also run CB Rillaboom for immediate wallbreaking power and pivoting support). Wood Hammer takes Rillaboom's breaking power to unsettling highs, thrashing neutral targets like Toxapex and Clefable and even 2HKOing frailer resistant Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and opposing Rillaboom. Wood Hammer can also be substituted out for Superpower, which allows Rillaboom to whack the likes of Heatran, Ferrothorn, and Melmetal (I've noticed that you tend to use colourful vocabulary to describe how moves hit certain targets, and while that is not inherently a bad thing, keep in mind to mention calcs whenever they are relevant, e.g. you OHKO SpD Heatran with Superpower). Knock Off allows Rillaboom to pester its sturdiest checks, such as Corviknight and Buzzwole (Explain how, e.g. Knock Off removes Heavy-Duty Boots, making its switch-ins like Zapdos and Tornadus-T vulnerable to entry hazards. Also mention how it's incredibly powerful against some Pokemon that otherwise resist Rillaboom's moves with a Choice Band boost, e.g. it OHKOs Galarian Slowking and Aegislash.), and U-turn generates momentum and helps pivot in frailer teammates. It's crucial to play around contact-punishing effects like Zapdos's Static, Volcarona and Heatran's Flame Body, and Rocky Helmet and Iron Barbs chip damage from the likes of Buzzwole, Corviknight, and Ferrothorn. (Irrelevant + you're realistically going to click Knock Off against them anyways at the risk of incurring nasty contact effects, that's how you make progress in-game)

Team Options
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This set fits the best on offense and bulky offense teams, being able to work in tandem with other wallbreakers and cleaners as well as provide revenge killing support for defensive cores. Heatran has great synergy with Rillaboom, as it can pressure the Steel-types like Corviknight and Ferrothorn that can handle Rillaboom's Grass-type STAB attacks (Instead of this, mention how Heatran can pressure Flying-types like Corviknight/Zapdos/Tornadus-T, and that Rillaboom's Knock Off makes them vulnerable to entry hazards by removing Heavy-Duty Boots. Also mention how Heatran can check Fire-types like Volcarona and Victini that threaten Rillaboom.), and it appreciates Grassy Terrain weakening opposing Earthquakes and giving it additional passive recovery. Frail wallbreakers such as Choice Specs Dragapult and Swords Dance Weavile appreciate Rillaboom's ability to force switches and use U-turn to pivot them in safely, and in return, they can threaten Zapdos and Tornadus-T for Rillaboom (bit more complicated than this because Weavile can help Rillaboom break past shared checks like Buzzwole/Skarmory/Ferrothorn while Dragapult takes advantage of the aforementioned physically defensive switch-ins that Rillaboom draws in). Magnezone makes for a good offensive partner because it can forcefully remove the likes of Corviknight, Ferrothorn, and the rare Skarmory (Skarmory is not that rare, it's a very good Pokemon in SS OU). Kartana appreciates Grassy Terrain boosting its Leaf Blade and can work in tandem to chip away at shared checks like Corviknight and Tornadus-T.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zinnias.569291/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slowpoke-fan.617219/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
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zinnias said:
[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Grassy Glide
move 2: Wood Hammer / Superpower
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Band
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========

When equipped with a Choice Band, Rillaboom becomes an incredibly fearsome revenge killer, making use of a boosted Grassy Glide to dispatch the likes of Weavile, Tapu Koko koko is kind of a weird example and relies somewhat on the timings, i think there's no need to include it here esp with already having enough examples, Barraskewda, and Zeraora while Grassy Terrain is up, as well as having fierce wallbreaking potential and providing crucial pivoting support. Wood Hammer takes Rillaboom's breaking power to unsettling highs, thrashing neutral targets like Toxapex and Clefable and even 2HKOing frailer resistant Pokemon like Galarian Slowking i had to double check the calc on this one what the hell why does it do this and opposing Rillaboom. Wood Hammer can also be substituted out for Superpower, which allows Rillaboom to whack the likes of Ferrothorn, Melmetal, and Heatran, most notably OHKOing specially defensive variants of the last. Knock Off is a strong coverage move that lets Rillaboom remove Heavy-Duty Boots from checks like Zapdos, Tornadus-T, and Buzzwole, making them vulnerable to entry hazards, remove Rocky Helmet from the likes of Corviknight and Skarmory, allowing itself to pivot on them unpunished later on, and hit Pokemon that resist both Grass and Fighting like Galarian Slowking, Dragapult, and Aegislash super effectively often for an OHKO not everything that resists both gets ohkod, probably worth doing this. alternatively ssay 'ohko many pokemon that...' instead of hit pokemon. U-turn allows Rillaboom to generate momentum and pivot in frailer teammates.

Team Options
========

This set fits the best on offense and bulky offense teams, being able to work in tandem with other wallbreakers and cleaners as well as provide revenge killing support for defensive cores. Heatran has great synergy with Rillaboom, as it is one of the best Stealth Rock setters in the metagame that can pressure Defoggers like Tornadus-T, Zapdos, and Corviknight, which are also some of the best checks to Rillaboom. This is aided by Rillaboom's ability to remove Leftovers from Corviknight and Heavy-Duty Boots from Tornadus-T and Zapdos with Knock Off so that Heatran's Stealth Rock can wear them down. Additionally, Heatran appreciates Grassy Terrain weakening opposing Earthquakes and giving it additional passive recovery, especially if it is running Protect. Frail wallbreakers such as Swords Dance Weavile and Choice Specs Dragapult appreciate Rillaboom's ability to force switches and use U-turn to pivot them in safely; in return, Weavile can work together with Rillaboom to wear down shared checks like Buzzwole, Ferrothorn, and Skarmory, while Dragapult can threaten the aforementioned Pokemon with its powerful special attacks. other stuff that can punish buzz/ferro/skarm might be worth mentioning (Victini, Lele, Blaziken, etc), also maybe worth mentioning that heatran does this as well to an extent. Magnezone makes for a good offensive partner because it can forcefully remove the likes of Corviknight, Ferrothorn, and Skarmory. Kartana appreciates Grassy Terrain boosting its Leaf Blade and can work in tandem to chip away at shared checks like Corviknight and Tornadus-T.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zinnias.569291/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slowpoke-fan.617219/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user4.103/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
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should be good for a quick 2/2, id like to look it over one more time but good stuff
 
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[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Grassy Glide
move 2: Wood Hammer / Superpower
move 3: Knock Off
move 4: U-turn
item: Choice Band
ability: Grassy Surge
nature: Adamant
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=========

When equipped with a Choice Band, Rillaboom becomes an incredibly fearsome revenge killer, making use of a boosted Grassy Glide to dispatch the likes of Weavile, Barraskewda, and Zeraora while Grassy Terrain is up, as well as having fierce wallbreaking potential and providing crucial pivoting support. Wood Hammer takes Rillaboom's breaking wallbreaking change to stallbreaking or another term if needed power to unsettling highs, thrashing neutral targets like Toxapex and Clefable and even 2HKOing frailer Grass-resistant Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and opposing Rillaboom. Wood Hammer can also be substituted out for Superpower, which allows Rillaboom to whack the likes of Ferrothorn, Melmetal, and Heatran, most notably OHKOing specially defensive variants of the last. Knock Off is a strong coverage move that lets Rillaboom remove Heavy-Duty Boots from checks like Zapdos, Tornadus-T, and Buzzwole, making them vulnerable to entry hazards, (RC); (ASC) remove Rocky Helmet from the likes of Corviknight and Skarmory, allowing itself Rillaboom to pivot on them unpunished later on, (RC); (ASC) and hit Pokemon that resist both Grass and Fighting like Galarian Slowking, Dragapult, and Aegislash super effectively, often for an OHKO. U-turn allows Rillaboom to generate momentum and pivot in frailer teammates.

Team Options
========

This set fits the best on offense and bulky offense teams, being able to work in tandem with other wallbreakers and cleaners as well as provide revenge killing support for defensive cores. Heatran has great synergy with Rillaboom, as it is one of the best Stealth Rock setters in the metagame that can pressure Defoggers like Tornadus-T, Zapdos, and Corviknight, which are also some of the best checks to Rillaboom. This is aided by Rillaboom's ability to remove Leftovers from Corviknight and Heavy-Duty Boots from Tornadus-T and Zapdos with Knock Off so that Heatran's Stealth Rock can wear them down. Additionally, Heatran appreciates Grassy Terrain weakening opposing Earthquakes Earthquake and giving it additional passive recovery, especially when running Protect. Frail wallbreakers such as Swords Dance Weavile and Choice Specs Dragapult appreciate Rillaboom's ability to force switches and use U-turn to pivot them in safely; in return, Weavile can work together with Rillaboom to wear down shared checks like Buzzwole, Ferrothorn, and Skarmory, while Dragapult can threaten the aforementioned Pokemon with its powerful special attacks. Fire-types like Victini and Blaziken can threaten all of Buzzwole, Skarmory, and Corviknight for Kartana, while Tapu Lele can threaten the first and draw in and chip down the last two. Magnezone makes for a good offensive partner because it can forcefully remove the likes of Corviknight, Ferrothorn, and Skarmory. Kartana appreciates Grassy Terrain boosting its Leaf Blade and can work in tandem with Rillaboom to chip away at shared checks like Corviknight and Tornadus-T.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/zinnias.569291/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slowpoke-fan.617219/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pulsar512b.469728/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
 
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